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Kamilah L. Perry
100 South Ashley Drive, Suite 1900
Tampa , FL 33602-5311
Direct: (813) 472-7881
Fax: (813) 472-7570
e-mail: kamilah.perry@phelps.com

Service Areas

Labor and Employment
Insurance and Reinsurance

Practice

Kamilah is an associate in the firm's regional labor and employment group in the Tampa office. Her experience also includes insurance coverage, insurance defense, commercial litigation, alternative dispute resolution, general business torts, products liability, white collar criminal defense and public utility matters.

Education

  • Stetson University College of Law, J.D., 2002; Member of the Moot Court Board; Best Appellate Brief
  • Stetson University College of Law, Master of Business Administration, 2002
  • Samford University, B.A. in Journalism and Mass Communication, 1999

Memberships/Affiliations

  • Member: National Bar Association, The Florida Bar; Hillsborough County Bar Association; George Edgecomb Bar Association, President (2008) Vice President (2006-2008), Executive Board Member (2004-2005), Treasurer (2004-2005), Scholarship Committee Chair (2003-2005); Hillsborough County Association of Women Lawyers, Executive Board Member (2004-2007), Pro Bono Domestic Violence Committee Chair (2004), Treasurer (2005); Tampa Bay Black MBA Association (founding member; co-counsel 2007-2008); Hillsborough County Supervisor of Elections African-American Advisory Board (2008)
  • Finalist, "2008 Tampa Bay Business Journal Business Woman of the Year Award"
  • Recipient, "2008 Volunteer Leadership of the Year Award", Tampa Bay Academy of Hope
  • Recipient, "President's Award", George Edgecomb Bar Association (2005)
  • Admitted to Practice: Florida State Courts; U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida

Representative Matters

  • Reported Decision: Buell v. Direct General Ins. Agency, Inc., 2007 WL 1662347 (M.D. FLa. June 6, 2007), aff'd, 2008WL 598281 (11th Cir. March 6, 2008)

Publications/Speeches

  • "Appendix of Florida Case Law Concerning the Notice-Prejudice Rule": Fidelity Law Association Journal, Vol. IV, September 2005

 
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