Sha`Ron James

Sha`Ron James is a partner on Berger Singerman’s Government and Regulatory Team, based in Tallahassee, and focuses her practice on healthcare, business re-organization and insurance.

James most recently served as the Insurance Consumer Advocate for the state of Florida, where she represented the general public and insurance consumers before the Department of Financial Services, the Office of Insurance Regulation, and the Division of Administrative Hearings in regulatory matters. She was appointed to this role after her tenure as Division Director of the Florida Department of Financial Services’ Division of Rehabilitation and Liquidation, where she directed the operation of over 48 highly complex receivership estates with entrusted assets totaling over $1.4 billion dollars.

Before joining state government, she was an attorney with the law firm of Messer, Caparello, & Self, representing clients in litigation and transactional matters across a variety of industry sectors, such as real estate, banking, not-for-profit, and professional services.

Sha`Ron currently serves as the President of the Florida Chapter of the National African American Insurance Association and recently served as a member of the Florida Hurricane Loss Projection Methodology Commission, the Florida Workers’ Compensation Joint Underwriting Association Board of Directors, the Florida Workers’ Compensation Insurance Guaranty Association Board of Directors, the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) Appeals Board, and the Citizens Property Insurance Company Consumer Services Committee.

J.D., University of Florida Frederic G. Levin College of Law
MPA, The Maxwell School of Syracuse University
B.S., Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University
Advanced Project Management Certification (SCPM), Stanford University

Government and Regulatory

Bankruptcy/Restructuring
Healthcare
Insurance

• Managed litigation and recovery efforts in the state’s largest insurance insolvency ($4 billion) on behalf of policyholders, in Florida Department of Financial Services as receiver of Southern Family Insurance Company, Atlantic Preferred Insurance Company, and Florida Preferred Insurance Company (collectively “Poe Insurers”) (2009-15)
• Brief for the Office of Insurance Regulation as Amicus Curiae, Office of Insurance Regulation vs. State Farm Florida Insurance Company, 213 So. 3d 1104 (Fla. 1st DCA 2017)
• Amicus Curiae Memorandum of Law for Jeff Atwater, in his official capacity as Chief Financial Officer of the State of Florida in United Insurance Company of America vs. Atwater (2016)

• Inductee, Tallahassee Barristers Association Hall of Fame, (2019)
• Tallahassee Community College, Women’s History Month Trailblazer (2018)
• Girl Scouts of the Florida Panhandle, Woman of Distinction (2018)
• Tallahassee Democrat, 25 Women You Need to Know (2015)
• Greater Tallahassee Chamber of Commerce Leadership Pacesetter Award (2011)
• Florida A&M University’s 40 Alumni Under 40 Award (2010)

 

• Leadership Tallahassee, Chair
  • Class 21 Member (2003-04)
  • Justice Day Program Chair (2004, 2006, 2017)
  • Board of Governors (2007-2011, 2018-19, 2019-20)
  • Curriculum Chair, Class 26 (2008-09)
• Leadership Florida Class XXVII
• Tallahassee Women Lawyers, Past President
• National Bar Association, Virgil Hawkins Florida Chapter, Past President
• Tallahassee-Leon County Commission on the Status of Women & Girls (2014); Chairwoman (2016)
• PACE Center for Girls-Leon
  • Vice-Chairperson (2014)
  • Chairperson (2016, 2017) 
• Refuge House Board of Directors 
  • First Vice President (2005-2007)
  • Executive Committee (2005-2007)
  • Executive Director Search Committee (2004-05)
• Oasis Center for Women and Girls, Founding Member
• National Kidney Foundation of Florida - Executive Committee
  • Patient & Public Education, Chair; Minority
    • Outreach Chair; Big Bend Chapter, Founder (2002-2006)
• National Kidney Foundation 
  • National Operations Committee, Member (2006-07)
• Steele-Collins Charter School/ Bethel Empowerment Foundation
  • Vice-Chair (2004-05)
• Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.- Tallahassee Alumnae Chapter,
  • Social Action Chair (2005-2007)
  • Co-Chair, Delta Days at the Capitol (2006, 2009)
  • Carrie P. Meek Servant Leadership Award Chair (2007-2013)

Insurance Business America Magazine Features Sha`Ron James in the Leading the Change issue
September 9, 2020

Tallahassee Democrat, "Collaboration is key to successful Opportunity Zone development"
March 20, 2019

Florida Politics, "The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics — 2.13.19"
February 14, 2019

Berger Singerman Expands Tallahassee Team With Addition of C. Sha`Ron James, Former Division Director of the Florida Department of Financial Services
February 10, 2019

Florida Automobile Insurance Law (Eleventh Edition) - Chapter 2: The Ratemaking Process
August 31, 2020

Tallahassee Has A Lot to Be Grateful for in Q4
November 19, 2019

Webinar: Tallahassee Leads Here: Balance Competing Interests to Deliver Results
May 5, 2020

Sha`Ron James, Speaker, "Lessons Learned: Creating Cohesion," Insurance Business America | Women in Insurance
September 9, 2019

Sha`Ron James, Speaker, "Legal Considerations of Investing in Social Enterprise," Institute of Nonprofit Innovation and Excellence
July 23, 2019

Sha`Ron James, Speaker, "The Future Is Now: Litigation Trends and the Rising Frequency & Severity of Claims," Florida Senior Living Association’s Senior Living Conference
July 17, 2019

Sha`Ron James, Speaker, "Tallahassee Active LifeLong Leaders"
February 12, 2019

The Regulatory Impact of Florida’s COVID -19 Emergency Declaration
March 17, 2020

Collaboration is Key to Successful Opportunity Zone Development in Florida
March 18, 2019

What Should Florida’s Regulated Industries Expect This Legislative Session
March 3, 2019

• Messer, Caparello & Self, P.A.
• Barnes & James, P.A.