Sha`Ron James

Partner

Tallahassee
850-521-6733
sjames@bergersingerman.com

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.

Overview

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.

Representative Matters

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)

Awards & Honors

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)

Community Activities / Associations

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)