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Joelle Sharman's practice is devoted to the representation of life, health and disability insurance companies, self-funded employee welfare benefit plans, and employers in litigation, including claims brought under ERISA, RICO, and the ADA, claims for breach of fiduciary duties, class actions, and claims to recover life, health, disability and accidental death benefits. While she is admitted to all state and federal courts in Florida and Georgia, her practice is conducted nationally.
Joelle is the editor of submissions for In House Defense Quarterly, a publication of the Defense Research Institute, on behalf of the Employment Law Committee of DRI; the website coordinator for the Life Insurance Law Committee of the Torts, Trial & Insurance Practice Section of the American Bar Association; and vice-chair of the Annual Meeting Sub-committee for DRI's Life, Health and Disability Committee.
She has spoken on ERISA, COBRA, HIPAA, and managed healthcare issues at numerous seminars, including those sponsored by the American Conference Institute, the Defense Research Institute and Lorman's. In addition, she has written on life, health and disability insurance and ERISA issues in publications of the American Bar Association and the Defense Research Institute.
Joelle is AV® Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell. During law school, she served on the Moot Court Board and won Best Brief in the Dean's Cup Competition.
Education
Duke University School of Law
J.D., 1994
University of Miami
B.S., magna cum laude, 1991
Bar Admissions
Florida
Georgia
Practice Areas
Employee Benefits
ERISA
ERISA Litigation
Life, Health and Disability Insurance Litigation
Litigation
Industries
Insurance.
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