Jordan S. Kosches Attorney At Law

Jordan is a shareholder in the firm’s Miami and Boca Raton offices, and is a member of the Appellate and Litigation practice groups. He focuses on appeals and litigation in a variety of areas, including business disputes, class action defense, insurance coverage, maritime, product liability, toxic tort, and wrongful death.

He is admitted in Florida and Connecticut, as well as multiple federal courts throughout the country. He has represented insurance carriers, banks, local governments, public and private companies, and individuals, both at trial and on appeal, in cases where the stakes ranged between the tens of thousands to hundreds of millions of dollars.

He is a member of the American Bar Association Tort Trial and Insurance Practice section, The Florida Bar’s Appellate Practice and Trial Lawyers sections, the Defense Research Institute, the Miami-Dade County Bar Association’s Appellate Practice section, and was a member of an appellate team nominated for the Daily Business Review’s Most Effective Appellate Lawyer of the Year award for having reversed the largest compensatory damage verdict in Florida’s history against a single asbestos manufacturer.

• Background

  Born in New York, Jordan received his Bachelor’s in Criminal Justice from the State University of New York College at Brockport in 2004, and his Juris Doctor from Quinnipiac University in 2007. While in law school, he received his mediation certificate from the University of Connecticut, and interned as a mediator with the Family Services Division of the Connecticut Superior Court.

• Education
  • Quinnipiac University School of Law, J.D. (2007)
  • University of Connecticut, Mediation Certificate (2006)
  • State University of New York College at Brockport, B.S. (2004)
• Admissions
  • Florida
  • Connecticut
  • U.S. District Court, Northern District of Florida
  • U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida
  • U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida
  • U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit
• Professional Associations and Memberships
  • The Florida Bar
    • Appellate Practice Section, Member
    • Trial Lawyers Section, Member
    • Chester Bedell Mock Trial Competition, Judge
  • Miami-Dade County Bar Association
    • Appellate Practice Section, Member
  • Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce, Leadership Miami
  • American Bar Association
    • Tort Trial and Insurance Section, Member
  • Third District Court of Appeal Historical Society, Member
  • Defense Research Institute, Member
• Awards and Recognitions
  • Daily Business Review, member of an appellate team nominated for the Most Effective Appellate Lawyer of the Year award, 2010
  • Martindale-Hubbell, AV® Preeminent Rated
• Articles and Publications
  • "$12M Jury Verdict Overturned Due to Attorney Trial Blunders, Judicial Errors," Daily Business Review, January 12, 2023
  • "11th Circuit: Insurer Must Defend Fireworks Factory Against Suit Over Fatal Blast," Westlaw Journal Insurance Coverage, January 18, 2022
  • "Florida High Court Says Damages Must be Linked to Insurer’s Bad Faith," Westlaw Journal Insurance Coverage, Fall 2010
  • "Florida Appeals Court Overturns $24M Verdict Against Honeywell," Andrews Toxic Torts Litigation Reporter, Fall 2009
  • "Welcoming Judge Juan Ramirez, Jr. as Chief Judge of the Third District Court of Appeal," The Record - Journal of the Appellate Practice Section of the Florida Bar, pg. 22, Vol. XVI, No. 9, Fall 2009
• Presentations
  • Speaker, "Avoiding Insurance Bad Faith Traps and Setup Tactics," National Business Institute, 2019