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Brittany Ford

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Current Employment Position

  • Partner

Areas of Practice

  • Civil Litigation
  • Personal Injury
  • Wrongful Death
  • Professional Liability
  • Premises Liability
  • Insurance Defense

Biography

Brittany is a civil litigation attorney focusing on matters involving personal injury, wrongful death, professional liability, premises liability, and insurance defense. Ms. Ford earned her undergraduate degree in English and History from the University of North Florida. She graduated, magna cum laude, from University of Miami College of Law in 2015. Prior to joining St. Denis & Davey, Ms. Ford worked for a boutique personal injury firm specializing in catastrophic injuries, wrongful death, and mass tort litigation.
 
While in law school, Ms. Ford served as the Online Editor of the University of Miami Law Review. Additionally, she worked extensively with the University of Miami School of Law’s Center for Ethics and Public Service, a clinic-like program that partners with local community groups to provide legal and educational support in order to combat limitations on access to justice. As a result of her work with the Center, Ms. Ford was the recipient of the 2014-2015 HOPE Exemplary Service to the Poor Award. She also participated in the HOPE Pro Bono Challenge, where each participant pledges to complete seventy-five hours of pro bono service before graduation.

Education

  • University of Miami School of Law, Coral Gables, Florida
    • J.D. - 2015
    • Honors: magna cum laude
    • Honors: Order of the Coif
    • Honors: University of Miami Law Review
    • Honors: Dean’s List (six semesters)
    • Honors: Civil Procedure Book Award
    • Honors: Dean’s Certificate of Achievement: Torts, U.S. Constitutional Law, Evidence, Public Interest Law & Ethics, and Social Entrepreneurship
    • Honors: Hope Exemplary Service to the Poor Award, 2014-2015
    • Honors: G. Kirk Haas Humanitarian Award, 2013-2014
  • University of North Florida, Jacksonville, Florida
    • B.A. - 2012
    • Honors: cum laude
    • Honors: Presidential Endowed Scholarship
    • Honors: Dean’s List (five semesters)
    • Honors: Sigma Alpha Lambda (National Leadership and Honors Organization)
    • Honors: Sigma Tau Delta (International English Honor Society)

Bar Admission

  • Florida, 2015
  • U.S. District Court Middle District of Florida, 2016
  • U.S. District Court Southern District of Florida, 2018

Professional Associations

  • Jacksonville Bar Association
  • Florida Association of Women Lawyers
  • Jacksonville Women’s Lawyers Association
  • Order of the Coif