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Mary Elizabeth Cruickshank DuBois & Cruickshank, P.A. P.O. Drawer 1509 2032 Thomasville Road, Suite C Tallahassee, FL 32302-1509 |
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Mary Elizabeth Cruickshank was born on April 12, 1965 in Plant City, Florida. She received a B.A. in Liberal Studies from the University of South Florida in 1987 and a J.D. from Florida State University in 1991. Mary was admitted to the Florida Bar in 1991. Since 1992, Mary has specialized in workers’ compensation insurance defense at both the trial and appellate levels. She has argued on behalf of employers and carriers before the Florida Supreme Court and the First District Court of Appeal. She has extensive experience at both the trial and appellate levels and is AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell. Mary was appointed by the Florida Bar to the Appellate Rules Committee in 1997 and served on that committee for two years. She chaired the Northwest Florida Chapter of the Friends of 440 Scholarship Fund, Inc. for five years and served on the Board of the Tallahassee Claims Association for several years. Mary serves as a Moot Court Competition judge at the annual Workers’ Compensation Educational Conference and has been certified by the Department of Insurance as a continuing education instructor. She speaks regularly at educational seminars conducted for both private and public entities.
- Education:
- Florida State University College of Law, Tallahassee, Florida, 1991 - J.D.
- Moot Court Team Member, 1990-1991
- Moot Court Team President, 1990
- University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, 1989 - B.S.
- Pre-Law Society
- Professional Associations and Memberships:
- American Bar Association
- Florida Bar Appellate Rules Committee, 1997 - 1999
- Florida Workers' Compensation Educational Conference
- Moot Court Competition Judge, 1998 - Present
- Friends of 440 Scholarship Fund, Inc.
- Former Panhandle Division Chair
- Tallahassee Claims Association, 2002-2005
- Former Board Member
- Tallahassee Women Lawyers, former member
- Tallahassee Bar Association, former member
- Educational Courses/Publications:
- Florida Workers' Compensation Practice, Attorneys' Fees Chapter, 5th Edition, 1999
- Co-Editor
- Certified Legal Instructor for CEU Credits
- Past Employment Positions:
- McConnaughhay, Maida & Cherr, P.A., 1992 - 1997
- Douglass, Cooper, Coppins & Powell, P.A., 1991 - 1992
- Fraternities/Sororities:
- Phi Theta Kappa
- References:
- Karen Harrell
- Risk Manager – Leon County Board of County Commissioners
- Kathleen Allen-Leonard
- Risk Manager – Randstad US
- Viviana Portieles
- Southeast Division Safety Coordinator – Life Care Centers of America
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