Robert C. Groelle

Partner
rgroelle@gspalaw.com

Robert Groelle has been practicing in the area of insurance defense since law school, following a trial practice internship with the Palm Beach County State Attorney's Office. Mr. Groelle joined a prominent insurance defense firm and was invited to be a partner less than five years after beginning practice. After twelve years with that firm, he left to form his current firm, Groelle & Salmon, P.A., with another experienced litigator, David Salmon.  Mr. Groelle's areas of practice and experience encompass both first and third party litigation, including bad faith and evaluation of insurance coverage issues. Mr. Groelle has extensive trial experience, almost exclusively from the defense perspective, and has been retained as an expert witness on insurance coverage.  Mr. Groelle has been rated 'AV' by the Martindale Hubbell professional rating organization, upon review by his peers. This is the highest rating conferred on practicing attorneys by Martindale Hubbell.
Mr. Groelle is licensed to practice in all state courts of Florida. He is also a member of the General and Trial Bar of the United States District Courts for the Southern and Middle Districts of Florida, and is admitted to practice before the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals.

Mr. Groelle is also a Florida Supreme Court certified Circuit Court Mediator, and is a certified appraisal umpire through the Wind Network organization. He has also served as a property insurance appraiser for several insurers in disputed property loss claims.

Education
Nova Southeastern University, JD
Florida Atlantic University, B.B.A.

Professional Associations
Mr. Groelle is a member of the Palm Beach County Bar Association, the Florida Defense Lawyers Association and the Defense Research Institute (DRI), including membership in the Insurance Law Committee, Trucking Law Committee and Professional Malpractice Committee of the DRI.

Mr. Groelle is a member of the insurance industry's Loss Executives Association, the Wind Insurance Network, the National Society of Professional Insurance Investigators, The Florida Defense Lawyers Association, the South Florida Claims Association and the Defense Research Institute.

Lectures, Seminars and Publications
Mr. Groelle is certified by the Department of Insurance as an instructor for continuing education courses. Mr. Groelle has delivered numerous educational presentations and presented case law analysis, oral and published, to forums within the insurance industry and other public arenas. He has presented continuing education courses and instructional workshops for the Florida Insurance Fraud Education Committee, National Society of Professional Insurance Investigators, Florida Advisory Committee on Arson Prevention, Windstorm Insurance Network, Groelle & Salmon, P.A. Annual Property Claims Seminar, Broward Chapter of the CPA Law Forum, Fort Lauderdale Claims Association, South Florida Claims Association, Association of Fire Marshals of Palm Beach County, Property and Casualty Claims Professionals and Palm Beach Mariner's Club. He has also presented numerous educational and training sessions for insurance claims groups in various insurance companies, including Allstate Insurance, Prudential Property and Casualty, American Bankers Insurance, Florida Select Insurance Company, Companion Property and Casualty, Insurance Network Services, Tower Hill Insurance Group and for numerous independent adjusting service companies.

Mr. Groelle has authored numerous articles on insurance coverage issues that have been published in the Florida Defense Lawyer Association's periodical Trial Advocate Quarterly and in the Defense Research Institute’s periodical For the Defense, as well as serving as a contributing author for several legal compendiums on controversial topics and issues relating to insurance coverage and indemnity obligations. 

Community Activities
Mr. Groelle regularly volunteers his time and resources to local youth recreational and charitable programs. He is active as a youth soccer coach and serves in leadership positions with the Boy Scouts. He was a Junior Achievement business consultant for many years, teaching weekly classes in the eighth grade and senior high school levels of the Palm Beach School District. He is active in his church community and in local school programs, and recently served as co-chairman of the School Advisory Committee for his neighborhood elementary school.