Jerome Wolfson

The firm behind the Fort Myers office began with Jerome Wolfson. He opened it in 1963, fresh out of the University of Miami's law school and newly admitted to the Florida Bar. Six decades on, he is still working: he gives his view on cases the firm is handling and brings claims against insurance companies that have wrongfully refused to pay benefits.

He moved to South Florida from Long Branch, New Jersey, in 1960 and served in the U.S. Coast Guard, receiving an honorable discharge in 1969. His early practice ranged widely, from criminal defense and labor law to workers' compensation and personal injury. He has since narrowed it to two things: personal injury and insurance cases.

Jerome has also spent years on the deciding side of disputes. Florida certifies him as a circuit civil mediator and arbitrator. He serves on labor arbitration panels for the American Arbitration Association, the National Mediation Board, and the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, and on permanent panels for the City of West Palm Beach and Miami-Dade County. That is why his articles here walk a Lee County reader through how an adjuster, a mediator, or an arbitrator looks at a claim when deciding what it is worth.