Melissa M. Sims

Managing Member
Berk, Merchant & Sims, PLC

MELISSA MCMILLAN SIMS is an “AV” rated, Founding and Managing Member of the law firm of Berk, Merchant & Sims, PLC. Ms. Sims received her BA from Louisiana State University and her J.D. from St. Thomas University in Miami, Florida. She has been admitted to the Louisiana State Bar since 1992 and the Florida Bar since 1996. She is also admitted in the United States District Court for the Eastern, Western and Middle Districts of Louisiana since 1992 and the Eleventh Circuit, the U.S. District Court, Southern, Middle and Northern Districts of Florida since 1996. She is a member of the American Bar Association, Federal Bar Association, Louisiana State Bar Association, Florida Bar (member Tort & Insurance Section) and American College of Coverage and Extracontractual Counsel. Ms. Sims has tried insurance coverage cases involving arson, windstorm damage, jewelry theft, and a variety of property losses to defense verdicts for the insurance company. She has presented on insurance issues at the Florida Advisory Committee on Arson Prevention Conference, the Windstorm Insurance Network Conference, Miami Bench & Bar Conference and the American Bar Association Insurance Litigation Section Conference. Ms. Sims areas of practice include: Insurance Bad Faith Litigation, Commercial Insurance Coverage and Litigation, First and Third Party Insurance Coverage Litigation and Pre-Suit Property Claims Investigation.

Presentation(s):

• Business Interruptions and Lost Profits (T10)

  Tuesday, January 24, 2023
  3:30 PM – 5:15 PM