Bart Cozad

BART COZAD

West Palm Beach, Florida
Phone:  561.686.5005
E-mail: bartcozad@wpb-law.com

Bart Cozad is a shareholder in the firm's West Palm Beach office. Mr. Cozad joined Peterson  Bernard  in  2002, bringing with him a solid background in insurance defense gained as a result of managing the  Fort Lauderdale/Miami  Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company’s  house counsel office.  Mr. Cozad’s  practice areas include  insurance defense, automobile negligence, premises liability, toxic tort, products liability, construction litigation, insurance agent/broker errors and omissions, subrogation, libel/slander, bad faith litigation, and wrongful death.

State/Court Admissions
• Florida Bar, 1988
• United States District Court, Southern District of Florida, 1993
• United States District Court, Middle District of Florida, 2002

Education/Background
• B.A., Political Science, Loyola University, New Orleans, 1984
• J. D., Thomas M. Cooley Law School, 1987
• Technical Specialist, Travelers Insurance Company
• In-house counsel, Nationwide Insurance Company
• Smith Demahy Drake and Cozad

Affiliations/Memberships
• Florida Bar
• The American Bar Association
Palm Beach County Bar Association
• Broward County Bar Association
• Dade County Bar Association