Jenelle E. La Chuisa

Jenelle La Chuisa is a litigator and arbitrator representing individuals and companies in international and domestic business and insurance coverage disputes arising out of property, casualty, professional liability, aviation, marine and builder’s risk policies. She provides her clients with practical solutions for their complex business issues. For more than two decades, Jenelle has represented the interests of insurers, managing a wide range of cases, including coverage disputes, first-party property claims, bad faith, business contracts, business torts, fraud, and conspiracy matters.

In arbitration, Jenelle advises clients on optimal dispute resolution strategies and enforcing arbitration agreements. Her extensive experience includes appearances before the International Chamber of Commerce, the International Centre for Dispute Resolution, and the American Arbitration Association (AAA). Additionally, she serves as a court-appointed arbitrator in Florida’s Eleventh (Miami-Dade County) and Seventeenth (Broward County) Judicial Circuit Courts. Jenelle is dedicated to providing exceptional client service, making sure to exceed the needs of each client.

Jenelle co-chairs Hinshaw's Pro Bono and Community Involvement Committee in Ft. Lauderdale, overseeing volunteer opportunities for pro bono projects and community events.

Before joining Hinshaw, Jenelle bolstered her litigation and arbitration experience with firms throughout Florida. She recently practiced with a Florida-based firm and maintained her solo practice, La Chuisa Law.

• American Arbitration Association
  • Commercial Cases Arbitrator
  • Consumer Cases Arbitrator
• The Florida Bar
  • Alternative Dispute Resolution Section
  • International Law Section
• National Association of Women Lawyers (NAWL)

• Professional
  • 2024 Russell E. Carlisle Advocacy Award
  • Recognized on the Super Lawyers list by Florida Super Lawyers magazine, 2016 – 2024
  • Recognized as "Florida's Legal Elite Up and Coming" by Florida Trend, 2014 – 2015
  • Recognized on the Rising Stars list by Florida Super Lawyers magazine, 2009 – 2011, 2013 – 2015
  • John Edward Smith Pro Bono Award for Child Advocacy
• Academic
  • St. Thomas University School of Law
    • Florida Bar Foundation Fellowship

Insurance

• Achieved a successful defense in a bad faith claim concerning the determination of resident relative status under the insured’s auto policy.
• Obtained a defense verdict in arbitration for a Florida-based assisted living facility.
• Obtained judgment on the pleadings in a COVID-19 business interruption lawsuit brought by various hotel and casino properties.
• Partial summary judgment was obtained and affirmed by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit as a result of the insured’s violation of an aviation policy’s pilot warranty.
• Summary judgment obtained as a result of the insured’s violation of captain warranty in marine policy.
• Favorable settlement for national insurer in highly contested coverage dispute arising out of alleged error in insured’s name.
• Favorable settlements in numerous first-party property cases involving property damage to residential and commercial properties.
• Summary judgment affirmed on appeal in an insurance dispute regarding whether discrimination claims were covered under a national diner chain's restaurant's policy.

Arbitration

• Enforcement of International Chamber of Commerce award involving the nature of disclosures that arbitrators must make.
• International Chamber of Commerce arbitration award for South American distributor of agrochemicals against multinational company, for breach of agreement to purchase agrochemical business, including successful defense of motion to modify the arbitral award.
• Stopped litigation in Latin America brought by sales agent against multi-national corporation brought in violation of the parties' arbitral agreement.
• Vacated fraudulently obtained arbitration award for $6.6 billion.

Business Tort and Contract Matters

• Favorable settlement for aircraft maintenance and repair company against regional airline, following imposition of aircraft liens for unpaid debt.
• Representation of national real estate developer in claims against robotic garage manufacturer.
• Representation of South Florida real estate developer in claims adverse to condominium association pertaining to robotic garage.
• Favorable settlement for South American lender in claims against borrower and associates for conversion, fraud and conspiracy to defraud.

Professional Liability

• Favorable settlement for state agency against collection attorney on claims for professional malpractice and disgorgement of attorney's fees in violation of bar rule requiring written contingency fee agreements, and successful defense at trial of counterclaim for quantum meruit attorney's fees.

• "Foreign Law Experts: Maximizing their Effectiveness to Win Your Case," iLaw (International Law Section of the Florida Bar) Annual Conference 2019, Miami, Florida, February 2019
• "International Arbitration and Dispute Resolution Trends: What to Expect in 2016 and Beyond," Live Webcast, January 2016
• "Litigation vs. Arbitration: Differences in Pleading, Practice & Procedure," Live Webcast, July 2015
• "Trust Arbitration – Can it Work?," ICC Young Arbitrator's Forum, Nassau, Bahamas, July 2015
• "The Art of Persuasion & Oral Argument," University of Miami School of Law's Fundamentals of International Arbitration, Miami, Florida, January 2015

• Chapter 20, "Awarding Interest in Arbitration," Wolter Kluwer's International Arbitration in the U.S., January 31, 2018

Media Mentions

• "Fla. Atty, Client Can't Escape Suit Over $6M Arbitration Award," Law360, April 1, 2022

• Legal Aid Service of Broward County, Advice and Counsel Hotline, Pro Bono Volunteer
• The Florida Rights Restoration Coalition, Voting Rights Restoration Project, Pro Bono Volunteer
• ProVisors Miami IV, 2023 – 2024
• Women's Chamber of Commerce of Miami-Dade County
  • President, 2016 – 2017
  • Secretary, 2013 – 2015
  • Board Member, 2012 – 2013