PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Lila K. Ross joined Mills Paskert Divers in 2007. Her practice is exclusively devoted to business, construction, fidelity, and surety litigation. She is licensed to practice in all Florida state courts.
Lila earned her Bachelor of Arts in History and Government from the University of Notre Dame in 2001. She attended the University of Florida College of Law and obtained her Juris Doctor in 2007.
During law school, Lila was a member of the Florida Law Review and the Journal of Technology Law and Policy. She was a teaching assistant for legal research and writing, and appellate advocacy.
MEMBERSHIPS AND CERTIFICATIONS
Admitted to Practice in all state courts in Florida and in the U.S. District Court for the Northern, Middle and Southern Districts of Florida.
The Hillsborough County Bar Association
American Bar Association
- Tort and Insurance Practice Section
- Fidelity and Surety Law Committee
SPEECHES AND PUBLICATIONS
Lila K. Ross, Case Comment, Closing the Door to Opportunity: The Florida Supreme Court’s Analysis of Uniformity in the Context of Article IX, Section 1, 58 Fla. L. Rev. 945 (2006).
Case Summary: Offers of Judgment: Not a Safe Harbor from Bad Faith Claims, Co-authored with Brandon Held, Insights, Winter 2008.
Case Summary: Clarification of the Statute of Limitations: BDI Construction Co. v. Hartford Insurance Co., Insights, Winter 2009.
From New York to Cabbage Key: How Concepts Like Forum Shopping, Venue Selection, Conflicting Laws, Abstention, and the Like can Impact Fidelity Claims, Co-authored with Alberta Adams and Jeffrey Paskert, Surety Claims Institute, 2008.