Criminal Law

• Wrongful Death
  Since graduating law school, Massel has practiced in the area of civil litigation. During her first four years of practice, she worked as a plaintiff attorney focusing on product liability, negligence, wrongful death, and insurance coverage cases. She subsequently worked in the areas of insurance defense and medical practice for three years before joining Chimpoulis & Hunter. Massel continues to practice insurance defense litigation, focusing on property insurance including first and third party insurance coverage litigation. As part of her practice at Chimpoulis & Hunter, she has handled over a dozen Declaratory Judgment actions on behalf of the insurer seeking to preclude coverage on liability claims. She also has co-chaired numerous trials in insurance coverage cases on behalf of the insurer.
• Fraud
  Susanne has been practicing in South Florida since 1998 and joined Chimpoulis and Hunter in 2020. Susanne has litigated a variety of cases in both state and federal courts including complex commercial litigation and securities fraud matters involving healthcare corporations, as well as litigation on behalf of the Republican Party of Florida relating to the 2000 election. For almost twenty years, her practice has concentrated on insurance defense, including medical malpractice and nursing home defense, on behalf of both healthcare facilities and individual providers.
• Arson
  Brian manages Chimpoulis & Hunter’s property insurance division.  In addition to general insurance defense, Brian devotes most of his practice to the area of first-party property insurance representing insurance companies, including claims handled by their special investigation units.  He has broad litigation and trial experience defending residential, commercial and automobile insurance claims involving arson and other fraud.  Brian has been invited to speak to insurance professionals on topics ranging from insurance appraisal, mold coverage, earth movement and issues unique to condominium insurance claims.  Brian’s expertise defending property insurers resulted in an important court ruling that benefits many Florida property insurers in

Business and Corporate Law

• Mergers and Acquisitions

Employment Law

• Employment Discrimination
  Katherine’s legal career began at the firm Wampler, Buchanan & Breen, P.A. in Miami, where she litigated a variety of cases ranging from family law disputes to federal employment discrimination claims. While at Wampler, Buchanan & Breen, P. A., she worked in the mergers and acquisitions division of the firm, where she conducted due diligence, prepared contracts, and oversaw corporate mergers. Katherine also prepared and argued before the Third District Court of Appeals on behalf of her corporate clients, including the case of

Property Law

• Premises Liability
• Construction Litigation
  Danielle is an associate of Chimpoulis & Hunter and is AV-rated by Martindale-Hubbell. She has spent the majority of her legal career advocating for defendants in professional negligence cases, particularly in the areas of medical negligence and construction defects. Her practice is presently focused on medical negligence. She has been a member of the Florida Bar since 2006 and is admitted to the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Health Law

• Personal Injury
  Jay Chimpoulis is the founder and managing partner of Chimpoulis & Hunter, P.A. He has been representing physicians and other health care professionals for over 34 years and has earned Martindale Hubbell’s prestigious AV rating as well as their Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers. He is also an elected member of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA), an exclusive organization comprised of South Florida’s top trial attorneys. Jay also continues to be recognized as one of the South Florida’s Super Lawyers by Florida Super Lawyers magazine. He maintains a busy trial practice in medical malpractice and personal injury claims involving significant loss. Jay practices statewide, concentrating in Broward, Palm Beach and Miami-Dade counties. He has also argued  before the Third and Fourth District Courts of Appeal in South Florida.
• Medical Malpractice
  Correctional healthcare involves providing medical, dental, and mental health services to inmate/ patients in the unique setting of prisons and jails. Lawsuits filed by prisoners may involve state law medical malpractice claims, but more often are federal civil rights claims for Deliberate Indifference. The law of Deliberate Indifference is grounded in the 8th Amendment to the United States Constitution, one’s right to be free from cruel and unusual punishment. The defense of these serious civil rights claims involves a complex body of civil rights, medical malpractice, and administrative law.