Fred Karlinsky

Practice Areas

Insurance

Government Law & Policy

Financial Regulatory & Compliance

Data, Privacy & Cybersecurity

Banking & Financial Services

Insurance Regulatory & Transactions

Government Contracts

Equine Industry Group

Government Contracts - Suspension & Debarment

Career

Fred Karlinsky is a Shareholder and Global Co-Chair of Greenberg Traurig’s Insurance Regulatory and Transactions Practice Group. Fred has nearly 30 years of experience representing the interests of insurers, reinsurers and a wide variety of other insurance-related entities. He is a recognized authority on national insurance regulatory and compliance issues and has taken a leadership position in many insurance trade organizations. Recognized as the only Band 1 Florida insurance lawyer by Chambers & Partners and one of the most influential leaders in Florida politics by City & State Florida and INFLUENCE Magazine, Fred has in-depth knowledge of insurance compliance matters and has been a primary strategist in virtually all types of Florida insurance-related legislative initiatives. Fred has also been listed in The Best Lawyers in America, Super Lawyers, Florida Trend 500 and Florida Trend’s “Legal Elite” for his work in insurance law. In addition to his role with Greenberg Traurig, Fred has been an Adjunct Professor of Law at Florida State University College of Law since 2008, where he teaches a course on Insurance Law and Risk Management. Fred currently chairs the Florida Supreme Court Judicial Nominating Commission, which he has served on since 2014. Four of the seven current sitting Justices of the Florida Supreme Court have been appointed during Fred’s tenure on the JNC.

Concentrations:

Insurance regulatory law

Insurance transactional matters

Insurance legislation

Executive, legislative and municipal government affairs

Governmental law

Corporate representation

Health care

Professional Memberships

He serves on several insurance-related boards, including the Board of Advisors for St. John’s University School of Risk Management’s Center for the Study of Insurance Regulation.

Publications

Listed, Chambers USA Guide, 2011-2022

Personal

Education

J.D., Florida State University College of Law, 1992

B.S., University of Miami, 1989

Clerkships

Law Clerk, 11th Judicial Circuit, Miami-Dade County, Florida, Summer 1991