Fred Karlinsky

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

State Attorneys General Practice

Tariff Task Force

Fred Karlinsky is a Shareholder and Chair of Greenberg Traurig’s Global Insurance Regulatory and Transactions Practice Group. He also serves on Greenberg Traurig’s Executive Committee. Fred has over 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, has taken a leadership position in many insurance trade organizations, and has 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. 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. 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. Since 2014 Fred has served on the Florida Supreme Court Judicial Nominating Commission (JNC), where six of the seven sitting Justices of the Florida Supreme Court have been appointed during Fred’s tenure on the JNC. Fred previously chaired the Florida Supreme Court Judicial Nominating Commission from 2022-2025.

Concentrations:

Insurance regulatory law

Insurance transactional matters

Insurance legislation

Executive, legislative and municipal government affairs

Governmental law

Corporate representation

Health care

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.