Practice Areas


Education

  • Bachelor of Arts- University of Miami- 1980
  • Juris Doctor- University of Miami- 1983


Admissions

  • Florida
  • New York
  • Texas
  • District of Columbia


Jacob Linhart is a partner in the firm’s West Palm Beach office. He is rated ”AV Preeminent” by Martindale-Hubbell and brings to our firm almost four decades of experience as a litigator. He has spent the great majority of his career representing insurance carriers and insureds in first and third-party claims and subrogation claims in the areas of homeowners’ insurance, property damage, auto negligence, premises liability and rental car law. For twelve years, he was the managing partner of a prominent multistate insurance subrogation litigation firm.

Jacob grew up in Brooklyn, New York, obtaining both his Bachelor’s degree, cum laude, and his Juris Doctor degree from the University of Miami School of Law. He is licensed to practice in all the State Courts of Florida, New York, Texas and the District of Columbia and has lectured extensively nationwide to insurance adjusters and other insurance professionals on the subjects of automobile and property loss. He is certified by the Florida Department of Insurance as an Instructor for continuing education courses, qualified by the Florida Supreme Court as an Arbitrator, certified by the Better Business Bureau as an Auto Line Arbitrator and is a former Florida Circuit and County Court Mediator. He has served as both a Collections Court General Master and a Traffic Court Magistrate with the Palm Beach County Court and has been a member of the Florida Bar Civil Procedure Rules Committee, Traffic Court Rules Committee, Small Claims Rules Committee and Consumer Protection Law Committee.

An avid animal lover, in his spare time, he sits on the board of directors of a regional animal rescue organization. Prior to his admission to The Bar he served in law enforcement as an Auxiliary Police Officer, a Deputy Sheriff and a Bailiff.