Jacob Linhart is a Partner in Salmon & Salmon’s West Palm Beach office. He is AV-Rated by Martindale-Hubbell and brings 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 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. Prior to entering the practice of law, Jacob served in law enforcement as a Deputy Sheriff, Bailiff, and Auxiliary Police Officer. He obtained both his bachelor’s degree and JD from the University of Miami School of Law.
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