Sha`Ron James

Sha`Ron James is a partner on Berger Singerman’s Government and Regulatory Team, based in Tallahassee, and focuses her practice on healthcare, business re-organization and insurance.

James most recently served as the Insurance Consumer Advocate for the state of Florida, where she represented the general public and insurance consumers before the Department of Financial Services, the Office of Insurance Regulation, and the Division of Administrative Hearings in regulatory matters. She was appointed to this role after her tenure as Division Director of the Florida Department of Financial Services’ Division of Rehabilitation and Liquidation, where she directed the operation of over 48 highly complex receivership estates with entrusted assets totaling over $1.4 billion dollars.

Before joining state government, she was an attorney with the law firm of Messer, Caparello, & Self, representing clients in litigation and transactional matters across a variety of industry sectors, such as real estate, banking, not-for-profit, and professional services.

Sha`Ron currently serves as the President of the Florida Chapter of the National African American Insurance Association and recently served as a member of the Florida Hurricane Loss Projection Methodology Commission, the Florida Workers’ Compensation Joint Underwriting Association Board of Directors, the Florida Workers’ Compensation Insurance Guaranty Association Board of Directors, the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) Appeals Board, and the Citizens Property Insurance Company Consumer Services Committee.

J.D., University of Florida Frederic G. Levin College of Law
MPA, The Maxwell School of Syracuse University
B.S., Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University
Advanced Project Management Certification (SCPM), Stanford University

Government and Regulatory

Bankruptcy/Restructuring
Healthcare
Insurance