Chelsie Lamie

Chelsie's interest in personal injury law was sparked after she and her husband, David, were involved in a high-speed head-on crash while she was a law student. As Chelsie recovered from knee and back injuries, she also cared for her husband who was permanently disabled due to a brain injury. This accident taught Chelsie first hand how the carelessness of a stranger can inflict serious physical and financial damage to a family. As she would later discover, this accident planted the seed for her interest in personal injury law. Chelsie moved to Florida to attend the University of Tampa on a scholarship. Chelsie went on to earn her Juris Doctor at Stetson University College of Law. Chelsie was the recipient of the prestigious Victor O. Wehle Trial Advocacy Award and was a top four finalist in Stetson's Phi Alpha Delta’s Opening Statement and Closing Argument competitions. After graduating from the University of Tampa, Chelsie worked as an automobile and general liability claims adjuster for a large insurance company. Chelsie was trained by the insurance company to evaluate and settle the claims of injury victims. After earning her law degree, Chelsie went to work as an insurance defense lawyer. She represented many well known insurance companies and attended numerous conferences and workshops in order to learn how to defend against and minimize the recovery of injury victims. As an accident survivor and caretaker of an injury victim, Chelsie soon found that she morally could not justify working for the big insurance companies. She knew that it was time to take what she can learned after years of working inside the insurance industry and use it to fight for the rights of injury victims. As a former adjuster and insurance defense lawyer, Chelsie understands what motivates adjusters and insurance companies to settle claims and how to obtain the best possible results for her injured clients.