Emilia A. Quesada is a founding partner and Chair of the firm’s Insurance Practice Group focusing her practice in the areas of complex commercial litigation with specialized knowledge in insurance disputes including life insurance, disability insurance, health insurance, and ERISA claims, as well as pharmaceutical litigation, financial service industry matters, banking litigation, products liability matters, litigation involving design professionals such as architects and engineers, general commercial litigation and class action defense.Ms. Quesada has represented numerous Fortune 500 companies throughout her career including healthcare organizations related to managed care litigation, provider and consumer claims, HMO, PPO, Medicaid and Medicare claims, emergency services litigation, as well as in and out of network claims; life and disability insurance companies related to agent and independent contractor issues, interpleader actions, structured settlement disputes, STOLI matters, short and long term disability issues, long term care insurance claims, reinsurance matters, vicarious liability issues and bad faith litigation; and other insurers covering supplemental, accidental and other insurance products in the defense of first party claims. Additional representations include defending an array of companies such as banks and pharmaceutical companies in general commercial claims, business disputes, business torts and other civil claims in state and federal courts throughout Florida and Georgia, as well as arbitration tribunals throughout the country.Ms. Quesada is AV-rated by Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Ratings, the highest rating possible, and an Arbitrator for the American Arbitration Association (Commercial, Consumer and Healthcare rosters).Prior to forming SMGQ, Ms. Quesada was a partner at a national law firm and senior associate at Hunton & Williams LLP (n/k/a Hunton Andrews Kurth). Ms. Quesada commenced her legal career in private practice at Steel Hector & Davis LLP (n/k/a Squire Patton Boggs) after completing a federal clerkship as an Honors Attorney through the Attorney General Honors Program for the U.S. Department of Justice in Atlanta, Georgia, where she was selected from over 2,500 applicants for one of eight positions.Ms. Quesada is admitted to practice in Florida, including the U.S. District Courts for the Southern, Middle and Northern Districts of Florida; in Georgia, including the U.S. District Courts for the Northern and Middle Districts of Georgia; in New York; and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.