Attorney Profiles

Massel J. Abisror

Practice  Areas

• First Party Insurance Defense
• Medical Malpractice
• Product Liability

Admitted

• 2000, Florida;
• 2002, U. S. District Court, Southern District

Law  School

• Florida State University, J.D.

Since graduating law school, Massel has practiced in the area of civil litigation. During her first four years of practice, she worked as a plaintiff attorney focusing on product liability, negligence, wrongful death, and insurance coverage cases. She subsequently worked in the areas of insurance defense and medical practice for three years before joining Chimpoulis & Hunter. Massel continues to practice insurance defense litigation, focusing on property insurance including first and third party insurance coverage litigation. As part of her practice at Chimpoulis & Hunter, she has handled over a dozen Declaratory Judgment actions on behalf of the insurer seeking to preclude coverage on liability claims. She also has co-chaired numerous trials in insurance coverage cases on behalf of the insurer.

Massel is an involved parent of two, spending time volunteering at their schools and serving as President of the Beachside Montessori Village Theatrical Guild which is a non-profit organization which fundraises for the drama club. She was involved in drafting the by-laws for this non-profit organization.

Member: Broward County, Miami-Dade  County and American Bar Associations; Florida Defense Lawyer’s Association; Florida Medical Malpractice Claims Counsel; Association of Trial  Lawyers of America

Biography: Phi Delta Phi. Member, Spanish  American Law Student Association.

Languages: Spanish