General Liability and Casualty Defense
Subrogation
Product Liability
Premises Liability
Construction Litigation and Construction Defect
Professional Negligence (Non-Medical)
Florida
Supreme Court of the United States
United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida
United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida
United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida
Ohio Northern University School of Law
J.D., 2008
University of Miami
B.B.A., 2005
Victoria N. Godwin-Reese focuses her practice in the area of civil defense. Victoria has successfully defended national companies against claims of injury resulting from product defects, and local licensed professionals such as physicians, nurses, home inspectors, engineers, architects, and general contractors against claims of professional negligence. Victoria has also been retained to provide legal advice as to compliance with government regulations and responding to requests from the FDA and EEOC.
Victoria is committed to obtaining the best possible results for her clients, whether that means settling a minor claim early in litigation to save the client’s time and expense or defending claims through the appellate process. Over the years, Victoria has saved her clients millions by creative and effective litigation practices.
Prior to joining Chartwell Law, Victoria was an associate at a mid-size firm in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, where she handled cases concerning product liability, professional negligence, premises liability, construction defect, and breach of contract. She has also served as in-house counsel for an international pharmaceutical and dietary supplement company (based out of Florida) handing both administrative and litigation matters, including appellate work, here in the United States. In addition to her traditional legal and litigation work, Victoria has also been employed as an adjunct professor teaching “Legal Aspects of Sport” at the University of Miami, where she taught and addressed all the legal considerations in the field of sport from event and building safety and management, to contracts, intellectual property, litigation, and everything in between.
Florida Bar Association
Phi Alpha Delta, International Law Fraternity
"Good Work Over Bad, Key Provisions in the Battle Between Subcontractors and General Contractors," CLM Construction Claims, Summer, 2024, Issue 2, Volume 4
"Moisture Mayhem," CLM Construction Claims, April 24, 2024
“Shared Immunity, When Workers’ Compensation Immunity Can Be Shared with the General Contractor and Other Subcontractors,” CLM Construction Claims, September 7, 2021
"Solar Panel Claims Are Heating Up," 2024 CLM Construction Conference, Huntingdon Beach, CA, September 20, 2024
"Building a Strong Case: Construction Technology in Litigation," West Coast Casualty Construction Defect Seminar, Anaheim, CA, May, 2024
"Developments - New and Proposed Statutory Laws in the Southeast," DRI Construction Defect Convention, Phoenix, AZ, January, 2024
Victoria N. Godwin-Reese focuses her practice in the area of civil defense. Victoria has successfully defended national companies against claims of injury resulting from product defects, and local licensed professionals such as physicians, nurses, home inspectors, engineers, architects, and general contractors against claims of professional negligence. Victoria has also been retained to provide legal advice as to compliance with government regulations and responding to requests from the FDA and EEOC.
Victoria is committed to obtaining the best possible results for her clients, whether that means settling a minor claim early in litigation to save the client’s time and expense or defending claims through the appellate process. Over the years, Victoria has saved her clients millions by creative and effective litigation practices.
Prior to joining Chartwell Law, Victoria was an associate at a mid-size firm in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, where she handled cases concerning product liability, professional negligence, premises liability, construction defect, and breach of contract. She has also served as in-house counsel for an international pharmaceutical and dietary supplement company (based out of Florida) handing both administrative and litigation matters, including appellate work, here in the United States. In addition to her traditional legal and litigation work, Victoria has also been employed as an adjunct professor teaching “Legal Aspects of Sport” at the University of Miami, where she taught and addressed all the legal considerations in the field of sport from event and building safety and management, to contracts, intellectual property, litigation, and everything in between.
Florida Bar Association
Phi Alpha Delta, International Law Fraternity
"Good Work Over Bad, Key Provisions in the Battle Between Subcontractors and General Contractors," CLM Construction Claims, Summer, 2024, Issue 2, Volume 4
"Moisture Mayhem," CLM Construction Claims, April 24, 2024
“Shared Immunity, When Workers’ Compensation Immunity Can Be Shared with the General Contractor and Other Subcontractors,” CLM Construction Claims, September 7, 2021
"Solar Panel Claims Are Heating Up," 2024 CLM Construction Conference, Huntingdon Beach, CA, September 20, 2024
"Building a Strong Case: Construction Technology in Litigation," West Coast Casualty Construction Defect Seminar, Anaheim, CA, May, 2024
"Developments - New and Proposed Statutory Laws in the Southeast," DRI Construction Defect Convention, Phoenix, AZ, January, 2024