Michael Colgan is a Partner at Kelley Kronenberg, focusing his practice on first-party property insurance defense.
Michael has extensive experience handling first-party property, general liability, and casualty claims from intake through trial and appeal in many jurisdictions throughout Florida. This includes the preparation of over 100 summary judgment motions in response to roof damage, pipe leak, assignment of benefits and subrogation claims, and the representation of a large civil rights class action challenging seasonal use zoning regulations. Michael has represented entities in various business-related disputes, injunctive relief matters, federal civil rights violations, and discrimination cases.
Michael received his Bachelor of Arts degree in East Asian Studies from Yale University. He then earned his Juris Doctor degree from Indiana University School of Law, where he served as the Managing Editor of the Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies.
Michael is proficient in German, Japanese, and Mandarin Chinese.
- Indiana University School of Law, J.D., 2006
- Yale University, B.A., 2002
- Florida
- United States District Court, Middle District Florida
- United States District Court, Southern District Florida
- United States District Court, Northern District Florida
- United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh District
- Defense Research Institute (DRI), Member
- Property and Liability Resource Bureau (PLRB), Member
- Featured, “Michael Colgan, Partner at Kelley Kronenberg“, Orlando Business Journal, July 2021
- Featured, “Kelley Kronenberg Expands Insurance Practice Group with Addition of Partners Michael Colgan and Tiffany Rothenberg“, City Biz, July 2021
- Featured, “Kelley Kronenberg Welcomes Partners Michael Colgan and Tiffany Rothenberg“, Attorney At Law Magazine, July 2021
- Speaker, “Appraisal and ADR Options Under New First-party Reforms,” January 2022
