Lara Weems Rezapour

Lara Weems Rezapour is a Partner and Business Unit Leader at Kelley Kronenberg, where she concentrates on matters related to all aspects of general liability, third-party insurance defense, and gig economy liability.

Before joining Kelley Kronenberg, Lara was a Partner at a prominent Florida defense firm where she represented insurance companies in defense of their first-party property, general liability, automobile negligence, and premises liability claims. Prior thereto, Lara dedicated her practice to advocating on behalf of some of Florida’s most vulnerable citizens, first serving as a Guardian Ad Litem to assess the needs of children involved in high-conflict family law cases and then representing victims of domestic violence.  

Lara received her Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of Tennessee.  She went on to earn her Juris Doctor, cum laude, from Florida A&M University College of Law. Lara excelled academically, earning Book Awards for receiving the highest score in her Legal Research and Writing I, Legal Research and Writing II, and Florida Constitutional Law courses. She also served as Senior Staff Editor of Law Review, Treasurer of the Hispanic American Law Student Association, President of Christian Legal Society, and a member of Moot Court.  Prior to her admission to the Bar, Lara had the distinguished honor of being chosen as one of two Legal Interns to United States Senator Marco Rubio, an experience which afforded her significant international conflict resolution experience.