723 East Colonial Drive, Suite 100, Orlando, Florida 32803

Alita S. Chappell

Associate

407-917-9975 phone

Areas of practice

  • Workers’ compensation
  • Social Security
  • Family law

Bar admissions

  • Florida, 1992

Education

  • Florida State University College of Law, Tallahassee, Florida, 1991, J.D.
  • Auburn University, Montgomery, Alabama, 1988, B.S., Cum Laude
    • Honors: Dean’s List
    • Awards: Merit Scholar Recipient, 1986-1988; Government Student of the Year, 1987-1988
    • Major: Government/Political Science
    • Minor: Biology
  • Troy State University, Troy, Alabama, 1981, A.S.N.
    • Honors: Gamma Beta Phi, 1979-1981

Representative cases

  • Crum & Forster/U.S. Fire Ins. Co. v. Wilson, 982 So.2d 1180 (Table) (Fla. 1st DCA 2008) (Appellee prevailed, Unpublished Opinion)
  • RC Cola Bottling/AceUsa v. Levinsky, 965 So.2d 128 (Table) (Fla. 1st DCA 2007) (Appellee prevailed, Unpublished Opinion)
  • Gaines v. Department of Children & Families, 711 So.2d 190 (Fla. 5th DCA 1998)

Professional associations and memberships

  • Florida Bar: Workers Compensation Section, Member
  • Orange County Bar Association
  • Florida State University College of Law Women’s Law Symposium, 1989-1991; Treasurer, 1990
  • Registered Nurse: Alabama, 1981-1988; Florida, 1988 – Present

Prior experience

  • State of Florida, Department of Children & Families (formerly Department of Health & Rehabilitative Services), 1992 – 1998

Birth information

  • Montgomery, Alabama