Donna DeVaney Stockham

Mrs. Stockham attended Auburn University and then received her Juris Doctor from Stetson University College of Law, Cum Laude. She was admitted to the Florida Bar in 1997. After graduating law school, Mrs. Stockham joined Carlton Fields, P.A. where she worked in the General Litigation Department. In that position, she represented Defendants in various civil and business litigation matters. She then joined the Products Liability Group where she represented pharmaceutical companies in the Fen Phen and Latex Glove litigation. After becoming a Shareholder at Carlton Fields, Mrs. Stockham wanted to diversify her experience and do Plaintiffs’ work. She began working at Merlin Law Group in 2006. While there, she represented Plaintiffs in property damage cases throughout Florida and Texas. She then started her own law firm in 2013 where she continued to focus her practice on first party property insurance litigation. However, her Firm also handles Condominium and Community Association Law and Nursing Home abuse cases. She is a member of the Florida Bar, the Texas Bar, and the Northern, Middle, and Southern Districts of Florida. She belongs to several Associations including the Windstorm Insurance Network where she just completed a four (4) year term on the Board of Directors. She is also on the Board of Governors of The Federal Association for Insurance Reform (FAIR). She is a member of Tampa Bay Business Journal's Leadership Trust, which is an invitation-only group for Presidents and CEOs of businesses. She was also recently selected as one of the Women to Watch in 2022 by Tampa Magazine.

She has been an AV Preeminent Peer Review Rated™ attorney by Martindale-Hubbell® for over 22 years. She has been selected for inclusion to the Florida Super Lawyers® list for twelfth consecutive years (2013-2024). Prior to that, she was selected as a Florida Super Lawyers Rising Star® from 2010-2012. She was also selected to Florida Trend’s Legal Elite from 2016-2020. Mrs. Stockham has recently been named to Florida Trend’s 2024 “Legal Elite Notable – Managing Partners” List. Her outstanding knowledge and experience awarded her the opportunity to speak at the American Bar Association Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section (TIPS), Property Insurance Law Committee, Spring CLE meeting in Carlsbad, California on the topic of Mediating Property Insurance Cases. In addition to the above achievements and awards, she received a rating of 5.0 out of 5.0 from peers from the Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review.

Mrs. Stockham is a trial lawyer with a diversified background as both a defense lawyer and a plaintiff’s lawyer. She has tried cases as both defense counsel and plaintiff’s counsel. She is detail-oriented, fair, and experienced in a variety of legal areas.