Samantha S. Rhayem is a partner in the Fort Lauderdale office of Lewis Brisbois. She focuses her practice on counseling and representing clients in insurance coverage litigation and matters involving bad-faith claims. Ms. Rhayem’s extensive insurance coverage experience includes defending insurers in commercial class actions and litigating complex disputes in multi-district litigation courts throughout the country.

Publications

Admissions

• State Bar Admissions
  • Florida
• United States District Courts
  • United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida
  • United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida
  • United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida
  • United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Education

University of Miami School of Law

Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, 2014

Florida International University

Bachelor of Science, summa cum laude, 2011

Representative Matters

• Heatsink USA, LLC v. State Auto Prop. & Cas. Ins. Co., 333 So. 3d 704 (Fla. 2d DCA 2022) 
• Mid-Continent Cas. Co. v. Arpin & Sons, LLC, 261 F. Supp. 3d 1245 (S.D. Fla. 2017), aff’d, Mid-Continent Cas. Co. v. Arpin & Sons, LLC, 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 24480 (11th Cir. Fla., Aug. 4, 2020)
• Granada Ins. Co. v. 3P Full Remodeling et al., No. 2017-021500-CA-01 (Fla. Cir. Ct. Miami-Dade Cty., Dec. 14, 2018)