Biography

Alexis M. Connell is Member in Burns White’s Tampa office.   With over 15 years of legal experience, Ms. Connell specializes in defending physicians, nurses, administrators and other health care professionals in complex medical malpractice, aging services, professional liability and general liability matters. Ms. Connell has handled numerous cases for nursing homes and other health care systems, and represents clients in all aspects of civil litigation including settlement negotiations, mediation, arbitration and trial.

Earlier in her career, Ms. Connell worked at two major defense firms in Florida, where she focused on nursing home defense, professional liability, general liability and insurance defense matters. She has handled numerous cases throughout the entire civil litigation process, including complex motions, mediation, arbitration, discovery, depositions, trials and settlement negotiations.

Before entering private practice, Ms. Connell represented indigent parties in juvenile dependency cases in a newly formed Office of Criminal Conflict and Civil Regional Counsel in Hillsborough County, Florida. She handled several cases, from inception through bench trial and appeal, and represented clients at mediations and evidentiary hearings.

Ms. Connell earned her Juris Doctorate with a Sports Law Certificate from Florida Coastal School of Law. She also completed a Bachelor of Arts degree in criminology with a minor in anthropology at the University of South Florida.