Jones, Hurley & Hand · Florida

Kristin
Longberry

Associate
Workers’ compensation and appellate defense.

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Workers’ compensation defense with a PEO focus.

Kristin represents employers and carriers in workers’ compensation claims and related appeals. Her practice has a particular focus on employee leasing companies and professional employer organizations.

She has tried numerous PEO matters involving issues ranging from alleged fraud to complex medical disputes.

Appellate experience in complex claims.

Kristin has handled numerous appeals and has successfully argued before Florida’s First District Court of Appeal.

Deep PEO experience, supported by trial and appellate advocacy.

She has also authored amicus curiae briefs on behalf of the Florida Association of Professional Employer Organizations.

Practice Focus

Florida defense, statewide.

Workers’ Compensation Defense
Appeals
Professional Employer Organizations
Employee Leasing Companies
Complex Medical Disputes
Fraud & Misrepresentation Issues

Two-bar perspective.

Born in Warren and raised in Cortland, Ohio, Kristin graduated summa cum laude from Washington & Jefferson College with a concentration in political science. She later earned her J.D. from Emory University School of Law.

She is admitted to practice in Florida and Georgia.

Credentials

Washington & Jefferson College — summa cum laude
James Gillespie Blaine Prize in Political Science · Phi Beta Kappa
Emory University School of Law — J.D.
Georgia Bar, admitted 1996
Florida Bar, admitted 2002

Affiliations

Workers’ Compensation Section of The Florida Bar
Judge William Wieland Chapter of the American Inns of Court

Beyond the office
Kristin enjoys time with her husband, son and their three cats.

Practice support
Charlie Gibson