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John S. Riordan is an AV-rated civil trial attorney and Partner in Kelley Kronenberg’s West Palm Beach office.  With more than 25 years of legal experience, he focuses his practice on first-party property insurance defense, premises liability, automobile liability, personal injury protection, and complex civil litigation.

John represents insurance carriers throughout Florida in coverage disputes, bad faith litigation, declaratory judgment actions, SIU investigations, and pre-suit evaluations.

An accomplished trial attorney, John has tried more than 150 jury and non-jury trials in state and federal courts. Before joining Kelley Kronenberg, he served as Managing Partner of a West Palm Beach law firm and as an Assistant State Attorney in Palm Beach County, prosecuting misdemeanor and felony cases.

John was recognized as a Super Lawyers Rising Star in 2012 and 2013 and selected as a Super Lawyer in 2022 and 2023.

A Miami native, John earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Miami and his Juris Doctor from Nova Southeastern University’s Shepard Broad College of Law. He is admitted to practice in Florida, all three Florida federal district courts, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, and the United States Supreme Court.