Jenelle E. La Chuisa

Jenelle La Chuisa is a litigator and arbitrator representing individuals and companies in international and domestic business and insurance coverage disputes. Her practice spans more than two decades, during which Jenelle has handled business contracts, business torts, fraud, and conspiracy disputes, including the enforcement of foreign judgments and arbitration awards. She advocates for insurers, managing cases ranging from complex coverage disputes and first-party commercial property claims to bad faith issues arising out of commercial general liability, property, professional liability, aviation, marine, and builders risk policies. Jenelle delivers practical solutions to the complex business issues her clients face.

In addition to her litigation work, Jenelle serves as an arbitrator, including for the American Arbitration Association and for Florida’s Eleventh Judicial Circuit Court in Miami-Dade County and Seventeenth Judicial Circuit Court in Broward County. She advises clients on optimal dispute resolution strategies and the enforcement of arbitration agreements. Jenelle is dedicated to exceptional client service, always striving to exceed the needs of each client.

Jenelle co-chairs Hinshaw's Pro Bono and Community Involvement Committee in Ft. Lauderdale, overseeing volunteer opportunities for pro bono projects and community events. She serves on the Board of Directors for Legal Aid Service of Broward County. In recognition of her pro bono advocacy, she received the Florida Bar President’s Pro Bono Service Award for the 17th Judicial Circuit and the 2024 Russell E. Carlisle Advocacy Award.

Before joining Hinshaw, Jenelle bolstered her litigation and arbitration experience with firms throughout Florida, including her solo practice, La Chuisa Law.

• American Arbitration Association
  • International, Commercial, Consumer, and Negligence Cases Arbitrator
• The Florida Bar
  • Alternative Dispute Resolution Section
  • International Law Section
• National Association of Women Lawyers (NAWL)

• Professional
  • Daily Business Review 2025 Florida Legal Award Finalist for ESG Impacts
  • 2025 Florida Bar President’s Pro Bono Service Award for the 17th Judicial Circuit
  • 2024 Russell E. Carlisle Advocacy Award
  • Recognized on the Super Lawyers list by Florida Super Lawyers magazine, 2016 – 2024
  • Recognized as "Florida's Legal Elite Up and Coming" by Florida Trend, 2014 – 2015
  • Recognized on the Rising Stars list by Florida Super Lawyers magazine, 2009 – 2011, 2013 – 2015
  • John Edward Smith Pro Bono Award for Child Advocacy
• Academic
  • St. Thomas University School of Law
    • Florida Bar Foundation Fellowship

Insurance

• Secured summary judgment for an insurer in an aviation coverage dispute involving damages exceeding $1.2 million, ruling there was no duty to defend or indemnify. The court determined that the underlying lawsuit did not trigger additional insured coverage, as the allegations were not related to the acts or omissions of the named insured, either in whole or in part.
• Obtained summary judgment for an insurer against a Florida municipality in a coverage dispute concerning the validity of a certificate of insurance.
• Obtained dismissal with prejudice for an insurer in a coverage dispute brought by an association arising out of fiduciary duty claims stemming from excluded property damages.
• Achieved a successful defense in a bad faith claim concerning the determination of resident relative status under the insured’s auto policy.
• Obtained a defense verdict in arbitration for a Florida-based assisted living facility.
• Obtained judgment on the pleadings in a COVID-19 business interruption lawsuit brought by various hotel and casino properties.
• Partial summary judgment obtained and affirmed by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit as a result of the insured’s violation of an aviation policy’s pilot warranty.
• Summary judgment obtained as a result of the insured’s violation of captain warranty in marine policy.
• Favorable settlement for national insurer in highly contested coverage dispute arising out of alleged error in insured’s name.
• Favorable settlements in numerous first-party property cases involving property damage to residential and commercial properties.
• Summary judgment affirmed on appeal in an insurance dispute regarding whether discrimination claims were covered under a national diner chain's restaurant's policy.

Arbitration

• Enforcement of International Chamber of Commerce award involving the nature of disclosures that arbitrators must make.
• International Chamber of Commerce arbitration award for South American distributor of agrochemicals against multinational company, for breach of agreement to purchase agrochemical business, including successful defense of motion to modify the arbitral award.
• Stopped litigation in Latin America brought by sales agent against multi-national corporation brought in violation of the parties' arbitral agreement.
• Vacated fraudulently obtained arbitration award for $6.6 billion.

Business Tort and Contract Matters

• Favorable settlement for aircraft maintenance and repair company against regional airline, following imposition of aircraft liens for unpaid debt.
• Representation of national real estate developer in claims against robotic garage manufacturer.
• Representation of South Florida real estate developer in claims adverse to condominium association pertaining to robotic garage.
• Favorable settlement for South American lender in claims against borrower and associates for conversion, fraud and conspiracy to defraud.

Professional Liability

• Favorable settlement for state agency against collection attorney on claims for professional malpractice and disgorgement of attorney's fees in violation of bar rule requiring written contingency fee agreements, and successful defense at trial of counterclaim for quantum meruit attorney's fees.

• "Foreign Law Experts: Maximizing their Effectiveness to Win Your Case," iLaw (International Law Section of the Florida Bar) Annual Conference 2019, Miami, Florida, February 2019
• "International Arbitration and Dispute Resolution Trends: What to Expect in 2016 and Beyond," Live Webcast, January 2016
• "Litigation vs. Arbitration: Differences in Pleading, Practice & Procedure," Live Webcast, July 2015
• "Trust Arbitration – Can it Work?," ICC Young Arbitrator's Forum, Nassau, Bahamas, July 2015
• "The Art of Persuasion & Oral Argument," University of Miami School of Law's Fundamentals of International Arbitration, Miami, Florida, January 2015

• Chapter 20, "Awarding Interest in Arbitration," Wolter Kluwer's International Arbitration in the U.S., January 31, 2018

Media Mentions

• "Fla. Atty, Client Can't Escape Suit Over $6M Arbitration Award," Law360, April 1, 2022

• Legal Aid Service of Broward County
  • Board of Directors
  • Advice and Counsel Hotline, Pro Bono Volunteer
• The Florida Rights Restoration Coalition
  • Voting Rights Restoration Project, Pro Bono Volunteer
• ProVisors Miami IV, 2023 – 2024
• Women's Chamber of Commerce of Miami-Dade County
  • President, 2016 – 2017
  • Secretary, 2013 – 2015
  • Board Member, 2012 – 2013