Fowler White Burnett, P.A.

What Fowler White Burnett, P.A. does

Fowler White Burnett, P.A. is a full-service Florida law firm founded in 1943 and headquartered in Miami, operating four additional offices in Fort Lauderdale, Jacksonville, West Palm Beach, and Tampa with approximately 51 attorneys. The firm serves enterprise clients across five core verticals — insurance defense, maritime, aviation, healthcare/medical malpractice, and real estate — alongside corporate transactional, trusts and estates, immigration, intellectual property, and family law matters spanning 27 practice areas. Named relationships include major domestic life and casualty insurers, major cruise lines, major South Florida hospitals and academic medical centers, domestic and international airline carriers, and Fortune 500 institutional lenders and developers, with additional stated focus on startups and on international clients from Latin America and Europe. Revenue is generated through standard professional-services billing — primarily hourly rates with some fixed-fee and contingency arrangements — and the firm relies on direct attorney-to-client engagement, referrals, and recognition through Chambers USA, Best Lawyers in America, Florida Super Lawyers, and Lexology Index as its go-to-market channels.

The firm's underlying technology is standard law firm infrastructure: case management, legal research databases, document management, and communication platforms. The most notable capability investment is the recently formalized AI, Data Privacy & Cybersecurity practice, which advises clients on AI governance, ethical AI deployment, HIPAA, and the Florida Digital Bill of Rights; this is a service offering rather than a proprietary technology product. The firm is the only full-service Florida member of ALFA International, providing global co-counsel reach, and is led by three Managing Shareholders (Stephen F. Coxhead, Christopher E. Knight, and Richard A. Wood) with decades of experience in aviation, civil litigation, and real estate, respectively.

Operationally, the firm is executing measured growth: it expanded to Jacksonville in November 2024 with the hire of maritime attorney Lindsey C. Brock III, added multiple Shareholders and senior associates across Insurance, Medical Malpractice, Commercial Litigation, and Trusts & Estates through 2025-2026, and consolidated its Miami headquarters into a smaller 20,000 SF Downtown space in late 2025 to control occupancy costs while planning headcount expansion. The firm is privately held as a professional association with no disclosed parent, institutional investor, or M&A activity.

Name

Fowler White Burnett, P.A.

Legal name

Fowler White Burnett, P.A.

Website

https://fowler-white.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1943

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Fowler White Burnett, P.A. is a Miami-headquartered Florida law firm founded in 1943, serving Fortune 500 enterprises, major insurers, cruise lines, airlines, and healthcare systems across 27 practice areas from five statewide offices.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Legal Services

NAICS

Legal Services (5411)

akta.pro primary industry

Corporate & Commercial Law (BPAHAAAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

White-Collar Defense & Investigations (BPAHAAAJ)

Keywords

• Legal services
• Litigation defense
• Corporate transactions
• Insurance defense
• Maritime law

Headquarters

HQ city

Miami

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Legal Services: Full-service law firm providing legal representation and counsel across multiple practice areas including litigation, corporate transactions, insurance, maritime, aviation, real estate, and trusts and estates. Revenue is generated through hourly billing, fixed fees for specific services, and contingency arrangements where appropriate.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Fowler White Burnett, P.A. is a full-service Florida law firm providing legal representation and counsel across 27 practice areas including litigation, corporate transactions, insurance defense, maritime, aviation, real estate, health care, medical malpractice, products liability, and trusts and estates. The firm serves corporate clients ranging from Fortune 500 companies to startups, as well as high-net-worth individuals, through five offices across Florida and ALFA International's global network.

Product overview

Fowler White Burnett, P.A. is a Florida law firm offering a comprehensive suite of legal services through a multi-practice area platform. The firm provides core services across 27 distinct practice areas including Litigation (Commercial Litigation, Insurance Defense, Medical Malpractice, Products Liability), Corporate & Transactional (Corporate, Real Estate, Tax, International), Specialized Industry Practices (Aviation, Maritime, Health Care, Insurance), and Support Services (Appellate, Bankruptcy, Family, Immigration). These practice areas function as integrated service modules that allow the firm to serve clients across industries with coordinated legal counsel.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Aviation Specialized aviation litigation and transactional services including defense of mass disaster and aircraft accident claims, representing aircraft manufacturers and aviation carriers.
• Maritime Provides admiralty and maritime law services including vessel transactions, regulatory compliance, and maritime litigation for cruise lines, cargo carriers, and maritime industry clients.
• Insurance Represents insurers and insureds in coverage analysis, coverage litigation, bad faith claims, and insurance defense litigation, including catastrophic flood event defense under the National Flood Insurance Program.
• Commercial Litigation Handles complex commercial disputes including banking, finance litigation, business disputes, IT litigation, insurance matters, IP litigation, professional liability, and real estate litigation.
• Corporate Provides business services including entity formation, M&A, venture capital, private offerings, and corporate governance counsel.
• Real Estate Handles real estate transactions, development, financing, leasing, and related litigation for residential and commercial properties, including shopping centers, office buildings, mixed-use projects, multi-family housing, and condominiums.
• Medical Malpractice Defends medical malpractice claims for health care systems, institutions, and practitioners.
• Appellate Provides appellate advocacy before Florida circuit courts, district courts of appeal, Florida Supreme Court, and U.S. Supreme Court.
• Health Care Serves health care industry clients including health systems, hospitals, manufacturers, and practitioners with regulatory compliance, litigation, and business counseling.
• Products Liability & Toxic Torts Defends manufacturers, distributors, and retailers in product liability and toxic tort litigation.
• Trusts & Estates Handles estate planning, trust administration, and probate matters for domestic and international clients.
• Intellectual Property Protects and manages IP assets including trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, patents, and IP litigation.
• AI, Data Privacy & Cybersecurity Advises clients on AI governance, ethical AI deployment, data privacy laws (HIPAA, Florida Digital Bill of Rights), and cybersecurity preparedness.
• International Handles cross-border legal matters including corporate, dispute resolution, immigration, IP, real estate, tax, trade, and trusts & estates for international clients.
• Labor & Employment

Named customers5 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• ALFA InternationalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFowler White Burnett is ALFA International's only full-service law firm in Florida, providing the firm with access to a global network of law firms for co-counsel arrangements and client referrals across the U.S. and internationally.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• White & Case LLP: Global Magic Circle firm with a Miami office that directly overlaps with Fowler White Burnett's aviation and maritime litigation practices; competes for international airline and cruise line clients in Florida.
• Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP: National AmLaw 200 firm with significant Florida presence (including offices in Miami and Tampa after merger with Broad and Cassel); broader geographic reach makes it a competitor for Florida-based Fortune 500 clients seeking multi-state coverage.

Direct peers

• Greenberg Traurig, P.A. One of the largest Florida-based law firms with comparable cross-practice platform (litigation, corporate, real estate, insurance) and overlapping Miami/Tampa/West Palm Beach office footprint; both compete for sophisticated Florida enterprise and Latin American cross-border clients.
• Shutts & Bowen LLP: Full-service Florida law firm founded in 1950 with headquarters in Miami and offices in Fort Lauderdale, West Palm Beach, Tampa, Orlando, and Jacksonville; comparable size and practice breadth including insurance defense, commercial litigation, and real estate.
• Holland & Knight LLP: Large full-service Florida-headquartered law firm with deep insurance, healthcare, and litigation practices and multiple Florida offices (Miami, Tampa, Fort Lauderdale, Jacksonville, West Palm Beach); competes for the same Fortune 500 and insurance defense panels.
• Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod LLP: Miami-based full-service commercial law firm with comparable mid-size profile, focused on real estate, corporate, litigation, and tax; competes in South Florida for institutional real estate developers and corporate counsel work.
• Akerman LLP: Major full-service Florida-headquartered law firm with comparable breadth across litigation, corporate, real estate, and insurance practices; competes head-to-head for Fortune 500 and middle-market Florida clients across multiple markets including Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Tampa, and West Palm Beach.
• Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson, P.A. Full-service Florida law firm with comparable Miami headquarters, multiple-office footprint (Tampa, Fort Lauderdale, Tallahassee), and comparable practice mix in commercial litigation, real estate, and corporate transactions.
• Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP: National insurance defense and litigation firm with significant Florida presence; competes for the same insurance carrier panel work (coverage analysis, bad faith defense) that anchors Fowler White Burnett's Insurance Practice Group.

Regional players

• Wickersham & Murphy, P.A. Long-established California-based aviation litigation firm; comparable niche specialization in aviation defense matters that mirrors Fowler White Burnett's nationally-ranked aviation practice.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/fowler_white
• Facebookfacebook.com/fowlerwhiteburnett
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/102623

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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