Joyce Wu
Joyce Wu was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Physics, with a minor in Writing, from Ithaca College, and later, went on to earn her MBA from the University of Miami with a concentration in Management Science. Her academic and professional interests have long centered on high-performance leadership and applying management principles to complex problem solving.
Following her MBA, Ms. Wu pursued her legal education at the University of Miami School of Law, where she graduated cum laude. During law school, she served as Executive Editor of the Inter-American Law Review, received the Dean’s Merit Scholarship, was named to the Dean’s List, and was awarded both the Dean’s Certificate and CALI Award for Mindfulness in Law.
Since being admitted to the Florida Bar, Ms. Wu has concentrated her practice on insurance coverage analysis, with a strong focus on third-party policies in construction defect matters. She has represented both carriers and policyholders in complex disputes involving commercial general liability, professional liability, and first-party property coverage, guiding cases from pre-suit evaluations through litigation in both state and federal courts. In addition, she has handled related bad faith and negligent broker/agent matters, applying her analytical background to navigate intricate coverage and deliver favorable outcomes for her clients.
Outside of her practice, Ms. Wu is a devoted animal lover. She lives in Miami with her two dogs, Joey and Pickles, and enjoys hiking and taking long road trips to explore new trails and destinations.
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Alexis Torres
Alexis’ legal career started at the age of 14, where she clerked for a firm representing commercial HOA clients. She worked her way through high school and college as a trial paralegal on sinkhole and general liability cases. She graduated law school in just 3 years, becoming an associate attorney with one of the largest women-owned law firms in the United States at the age of 23, representing half a dozen carriers concerning various liability cases. She then represented homeowners and commercial companies, with clients from retired appellate judges, national restoration companies, to the former CFO of a United State President.
Her reputation for aggressive but effective litigation resulted in her being the first General Counsel for a 15+ million dollar a year construction company based in central Florida, Colorado and Missouri. After years of fostering relationships on both sides of the aisle, Alexis became an approved counsel to handle global settlement conferences on behalf of homeowners and contractors against 3 different carriers. Her reputation led to requests for her to consult on various insurance claims, including cases involving a gas station shooting and medical negligence.
Ms. Torres is licensed in Florida, Missouri, and the District of Columbia. Alexis spends her off time re-exploring Tampa Bay with her St. Louis raised fiancé after successfully convincing him to adopt a corgi.
Edwyna Estime
Edwyna is an associate primarily in our General Liability Department. She obtained her Bachelors of Arts in Criminal Justice from Florida Atlantic University in 2018. She then earned her Juris Doctorate at Nova Southeastern University Shepard Broad College of Law in 2022. During her law school career, she was a member of the Nova Trial Association, Moot Court and Nova Law Review. While being a junior associate in Nova Law Review, she wrote and published an article in Nova Law Review’s Volume 46 issue titled: Transgender Inmates and Sex Reassignment Surgery in Florida: Why Failing to Provide This Standard of Care is Cruel and Unusual Punishment Under the 8th Amendment.
After becoming barred in Florida, she began her career defending national and local insurance companies in the areas of general and premises liability, product liability, automotive liability and retail liability. During her free time, Edwyna enjoys volunteering at her home church, working out, binge watching Netflix shows and attending Performing Arts and Theater shows.