Chris Connally was born in Miami Beach and grew up in Broward County, Florida. In 1996, he earned degrees in both Communications and Criminal Justice from the University of South Florida. He obtained his law degree from Nova Southeastern University in December of 2000.
At WLC, Mr. Connally focuses on first party property damage claims. For the last 17 years, Mr. Connally litigated in the area of insurance defense with an emphasis on both personal injury and first party property matters. He gained extensive litigation and jury trial experience, including trying 15 cases to verdict. He represented numerous carriers in first party insurance defense matters, including complex hurricane, wind, flood, water, mold, fire, and bad faith claims. He also handled various coverage claims and declaratory judgment actions.
He served as in-house counsel for a large insurance company for 5 years defending a wide variety of personal injury, first party property and commercial litigation cases in 10 different counties throughout Florida. During this time, he worked closely with claims professionals and developed a reputation for responsiveness.
Earlier in his career, Mr. Connally tried more than 60 bench trials as a Guardian ad Litem Program Attorney representing volunteer Guardians on behalf of Broward County’s abused, neglected and abandoned children. He also represented family law attorneys in family law matters including dependency, family, matrimonial, and elder law proceedings. He served as a County Mediator from 1998 through 2006 for the 17th Circuit facilitating settlements in various cases ranging from first party property matters to contract disputes.
Mr. Connally is a past President of the Broward County Bar Association-Young Lawyers’ Section and served on the Board for 5 years. He is a member of the Broward County Bar Association, the Palm Beach County Bar Association, the American Bar Association, Florida Defense Lawyers Association (FDLA) and Defense Research Institute (DRI). In his spare time, he enjoys spending time with his wife and teenage boys, aged 14 and 16, as well as coaching flag and tackle football, where he has served as the VP of a youth football league for the last four years.