Fred Karlinsky
Shareholder & Chair, Global Insurance Regulatory & Transactions Practice Group
Greenberg Traurig
Company
Greenberg Traurig
Cornerstone
Home Region
Gold Coast
Class
Cornerstone Class 36
2023-2024 Board of Directors
2023-2024 Development Chair
Special Designation
Lifetime Member
Areas of Expertise
Attorneys
Biography
Fred Karlinsky is a Shareholder and Chair of Greenberg Traurig’s Global Insurance Regulatory and Transactions Practice Group. He also serves on Greenberg Traurig’s Executive Committee. Fred has over 30 years of experience representing the interests of insurers, reinsurers, and a wide variety of other insurance-related entities. He is a recognized authority on national insurance regulatory and compliance issues, has taken a leadership position in many insurance trade organizations, and has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America, Super Lawyers, Florida Trend 500, and Florida Trend’s “Legal Elite” for his work in insurance law. Recognized as the only Band 1 Florida insurance lawyer by Chambers & Partners and one of the most influential leaders in Florida politics by City & State Florida and INFLUENCE Magazine, Fred has in-depth knowledge of insurance compliance matters and has been a primary strategist in virtually all types of Florida insurance-related legislative initiatives. In addition to his role with Greenberg Traurig, Fred has been an Adjunct Professor of Law at Florida State University College of Law since 2008. Since 2014 Fred has served on the Florida Supreme Court Judicial Nominating Commission (JNC), where six of the seven current sitting Justices of the Florida Supreme Court have been appointed during Fred’s tenure on the JNC. Fred previously chaired the Florida Supreme Court Judicial Nominating Commission from 2022-2025.