Associate
Chase M. Caldwell
Chase joined LGWM in 2024 as a Senior Associate in the firm’s Pensacola, FL office. He practices in LGWM’s Architects and Engineers/Design Professionals, Environmental, Construction, General Liability, Employment and Medical & Healthcar... Read More »
125 W. Romana Street
Suite 330
Pensacola, FL 32502
Full Bio
Chase joined LGWM in 2024 as a Senior Associate in the firm’s Pensacola, FL office. He practices in LGWM’s Architects and Engineers/Design Professionals, Environmental, Construction, General Liability, Employment and Medical & Healthcare Law Practice Groups. Chase brings years of practical experience representing contractors, subcontractors and other professionals and businesses in a variety of industries across a diverse range of litigation and transactional matters. In addition to his courtroom experience, Chase holds an LL.M. in business transactions from the University of Alabama School of Law and regularly works with commercial and professional clients in matters involving of entity formation and management, corporate governance and structuring routine and complex business transactions.
Professional Profile
- Member, Florida Bar Association
- Member, Escambia-Santa Rosa County Bar Association
Education
- The University of Alabama School of Law (2014)
- Nova Southeastern University, Shephard Broad Law Center, J.D. (2008)
- The University of Florida, B.A. (2005)
Admitted
- All Florida State Courts
- The United States District Courts for the Northern, Middle and Southern Districts of Florida
- The United States Bankruptcy Courts for the Northern, Middle and Southern Districts of Florida
- The United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Cases of Note
- Secured nearly $500,000.00 settlement for Bay County area subcontractor in complex dispute with prime contractor, surety, and project owner in contract and performance dispute.
- Secured $85,000.00 settlement for residential condo unit purchasers from seller for failure to disclose defects in unit and condominium building in Johnson v. Davis non-disclosure action.
- Successfully sought sanctions of over $21,000.00 in attorney’s fees against the U.S. District Attorneys for discovery violations.
- Represented victim of fraudulent investment and loan scheme, obtaining summary judgment for over $400,000.00 on civil theft claim.
- After employer denied worker’s compensation benefits, successfully argued on issue of first impression that an unborn child was not barred by worker’s compensation exclusivity for recovering in tort for neurological defects sustained in utero when mother was stabbed by third-party in employer’s parking lot after work. Employer settled for nearly $500,000.00 following trial court’s ruling on this issue.
Reported Cases
Pensacola One, Inc. v. The Arc Gateway, Inc., 2024 WL 3860997 (Fla. 1st DCA 2024)
O’Connor v. Allen, et al, 357 So.3d 109 (Fla. 1st DCA 2023)
Grand Central Entertainment & Design v. Silverman, 96 So.3d 894 (Fla. 2nd DCA 2010)
