Veteran Litigator Richard Jarolem Joins as Managing Partner of New Palm Beach Gardens Outpost
September 8, 2025
Coffey Modica LLP, a leading defense litigation firm representing businesses and insurance companies in liability claims, excess property and casualty, medical malpractice, nursing, and other professional industries, is pleased to announce the opening of a new office in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida led by veteran litigator Richard Jarolem, who is joining the firm as its Florida Managing Partner.
Located at 3801 PGA Boulevard in Palm Beach Gardens, the new office is centrally located near major courthouses in Palm Beach, Martin, Broward, Miami-Dade, and Orange Counties.
“Four years ago, when we established this firm, we set out to create a new model that better enables attorneys to focus on practicing the law, developing their practices, servicing clients, and litigating, while needing less time consumed by old-world administrative tasks. As a result, our firm has grown substantially, representing some of the largest national and international insurers and business entities,” said Founding Partner Michael Coffey.
“Florida is a natural place to continue our firm expansion,” he continued, “and Richard Jarolem is an ideal legal professional to lead the growth of the Coffey Modica practice in the State of Florida. I have known and worked with him for many years and have been consistently impressed with his great counsel and trial skills. We are excited to have a Florida legal leader at the helm of our new office helping our clients service all of Florida for their legal needs.”
Jarolem began his career as an assistant public defender for the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, West Palm Beach, Florida before spending more than two decades as a commercial litigator representing individual clients, as well as governmental, corporate and insurance entities.
Throughout his career, he has led cases involving Complex Commercial Litigation, Construction Law, General Liability, Insurance Coverage/Reinsurance, Premises Liability, Professional Liability and Land Use/Zoning Issues, as well as represented a number of expert witnesses. He has held several leadership roles at other notable Florida law practices. Jarolem obtained his bachelor’s from the University of South Florida before attending Thomas M. Cooley Law School.
“Coffey Modica has become a well-recognized force in the legal community thanks to their highly experienced and well-respected attorneys and their results-driven approach to the law,” said Jarolem. “I am honored to lead the firm’s entry into the Florida legal market and welcome the success that is to come for our team.”
Coffey Modica LLP represents defendants in high-profile, high exposure matters across many disciplines and industries around the country. Known for being aggressive trial attorneys and litigators, Coffey Modica resolves matters on behalf of its clients with the most cost-effective resolutions aligned with their short- and long-term business goals and culture. The firm maintains eight offices, including on Wall Street, in Buffalo, Suffolk County and Tarrytown, NY, as well as Westport, CT, Jersey City, NJ, Palm Beach County, FL and soon in the Atlanta Metro Region of Georgia.
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