April 4, 2022

Kelley Kronenberg Adds Seven Attorneys

Fort Lauderdale, Miami, New Orleans, Orlando, Tampa , FLKelley Kronenberg announces the addition of seven attorneys. Jeanne S. Arceneaux, Rameela Chandraseka-Mangruv, Kathrine Conroy, Leah S. Dargy, Maria’h Givens, Keyondra N. Parrish, and Jillian E. Tate join the firm as associates.

Fort Lauderdale

Givens handles matters related to Workers’ Compensation. Before joining Kelley Kronenberg, she worked as an Attorney for a boutique Florida law firm, where she represented clients in criminal defense and personal injury matters.

She received her Bachelor of Science degree, magna cum laude, from Florida A&M University. She then went on to earn her Juris Doctor degree from Florida State University College of Law, where she was the President of the Black Law Students Association and a member of the Mock Trial Team.

Tate is an Attorney in Kelley Kronenberg’s Justice for Kids Division®, a national practice dedicated to providing legal services to abused, disabled, and catastrophically injured children harmed in foster care, shelters, residential treatment centers, group homes, and other child welfare settings, as well as all children harmed by the acts of others.

Before joining Kelley Kronenberg, Jillian served as an Assistant State Attorney with the Broward County State Attorney’s Office prosecuting misdemeanors to serious felonies. She also served as an Assistant State Attorney in the Second Judicial Circuit in both Leon and Gadsden County.

Tate received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Florida Atlantic University. She went on to earn her Juris Doctor degree from St. Thomas University School of Law with a certificate in Criminal Litigation, where she served as President of the Florida Association for Women Lawyers, Vice-President of the Criminal Law Society, and was hired as a Research Assistant by the Director of Admissions.

Miami

Parrish assists in handling matters related to First Party Property Insurance Defense. Prior to joining Kelley Kronenberg, Keyondra worked as an Attorney for a firm in South Florida, where she provided representation to insurance carriers in first party property matters. Before practicing insurance defense work, Keyondra served as an Assistant Public Defender for the Office of the Public Defender, Fifteenth Judicial Circuit in West Palm Beach. In this position, she gained valuable courtroom and trial experience providing criminal defense representation to clients in misdemeanor and felony cases.

Parrish received her Bachelor of Science degree, cum laude, from the University of Florida. She went on to earn her Juris Doctor degree from St. Thomas University School of Law, where she was a Mock Trial Team Leader and a member of the Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity.

New Orleans

Arceneaux focuses her practice on First Party Property Insurance Defense and represents insurance carriers in all aspects of homeowner coverage disputes, including pre-litigation, claims investigations, and litigation.

Before joining Kelley Kronenberg, she  represented plaintiffs in Class Action/Mass Tort and Personal Injury-Product Liability cases in courts throughout Louisiana. She was selected as Louisiana’s 2022 Super Lawyers “Rising Stars” for a second consecutive year. In addition, she was selected for membership into The National Trial Lawyers “Top 40 Under 40” for 2021 and 2020.

Arceneaux received her Bachelor of Science degree from Louisiana State University. She went on to earn her Juris Doctor degree from Loyola University New Orleans College of Law.

Orlando

Conroy assists in handling matters related to First Party Property Insurance Defense.

Prior to joining Kelley Kronenberg, Kathrine worked as an Attorney for a firm in central Florida, where she provided representation to insurance carriers in first party property matters. Before practicing insurance defense work, Kathrine gained legal experience in several practice areas, including complex business and contract law, family law, and landlord/tenant disputes.

Kathrine obtained her Bachelor of Science degree from Florida State University and then went on to earn her Juris Doctor degree from Nova Southeastern University Shepard Broad College of Law.

Chandraseka-Mangru handles matters related to construction law, complex commercial and general business litigation.

Before joining Kelley Kronenberg, she worked for a boutique law firm in Orlando, where she represented clients in general commercial and construction litigation matters.

She received her Bachelor of Arts in Legal Studies from the University of Central Florida and went on to earn her Juris Doctor degree from Florida A&M University College of Law.

Tampa

Dargy focuses her practice on Workers’ Compensation defense.

Before joining Kelley Kronenberg, she worked at a civil litigation firm, defending workers’ compensation claims and handling First Party Property and General Liability matters.

Dargy received her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of South Florida. She went on to earn her Juris Doctor degree, cum laude, from Stetson University College of Law.

ABOUT KELLEY KRONENBERG

Kelley Kronenberg is a multi-practice business law firm with over 400 employees, more than 200 attorneys, and 12 locations throughout Florida and the United States. Founded in 1980, the firm is one of the fastest-growing law firms in Florida and amongst the largest in the U.S. The firm serves all types and sizes of public and private companies, including small businesses and individuals nationwide. Kelley Kronenberg has been recognized amongst the “Largest U.S. Law Firms” by the National Law Journal’s NLJ 500, Law 360 400, and Florida Trend in 2020, “America’s Top Corporate Law Firms” by Forbes and “Top 10” in NLJ’s “Women’s Scorecard” 2019. The firm has been the recipient of many accolades most recently including: “Best Multi-Practice Business Law Firm – USA,” Acquisition International; “Business of the Year,” “Top 100 Private Companies,” “Top Law Firms,” and “Largest Law Firms,” South Florida Business Journal; “Largest Law Firms,” Tampa Bay Business Journal, Orlando Business Journal,  and Jacksonville Business Journal; “Biggest Law Firms in Florida,” Florida Trend; “Top 100 Law Firms,” South Florida Business & Wealth; Florida’s Largest Law Firms,” American Lawyer’s, Daily Business Review “Review 100;” and “Best Law Firms,” U.S. News – Best Lawyers®. The firm earned the 2021 Ragan’s Top Places to Work and Top Workplaces USA award by Energage and “Top Workplaces for Communication, Top Workplaces for Clued-In Leaders, Top Workplaces for Top Leaders, and Top Workplaces for Innovation.” Kelley Kronenberg has also been recognized as a “Top Workplace” by the Sun Sentinel and a “Best Place to Work” by the South Florida Business Journal for two consecutive years.  For more information, visit www.kklaw.com.

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