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Before becoming a lawyer, John Siracusa was a certified flight instructor, commercial pilot and U.S.C.G. licensed master mariner. Mr. Siracusa currently practices law in the areas of commercial litigation. He also has extensive experience practicing admiralty and maritime law, including marine insurance disputes, maritime personal injury, wrongful death and collision. Mr. Siracusa's federal case list is available upon request.
John Marcus Siracusa, Esq., is a named partner at the South Florida law firm of Janssen, Siracusa, & Keegan PLLC. He received his J.D. from the University of Miami, where he graduated, cum laude, in 1998. Mr. Siracusa has represented clients in numerous admiralty, insurance, business, insurance and land use disputes in state and federal courts since 1998, and has received several multi-million dollar verdicts for his clients.
In 2009, the Daily Business Review recognized and honored him as one of South Florida's Most Effective Lawyers in the category of Complex Business Litigation. Mr. Siracusa has been a course provider for the Florida Department of Financial Services since 2011. He recently lectured on the subject of forced place insurance at the 2015 Windstorm Conference in New Orleans.
He is a graduate of the University of Hawaii at Manoa, BA (Liberal Studies), 1994, and American Flyers College, 1992. He is also a commercial pilot, flight instructor and retired U.S. Merchant Marine Captain.
Today, Mr. Siracusa focuses his law practice in the areas of admiralty and maritime law, commercial litigation, plaintiff's personal injury, insurance coverage disputes and bad faith claims for insureds and subrogation for marine insurers.
Florida, 1998
U.S. District Court Southern District of Florida, 1999
U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit, 2008
U.S. Bankruptcy Court Southern District of Florida, 2013
American Bar Association (Member)
Florida Bar Association (Member)
Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (Member)
Federal Bar Association (Member)
Propeller Club of the United States
University of Miami School of Law, Coral Gables, Florida, 1998 J.D.
Honors: cum laude
American Flyers College, 1992 CFI, CFII
University of Hawaii, 1994 B.A.Major: International Law