Bruno Renda

Partner

Accountability doesn’t always happen on its own. My job is to make sure it does.

Speaking engagements & Publications

  • ALFA Annual Transportation Seminar, Colorado Springs, CO – “Current Status of Broker Liability: Preemption and Legislative Action,” Speaker, 2024
  • ALFA Annual Gig Economy Seminar, San Francisco, CA – “Combating Life Care Plans in Non-Cat Claims: When Reality Tells a Different Story (from the Life Care Plan),” Speaker, 2024
  • Strafford Live Webinar – “Motor Carrier Claims for Negligent Entrustment, Hiring, Training, and Retention,” Speaker, March 2021
  • Daily Business Review, “Confusing Theories of Liability: Negligent Driving and Negligent Employment,” Co-Author with Walter G. Latimer, July 2020
  • Strafford Live Webinar – “Litigating Equipment Failures in Trucking Cases: The Blurring of Negligence and Product Liability,” Speaker, June 2020
  • Strafford Live Webinar – “Motor Carrier Claims for Negligent Entrustment, Hiring and Retention,” Speaker, December 2019
  • The Daily Business Review, “Appeals Court Tosses Asbestos Case for Lack of Jurisdiction,” Co-Author with Walter G. Latimer, August 2018
  • The Reporter, “Privacy and Personal Autonomy,” Summer 2007

Professional Associations

  • Florida Bar
  • Broward County Bar Association
  • Built Different Trial Academy Alumni (2026 Fellow)

Education

J.D., Nova Southeastern University College of Law

  • Honors and Activities:
    • Student Bar Association Representative, recipient of President’s Award for Outstanding Service in 2009 and 2010
    • CALI Book Award in Torts, 2008
    • Research Assistant for Professor Michael Flynn, Torts, 2008 through 2009
    • Moot Court Society, American Bar Association Appellate Advocacy, Competitor
    • Nova Trial Association (formerly American Trial Lawyers Association), Board Member
    • The Green Book Project, International Legal Citation for Lawyers, Staff Editor

B.A., Florida Atlantic University

  • Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice
  • Honors and Activities:
    • Dean’s List, 2007

Awards

  • Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America 2027
    • Commercial Litigation
    • Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs
    • Transportation Law
  • Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America 2023
    • Commercial Litigation
    • Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
    • Transportation Law
  • Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America 2022
    • Commercial Litigation
    • Transportation Law
  • Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America 2021
    • Commercial Litigation
  • South Florida Legal Guide, Top Up & Comer, 2020–2021
  • Florida Trend, Legal Elite’s Up & Comer, 2015

Career

Bruno Renda represents plaintiffs in personal injury, wrongful death, product liability, and other catastrophic injury matters at Kelley | Uustal Trial Attorneys.

 

Mr. Renda began his career in civil litigation, defending global insurance companies and large corporations in a variety of civil disputes, including personal injury, wrongful death, and complex insurance matters. During this period, he tried large exposure cases on behalf of motor carriers, brokers, and freight forwarders, and counseled insurance companies and businesses on risk assessment and management, developing a deep understanding of how they operate and make decisions.

 

Today Mr. Renda applies his insight into how insurance companies and corporate defendants assess, value, and defend claims to build stronger cases for injured clients at Kelley | Uustal Trial Attorneys.

Background

Mr. Renda was born in Brazil and moved to the U.S. with his family at age 16. He is fluent in Brazilian Portuguese and proficient in Spanish.

 

He spent years working nights in the restaurant business while attending school during the day, crediting those years for his work ethic and humility. He later worked as a file clerk at a Fort Lauderdale defense firm while attending night classes. After the rest of his family returned to Brazil, Mr. Renda stayed to pursue a career in law, passing the bar in 2011 and being rehired by that firm where he had been a clerk, now as a civil defense attorney.

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