Jennifer Wood
Jennifer is Steve's legal assistant and office manager. She was born in Sayreville, New Jersey in 1969 and moved to Florida in 1989. Since that time she has been working with attorneys in Ocala, has served as office manager for several different firms during her career, and has been working with Steve since 2002.
Jennifer assists with many of the initial investigative steps in cases, such as preparing the initial requests for medical records, insurance policies, accident reports, and other information. When cases require a lawsuit, she assists with preparation of documents to be filed with the court, scheduling, and a multitude of other behind the scenes tasks, including assisting Steve at trial. Jennifer has been a legal assistant for more than 20 years now, most of that time in the personal injury field. Clients find her excellent to work with and she can answer many basic questions in Steve's absence.
Outside of work, Jennifer lives an active life. She enjoys going to the beach, traveling, cooking, baking, shopping, home improvement projects, reading, and listening to music (especially while driving her red MINI Cooper convertible with the top down on beautiful Florida days).
Kelly Evans
Kelly is Steve's paralegal and is a licensed insurance adjuster. She was born in 1969 in Ocala, Florida and graduated from Forest High School in 1987. She is a 1991 graduate of the University of Florida and has over 18 years of experience evaluating and handling injury claims, most of that time as an adjuster for two major insurance carriers. She knows the type of information and documentation insurance carriers demand and require before they will honor and pay claims.
After initial requests for information go out in cases, Kelly then becomes involved to perform additional investigative tasks. She obtains and reviews medical records, prepares medical bill summaries, and prepares the initial drafts of settlement packages to be sent to the insurance companies. Kelly does excellent work and, like Jennifer, clients find she is pleasant to work with and is very knowledgeable.
Kelly married Morgan in 1993 and has two children, Morgan and Hannah. Her interests outside of work include reading, traveling, and spending time with her family. She volunteers for Junior Achievement, where she teaches students the basic concepts of business, economics and how education is relevant to the workplace.
