Miami

Partner

Brad J. Mitchell

Brad J. Mitchell is a partner in Groelle and Salmon’s Miami office. Mr. Mitchell received his Juris Doctor from The Florida State University College of Law. While in law school, Mr. Mitchell served as a Legal Extern with the Florida Attorney General’s Criminal Appeals Division in Tallahassee as well as a legal intern to Judge Rayford Means on the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. After law school, Mr. Mitchell served as an Assistant-State Attorney in the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office where he prosecuted hundreds of crimes ranging from felony charges punishable by life in prison to misdemeanor charges such as driving under the influence. During his time as an Assistant State Attorney, Mr. Mitchell gained invaluable courtroom experience, trying twenty jury trials and approximately fifty bench trials to verdict. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Mitchell practiced first-party property, personal injury and subrogation litigation both at a National Firm in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and at a boutique firm in Hollywood, Florida. A native of Long Island, New York, Mr. Mitchell earned his Bachelor of Science degree in business administration and a minor in philosophy from Nova Southeastern University.

Associate

John P. Sherman

Mr. Sherman received his Bachelor of Science in Criminology from Florida State University in 2010, and later graduated from St. Thomas University School of Law in 2016. He initially joined Groelle & Salmon, P.A., as an associate in the firm’s Miami office in 2018. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Sherman practiced in the areas of general civil litigation and bankruptcy law, where he successfully argued several bench trials and evidentiary hearings. Mr. Sherman practices in the area of first-party insurance defense, with a focus on litigation of residential property claims. He is fluent in Spanish. Mr. Sherman enjoys playing poker, fishing, and travelling frequently.

Partner

Katherine E. Kulik

Partner

Michael S. Hirschkowitz

Mr. Hirschkowitz joined the firm as an associate in the firm’s Miami office. He has significant litigation experience in the areas of insurance coverage, bad faith, construction defect, and appellate practice. Prior to venturing into the private sector, Mr. Hirschkowitz served as a law clerk to the Honorable Frank A. Shepherd of the Third District Court of Appeal. He graduated cum laude from Florida International University College of Law, where he was the recipient of Book Awards in Florida Civil Procedure and Criminal Procedure, served as a Board Member of the Florida International University Moot Court Board, was Comment Editor for the Florida International Law Review, and authored Implying Against Intent: A New Test for Congressional Intent Under Cort v. Ash, 1 F.I.U.L.R. 239 (2006). Mr. Hirschkowitz is a member in good standing of the Florida Bar, and is admitted to practice in the U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Middle Districts of Florida and the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals.

Professional Background:

Groelle and Salmon, P.A.

Education:

Florida International University School of Law, J.D.

Bar Admissions:

Florida Bar
-Southern District of Florida
-Middle District of Florida

Associate

Thomas Witowski

Mr. Witowski is an associate in the firm’s Miami office. He has significant litigation experience in the areas of insurance coverage and first-party property defense. Mr. Witowski graduated cum laude from Penn State Dickinson School of Law, where he was a member of the Woolsack Honor Society.

After law school, Mr. Witowski served as a law clerk in the Court of Common Pleas of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. Throughout his legal career in the private sector in Pennsylvania and Florida, Mr. Witowski has represented numerous regional and national insurers in a vast array of insurance coverage and defense matters.

At Groelle & Salmon, Mr. Witowski’s practice is devoted to first-party insurance defense litigation.

Professional Background:

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP
Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin, P.C.
Post & Schell, P.C.

Education:

Penn State Dickinson School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 1998
University of Scranton, B.S., 1993

Bar Admissions:

Florida, 2012
District Court for the Southern District of Florida, 2013
Pennsylvania, 1998