Ms. Barnes-Reynolds is Managing Partner of the Tampa office at Simon Reed & Salazar, P.A. Ms. Barnes-Reynolds’ practice focuses upon first-party personal and commercial coverage, including windstorm, water damage, collapse, sinkhole, builder’s risk, theft, jewelry, and business interruption claims, with additional experience in insurance fraud and inflated claims.
Before joining Simon Reed & Salazar, P.A., Ms. Barnes-Reynolds was a partner in a large insurance defense firm where she practiced in first-party coverage litigation for 13 years. Ms. Barnes-Reynolds began her legal career practicing in franchise law before entering the insurance defense practice. Prior to becoming a lawyer, Ms. Barnes-Reynolds spent 10 years working with two Florida law enforcement agencies in civilian investigative and analytical fields.
Ms. Barnes-Reynolds is an alumna of the International Association of Defense Counsel (IADC) Trial Academy and of the Hillsborough County Bar Association Leadership Institute. She is a member of the Hillsborough County Bar Association, and a former Board Member of Tallahassee Women Lawyers. Ms. Barnes-Reynolds is Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent, Peer Rated for Highest Level of Professional Excellence.
Ms. Barnes-Reynolds authored “Punitive Damages–The Rationale of Ratios” for Mealey’s Litigation Report: Insurance Bad Faith (Vol. 21, #16, Dec. 18, 2007). She is a co-author of LexisNexis Practice Guide: Florida Insurance Litigation.
Ms. Barnes-Reynolds presented Core Learning Course, “Actual Cash Value, An Element-by-Element Analysis” for The Property & Liability Resource Bureau Claims Conference in 2013 and 2014. She also presented “Denials, Denial Letters and Documentation” for The Property & Liability Resource Bureau (PLRB) Claims Conference in 2015 and 2016.
Ms. Barnes-Reynolds a member of the Defense Research Institute (DRI). She is appointed to the Claims Conference Committee for the Property & Liability Resource Bureau (PLRB) for 2016-2019. She serves as Co-Chair of the CLM Insurance Fraud Committee Publications Sub-Committee of the Claims & Litigation Management Alliance (CLM).
Florida State University College of Law, J.D. 2003
University of Florida, B.A 2000
Florida State Courts
United States District Court, Southern District of Florida
United States District Court, Middle District of Florida
United States District Court, Northern District of Florida
Western District of Michigan
District of Colorado
