Maura F. Krause
Partner

Maura F. Krause is a proven trial lawyer and litigator with an extensive record of successfully defending clients in state and federal courts across Florida, South Carolina, and Georgia. She focuses her practice on personal-injury and general liability defense, business and commercial litigation, and defending construction defect claims. Her clients enjoy an extraordinary advantage from what she gained in her previous legal careers: As a state prosecutor and an assistant district attorney in Atlanta, Maura acquired exceptional trial experience prosecuting high-profile criminal cases, and her tenure as in-house counsel at a growing financial services company instilled a deep appreciation for efficiency and compliance with insurance and regulatory guidelines.
Maura’s defense experience spans all areas of general liability litigation. She handles premises liability claims for a wide range of commercial, retail, hospitality, and residential apartment holdings, as well as cases involving property management and security, construction, product liability, and employers’ liability. She also defends companies of all sizes in contract, fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, misrepresentation, and other business tort claims. She has abundant experience serving clients in the transportation industry, including the defense of high-exposure catastrophic personal injury, cargo damage/shortage, and product liability claims. Her transportation work also encompasses employment, premises liability, contract dispute, insurance coverage, subrogation, and regulatory matters.
In the construction arena, Maura has built a strong practice advocating for owners, contractors, design professionals, sureties, subcontractors, and other entities in litigation and arbitration. She regularly handles claims related to a broad array of project types, including mixed-use high-rises, airports, roads and bridges, commercial and municipal buildings, schools, and condominiums. Maura has particularly deep experience assisting construction clients working on “green” projects. She earned certification as a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Accredited Professional (LEED AP) from the U.S. Green Building Council. The certification ensures that professionals have the knowledge they need to take a project through LEED certification and are well versed in the many aspects of green building.
Related Areas
Admissions
- Florida
- Georgia
- South Carolina
- U.S. District Courts for the Northern, Middle, and Southern Districts of Florida
- U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
Education
- Emory University, J.D., 1996
- Valparaiso University, M.A., 1992
- University of Notre Dame, B.B.A., 1991
Training and Certifications
- Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Accredited Professional (LEED AP), U.S. Green Building Council
Professional Affiliations
- American Bar Association
- Palm Beach County Bar Association
- Chair, Construction Committee
- Professional Women in Construction
- Florida Defense Lawyers Association
Publications & Events
- Quoted in “Giving a Lift to Construction’s Tech Stack,” Building Forward, June 20, 2019
- “Hidden Legal Risks of Green Building” (co-author), Florida Bar Journal Vol. 84 No. 3, March 2010
- “Chapter 558 Process and Court Actions” Presenter, PBCBA Construction Law Committee Presentation, West Palm Beach, FL, September 20, 2019
- “Additional Insureds, Contractual Indemnity, and Effective Tenders” Co-Presenter, FDLA Liability Claims Conference, Orlando, FL, June 5, 2019
- “Hammering through 2020: The Year in Construction Defect Review,” (Co-Presenter), GS Webinar Series, January 26, 2021
- “When Contractors Unintentionally Cause Design Damage,” (Presenter), GS Webinar Series, September 30, 2020
- “Notable Construction Defect Decisions: A Year in Review,” (Co-Presenter), GS Webinar Series, December 5, 2019
- “Post-Tensioned Concrete Claims,” (Co- Presenter), GS Webinar Series, October 10, 2019
- “Florida 558 Construction Defect Statute,” (Co-Presenter), GS Webinar Series, July 11, 2019
- Contributor, “AIA General Conditions: A New Coat of Wax,” Timely Notice, April 16, 2019
Recent Insights
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