Marjorie S. Hensel

Marjorie Hensel serves as President on the Firm’s Executive Committee.  She focuses her practice primarily in the area of professional liability defense representing lawyers and law firms, accountants, architects, surveyors, engineers, insurance brokers and agents, real estate agents, travel agents, tattoo artists and cosmeticians.  Ms. Hensel has a broad litigation background in both defense and plaintiff litigation.  Her ability to see a case from both sides is an asset she brings to the defense of her clients at trial. 

Ms. Hensel joined Bush Ross in July, 2016.  Previously she was a Partner with Hinshaw & Culbertson and a Shareholder with Marshall, Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin, in Tampa, Florida.

The Florida Bar

The American Bar Association

The Hillsborough County Bar Association

The Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers

Recognized in Best Lawyers in America®, Legal Malpractice Law - Defendants, since 2021

AV Preeminent® Peer Review Rated, by Martindale-Hubbell®

Florida's "Legal Elite" as named by Florida Trend Magazine, 2016-2017

Recognized as a "Super Lawyer" by Florida Super Lawyers magazine (2020-2024)

Selected to the Top Lawyers List by Tampa Magazine, 2020

Representative Matters

• Represented veterinarians before the Department of Business and Professional Regulation.
• Tried a case defending a Real Estate broker and obtained a defense verdict.
• Tried a legal malpractice case where obtained a directed verdict for one defendant and a defense verdict for the remaining defendants and the firm.
• Defendant granted motion for summary judgment in legal malpractice action on statute of limitations and discovery rule.
• Obtained dismissal for shareholders of law firm in AAA arbitration dispute.
• Represented a national grocery store chain in class action lawsuit filed in U.S. district court alleging violation of FACTA.
• Obtained dismissal for a foreign machinery manufacturer in products liability action on the basis of forum non conveniens.
• Defendant granted summary judgment in products liability action on basis that exercise equipment was not defectively designed.
• Defended securities brokers in class action involving mortgage backed securities.
• Defended accountant/financial planner in class action case where plaintiffs claimed the products sold were unsuitable.
• Defended officers and directors of a national racing boat organization in multi-state litigation.
• Defended class action against travel agent/planning company in U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida.

Ms. Hensel enjoys hiking, gardening and theatre.  She and her family support the arts in the Tampa Bay area.

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