Nanci Schanerman

Full Profile

Nanci Schanerman focuses her practice on civil litigation matters, including complex products liability, trucking litigation, class actions, premises liability, and general liability cases involving catastrophic injuries and wrongful death. Nanci has handled numerous complex product liability cases involving tires, airbags, automobiles, angle grinders, miter saws, vacuum pumps, and asbestos.

Nanci manages cases from inception through resolution, providing strategic guidance and advocacy at every stage. She also serves as monitoring counsel, ensuring effective oversight and coordination for her clients. Throughout her career, Nanci has successfully handled countless mediations, secured summary judgment victories, and negotiated favorable settlements, consistently delivering results that align with her clients’ objectives.

Admissions

• Florida - all state courts
• US District Courts for the Northern, Middle, and Southern Districts of Florida

Education

• J.D., magna cum laude, University of Miami School of Law, 2011. Symposium editor for the University of Miami Inter-American Law Review. Dean’s fellow, Dean’s merit scholar and outstanding merit scholar.
• B.A., New York University, 2008

Memberships

• Claims Litigation Management Alliance (CLM)
• Association for Professional Insurance Women (APIW)
• Dade County Bar Association
• Florida Defense Lawyers Association

Experience

• Summary judgment in premises liability case involving personal injury.
• Summary judgment in negligent security case related to criminal activity.
• Summary judgment for international insurance company in fire-related coverage suit.
• Settlement of 5% of potential eight-figure exposure in alleged brain damage of youth after use of common cold product.
• Settlement on behalf of manufacturer in rollover injury case with six-figure demand.
• Motion to dismiss granted in class action involving airport fuel farm fire.
• Settlement on behalf of manufacturer involving a single death, five personal injury, and five consortium claims.
• Nominal settlement in premises liability case involving construction and building code issues.

Presentations

• “Win Your Case Early: Best Practices for Evidence Preservation,” CLM Annual Conference, March 26, 2026
• Speaker, MIB Insurers’ Bureau (MIB) 6th Industry AV Briefing, March 23, 2026
• “Automated Vehicles: Emerging risks and claims implications,” Clyde & Co, November, 2025
• “When Preparation Meets Opportunity: Best and Worst Mediation Practices,” 2025 CLM Focus Conference, February 2025
• "WATCHing your every move: Wearable technology and its use in litigation," Florida Liability and Claims Conference, June 2017
• "Risk Management for Commercial Properties," client presentation, November 2016
• "Three Important Issues in Minimizing Risk: Defending the Case, Enforcing Defense and Indemnity Obligations, and Avoiding and Defending Bad Faith," client CE presentation, March 2016
• "Social Media Investigation Techniques for Litigation," client CLE presentation, March 2012

Publications

• “From Driver to Data: How Automated Vehicles are reshaping insurance risk,” Clyde & Co Podcast, January 7, 2026
• “Automated Vehicles: Emerging risks and claims implications,” Clyde & Co Market Insight, December 19, 2025
• “2025 Insurance Industry Predictions,” Risk Management, Clyde & Co Insights, December 26, 2024
• “Autonomous vehicles come with numerous risks,” Clyde & Co Market Insight, December 7, 2024
• “Changes to Florida Tort and Bad Faith Laws,” Clyde & Co Legal Development, March 27, 2023
• “WATCH Your Step: New Innovations in Fitness Trackers Can Lead to Richer Data for Discovery in Personal Injury Lawsuits,” Miami-Dade Bar Bulletin, December 2021
• “Wearable technology: Counting the steps to a defense verdict,” Clyde & Co Insights, July 11, 2017
• "Comity: The Last Nail in the Coffin of Institutional Homophobia," 42 U. Miami Inter-Am. L. Rev. 145, Fall 2010