Meet Our Staff

    Devoted to Humbly Serving Our Local Community in Need

    The Clearwater attorneys at The Fran Haasch Law Group are supported by an exceptional staff.

    Our firm is proud to provide client-focused legal services for a wide range of personal injury andwrongful death matters. Our dedicated staff assists our legal team in everything from investigating and preparing cases for trial to day-to-day administration and office operations. Get to know the members of our team and, if you need to speak to a attorney in Clearwater, reach out to The Fran Haasch Law Group for an evaluation. We serve clients throughout the Greater Tampa Bay Region, including those in Clearwater, Tampa, Palm Harbor, St. Petersburg, and beyond.

    Gary Schmidt

    Claims Manager

    What are the values that drive you?

    Hard work, focus on achieving goals, and honesty and integrity.

    Rhett Jones

    Director of Marketing & Advertising

    What are the values that drive you?

    “The foundation stones for a balanced success are honesty, character, integrity, faith, love and loyalty.” -Zig Ziglar.

    Aaron Melling

    Operations Manager

    What is the best life lesson you’ve learned from someone else?

    Be kind, always treat others the way you want to be treated. Never judge someone until you have walked in their shoes. Listen to understand, not solely to reply.

    Alexis Lemke

    Administrative Assistant

    Favorite Quote:

    “Everything happens for a reason”

    Bill Lozeau

    New Client Relations

    What do you enjoy doing when you are not working?
     
    I love to cook (or as my wife would say “create”) and entertain family and friends.

     

    Brenda Parlaman

    Legal Assistant

    Favorite quote:
     
    In 3 words I can sum up everything I’ve learned in life – “It goes on” and “we are like tea bags –we don’t know our strength until we’re in hot water”

    Bryan York

    Event Coordinator

    Nickname:

    Yorkie

    Carey Zengel

    Legal Assistant

    Favorite quote:
     
    “Be your own kind of beautiful.”

    Dee Greenslate

    Legal Assistant

    My Bucket List:
     
    To see snow fall, learn how to fly fish in a stream in Montana, play 18 holes in those mountains, and to learn from what I cannot change and improve from what I have learned.

    Desiree Vila

    Marketing

    Erin Lowe

    Receptionist

    Best quote:
     
    “Make today so great, that yesterday is jealous.”

    Gary Tipton

    Senior Claims Administrator

    The greatest life lesson I have learned:
     
    If you can’t find time to do it right, how can you find time to do it over?

    Heather May

    Legal Assistant

    Favorite Quote:
     
    “If you judge people, you have no time to love them.” – Mother Theresa

    Karoline Moran

    Administrative Assistant

    Favorite Quote:
     
    “I’m not perfect. I’m original.”

    Kate Hardwick

    Legal Assistant

    Favorite quote:

    “Dwell in possibility” – Emily Dickinson

    Katrina Mack

    Administrative Assistant

    What is the best life lesson you’ve learned from someone else?
     
    Live, laugh, love – Life is what you make of it!

     

    Kyle Lamberth

    Senior Claims Administrator

    What do you enjoy doing when you are not working?
     
    I love to ride my 2003 Anniversary Edition Harley-Davidson Deuce and spend time with my daughter Brittany and 2 grandchildren Zeke and Nova.

    Lori Muldoon

    Legal Assistant

    Favorite Quote:
     
    “Sometimes it takes a whole tankful of fuel before you can think straight.”

    Lynanne Roach

    Legal Assistant

    Favorite Quote:
     
    “Our prime purpose in this life is to help others and if you can’t help them, at least don’t hurt them.” – Dalai Lama

    Mandy Woolley

    Legal Assistant

    Favorite Quote:
     
    “Don’t ask whether your glass is half empty or half full, just be grateful for having a glass at all”

    Maria Donahue

    Financial Manager

    Favorite quote:
     
    “Do not let the shadow of your past darken the doorstep of your future.”

    Robert Fryer

    Senior Claims Administrator

    Favorite quote:
     
    “I won’t be wronged, I won’t be insulted and I won’t be laid a hand on! I don’t do these things to other people and I expect the same from them.” – John Wayne

    Roxy Perera

    Pre-MMI Claims Manager

    Favorite Quote:
     
    “Where there is love there is life” – Mahatma Gandhi

    Shelley Hayes

    Legal Assistant

    Favorite Quote:
     
    “Elegance is when the inside is as beautiful as the outside.” – Coco Chanel

    Valerie Day

    Legal Assistant

    Favorite quote:
     
    “It’s the heart afraid of breaking that never learns to dance. It is the dream afraid of waking that never takes the chance. It is the one who won’t be taken who cannot seem to give. And the soul afraid of dying that never learns to live.” – Bette Midler

    Sister Vigy Joseph

    Community Outreach

    Favorite Quote:
     
    “Where there is love there is life” – Mahatma Gandhi

    Vinny Salpietro

    Event Marketing

    What volunteering or passion projects do you do outside of work?
     
    Outside of work and the motorcycle industry, I have a vested interest healthy living. I currently train my 61-year-old competitive weightlifting mother and play nutritionist for my entire family.

    Linda Buehler

    Legal Assistant

    Favorite quote:
     
    “When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on.”  – Franklin D. Roosevelt

    TJ Sutton

    Marketing & Event Coordinator

    Favorite Quote:
     
    “Integrity is doing the right thing, even when no one is watching” – C.S. Lewis