Meet Our Staff
Devoted to Humbly Serving Our Local Community in Need
The Clearwater personal injury 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 and wrongful 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 personal injury attorney in Clearwater, reach out to The Fran Haasch Law Group for a free evaluation. We serve clients throughout the Greater Tampa Bay Region, including those in Clearwater, Tampa, Palm Harbor, St. Petersburg, and beyond.
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Gary Schmidt
Claims ManagerWhat are the values that drive you? Hard work, focus on achieving goals, and honesty and integrity. -
Aaron Melling
Operations ManagerWhat 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. -
Rhett Jones
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Roxy Perera
Pre-MMI Claims ManagerFavorite Quote: “Where there is love there is life” - Mahatma Gandhi -
Maria Donahue
Financial ManagerFavorite quote: “Do not let the shadow of your past darken the doorstep of your future.” -
Erin Lowe
ReceptionistBest quote: “Make today so great, that yesterday is jealous.” -
Alexis Lemke
Administrative AssistantFavorite Quote: “Everything happens for a reason” -
Bill Lozeau
New Client RelationsWhat 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 AssistantFavorite 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 CoordinatorNickname: Yorkie -
Carey Zengel
Legal AssistantFavorite quote: “Be your own kind of beautiful.” -
Dee Greenslate
Legal AssistantMy 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
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Gary Tipton
Senior Claims AdministratorThe 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 AssistantFavorite Quote: “If you judge people, you have no time to love them.” - Mother Theresa -
Karoline Moran
Administrative AssistantFavorite Quote: "I'm not perfect. I'm original." -
Kate Hardwick
Legal AssistantFavorite quote: “Dwell in possibility” – Emily Dickinson -
Katrina Mack
Administrative AssistantWhat 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 AdministratorWhat 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 AssistantFavorite Quote: “Sometimes it takes a whole tankful of fuel before you can think straight.” -
Lucy Volpe
Marketing CoordinatorWhat are your credentials/past experience, for working in your position? I come from a music background of almost 10 years. I managed music venues, booked countless shows around the Bay area and was also a music publicist. -
Lynanne Roach
Legal AssistantFavorite 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 -
Pete Eldredge
Financial CoordinatorPassions: Helping animals. I currently have two rescues (a dog and a cat). -
Robert Fryer
Senior Claims AdministratorFavorite 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 -
Shelley Hayes
Legal AssistantFavorite Quote: "Elegance is when the inside is as beautiful as the outside." - Coco Chanel -
Valerie Day
Legal AssistantFavorite 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 -
Vikki Engelson
ParalegalFavorite season in Florida: Winter because it’s not so hot. -
Vinny Salpietro
Event MarketingWhat 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. I also have a 6 pack.
