For 40 years, Stewart Tilghman Fox Bianchi & Cain, P.A. has operated on a simple premise: injured people deserve the same quality of representation that well-resourced corporations and insurance companies take for granted. That premise doesn't sustain itself. It has to be passed on—from one generation of trial lawyers to the next—by firms that treat mentorship and development as part of their obligation to their clients.
To that end, we are proud to welcome Jessica Aehnlich to the firm.
Jessica represents individuals and families throughout Florida whose lives have been upended by the negligence or wrongdoing of others. Her practice covers maritime and boating accidents, products liability, medical malpractice, automobile accidents, and trucking litigation, in both state and federal courts.
Before joining STFBC, Jessica spent several years at prominent defense firms representing corporations and insurance carriers. That background is not incidental—it's an asset. Attorneys who have worked inside the defense bar understand how large defendants prepare, how they evaluate cases, and where their strategies are vulnerable. That kind of inside knowledge sharpens an advocate's ability to anticipate and counter what plaintiffs face.
“We’re excited to have Jessica on board,” said firm partner Stephen Cain. “After several years working on the defense side, we know she’ll bring a fresh perspective to our practice.”
STFBC was built by lawyers who put clients first, took on cases no one else would touch and opponents no one else wanted to face. The attorneys who carry that work forward today didn't learn it in the abstract—they learned it by doing it, and by working alongside people who had already spent decades doing it. That continuity is not incidental to what we do. It is part of how plaintiffs' trial law improves over time, and part of how injured people continue to have access to advocates who are genuinely prepared to fight for them.
Our practice depends on the next generation of attorneys who are willing to take on the difficult cases—and the difficult opponents—that define this work. We are glad to have Jessica doing that work alongside us.