National insurance and labor and employment law firm Kaufman Dolowich & Voluck announced the hiring of Sarasota insurance coverage attorney Chad Bickerton, who joins the firm’s Fort Lauderdale office as partner.

KDV has about 200 attorneys in offices across the U.S., including 18 lawyers in Fort Lauderdale, 13 in Orlando and five in Tampa. Florida co-managing partner Bruce Liebman said the firm’s insurance coverage practice is seeing a “huge uptick” in demand.