Candace A. Mance, Attorney

Candace A. Mance was born in Havre de Grace, Maryland and has lived in South Florida since 2001. Ms. Mance earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in 1998 and her Juris Doctor degree in 2001 from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. While attending law school Ms. Mance was on the Dean’s list, served as a teaching assistant for First Year Law students, was a Guardian ad Litem and served as an intern for a judge with the North Carolina Court of Appeals. Upon graduation from law school, she worked as a Staff Attorney for the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit in Palm Beach County concentrating in civil and criminal appeals. After a year and a half with the Court, Ms. Mance began practicing in the private sector specializing in defending disability and health benefit claims with a subspecialty in the area of ERISA litigation.

At the Law Offices of Steven Ziegler, P.A., Ms. Mance continues practicing in her specialty areas and represents numerous insurance carriers on short term and long term disability cases both in state and federal court. She also represents numerous health plans in health benefit cases particularly in the areas of claims disputes brought by providers and subscribers as well as tort related litigation based on utilization review and coverage determinations.

Ms. Mance is admitted to the Florida Bar and the U.S. District Courts for the Northern, Middle, and Southern Districts of Florida. She is a member of the Broward County Bar Association and is a Florida Bar Foundation Fellow.