Practice Areas - Commercial Litigation
- Energy
- Public Utility Law
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- Administrative Hearings and Appeals
- State Government Law
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| Contact Info | Telephone: 850-513-3608
Fax: 850-222-0398
http://www.carltonfields.com/rpass/
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| Mailing Address | 215 South Monroe Street, Suite 500P.O. Drawer 190, Tallahassee, Florida, 32301-1866 |
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| University | Florida State University, B.A., 1971 |
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| Law School | Florida State University, J.D., 1974 |
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| Admitted | 1974, Florida; U.S. District Court, Northern, Middle and Southern Districts of Florida; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth, Tenth and Eleventh Circuits; U.S. Supreme Court |
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| Memberships | The Florida Bar (Member, Sections on: Business Litigation; Local Government Law); American Bar Association (Member, Litigation Section); Florida Bar Foundation. |
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| Born | Gainesville, Georgia, 1949 |
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| Biography | Phi Beta Kappa. Note and Comment Editor, Florida State University Law Review, 1973-1974. Fellow, American Bar Foundation. Member: American Law Institute; The Sedona Conference Working Group on Best Practices For Electronic Document Retention and Production; President's Council, The University of South Florida. Panelist and Speaker: "Preservation through Production — Effective Management of Electronic Discovery," Counsel to Counsel Forum (May 24, 2006); "Managing Discovery in the Digital Age," Counsel to Counsel Forum (January 25, 2006). Co-Author with Michael K. Winston, "Safe Harbor and Sanctions Under Rule 37," E-Discovery, A Special Publication in E-Discovery, American Bar Association Section of Litigation (2007). |
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| Reported Cases | Department of Revenue v. City of Gainesville, 859 So. 2d 595 (Fla. 1st DCA 2003)(constitutionality of Florida tax statute); Chicago Title ins. Co. v. Butler, 770 So. 2d 1210 (Fla. 2000)(constitutionality of Florida insurance statute); Alachua County v. State, 737 So. 2d 1065 (Fla. 1999)(constitutionality of county revenue impositions); Florida State University v. McHugh (formal adversarial administrative hearing before DOAH)(2001)(constitutional "academic freedom" issues); In re Advisory Opinion to the Governor, 509 So. 2d 292 (Fla. 1987)(briefing constitutionality of sale and use tax on certain services); University of South Florida v. The Comptroller of Florida (M. D. Fla. 1982)(constitutionality of state budget provisions); The American Recycling Company, Inc. v. County of Manatee, 963 F. Supp. 1572 (M. D. Fla. 1997)(federal constitutional rights claims); Marine One, Inc. v. Manatee County, 898 F.2d 1490 (11th Cir. 1990)(federal constitutional rights claims); American International Group v. Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (formal adversarial administrative hearing before the Florida Division of Administrative Hearings or "DOAH")(2005); American International Group v. Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (formal adversarial administrative hearing before DOAH)(2004); Lincoln v. Thomasville Honda, et al. (N.D. Fla. 2004)(civil RICO); State of Florida v. AT&T (Second Judicial Circuit)(2004)(Unfair Trade Practices Claim, Circuit Court, Leon County, Florida); Seven Hills, Inc. v. Bentley, 848 So. 2d 345 (Fla. 1st DCA 2003)(land use dispute, Circuit Court, Leon County, Florida); Town of Belleair v. Progress Energy, Florida (commercial arbitration)(2003); Leon County v. Talquin Electric Co-operative, Inc., 795 So. 2d 1142 (Fla. 1st DCA 2001)(constitutional challenges to local utility ordinances, Circuit Court, Leon County, Florida); City of Winter Park v. Progress Energy Florida (commercial arbitration)(2002); City of Casselberry v. Progress Energy Florida (commercial arbitration) (2001); Gibbs Properties Corp. v. CIGNA Corp., 196 F.R.D. 430 (M. D. Fla. 2000)(putative national class action over alleged insurance practices); Chicago Title Ins. Co. v. Butler, 770 So. 2d 1210 (Fla. 2000)(constitutionality of Florida insurance statute); Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. v. Jacobs, Robbins Gaynor (M. D. Fla. 1995)(professional malpractice claim against law firm); MediTek Therapy, Inc. v. Vat-Tech, Inc., 658 So. 2d 644 (Fla. 2d DCA 1995)(unfair trade practices claim); Jewell Jelling, Inc., Labofarma, S.A. v. G.D. Searle, Inc., (S. D. Fla. 1994)(breach of contract claim involving sale of Argentine subsidiary of U. S. parent); Florida Department of Banking and Finance v. Bay Bank, (formal adversarial administrative hearing before DOAH seeking removal of bank directors)(1994); Flower Power Corp. v. Seminole County, 579 So. 2d 105 (Fla. 1991)(constitutional challenges to local ordinances); Highlands County Hospital v. Radiology Group (commercial arbitration over exclusive radiology contract with hospital); Langley v. Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., 792 So. 2d 541 (5th Cir. 1986), affirmed, Langley v. Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., 479 U.S. 1028 (1987)(argued in Supreme Court by United States Solicitor General)(rights of FDIC under failed bank statutes); In Re Gator Power (formal adversarial administrative hearing, Florida Division of Administrative Hearings)(1987)(challenge to which electric utility could serve the University of Florida); Citizens of State of Florida v. Public Service Commission, 425 So. 2d 534 (Fla. 1982)(challenge to legality of Florida PSC's first use of a "forward looking test year" in setting electric utility rates). |
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| ISLN | 904568125 |
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