Fort Walton Beach Council agenda — 09-14-2010 Special-City Attorney Condidates — reading text

Focusing on complex civil litigation in the areas of municipal liability, real estate, professional malpractice, premises liability, employment liability and business torts, as well as the preparation of contracts and corporate documents. Page 6 of 19  July 2002 to DENNIS & BOWMAN, P. A. Niceville, Florida March 2003 Staffed Niceville office of Tallahassee Firm Civil litigation and transactional law. Responsible for maintaining and building practice in Northwest Florida, focusing in the areas of municipal law, employment law, business transactions and tort litigation. July 1992 to DENNIS & BOWMAN, P.A. Tallahassee. Florida July 2002 Managing Partner Civil litigation and appellate practice. Focusing primarily on municipal liability defense, professional malpractice and employment litigation. Responsible for managing the operation of the firm with up to twenty employees, including nine attorneys. August 1990 to COLLINS, DENNIS & TRUETT, P.A. Tallahassee, Florida July 1992 Associate Attorney Civil litigation and appellate practice. Practice areas include municipal defense, state agency civil rights defense, and medical malpractice and nursing home defense. December 1987 to LORANCE & THOMPSON, P.A. Houston, Texas August 1990 Associate Attorney Civil litigation and appellate practice. Responsible for independent trial docket in the areas of insurance defense, automobile liability, bad faith insurance claims, premises liability, fraud, and products liability. EDUCATION 1984 -1987 SOUTH TEXAS COLLEGE OF LAW Houston, Texas Doctor ofJurisprudence Graduated in top 15% of class. Articles Editor, South Texas Law Review Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Award for most significant contribution to the South Texas Law Review during the academic year 1986 -1987. Page 7of19  1982 -1984 UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA Gainesville, Florida B.S., Accounting CERTIFICATIONS Board Certified in Civil Trial Law (since June 1, 2000) Certified Circuit Civil Mediator PRESENTATIONS 17th Florida Municipal Attorney' s Association, Annual Seminar, Executive Session Exception to the Sunshine Law, Sanibel, Florida ( 1998) Florida League of Cities Annual Convention, Exceptions to the Sunshine Law, Lake Buena Vista, Florida ( 1997) Florida Hospital Association, Round Table, Health Screening Liability, Orlando, Florida ( 199 1) PUBLICATIONS Dropping the Feather of Lead: The Demise of Substantive Due Process in Governmental Employee Termination Cases," Trial Advocate Quarterly, April, 1994 ( with John A. Grant) PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS The Florida Bar ( Trial Lawyer' s Section; City, County and Local Government Law Section) Texas Bar Association Florida Municipal Attorneys Association Okaloosa- Walton Bar Association U. S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit U. S. District Court, Northern and Middle Districts OTHER MEMBERSHIPS AND COMMUNITY SERVICE Boys & Girls Clubs of the Emerald Coast ( Board Secretary, 2003 -2004) Guardian Ad Litem for the Second Judicial Circuit, Leon County, Florida (volunteer, 2001 -2002) Legal Aid Program ( volunteer, 1990 -2001) Shoreline Church - Legal Society Leadership Okaloosa (2005) Page 8 of 19  Lantar Conerly, Jr. 4481 Legendary Drive, Suite 200, P.O. Box 6944, Destin, Florida 32550 Telephone: ( 850) 837 -5118; Facsimile: ( 850) 837 -5187 EXPERIENCE Conerly, Bowman & Dykes, LLP, Partner, Destin, Florida: 8 /2007 -present Practice in the areas of Corporate, Real Estate, Governmental and Civil Litigation. The Law Offices ofLamar A. Conerly, P.A., Owner, Destin, Florida: 1996 — 8/ 2007 Practice in the areas of Corporate, Real Estate, Governmental and Civil Litigation. Law Offices ofI Jerome Miller, Attorney, Destin, Florida: 1993 — 1996 Conerly & Bass, P.A., Senior Partner, Hazlehurst, Mississippi: 1976- 1993 Law Offices ofS.E. Allen, Jr., Hazlehurst, Mississippi: 1974- 1976 34 years specializing in Municipal Law, Civil Litigation, Corporate Law and Real Estate Closings EDUCATION University ofMississippi, College ofLaw, Oxford, Mississippi, Juris Doctorate, 1974 Honors: Phi Alpha Delta Award: given for Most Outstanding Law Student Phi Alpha Delta, Legal Fraternity President Mississippi State University, Starkville, Mississippi, Bachelor of Science in Accounting and Pre -Law, 1971 Honors: Drennan Scholar Pi Kappa Delta Honorary Debate Society ASSOCIATIONS Professional: City Attorney, Mary Esther, Florida, 1995 — Present Okaloosa- Walton Bar Association Page 9of19  Florida Bar Florida Municipal Attorneys Association Mississippi Bar Federal Bar Copiah Co. Mississippi Bar Association —President, 1978, 1981 Civic: Conerly Endowed Scholarship for Forensics — Northwest Florida State College Member Board of Directors —Northwest Florida State College, 2006 -present 33rd Honorary Commander of Fighter Wing, U. S. Air Force, 2001 Destin Chamber of Commerce — President, 2002; Board of Directors, 1999- 2004 Volunteer of the Year, 2002 United Way, Board of Directors, 2004 —2008 Destin Charity Wine Auction Foundation - President ( 2006 -2007) Destin Charity Wine Auction Foundation — Chairman of the Board ( 2007- 2009) Lions Club- Destin, Florida- President, 1997 — 1998 United Methodist Church, Destin, Florida, Usher Heart Fund Volunteer Mississippi State University National Alumni Association — President, 1999- 2000, Chairman of the Board, 2001 Mississippi State University Foundation —Board of Directors, 2006 -2009 Conerly Endowed Speaker Program for Honors College, Mississippi State University Eugene Butler Fellow —Mississippi State University, 2001 Alumni Fellow —Mississippi State University, 2003 Patrons of Excellence Member —Mississippi State University, 1984 - present Harbor House Charity Volunteer Economic Development Council, Okaloosa County, Florida LICENSURE Florida Bar: 1994 —present Mississippi Bar: 1974 —present Federal Courts: 5th Circuit 11th Circuit U. S. Supreme Court Page 10 of 19  LEVIN F. BRACKEN bracken @destin -law. com 299 Tequesta Drive Destin, Florida 32541 Professional Experience: Conerly, Bowman & Dykes, LLP 4481 Legendary Drive, Suite 200 Destin, FL 32541 August 2007- Present Associate Civil litigation, real estate, corporate transactional law, Condominium and Homeowner Association Law. Focusing on complex civil litigation in the areas of real estate and business torts, as well as the preparation of real estate contracts and corporate documents. Attorneys' Title of NW Florida, Inc. 4481 Legendary Drive, Suite 200 Destin, FL 32541 August 2007 -Present Closing Attorney Handle all aspects of the residential and commercial closings from contract preparation and title examination to preparation of mortgage, note and other closing documents. Law Offices of Lamar A. Conerly, P. A. 4481 Legendary Drive, Suite 200 Destin, FL 32541 September 2006 -August 2007 Associate Education: Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law University of Memphis, Memphis, TN Juris Doctor, cum laude, May 2005 GPA: 3. 28/ 4. 0 Class Rank: Top 15% Awards: CALI Award for Contracts, Decedent' s Estates, Criminal Procedure Who' s Who in American Colleges and Universities Page 11 of 19  Key Courses: Realty Transactions, Business Organizations, Land Use, Estate and Gift Tax, Estate Planning, Environmental Law, Sales University of Memphis, Memphis, TN January 2001 - August 2002 B. B. A. (Finance), magna cum laude, August 2002 Cumulative GPA, 3. 5; GPA within Major, 4. 0 Key Courses: Commercial Banking, Financial Markets, Investments, Investment Analysis, Accounting, Real Estate University of Mississippi, University, MS August 1998 — December 2000 Major: Banking and Finance Bar Membership: Tennessee: Admitted 2006 Florida: Admitted 2007 Page 12 of 19  WORKLOAD The attorneys of Conerly, Bowman & Dykes have the following scheduled commitments which may conflict with the meeting schedules of the City: Currently, our firm has the following commitments to the City of Mary Esther. Legislative Meetings & First & Last Monday of the Month 7: 00 p.m. Workshop Meetings Code Enforcement Meetings Third Monday of the Month 5: 30 p.m.