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

Florida and the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals. Although I am not admitted to the United States Supreme Court, gaining admission should be a mere formality and, should you choose our office to represent the City of Fort Walton Beach, I anticipate that I will be able to gain admission to the United States Supreme Court within thirty (30) days. Broad and Cassel appreciates the opportunity to submit this response and would welcome the opportunity to represent the City of Fort Walton Beach. We hope we are selected and look forward to working with the City. Respectfully submitted, BROAD AND CASSEL i f Gi g r Ba ' , Of Counsel 203 rand Blvd, Suite 205A Destin, Florida 32550 Telephone: ( 850) 269 -0148 Facsimile: ( 850) 521 - 1472 Broad and Cassel 4  City of Fort Walton Beach Request for Professional Legal Services City Attorney ID NI"IFICATION OF PRINCIPAL AND SEVONDARY Ilrji)izESENTArl' IVES Provide the names of the persons that will provide the primary professional legal services to the City ( as City Attorney) and those that will act in a back -up capacity. Identify any known schedule conflicts in which the back -up attorney will be required to provide regularly scheduled services due to the ongoing unavailability of the primary City Attorney. Principal Representative Secondary Representatives Back Up Representative Ginger Barry Bruce Anderson Of Counsel Cathy M. Sellers Of counsel Partner Florida Bar Number 0294550 Florida Bar Number 247431 lorida Bar Number 784958 Regions g Bank Buildingg Regions Bank Building 200 Grand Boulevard, Sun Trust Bank Building 200 Grand Boulevard, 215 South Monroe Street Suite 205A Suite 205A Suite 400 Destin, Florida 32550 Destin, Florida 32550 Tallahassee, Florida 32301 850- 269 -0148 850- 269 -0148 850- 681 -6810 850 -521 - 1472 ( FAX) 850- 521- 1467( FAX) 850 -521 - 1443 ( FAX) barry@broadandcassel..com banderson@broadandcassel. com csellers@broadandcassel. com Maureen M. Daughton Partner Florida Bar Number 0655805 Sun Trust Bank Building 215 South Monroe Street Suite 400 Tallahassee, Florida 32301 850- 681 -6810 850 -521 - 1478 ( FAX) To the best of our knowledge, there are no scheduling conflicts or other conflicts of any kind for primary attorney, Ginger Barry in which the secondary attorney, Cathy Sellers, Maureen M. Daughton, or the back up attorney, Bruce Anderson, will be required to provide regularly scheduled services due to ongoing unavailability. Broad and Cassel 5  City of Fort Walton Beach Request for Professional Legal Services City Attorney QUID 1- F I C11.71 ONS 41 Identify by name and provide a statement of qualifications and experience of all attorneys that will provide legal services to the City under the proposed contract. The attorneys who will provide legal services for the City are: Ginger Barry, Principal Representative Ginger Barry graduated from the University of Florida in 1996 and from Florida State University College of Law in 2000. She has been practicing for 10 years and is in good standing with The Florida Bar. Ms. Barry is knowledgeable of a broad range of legal issues pertaining to municipal governments and has represented clients in matters related to land use law. Ms. Barry handles a wide variety of litigation matters including real estate litigation, securities litigation, bankruptcy litigation, contracts litigation, foreclosures, employment litigation, civil rights litigation, intellectual property litigation and general business litigation matters. Ms. Barry has represented private and public clients, including the state of Florida, in employment discrimination litigation matters. Ms. Barry also has represented the State of Florida Department of Education in administrative licensing hearings. Ms. Barry is contract counsel with the Florida Police Benevolent Association and represents police officers in civil rights litigation throughout the State of Florida in state and federal proceedings. In the last six years Ms. Barry has participated in three federal jury trials and she already has nearly a half dozen reported decisions to her credit, including Cotton vs. GS Dev., 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 8229 ( M.D. Ga. 2008); Auto -Owners Ins. Co. v. Pozzi Window Co., 984 So. 2d 1241 ( Fla. 2008); U.S. Fire Ins. Co. v. J. S. U.B., Inc., 979 So. 2d 303 ( Fla. 2007); J. S. U.B., Inc. v. United States Fire Ins. Co., 906 So. 2d 303 ( 2d DCA 2005); and, John Hall Elec. Contr., Inc. v. Allstate Constr., Inc., 917 So. 2d 310 ( 1st DCA 2005). As part of her practice, Ms. Barry also routinely works with risk managers for municipalities, private corporations and insurance companies to manage litigation. Ms. Barry was named a " Rising Star" in the 2009 and 2010 " Florida Super Lawyers" by Law & Politics magazine. Cathy M. Sellers, Secondary Representative Cathy M. Sellers graduated from the University of Florida in 1976 and Florida State University College of Law in 1988. She is Board Certified by the Florida Bar in State and Federal Governmental and Administrative Practice, with over 22 years' experience representing public and private sector clients on a range of administrative, land use, environmental, and governmental law matters. She has extensive experience in local comprehensive planning matters, including challenges to Department of Community Affairs determinations. has compliance Specifically, she participated in several Division of Administrative Hearings proceedings, including Department of Community Affairs v. Desoto County, DOAH Case No. 07- 5148GM; Save Boca Raton Green Space and Dukate v. Department of Community Affairs, DOAH Case No. 08- 1212GM; Department of Community Affairs v. Alachua County, DOAH Case No. 06- 4140GM; and Department of Community Affairs v. Escambia County; DOAH Case No. 06- 0589GM. She also has represented numerous applicants on comprehensive plan amendments through the local government adoption process and Department of Community Affairs compliance review process. Additionally, she has substantial experience in negotiating development agreements under the Florida Local Government Development Agreement Act, Section 163. 3220, Florida Statutes, having successfully negotiated development agreements on behalf of clients with the City of Marathon, Florida, and Leon County, Florida. She has represented the Reedy Creek Improvement District on a wide range of local governance, special taxing district, land use, and environmental matters. She also represented the Board of Regents for the State University System in defending its site selection for the Florida Gulf Coast University campus, and Sarasota County on environmental permitting issues associated with consumptive Broad and Cassel 6  City of Fort Walton Beach Request for Professional Legal Services City Attorney water use and wastewater disposal. She has significant administrative litigation experience before the State of Florida Division of Administrative Hearings in " formal" administrative hearings and in existing, proposed, and unadopted rule challenges. She has also extensive experience in land use and environmental permitting and compliance matters, administrative rulemaking, declaratory statements, variances and waivers, and administrative appeals on behalf of private sector clients. Maureen McCarthy Daughton, Secondary Representative Maureen McCarthy Daughton graduated from the University of Florida in 1983 and from the University of Florida College of Law in 1986. She is a member in good standing of the Florida State Bar. She has over 22 years of experience in civil and administrative litigation. She has extensive experience in administrative litigation, particularly in the areas of bid disputes and other types of procurement involving state agencies and local governments, professional licensing and permitting defense and challenges, rule challenges, variances and waivers, and administrative appeals. She has represented the Florida Housing Finance Corporation on affordable housing finance matters, and the City of St. Cloud on environmental permitting matters. Ms. Daughton has also represented non -profit entities in audit investigations conducted by the Attorney Generals office. Ms. Daughton' s civil litigation experience is broad including representing clients on matters of employment defense, finance and tax, land use litigation, negligence, bankruptcy, receivership matters, and sunshine law and public records violations. Bruce Anderson, Back Up Representative Bruce Anderson graduated from Georgia Southern University in 1974 and from Loyola University School of Law in 1977. He is a member in good standing of the Florida, Georgia and Louisiana State Bars. He also is admitted to the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida. Mr. Anderson has focused his practice on construction law and commercial litigation since 1976, placing an emphasis on construction, architectural and engineering claims. He has represented clients in Louisiana, Georgia and Florida