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Management Task Force, as a member of the Governor' s Ad Hoc Work Group on Affordable Housing, and as a member of the Florida Telecommunications Taxation Task Force. 121-  Mr. Nabors was appointed by the late Governor Chiles as a member of the 1997- 1998 Constitution Revision Commission. Mr. Nabors also served as an adjunct professor at the Florida State University College of Law in the areas of State Constitutional Law and Local Government Law. Mr. Nabors heads NG &N's Local Governmental Law practice. GREGORY T. STEWART Mr. Stewart, a Martindale- Hubbell AV -rated lawyer, is a 1975 honors graduate of the University of Florida College of Law. Mr. Stewart served as an Assistant State Attorney for the Eighteenth Judicial Circuit from June 1975 through January 1981. He served as Chief Trial Attorney for the Public Defender's Office of Brevard County from January 1981 through August 1982. As a partner in the firm of Nabors, Potter, McClelland, Griffith & Jones, P.A., Mr. Stewart represented Brevard County, Florida as an Assistant County Attorney specializing in governmental litigation, including representation of Brevard County on personnel and employment issues, from September 1982 through March 1986. He has also served as trial counsel for various counties throughout the State of Florida in the areas of employment, land use, finance and intergovernmental litigation. He has lectured extensively on numerous aspects of local government litigation. Mr. Stewart's area of practice includes governmental tax and finance, employment law and trial litigation. BRIAN P. ARMSTRONG Before joining Nabors, Giblin & Nickerson in March 20003 Mr. Armstrong served as senior vice -president and general counsel of Florida Water Services corporation, Florida's largest investor -owned water and wastewater utility. Prior to his service with Florida Water, Mr. Armstrong practiced in the public utilities department of the law firm of Cullen & Dykman in New York. He is a 1984 graduate of the Georgetown University Law Center. HARRY F. CHILES Mr. Chiles, a Martindale- Hubbell AV -rated lawyer, is a 1980 graduate of the University of Florida College of Law. Before joining the Firm in May 1995, Mr. Chiles served for fifteen years in various staff and supervisory positions with the Office of the Attorney General. He began as an antitrust lawyer, then moved to the General Civil Litigation Section where he gained extensive trial and appellate experience in all levels of state court, in federal district and appellate courts, and in various administrative forums. Mr. Chiles defended the State of Florida, its agencies, officers and personnel in a wide range of legal matters, including civil rights and personal injury claims, bid protests, constitutional challenges and employment discrimination matters. Mr. Chiles spent three and a half years as head of the Employment Litigation Branch and for the last five years prior to joining the Firm -was ' Director of Civil Litigation for the Office of the Attorney General. Additionally, Mr. Chiles served an approximate two -year stint as Statewide Advocate for the Florida Commission on Ethics. 122-  Mr. Chiles has also been certified by the Florida Supreme Court as a Circuit Mediator, authorized to mediate disputes on a statewide basis. EDWARD A. DION Mr. Dion is a 1978 graduate of the University of Miami' s College of Law and a 1975 graduate of the University of Pennsylvania. After serving as the General Counsel of the Broward County Sheriff s office since 2004, Mr. Dion joined the Firm in October 2007. Mr. Dion served as Broward County Attorney from 1999 through 2004; as Deputy General Counsel for the Florida Department of Labor from 1987 through 1994; and was in private practice specializing in real estate and litigation from 1979 through 1987. Mr. Dion has represented and advised state and local government entities since 1987, including before the Florida Legislature, state and federal courts, and administrative agencies. Mr. Dion's area of practice includes employment law, legislative consulting, local government law, and litigation and appellate law. HEATHER I ENCINOSA Ms. Encinosa is a 1996 summa cum laude graduate of The American University's Washington College of Law and a summa cum laude graduate of the University of Missouri with a bachelor's degree in journalism. She joined the Firm's Governmental Law Group in January 1997 and is a member of The Florida Bar. Ms. Encinosa' s practice includes public utility work and governmental finance and tax matters. Ms. Encinosa has been the lead attorney on all the Firm's recent impact fee projects including the development and implementation of new impact fee programs, the revision of existing impact fee projects, legal sufficiency reviews of existing programs and the crafting of developer agreements for impact fee credits. Ms. Encinosa has also been the lead attorney on all of the Firm's service assessment projects and also has experience performing capital assessment projects. These special assessments include projects for fire, fire rescue, solid waste, roads, neighborhood improvements, water and wastewater, and stormwater.Ms. Encinosa also currently serves as special utility counsel to the Florida Governmental Utility Authority, a utility authority created in 1999 by interlocal agreement. Additionally, Ms. Encinosa is a frequent speaker on the legal requirements for the valid imposition of impact fees before the Florida Association of County's Small County' s Program and the Florida Government Finance Officers Association. SARAH M. BLEAKLEY Ms. Bleakley served as a staff attorney for the Florida House of Representatives Committee on Finance and Taxation from 1987 to 1988. As counsel for the Committee, Ms. Bleakley advised the House on state and local tax issues, drafted and analyzed legislation, and served as a liaison between the members and their constituents. She was primarily responsible for all local finance and tax matters, including local bills. She also advised_the House on state taxation, such as the repeal of the services tax and the expansion of the gross receipts tax on utilities which provides funds for financing public school and university facilities. 123-  Ms. Bleakley also served as a lobbyist for the Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services where she lobbied the Florida Legislature on social service issues. She also served as a legislative aide to Representative William E. " Bill" Sadowski. Ms. Bleakley is an honors graduate of Florida State University College of Law, where she was a member of the Law Review. She joined the Firm in 1989 and has focused her practice on legislative consulting and special revenue development. BETHANY A. BURGESS Ms. Burgess is a 2006 graduate of the Florida State University College of Law and a graduate of Tulane University with both a master's degree and a bachelor's degree in English literature and theory. Ms. Burgess joined the Firm in August 2006 where she concentrates her practice in general governmental law. CARLY J. SCHRADER Ms. Schrader is a 2001 summa cum laude graduate of the University of West Florida and a 2005 summa cum laude graduate of the Florida State University College of Law. Ms. Schrader was a member of the Florida State Schrader joined University Law Review and is a member of the Order of the Coif. Ms. the Firm in 2007 where she concentrates her practice in the areas of litigation and appellate law. Prior to joining the Firm, Ms. Schrader was a law clerk for Judge Ricky Polston of the Florida First District Court of Appeal. HEATH R. STOKLEY Mr. Stokley is a 1996 cum laude graduate of Florida State University with a bachelors degree in History and International Affairs and a 1999 graduate of the University College of Law, with honors, where he was a member of the N in : aw and Public Policy. Mr. Stokley joined NG & University of Florida Journal of L 2007 where he concentrates his practice in the areas of litigation and appellate law and provides representation in the areas of employment; tax and finance matters; tort claims; construction disputes; and real estate and land use disputes. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Harbert ( Orlando) and Kubicki Draper Stokley practiced with the firms of Mateer & Jacksonville) where he engaged in a diverse civil practice in the areas of tort litigation, commercial litigation, construction litigation, trademark and trade secret litigation, healthcare law, environmental and land use, and administrative law. The following attorney serves as NG &N's of counsel: WILLIAM J. ROBERTS Mr. Roberts served as Executive Director on the Legislative Interim Committee on Finance and Taxation of the Florida Legislature from 1959 to 1961. He has also served as counsel for the United States Study Commission on Southeast River Basins ( a commission appointed by President John Kennedy), counsel for the Office of Secretary of State of the State of Florida, General Counsel of the Florida Association of Counties; Inc., and Associate Counsel for the Children's Home Society, Inc. He was President of the Florida -Colombia Alliance Educational Foundation, and the Tax Section of The Florida Bar, the chairman for various entities including 124- Legislation Committee of The Florida Bar, and Vice Chairman of the Agricultural Law Committee. Since 1967, Mr. Roberts has had an extensive private practice,specializing in obtaining permits and other governmental authorizations to conduct development in Florida, together with land sales, DRI' s and Major Conditional Uses. Mr. Roberts became of counsel to NG &N in the spring of 1996. 125- Regular 10/ 8/ 2007 Item # 36 SEMINOLE COUNTY GOVERNMENT AGENDA MEMORANDUM SUBJECT: RFP- 600233- 07/TLR - Bond Counsel Legal Services DEPARTMENT: Administrative Services DIVISION: Purchasing and Contracts AUTHORIZED BY: Frank Raymond CONTACT: Tammy Roberts EXT: 7115 MOTIONIRECOMMENDATION: Review and select a firm to provide the County with Bond Counsel Services in accordance with RFP -600233- 07/ TLR —Bond Counsel Legal Services. County w - ide Ray Hooper ZIP On July 26, 1994, the Board of County Commissioners directed staff to present