Fort Walton Beach Council agenda — 09-21-2010 Special-City Attorney Selection — reading text

2005 -2006 Responsible for cases in Hillsborough, Pinellas, and Pasco counties. Responsible for client communication and consultations. Responsible for new client intake and client updates. Prepared and argued motions, administrative hearings, and trials in State and Federal Court. 6TH STATE ATTORNEY' S OFFICE, JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, Clearwater, FL Assistant State Attorney 2002 -2005 Involved as lead trial attorney or second chair in over 40 trials. Former Lead Trial Attorney responsible for criminal filing decisions and supervision of up to 5 attorneys. Responsible for all areas of trial preparation from depositions to witness consultations. Member DUI Vehicle Manslaughter Squad. Responsible for case loads of up to 200+ files. Page 4 of 19  U.S. ATTORNEY' S OFFICE, MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA, Fort Myers, FL Summer Intern Summer 2001 Handled research projects for both civil and criminal divisions. Drafted responses, motions, and research memoranda. Assisted with criminal trial involving over 1 million in fraudulent wire transfers. EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF LAW, Oxford, MS 38677 Juris Doctor 1999 -2001 FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY, Tallahassee, FL 32306 Bachelor ofScience -Criminology 1996 -1998 BAR ADMISSIONS/ ACTIVITIES /COMMUNITY SERVICE Voted as one of Florida Trend' s 2010 Florida Legal Elite " Up & Comers" Author of Protecting Your Business, Survival in a Competitive Market, VIE Magazine, Spring 2010 Member, Florida State Bar, 2002- Present Member, U.S. Middle District of Florida, 2002 -Present Member, U.S. Northern District of Florida, 2006 -Present Member, U.S. Bankruptcy Court Northern District of Florida, 2009 -Present Member, Okaloosa -Walton County Bar, 2006 -Present Member, Destin Rotary Club, 2006- Present Member, Moot Court Board, 2001 MemberlHistorian, Phi Delta Phi International Honors Legal Fraternity, 2000 -2001 Member, Public Interest Law Clinic, 2000 -2001 Member, Environmental Law Society, 1999 -2001 Member, Destin Forward Leadership Class, 2008 -2009 Deacon, South Walton Baptist Church, 2009- Present Page 5 of 19 i  J. BRUCE BOWMAN CONERLY, BOWMAN & DYKES, LLP 4481 Legendary Drive, Suite 200 Destin, Florida 32550 850) 837 -5118 bbowman@destin- law.com PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE i August 2007 to CONERLY, BOWMAN & DYKES Destin, Florida Present Senior Partner Civil litigation, real estate and corporate transactional law. Responsible for the litigation section serving clients in Okaloosa, Walton, Santa Rosa, Escambia and Bay counties. Focusing on complex civil litigation in the areas of municipal liability, real estate, and business torts, as well as the preparation of real estate contracts and corporate documents. October 2004 to CLARK PARTINGTON HART Destin, Florida August 2007 Head ofLitigation Section (Destin) Civil litigation, real estate and corporate transactional law. Responsible for the litigation section in the Destin office of large Northwest Florida law firm serving clients in Okaloosa, Walton, Santa Rosa, Escambia and Bay counties. Focusing on complex civil litigation in the areas of municipal liability, real estate, and business torts, as well as the preparation of real contracts and corporate documents. March 2003 to BOWMAN LAW FIRM, LLC Niceville, Florida October 2004 Sole proprietor 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 6of19  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 8of19  Lamar 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 ofJ.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 ofMississipp4 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 StateUniversity, 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