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M.
ROSS SHULMISTER
590 S.E.
12th STREET
POMPANO
BEACH, FLORIDA 33060-9409
Telephone:
(954) 785-9600
Current
Areas of Practice:
General
Trial and Appellate Practice in all State Courts.
Business, Construction, Construction Lien, Corporate,
Election Finance, Landlord and
Tenant (Commercial, Mobile
Home), Mortgage, Probate, Probate Litigation, Real
Property (including Cooperatives and Mobile Home Park
Conversions), Wills and Trusts, Zoning.
Personal
Information:
Born Atlanta, Georgia, January 6, 1940.
Graduate, Annapolis High School, 1957 (academic diploma).
Bachelor of Electrical Engineering, University of Florida, 1962.
Doctor of Jurisprudence, University of Florida, 1973.
U.S. Air Force 1964-1970, USAF Reserve 1970-1993,
Retired Lt. Col.
Legal Qualifications:
Admitted
to practice in Florida, Florida Supreme Court, 1973.
Admitted
to practice, U.S. District Court, Southern District
of Florida
including Trial Bar, 1974.
Admitted
to practice before Florida Public Service Commission, 1974.
Admitted
to practice, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth and
Eleventh
Circuits, 1981.
Previously
certified in Civil Trial Practice, 1984-1999.
Legal Service:
Pompano
Beach Special Master for Code Enforcement, 1991-1992.
Assistant
State Attorney, 8th Judicial Circuit, 1973-1974.
City
Prosecutor, Pembroke Pines, 1979-1980.
Arbitrator,
American Arbitration Association.
Broward
County Bar Association:
Bench-Bar
Liaison Committee, 1996-98, 1999-present
(vice-chair,
1999- present)
Clerk-Bar
Liaison Committee, 1998-99
Judicial
Selection and Tenure Committee, 1979-1983
Professional
Responsibility Committee 1997-present.
Courts
Committee, 1982-1983.
Construction
Law Committee, 1994-present.
Fee
Arbitration Committee, 1988-1989.
Landlord-Tenant
Subcommittee, 1983-1987.
The
Florida Bar:
Construction
Law Subcommittee, 1978-present.
Public Service:
Pompano
Beach Charter Amendment Advisory Board,
1994-97 (chair).
Broward
County Consumer Protection Board, 1983-present
(chair
1999- 2000).
Broward
County Mobile Home Advisory Board, 1979-1982.
South
Pompano Civic Association, Director, 1989-present
(president
1992-98).
Editor,
Newsletter, The Sentry, 1982-86, 1987-2000.
Pompano
Civic Action Committee, Treasurer, 1998-present.
Editor, The
Examiner, 1998-2000.
Pompano
Beach Mayor-at-Large Initiative Committee,
Chair, 1997-present.
Financial
Reference:
American
National Bank.
Experience:
Alachua
County State Attorney's Ofc., 1973-74
Zeiher
& Brinkley, 1974
Josias,
Shulmister & Goren, 1975-1979
Private
Practice, 1980-present
Also see
"Major Cases"
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