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RESUME OF JAMES W. MARTIN This Florida lawyer has written legal forms, books & articles for West, ALI-ABA & Fla. Bar Journal and is rated AV by Martindale-Hubbell. James W. Martin consults from his Saint Petersburg, Tampa Bay, Florida, law office on contract, business, corporate, probate, wills, trusts, real estate and lawsuit matters.
Education J.D., Stetson College of Law (1971-1974) B.S. Math, Stetson University (1969-1971) Georgia Tech (1967-69)   Bar Admissions Florida (1974) U.S. Supreme Court (1978) U.S.Dist.Ct., (M.D. Fla.) U.S. Ct. Appeals (5th & 11th Cir.) Professional Activities Probate & Guardianship Section, St. Petersburg Bar Association, Chair (1999-2000, 2006-07) Probate Rules Committee, Florida Bar, member (1994-2001) Coordinating Committee on Technology, Florida Bar, Vice Chair (1990-92), Chair (1992-93) Technology Section, St. Petersburg Bar, Chair (2003-2004) Present/past member of numerous Florida & American Bar committees & sections involving corporation & business, real property, probate, trusts, international, copyright & trademark law Government Files Online, Inc., President & Director (2000-present) AIIM the Enterprise Content Management Association, member (2005-present)   Community Involvement Salvador Dali Museum, Inc., Trustee, Counsel and/or Secretary  (1980-present) Florida Trust for Historic Preservation, Trustee (2002-2003) Florida International Museum, Inc., Founding Trustee, Secretary and Counsel (1992-94) St. Petersburg Chamber of Commerce, Board Attorney (1991-92) Leadership Tampa Bay (1988) City of St. Petersburg, City Councilman (1982-83) Leadership St. Pete (1981)	Author - Law Books Nonprofit Corporations, Volume 29, West's Legal Forms 2nd, 3rd & 4th (1986-2004) Florida Jur Forms (annual supplements to 15 volumes), Lawyers Coop/West Group (Supplement Editor 1998, 1999) West's Florida Legal Forms: Real Estate, Business Organizations, and Specialized Forms volumes (1991-1995) West's Florida Corporations System (1984) LOM's Florida Corporations System (1981)   Professional Listings & Awards Listed in Who's Who in America, Who'sWho in the World, Who'sWho in the South and Southwest, Who'sWho in American Law, Who'sWho in Entertainment, and Who'sWho of Emerging Leaders in America Leading Florida Attorney (lawlead.com) Fla. Bar Journal Barbara Sanders Memorial Writing Competition 2000-01 Award Listed in Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory and Bar Registry as "AV" Speaker - Legal Seminars   "Drafting the Settlement Agreement That Stays Out of Court", American Bar Association Convention, Tort & Insurance Practice Section "Litigating with Power and Professionalism" Seminar, Chicago (2001) "The Lawyer's Conscience: Professionalism and Ethics in Writing", Florida Bar Journal & News "Staying Out of Trouble Through Professional Writing" seminar at Florida Bar Convention (2001)  "Forming a Small Music Business: The Who Meets the Whys and the Wherefores", Florida Bar Entertainment, Arts & Sports Law Section annual meeting seminar "Representing the New Breed of Independent Labels" seminar (2001) "How to Write Letters Nonlawyers Will Read", Florida Bar Journal & News seminar at Florida Bar Convention (1999) "The Lawyer's Conscience: Professionalism in Writing Contracts and Wills for a Mechanistic World", Florida Bar Journal & News seminar at Florida Bar Convention (1998) "Writing the Contract That Stays Out of Court", Florida Bar Journal & News seminar at Florida Bar Convention (1994, 1997, 2000) "The Technology You Need to Project the Vision of Your Case," Bench & Bar Conference, Stetson College of Law, St. Pete.-Clearwater Bar Associations (2003) "Godzilla in Cyberspace: Art Meets the Internet Police; Legal Tips for Artists Working Online," Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts, Pinellas County Arts Council (2002) "Tech Check for Lawyers," "Document Scanning System for Lawyers," & "Computer Security for Lawyers," St. Petersburg - Clearwater Bar Associations Technology Seminar (2004)	Author - Legal Articles "May I Shred My Scanned Paper Files", The Florida Bar News (Dec 1, 2006) "Converting from Paper to Electronic Files", The Florida Bar News (Nov 1, 2006) "I Want to Probate a Will in Federal Court", The Florida Bar News (June 1, 2006) "How to Sue an LLC Member Without Piercing the Corporate Veil", The Florida Bar News (Sep 1, 2004) "Is the Law of the Body a Body of Law?", The Florida Bar News (June 1, 2004) "Be Careful Using Form Real Estate Contracts," The Florida Bar News (April 30, 2004) "Forget to Put Your Client's Address in the Judgment?", The Florida Bar News (Mar. 1, 2004) "Construction Contractors in Florida Are Incorporating," The Florida Bar News (Feb. 1, 2004) "The Technology You Need to Project the Vision of Your Case," The Practical Litigator, ALI-ABA  (Mar 2004); The Florida Bar News (Oct 15, 2003) "Practice Tip: It's Okay to Contact the Judicial Assistant," St. Petersburg Bar Association Paraclete (Nov 2003) "A File Management System for Lawyers," The Florida Bar News (Sep 15, 2003) "Jim's Three Favorite Technology Tools," The Florida Bar News (July 15, 2003), ALA-ABA CLE Review (Dec 26, 2003) "Legislature Limits Homeowners' Rights to Sue Contractors," The Florida Bar News (June 1, 2003) "Drafting the Contract or Settlement Agreement That Stays Out of Court," The Brief (ABA Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section, Winter 2003); The Best Articles Published by the ABA (ABA General Practice, Solo & Small Firm Section, Sep 2003) "Forming a Small Music Business: The Who Meets the Whys and Wherefores," The Practical Lawyer (ALI-ABA Mar 2002) "Putting Your Entertainment or Sports Clients' Nest Egg in Florida: Legal Ways to Preserve Wealth," Entertainment, Arts & Sports Law Section Newsletter, Florida Bar (May 2001) "Fifty Tips for Writing the 21st Century Contract That Stays Out of Court", ALI-ABA Practical Real Estate Lawyer & Florida Bar Journal (Nov 2000), The Florida Bar Journal 2001 Barbara Sanders Memorial Writing Competition Award,  ALI-ABA's Practice Checklist Manual for Drafting Leases IV, June 2003 "How to Write Letters Nonlawyers Will Read", The Practical Lawyer (ALI-ABA Jan 2000), Florida Bar News (Sep 1, 1999) "How to Write Contracts and Other Documents as a Professional in a Mechanistic World" ("The Lawyer's Conscience: Professionalism in Writing Contracts and Wills for a Mechanistic World"), The Practical Real Estate Lawyer (ALI-ABA Nov. 1999), Florida Bar News (Aug 1, 1998) "Fifty Tips for Writing the Contract That Stays Out of Court", The Practical Real Estate Lawyer (ALI-ABA May 1998), Florida Bar News (Aug 1, 1997) "Execution of Florida Legal Documents", Special Pamphlet, West Pub. (1992, 1994, 1995) "A Ban on 'Adult Only' Communities and Much More:  The Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988", Probate & Property, Real Property, Probate & Trust Law Section, American Bar Association (Sept/Oct 1989) Hurricane Legal Help, Aug. 2004 (Web site and PDF)

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