Scott Gardner Hawkins 

President-Elect Designate, The Florida Bar
 

Florida Bar Board Certified Business Litigation Lawyer
Martindale-Hubbell AV Rated Attorney

Scott, the firm's Vice-Chair (and Shareholder since 1990) and a member of the Florida Bar Board of Governors, practices commercial litigation with an emphasis on intellectual property, trade secret disputes, covenants not to compete and real estate litigation.  He also has significant civil and administrative litigation experience in areas involving environmental and land use disputes and disputes involving claims arising under ERISA Plans.  His clients include technology companies (internet technology, software development, pharmaceutical product development), major property land owners and insurance companies.  Scott will take the seat of President of The Florida Bar in 2011.

A former President of the Palm Beach County Bar Association, Scott was awarded Palm Beach Atlantic University’s American Free Enterprise Day Companion Medal in 2003.  Scott was named "Most Productive Young Lawyer" by The Florida Bar's Young Lawyers Section in 1995.  He is listed as a Corporate Counsel Super Lawyer and a Florida Super Lawyer by Law & Politics Super Lawyers Magazine; and is listed in The Best Lawyers in America.  Scott also has been recognized as one of the Top Lawyers in South Florida by the South Florida Legal Guide and listed as one of Florida Trend Magazine's Legal Elite (2004). 

Practice Groups
Business/Corporate Services
Eminent Domain
Employment Law
Litigation

Municipal Law
 

Education
J.D., Univ. of Florida, 1983
B.S.B.A., honors, Univ. of Florida, 1980
M.B.A., Univ. of Edinburgh,
     Scotland, 1985
 

Bar Admissions
The Florida Bar
American Bar Association
Palm Beach County Bar Association

Court Admissions
U.S. Supreme Court
All Florida State Courts

U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit

U.S. District Courts for the Southern,
      Middle and Northern Districts 

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