Practice Areas:
Maritime Law
Business Litigation
Business Negotiations
Civil Trial
Legislative Law
Business Transactions
Richard G. Rumrell
Born Tampa, Florida, resident of St. Augustine, Florida. Admitted to the Florida Bar 1971, District of Columbia Bar 1976; U. S. District Court, Northern District of Florida 1972, U. S. District Court, Middle District of Florida and U. S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, 1974; U. S. Supreme Court 1974; U. S. District Court, Southern District of Florida, General and Trial Bar 1976; U. S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit 1981.
Education: University of South Florida (B.A. 1967); Florida State University (J.D. with honors 1970); Florida Legislative Intern, Ford Foundation Fellow 1968; Nottingham Law School Ltd., Nottingham Trent University (LL.M., in Advanced Litigation, July 1996).
Member: Chairman, Jacksonville Economic Development Council 1992-1993; The Florida Bar; Proctor in Admiralty, Maritime Law Association of the United States; American Judicature Society; Board Certified Civil Trial Lawyer, Forty years as National Board of Trial Advocacy; Board Certified Civil Trial Lawyer, Florida Bar Board of Certification; Florida Bar Board of Certification; and Board Certified Business Litigation, Florida Bar Board of Certification. Member: Judicial Nominating Commission of the Fourth Judicial Circuit of Florida 1995-1999; Chairman 1997-1998. Former Administrative Assistant to Lawton M. Chiles; Former Staff Director Florida House of Representatives Elections Committee; Former Congressional Intern with Tampa Congressman Sam Gibbons; member Florida Justice Association
Publications: "Use of Circumstantial Evidence to Prove an Environmental Case Against the Federal Government" in the Thomas Cooley Law Review; "Admissibility of Blood Alcohol Tests in Civil and Criminal Trials" in the Florida Bar Journal, Volume 55, May, 1981; "Litigation on Both Sides of the Pond" in The Litigator, publisher, Sweet & Maxwell, February, 1995, by Richard Rumrell and Neville Radcliffe; and "Bad Faith and the Economic Loss Rule: The Thin Grey Line" in International Insurance Law Review, May 1998, publisher, Sweet & Maxwell.
Honors: AV Rated Martindale Hubbell; Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers, Super Lawyers (2006-2011, 2013-2023), Past Fellow Litigation Counsel of America.