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Jeffrey
L. Meldon - Biography
Jeffrey
Meldon graduated from Ohio State University in 1966 and
from Case-Western Reserve University Law School in 1969.
He moved to Gainesville Florida in 1970 and in 1971 established
the Law Offices of Jeffrey Meldon. Since 1971 Mr. Meldon
has represented numerous client's in all kinds of legal
matters in the North Central Florida area as well as other
parts of Florida and the United States. Jeffrey currently
specializes in the areas of Personal Injury, Wrongful Death,
and Criminal Defense. His notable accomplishments include
being Chairman of the Florida Bar Traffic Court Rules Committee
in 1999-2000. He has been the Chairman of the Florida Bar
DUI seminars in 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006 , 2007 as
well as being appointed chairman for the DUI seminars for
the year 2008 as well as being a member of the committee from 1992 through 2002. Mr. Meldon has also been a frequent
lecturer for the Florida Bar and Lorman Lecture Seminars
teaching other lawyers about the practice of law. He was
appointed to the Florida Bar Rules of Judicial Administrative
Committee in 1999 - 2000. In 2002 Mr. Meldon was appointed
to the Florida Bar Civil Procedure Rules Committee which
drafts new rules for personal injury and wrongful death
cases and served on that committee until 2007.
Jeffrey
Meldon has been a long time member of the Florida Justice Association and the and the American Association for Justice
which are groups primarily devoted to representing people
who have been injured in accidents as well as the families
of people who have been killed in accidents. He regularly
attends seminars around the state of Florida as well as
in other parts of the United States regarding personal injury
and wrongful death in order to keep up to date on all of
the developments in this area of law. He has developed a
team of specialists devoted to helping people with Accidents
& Injury claims as well as cases involving Wrongful
Death.
Degrees
Graduated
Ohio State University, 1966 Bachelor of Science in Business
Administration
Graduated Case Western Reserve University School of Law,
1969 Juris Doctorate
Memberships
American Association for Justice
American Bar Association
Florida
Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
Eighth Judicial Circuit Criminal Defense Lawyers, Chairman
of DUI Defense Committee
Florida Bar Criminal Law Section
Florida Bar Trial Lawyers Section
NORML, Legal Committee
American Bar Association
Florida Justice Association
Florida
Bar Activities
Admitted
to the Florida Bar in 1971
Florida Bar Traffic Court Rules Committee (Rules Committee
for DUI, Driving While License Suspended, and other traffic
related offenses.) Member 1992 - 2002, Chairman 1999 -
2000
Florida Bar Rules of Judicial Administration Committee
(Rules Committee for all Felony, Misdemeanor and Civil
Court Rules.) 1999 - 2000 Member
Florida Bar DUI Seminars Chairman 1997, 1999 to 2008
Florida Bar Civil Procedure Rules Committee 2002 - 2007
(Rules Committee for Personal Injury & Wrongful Death
Cases)
Lecturer
"Walking the Line of DUI" - June
23, 1994, Orlando, Florida - Florida Bar Sponsored
"Matters of DUI Seminar" - January 24,
1997 - Florida Bar Sponsored, Chairman
"The Twists and Turns of Successful Traffic Defense"
- January 23, 1998, Miami, Florida - Florida Bar Sponsored
"Strategies in Handling DUI Cases" - March
31, 1998 - Jacksonville, Florida, March 30, 1999 - Jacksonville,
March 30, 2000 - Jacksonville, and May 4, 2000 - Tampa,
Florida - Lorman Educational Services
"1999 Masters of DUI" - January 22, 1999
- Miami, Florida - Florida Bar Sponsored, Chairman
"Strategies in Handling DUI Cases"
- March 30, 1999 - Jacksonville, Florida - Lorman Educational
Services, Lecturer
"Hot Issues in DUI and Traffic Law" - January
14, 2000 - Miami, Florida - Florida Bar Sponsored, Chairman
and Lecturer
"Strategies in Handling DUI Cases"
- May 4, 2000 - Tampa, Florida - Lorman
Educational Services, Lecturer
"Masters of DUI Seminar" - January 19,
2001, Miami, Florida - Florida Bar Sponsored, Chairman and
Lecturer
"Strategies
in Handling DUI Cases" - March 29,
2001 - Jacksonville, Florida - Lorman
Educational Services, Lecturer
"Strategies
in Handling DUI Cases" - May 4, 2001
- Tampa, Florida - Lorman
Educational Services, Lecturer
"Strategies
in Handling DUI Cases" - July 20, 2001
- Orlando, Florida - Lorman
Educational Services, Lecturer
"2002
Masters of DUI" - January 18, 2002
- Miami, Florida - Florida Bar Sponsored, Chairman
"Strategies
in Handling DUI Cases" - March 14,
2002 - Jacksonville, Florida - Lorman
Educational Services, Lecturer
"Case
Law Update (topic DUI) April 2002"
- Tampa, Florida - Florida Bar Sponsored
"Strategies
in Handling DUI Cases" - May 4, 2002
- Tampa, Florida -
Lorman
Educational Services, Lecturer
"2003
Masters of DUI" - January 17, 2003
- Miami, Florida - Florida Bar Sponsored - Lecturer/Chairman
"Lorman DUI Seminar" - May 2,
2003 - Tampa, Florida - Chairman/Lecturer
"2004
Masters of DUI" - January 16, 2004
- Miami, Florida - Florida Bar Sponsored - Chairman/Lecturer
"Lorman DUI Seminar" - May 21,
2004 - Tampa, Florida - Chairman/Lecturer
"2005
Masters of DUI" - January 21, 2005
- Miami, Florida - Florida Bar Sponsored - Chairman/Lecturer
"Lorman DUI Seminar" - May 20,
2005 - Tampa, Florida - Chairman/Lecturer
"2006
Masters of DUI" - January 20, 2006
- Miami, Florida - Florida Bar Sponsored - Chairman/Lecturer
"Lorman DUI Seminar" - May 19,
2006 - Tampa, Florida - Chairman/Lecturer
"2007
Masters of DUI" - January 19, 2007
- Miami, Florida - Florida Bar Sponsored - Chairman/Lecturer
"Lorman DUI Seminar" - May 18,
2007 - Tampa, Florida - Chairman/Lecturer
"2008
Masters of DUI" - January 18, 2008
- Miami, Florida - Florida Bar Sponsored - Chairman/Lecturer
"Lorman DUI Seminar" - May 16,
2008 - Tampa, Florida - Chairman/Lecturer
Publications
Elledge
and Meldon, "Coram Nobis Revisited," Florida Bar
Criminal Law Section Newsletter, March, 1992.
Elledge and Meldon, "Coram Nobis Update," Florida
Bar Criminal Law Section Newsletter, December, 1992.
Articles
"Driving
While License Suspended Or Revoked"
"Present Statutory Changes"
Nature
of Practice
Criminal
Defense
Wrongful Death
Personal Injury
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Tom
L. Copeland - Biography
Tom
L. Copeland attended college at the University
of Central Florida in Orlando. He graduated with high honors with a
Bachelors degree in Public Administration in 1983.
He attended Samford University's Cumberland School of Law
in Birmingham, Alabama. While in law school, Tom participated
in Cumberland's well known trial advocacy program and he
was on the Board of Directors of the Henry Upson Sims Moot
Court program. He graduated and entered private practice
in Florida in 1986. Tom worked for two general practice
law firms before opening his own office in rural Alachua
County in 1991. His primary areas of practice have been
criminal defense and civil litigation. In January
2002, Tom merged his practice with Jeffrey Meldon
& Associates, P.A. in Gainesville, Florida. The firm's
area's of concentration are Plaintiff's Personal Injury
and Criminal Defense.
Memberships
Florida Justice Association
Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
8th Circuit Chapter of F.A.C.D.L.
Florida
Bar Activities
Florida Bar since 1986
U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida since 1987
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Florida since 1991
U.S. Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit, since 1987
Member of the Florida Bar Traffic court Rules Committee since 2003
Bar Association Activities
Admitted
to the Florida Bar in 1971
Florida Bar Traffic Court Rules Committee (Rules Committee
for DUI, Driving While License Suspended, and other traffic
related offenses.) Member 1992 - 2002, Chairman 1999 -
2000
Florida Bar Rules of Judicial Administration Committee
(Rules Committee for all Felony, Misdemeanor and Civil
Court Rules.) 1999 - 2000 Member
Florida Bar DUI Seminars Chairman 1997, 1999 to 2008
Florida Bar Civil Procedure Rules Committee 2002 - 2007
(Rules Committee for Personal Injury & Wrongful Death
Cases)
Nature
of Practice
Driving While Under the Influence (DUI) Defense
Plaintiff's Personal Injury
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