Sam R. Mandelbaum
Member

srm@ManFitzLaw.com

Mr. Mandelbaum is the only Lawyer, in Florida, who is board certified in International Law and Civil Trial Law. He has a top rating of “A-V” from the national MARTINDALE-HUBBELL LAW DIRECTORY (the highest peer rating for legal ability and ethical standards), and is listed in WHO’S WHO IN AMERICAN LAW for “Outstanding Achievement” in Civil Litigation.

Practice Areas: Civil Trial Practice; Commercial Law; Appellate Practice; Insurance Defense Law; International Business Law; Admiralty and Maritime Law; Transportation; Intellectual Property Law;  Employment and labor law; Legislative and governmental law.

Admitted: 1979, Florida; 1981, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Eleventh Circuits; 1982, U.S. Supreme Court; 1984, U.S. Court of Military Appeals; 1985, New York.

Law School: Georgetown University Law Center, LL.M., 1995; Vermont Law School, J.D., 1977

College: State University of New York at Albany, B.A., 1973

Member: New York State Bar Association; The Florida Bar.  Maritime Law Association and the International Insurance Society. Boards of directors for the Tampa Bay International Business Council and the British-American Chamber of Commerce.  Chair of the International Law Section for the Hillsborough County Bar Association. Since 1995 he has served on and chaired the U.S. Department of Commerce’s District Export Council for the West Florida Region, an appointment from the U.S. Commerce Secretary.

Editor, Florida Bar Journal, Trial Practice Section, 1988-1994. Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, Florida, 1981-1982. Member: Florida Appellate Rules Drafting Committee, 1981-1986. Adjunct Law Professor, Stetson University College of Law (1996—). (Board Certified Civil Trial and International Law Lawyer, Florida Bar Board of Legal Specialization and Education)

Eight years on Board of Directors of YMCA; Eight years as face-off coach at Tampa's HB Plant High School for lacrosse

Languages: Russian and German.

Publications: including “Assisting Florida Companies in Going Global,” Vol.  6:9, Hillsborough County  Bar Journal Lawyer 12 (June, 1996); “International Litigation Against Foreign Defendants,”  Vol.  8:8, Hillsborough County  Bar Journal Lawyer 22 (May, 1998);  “Creating Uniform Worldwide Liability Standards Under the Hague, Visby & Hamburg Conventions,”  Vol. 23:3, transportation law Journal 471-502 (1996);  “Depositions on Red Square—The Pitfalls of International Discovery”  (co-authored with Kevin Fitzsimmons), Vol.  10:3, Hillsborough County  Bar Journal Lawyer 17 (November, 1999); “Major Changes to Appellate Procedures Considered by Florida Rules Committee”  Vol. 11, Hillsborough County  Bar Journal Lawyer ( Nov. 2000). “International Trade Financing,” Vol.  6:5, Hillsborough County  Bar Journal Lawyer 10 (February, 1996); “International Ocean Shipping & Risk Allocation for Cargo Loss, Damage & Delay,”  Vol. 5:1, Florida state university Journal of transnational law & policy 1-40 (1995);  “International Transactions in Intellectual Property & Technology,” Vol.  7:7, Hillsborough County  Bar Journal Lawyer  (April, 1997);  “Mexican Procurement Under NAFTA—Regulatory, Business & Legal Considerations,” Vol. 4:9, Mexico Trade & Law Reporter 10-19 (September, 1994);  “Interlocutory Appellate Review of Civil Orders,” Vol. 62, Florida  Bar Journal 64 (May, 1988);  “Bond Pending Appeal in Federal Cases,” Vol. 60, Florida  Bar Journal 64 (January, 1986).