Fishback Dominick, LLP - Richard S. Geller

RICHARD S. GELLER

Areas of Practice

Business and Commercial Litigation

Civil Trials and Appeals

Motor Vehicle Law

Land Use Law

Education

Temple University, Juris Doctor, cum laude (1992)

Temple Law Review, Associate Research Editor (1991-1992)

Judicial intern to the Honorable Judge Stanley Brotman, U.S. District

Court for the District of New Jersey (1991-1992)

Judicial intern to the Late Honorable Judge Carl B. Rubin, U.S. District

Court for the Southern District of Ohio (1991)

Miami University, Bachelor of Arts (1988)

Courts of Practice

All State of Florida Courts

U.S. District Courts, Florida Middle and Southern Districts, and Kentucky Eastern District

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit, Third Circuit

All Commonwealth of Kentucky Courts

Professional Activities

Adjunct Professor of Land Use Law, Rollins College (Master of Planning in

Civic Urbanism program)

Winter Park, Florida (2011 - present)

Speaker, "Walkable Thoroughfares: Incorporating an ITE Recommended Practice in FDOT

Standards," at the Florida Statewide Conference of the Institute of Transportation Engineers,

Naples, Florida (June 2011)

Speaker, "Complete Streets: How do we Convince the Florida Legislature?"

at the Florida Statewide Conference of the Congress for the New Urbanism,

Seaside, Florida (January 2011)

Guest participant, "What's the Verdict?--A Mock Trial" on the topic of record documentation

at the National Conference of the American Orthotic and Prosthetic Association,

Hollywood, Florida

Speaker, "Avoiding Toxic Tort Claims and Litigation,"

Florida Pest Management Association, Gainesville, Florida

Defense Research Institute

American Bar Association

Florida Bar Association

Orange County Bar Association

Ratings and Listings

“AV” Rated individually by Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory

Publications

Guest column: "Turn Florida's Deadly Roads into Safe Ones," Orlando Sentinel (May 29, 2011)

"The Legality of Form-Based Zoning Codes," 26 Journal of Land Use and

Environmental Law (Florida State University College of Law), Number 1 (Fall 2010) (available

at http://www.law.fsu.edu/journals/landuse/vol26_1/geller.pdf)

"Walkable Schools Fight Fat,"
Orlando Sentinel (June 9, 2010)

"My Word: Roundabouts Help Safety,”

Orlando Sentinel (April 6, 2010)

"My Word: Change laws for safer roads,”

Orlando Sentinel (November 17, 2009)

"Let's bring European style to Central Florida's roads,”

Orlando Sentinel (June 23, 2009)

"Code fixes could salvage hope for Horizon West,”

Orlando Sentinel (April 23, 2009)

"My Word: Ethics reform needs state help for more campaign-finance transparency,”

Orlando Sentinel (November 21, 2008)

"Civil Procedure—Expanding the Minimum Contacts Doctrine,”

64 Temple Law Review 1025 (1991)

Recent publications available at http://RickGeller.com

Community Activities

District 1 Commissioner, Orange County Planning and Zoning Board