R. Michael Underwood

Business, Mediation
215 South Monroe, Suite 601
Tallahassee, Florida 323011804


Business

Admitted

1980, Florida and U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida; 1984, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; 1985, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Florida; 1988, U.S. Supreme Court

Law School

University of Tennessee, J.D., 1978

Law School Graduation Year

1978

College

State University of New York at Buffalo, B.A., 1975

Memberships

The Florida Bar (Member, Administrative and Business Law Sections); American Bar Association (Member and Chairman of the Subcommittee on Enforcement, Committee on State Regulation of Securities, Business Law Section; Member, Federal Securities Regulation Committee).

Biographical

Phi Delta Phi. Associate Editor, Tennessee Law Review, 1978. Author: The Securities Industry Standards Act: Taking the Offensive Against Securities Fraud, (with S. Cohn), Florida Bar Journal, March 1987; The Florida Communications Fraud Act, Florida Prosecutor, November, 1987; Securities Law for the General Practitioner, Florida Bar CLE, 1989; Florida Takes the Lead in Regulation of 'Wrap-Fee' Accounts, Florida Securities Dealers Association Quarterly Newsletter, September 1994. Florida Public Service Commission, 1981. Deputy General Counsel, Florida Department of Banking and Finance, 1988-1990. Assistant General Counsel, 1983-1988. Chairman, Florida Comptroller's Advisory Board on Unclaimed Property, 1997-2000.

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