W. Dexter Douglass

Business, Mediation
211 East Call Street, P.O. Box 1674
Tallahassee, Florida 32302


Business

Admitted

1955, Florida

Law School

University of Florida, J.D., 1967, replaced LL.B. conferred, 1955

Law School Graduation Year

1955

College

University of Florida, B.S., 1950

Memberships

Tallahassee and American Bar Associations; The Florida Bar (Member, Board of Governors, 1960-1962; President, Junior Bar Section, 1961-1962); Fellow: American College of Trial Lawyers; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers (Director, 1964-1969; 1976-1978). American Bar Foundation; Florida Bar Foundation.

Biographical

Phi Delta Phi. General Counsel to Lawton Chiles, Governor of Florida, 1995-1997. Member, 1977-1978 and Chairman, 1997-1998, Florida Constitution Revision Commission. Member, Article V Judicial Task Force, 1995-1996. Member, 1992-1999 and Chairman, 1996-1999, Governors Mansion Commission. Member, Board of Directors, The Lawton Chiles Foundation, 1999β€”. President, Florida Supreme Court Historical Society, 1999-2002. Member, 1989β€”and President, 1991-1993, American Inns of Court, Tallahassee Inn (Emeritus, 1994β€”). Member, Board of Trustees, University of Florida Law Center Association, 1987β€”. Board of Directors, University of Florida Foundation, 1981-1989; Member, Florida Council of 100, 1992-1998. Member, Judicial Management Council, 1995-1998. Chairman, Maclay School Foundation, 1977-1999. Member, 1963-1979 and Chairman, 1964-1979, Board of Trustees, Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind.

Military