Date Joined the Firm: 1965

Education:
Vanderbilt University (B.A. 1954; J.D. 1969, replaced LL.B conferred 1960)

Admitted to Practice:
State of Florida; Supreme Court of the United States of America; United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth, Fifth, Sixth and Eleventh Circuits; United States District Court for the Southern, Middle and Northern Districts of Florida; Tax Court of the United States.

Professional Associations:
The Florida Bar (Member, Labor and Employment Section, 1960-2004; Chairman, 1969-1970); Jacksonville Bar Association (Member, Corporate, Banking and Business Section, Chairman,1987-1988); The Chester Bedell Inn of Court (Master of the Bench, 1994-2004).

Professional Accomplishments:
Author: "Discipline and Discharge," Arbitration in Florida, The Florida Bar, May, 1979; Federal and State (Circuit) Certified Mediator; Florida First District Court of Appeal Judicial Nominating Commission, 1996-2000; Member, Federal Merit Selection Panel for Ocala Magistrate Judge, 2000; Naval Aviator,1955-1961; Jacksonville Bar Association 1987 Lawyer of the Year; listed in The Best Lawyers in America® from 1987-1998; Member, Fourth Judicial Circuit Judicial Election Commission, 2004.

Community Involvement:
Advisory Boards for the Salvation Army; Learn To Read; Children's Home Society of Florida; Exchange Club Child Abuse Prevention Family Center; General Counsel for the Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce; Vice President of the Chamber's Communications Department; President, Exchange Club of Jacksonville.

Contact Information:
Address: P.O. Box 40089
Jacksonville, FL 32203

800 West Monroe Street
Jacksonville, Florida 32202

Telephone: (904) 389-5161 or (904) 389-1204
Facsimile:   (904) 387-9340

E-mail: dbcoffman@comcast.net