Academy Member Inducted 2025
Available
- Practice Commenced2016
- # of MEDS (as of 30/1/25)175
- # of ARBS (as of 30/1/25)30
Current Practice
Online / In-Person
Biographical
Frank Sheffield is a retired Circuit Court Judge and a member in good standing of the Florida Bar Association for 47 years. He holds degrees in Marketing from Florida State University and a JD from the Florida State University College of Law. He began his practice in Tallahassee in the Second Judicial Circuit in 1972 and for the next 38 years was a trial lawyer with a general practice, handling numerous types of cases with an emphasis on family law, criminal defense, and construction litigation. He provided representation to numerous businesses and private individuals. In 2008, he was elected to serve as a Circuit Court Judge in the State of Florida for the Second Judicial Circuit, where he served seven and one-half years, being assigned to handle general civil litigation, family law and criminal felony trials. He retired from the bench in December 2016 and returned to the practice of law. He then returned to the bench as a Senior Circuit Judge until December 2018.
Case Experience
- Business Dissolution
- Civil Rights
- Class Actions
- Commercial/Business
- Community Associations
- Condominiums
- Construction
- Contract Disputes
- Debt Collections
- Discrimination
- Divorce (High Asset)
- Eminent Domain
- Employment
- Engineering
- Environmental
- Insurance
- Labor/Unions
- Land Use/Planning
- Landlord/Tenant
- Local Govt./Municipalities
- Personal Injury
- Premises Liability
- Probate
- Professional Liability
- Property Damage
- Title Disputes
- Unfair Competition
Education
- Marketing Degree from Florida State University
- JD from the Florida State University College of Law
Memberships & Affiliations
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Florida Supreme Court Certified Civil Circuit and Family Law Mediator
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Member of the panel of authorized arbitrators with the American Arbitration Association
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Member of the American Bar Association, Association of Trial Lawyers of America, Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Association of Florida Trial Lawyers, Florida Women Lawyers Association and the Tallahassee and Jefferson County Bar Associations.
Rates Information
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