Bricklemyer Smolker & Bolves, p.a.

“Property rights. Every American citizen values these rights and regards their protection as a basic premise upon which our constitutional democracy is founded.”

Ethan J. Loeb

Email: EthanL@bsbfirm.com

EDUCATION:

J.D., Stetson University College of Law, 2003
B.S., Business Administration , University of South Florida, 2000

EXPERIENCE:

Bricklemyer Smolker & Bolves, P.A., Shareholder

After clerking with the firm during law school, Ethan joined the firm as an associate in 2003. During his time at Stetson, Ethan served on the Stetson Law Review as the Recent Developments Editor, where he focused on state and local government issues such as land use, Florida constitutional law, and administrative law. Ethan also served as an intern to then Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida, the Honorable Elizabeth A. Kovachevich.

Ethan also served as a research assistant to Professor Julian Kossow and designed the curriculum and a casebook for a summer law school course taught at the Scandinavian/Baltic Institute on Emerging Markets and Transitional Democracies in Tallinn, Estonia. This course focused primarily on post-communist Europe’s state of affairs in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, and how these countries could compensate victims for the unlawful expropriation of their lands and property during the Nazi and Soviet Union occupations. Upon graduation, Ethan received the Florida Bar’s City, County and Local Government Law Section Student Award, which is presented to a law student who has demonstrated academic excellence in the field of City, County, and Local Government Law. Ethan focuses his practice on property rights litigation and local government issues, including regulatory takings and civil rights violations.

ORGANIZATIONS/ACTIVITIES:

Florida Bar City, County and Local Government Law Section Student Award, 2003.

Stetson Law Review Outstanding Associate Award, 2002.

William F. Blews Pro Bono Service Award, 2003.

Award of Distinction for Research Assistant, 2003.

Cecil C. and Augusta M. Bailey Endowed Scholarship Fund Recipient.

PUBLISHED WORKS:

Matthews v. City of Maitland, 923 So. 2d 591 (Fla. 5th DCA 2006)

Recent Developments, Barley v. South Florida Water Management District, 32 STETSON LAW REVIEW 561 (2003).

Recent Developments, SMM Properties, Incorporated v. City of North Lauderdale, 31 STETSON LAW REVIEW 509 (2002).