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.”

Jeffrey L. Hinds

Email: JeffreyH@bsbfirm.com

EDUCATION:

J.D., University of Florida College of Law (awarded concurrent with Master of Arts), 1994. Justice Campbell Thornal Moot Court Team: Vice Chairman 1992-1993; Team Coach: ABA National Appellate Advocacy Competition; Team Coach: J. Braxton Craven, Jr. Moot Court Competition; Finalist: Zimmerman, Shuffield, Kiser & Sutcliffe Moot Court Cup Competition. Dean’s List; American Association of Matrimonial Lawyers Merit Scholar; Research Assistant, Professor Joseph W. Little.

M.A., University of Florida 1994, B.A., University of Florida, 1990, A.A. University of Florida, 1988. Phi Beta Kappa; President's Honor Roll (4.0 G.P.A); Dean's List; Phi Kappa Phi; President, Alpha Lambda Chi (Criminology and Law Honor Society); Golden Key National Honor Society; University of Florida Speech & Debate Team (NDT Policy Squad); Planning Assistant & Page, National Conference on Jail & Prison Overcrowding, 1989; Criminal Justice Graduate Teaching Assistant; Criminal Justice Graduate Research Assistant.

EXPERIENCE:

Bricklemyer Smolker & Bolves, P.A., Shareholder
Bricklemyer Smolker & Bolves, P.A., Of Counsel
Florida Department of Transportation, Assistant General Counsel, 2000-2003, 2004-2005

Since the year 2000, Mr. Hinds has devoted his practice exclusively to eminent domain and condemnation, and has handled hundreds of eminent domain and condemnation matters for condemning authorities, private property owners, and business owners. His experience includes pre-condemnation planning, negotiation, mediation, settlement, trial and appeal.

Prior to focusing his practice exclusively on eminent domain and condemnation matters, Mr. Hinds represented clients in all areas of commercial litigation and small business law.

ORGANIZATIONS/ACTIVITIES:

In addition to having been a member of the Florida Bar since 1994, Mr. Hinds is actively involved in his community. He has been a member of both the Hillsborough County and Clearwater Bar Associations, and has volunteered many hours during Florida’s annual Law Week activities, during which he has visited local schools to teach students about the legal system, and served as a mock trial and debate judge. Additionally, Mr. Hinds contributes many hours through his Synagogue, Congregation Kol Ami, where he currently serves as a Vice President.

PUBLISHED WORKS:

In the Fall of 2007, Mr. Hinds was profiled in the "Career Spotlight" section of the University of Florida College of Law's FlaLaw Magazine.

"Once a Highway, Always a Highway?" The Curious Case of Pasco v. City of Oldsmar, Hillsborough County Bar Association Lawyer Magazine, October, 2007

Co-Author, Cutting Edge Jurisprudence: When a Structure Encroaches Upon Property Proposed to be Taken by Eminent Domain, Hillsborough County Bar Association Lawyer Magazine, April 2002

Co-Author, Appraisal Testimony After Armadillo: Out of the Frye Pan?, Hillsborough County Bar Association Lawyer Magazine, December, 2005

Shipley v. Bellair Group, Inc., 759 So.2d 28 (Fla. 2nd DCA 2000).