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.”

Keith W. Bricklemyer

Email: KeithB@bsbfirm.com

EDUCATION:

J.D. (cum laude), Stetson University College of Law, 1982
Dana Scholar; Dean's List; Honor Roll; Law Review; Lawyers Title Guaranty Award; Leehman Award; American Jurisprudence Book Award for Criminal Law; Honor Court Justice; Winner, Dean Maloney Memorial Writing Competition
B.A., Philosophy, College of William and Mary, 1968
Dean's List; Varsity Track; Varsity Soccer (Captain), Kappa Alpha Order fraternity

EXPERIENCE:

Bricklemyer Smolker & Bolves, P.A. (formerly Blain Bricklemyer & Smolker, P.A.) Founding Shareholder
Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn, Partner 1987-1994

Taub & Williams, P.A., Associate 1982-1986; Shareholder 1986-1987

Mr. Bricklemyer is a well-noted member of the Florida Bar's Environmental and Land Use Law Section, and is a frequent speaker to legal and non-legal groups on this area of the law. He has served as counsel to owners, developers and lenders in more than thirty Developments of Regional Impact (DRIs) and handles DRIs, zoning, comprehensive planning and general real estate matters across the state. He also serves as special counsel to local governments on environmental, land use, eminent domain and special taxing district law, and has served as developer or district counsel in numerous Community Development Districts.

Prior to becoming an attorney, Mr. Bricklemyer was a resort developer and manager, serving as Regional Vice President for Great American Management and Investment in Destin, Florida; Director, Property Management for Amelia Island Plantation in Amelia Island, Florida; and General Manager, Home and Villa Rentals, Sea Pines Plantation in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. His experience as a real estate manager and developer complements his legal training and gives him a unique perspective on the issues facing his clients.

ORGANIZATIONS/ACTIVITIES:

Director - National Association of Industrial and Office Parks, Tampa Chapter
Alumni - Leadership Tampa Program, Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce

Chair - Hillsborough County Affordable Housing Steering Committee

Chair - Hillsborough County Farm Worker Housing Task Force

Co-Chair - Out of Home Care Committee of Child and Related Family Services Task Force

Vice Chair - Governmental Affairs Committee, Builders Association of Greater Tampa

Chair - United Way Pacesetter Campaign, Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn

Board of Counselors, University of Tampa

American Bar Association, Sections on Real Property Probate and Trust, Natural Resources Law

The Florida Bar, Section on Environmental and Land Use Law; Eminent Domain Committee

Hillsborough County Bar Association, Environmental Law Committee

Bay Area Volunteer Lawyers Association

PUBLISHED WORKS:

Regulation of Property Rights: Takings and Related Matters, 1995 Fund Assembly, Attorneys Title Insurance Fund, Inc.

Upland Habitat Regulations, Agencies and Issues, Florida Chamber Annual Environmental Permitting Summer School, 1995

Be Aware of Changes in New Wetlands Rule, 2 FLA. REAL EST. J. 17 (Sept. 1994)

Progress on Property Rights, NAIOP NEWSLETTER, Summer 1995

Transportation Considerations, FLA. ENVTL. & LAND USE MANUAL (2d ed. 1994)

Inverse Condemnation, FLA. ENVTL. & LAND USE MANUAL (2d ed. 1994)

Keith W. Bricklemyer & David Smolker, Inverse Condemnation, Current Condemnation Law: Takings, Compensation & Benefits, 1994 A.B.A. SEC. PUB. REAL PROP. PROB. & TRUST L. 54

Elms III Analysis, 1993 FLA. B. ANN. ENVTL. & LAND USE UPDATE

Transportation Concurrency Exemptions, NAIOP NEWSLETTER, Fall 1993

The Fairly Debatable Rule is Debatable, 2 LAWYER 5 (Feb. 1992)

Community Development Districts Are Viable Tools for Growth Financing, FLA. HOME BUILDERS, 1987

Regulatory Takings - Call the Question, 60 FLA. B. J. 77 (June 1986)

Environmental Law: Doing The Two-Step Through The Mangroves to Preserve the Status-Quo, 11 STETSON L REV. 348 (1983)

A Cause of Action for Agency Delay Under the Endangered Species Act, 12 STETSON L. REV. 135 (1983)

The Florida Test for Taking, 57 FLA. B. J. 87 (Feb. 1983)