Michael Orr

Background

About Michael Orr

Biography: Best Lawyers in America, AV-Rated by Martindale Hubbell; Florida Super Lawyer (Top 2.5%); Florida Trend, Legal Elite; Top 10 under 40, National Trial Lawyers, Top 10 under 40, Attorney at Law Magazine; Top 40 Under 40, Jacksonville Business Journal; Top 40 Under 40, East Carolina University; HandsOn Jacksonville, Blueprint for Leadership; Executive Committee, Florida Bar; Parliamentarian, Florida Rules of Civil Procedure Committee; Florida Bar Board of Governors, Young Lawyers Division, 2006-2015 - Represented Clay, Duval, and Nassau County on the statewide board; Governor, Florida Bar Board of Governors; President, Alumni Board of Directors, Florida Coastal School of Law; Membership Chair, Board of Directors, Up and Comers of Jacksonville; President, Board of Directors, Family Nurturing Center of Florida, Inc; Member, Executive Committee, Special Olympics of Duval County; Board Member, Clara White Mission; Member, Coastal Moot Court Honor Board; Oralist, National Moot Court Competition; Oralist/Brief Writer, Florida Workers' Compensation Competition; President, Student Bar Association, Florida Coastal School of Law (full scholarship); Author, Chapter 3, Florida Civil Trial; Lecturer on Office Professionalism and Ethics to Paralegals. Admitted: 2005, Florida, U.S. District Court, Middle and Northern Districts of Florida, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit, United States Supreme Court Memberships: The Florida Bar (Board of Governors, Past President, Board of Governors, YLD); Jacksonville Bar Association (Board of Governors, Past President, Board of Governors YLS); Chester Bedell Inns of Court (Executive Committee, Barrister); Defense Research Institute (Member, Professionalism/Ethics Committee); Jacksonville Defense Lawyers Association (Member). Practice Areas: Contracts; Business Litigation, General Counsel, Appellate Practice; Commercial Law; Class Action; Construction Litigation; Products Liability; Professional Liability; Civil Practice, Association Law