Bryant Miller Olive

Alan S. Zimmet

Attorney

Office phone: 813-273-6677

azimmet@bmolaw.com

Office Location: Tampa

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PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Alan Zimmet is a member of the firm’s Litigation group and is also a member of the Government Counsel Services Practice Group. Mr. Zimmet has more than 40 years of experience, and is board certified by The Florida Bar in the area of City, County and Local Government Law. He also is a member of the District of Columbia Bar.

Mr. Zimmet represents local governments, including cities, counties and special districts. His litigation practice focuses on construction matters, civil rights matters and other complex civil litigation cases. Mr. Zimmet handles matters in both state and federal trial courts. Also, he has argued numerous cases before Florida’s appellate courts, including the Florida Supreme Court and the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals. Mr. Zimmet is designated as a Super Lawyer in 2006, 2014-2016, 2019-2023 and has been awarded the designation of IMLA Local Government Fellow.

Mr. Zimmet serves as City Attorney for Largo, and as General Counsel for the Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority. He began his legal career as an attorney for the United States Department of Labor. He then worked for the City of Clearwater as an Assistant City Attorney for three years before he entered private practice.

Alan Zimmet is rated AV Preeminent by Martindale-Hubbell. He is regularly invited to write and speak about legal topics for such organizations as the Florida League of Cities, the Public Risk Management Association, Stetson University College of Law, and the Florida Bar. Mr. Zimmet graduated from Franklin & Marshall College in 1977, with a bachelor’s degree in Government, and from The George Washington University Law School, with honors, in 1980.

EDUCATION

College: Franklin & Marshall College- B.A. in Government, cum laude, 1977

Law School: The George Washington University Law School- J.D., with honors, 1980

BAR ADMISSIONS

The Florida Bar, 1982

The District of Columbia Bar, 1980

COURT ADMISSIONS

U.S. Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit, 1984

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, 1982

U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida, 1984

U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida, 2015

U.S. District Court, Northern District of Florida, 2015

All Florida Courts

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Government & Administrative Law Section, Clearwater Bar Association, Past Chairman, 1989-1992, Speaker and Lecturer for multiple organizations, including: Florida League of Cities, State of Florida Division of Elections, The Florida Bar, Stetson University College of Law, Public Risk and Insurance Management Society and Public Risk Management Association, Member of City, County and Local Government Law, Trial Lawyers sections of Florida Bar, IMLA Member.

HONORS & AWARDS

Board Certified in City, County and Local Government by the Florida Bar

Florida Super Lawyers listing for – 2006, 2014-2016, 2019-2023

Florida Trend Florida Legal Elite - 2019

Fellow, IMLA – 2015 – present

Member, Transit Cooperative Research Panel, National Academy of Sciences, 2018 – present

PRESENTATIONS

Law for Public Officials, Clearwater Bar Association, 2013

Spending Public Funds on Referenda Elections, Florida Public Transit Association, 2013

Ethics and Sunshine Law, Florida League of Cities, ongoing

Pilot Agreement, Florida Medicaid Lawyers Association, 2017

SIGNIFICANT CASES

City of Largo v. AHF-Bay Fund, LLC, 215 So.3d 10 (2017) (unanimous Florida Supreme Court decision upholding the validity of PILOT agreements)

Lanzo Lining Services, Inc. v. City of Largo, 77 So. 3d 185 (Fla. 2d DCA 2012) (upholding summary judgment for City of Largo).

PSTA v. Clancy & Theys, et al., (Aug., 2011) (settlement of a construction defect claim for $6.1 million).

L.M. Duncan & Sons, Inc. v. City of Clearwater, 478 So. 2d 816 (Fla. 1985).

Baggs v. City of South Pasadena, 947 F. Supp. 1580 (M.D. Fla. 1996).

Pinellas County v. City of Largo, 964 So. 2d 847 (Fla. 2d DCA 2007).

Paasch v. City of Safety Harbor, 915 F. Supp 315 (11th Cir. 1995).

DiMassimo v. City of Clearwater, 805 F.2d 156 (11th Cir. 1986).

Sykes v. PSTA, 128 F. App’x 100 (11th Cir. 2005)

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