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.