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Peter A. Portley
Portley & Sullivan
2211 E. Sample Rd., Suite 204
Lighthouse Point, FL 33064-5200
 
 
Communication Center  
Phone: (954) 781-7600
E-mail: pportley@portleysullivan.com
Fax: (954) 941-3469
Web site: http://www.portleysullivan.com


Position Areas of Practice Litigation Percentage
Bar Admissions Education Affiliations

Mr. Portley has been a resident of Broward County, Florida since June 1968. Following his graduation from St. John's University School of Law, Mr. Portley returned to Florida having learned to love the sunshine state while attending the University of Florida. Since entering the private practice of law in December 1968, Mr. Portley has been an active civil litigation attorney as well as an active participant in both community and professional organizations. Mr. Portley has served as President of the North Broward Bar Association, Broward County Trial Lawyers Association and in 1990 he was elected President of the Broward County Bar Association. In addition, Mr. Portley has served on the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit Nominating Commission and is currently President of the Broward Bar Association Foundation. In connection with his community service, Mr. Portley has been a coordinator for United Way, United Cerebral Palsy, a Director for the Broward Mental Health Association, Broward County Health Planning Council and the Florida Philharmonic Orchestra Foundation serving as that organization's President from 1993 through 1995. Mr. Portley is a member of the Florida Bar, Trial Bar of the Federal District Court, Southern District of Florida and was admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the United States in 1979.

Mr. Portley continues his active private practice with an emphasis on Trust and Estate litigation as well as actively handling litigation involving commercial, corporate and real estate disputes.

Current Employment Position(s):
Partner, since 1974
Areas Of Practice:
Business & Commercial Law
Estate Planning
Litigation & Appeals
Trusts
Wills
Litigation Percentage:
50% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
Bar Admissions:
Florida, 1968
U.S. District Court Southern District of Florida, 1969
U.S. District Court Southern District of Florida Trial Bar, 1983
U.S. Supreme Court, 1979
Education:
St. John's University School of Law, June, 1968
J.D.

University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA, April, 1965
A.B.
Major: Arts & Science

Classes/Seminars Taught:
Guest Lecturer, Nassau County Academy of Law
Professional Associations and Memberships:
American Bar Association, 1969 - present
Member
 
Florida Bar, Member, 1968 - present
JNC Rules Committee, 1991
 
Broward County Bar Association, 1989 - 1990
President, 1989 - 1990, Member, Board of Directors, 1993-1996
 
Broward County Trial Lawyers Association, 1984
President
 
North Broward Bar Association, Member
President, 1997
 
Broward Bar Foundation
President, 1998 - present, Trustee, 1992 - present
 
Seventeenth Judicial Circuit Nominating Commission
Member, 1989, Vice Chairman, 1990 - 1991
 
Broward Bar Association
Member, Chairman, Clerk/Bar Committee, 1990 - 1992
 
United Way
Past Coordinator
 
United Cerebal Palsy
Past Coordinator
 
Broward Mental Health Association
Past Director
 
Boward County Health Planning Council
Past Member
 
Florida Philharmonic Orchestra Foundation
Director, 1991- 1995, President , 1993 - 1995
Birth Information:
October 27, 1943, New York, New York, United States of America


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