Elliott Messer

Elliott Messer
Elliott Messer

Contact Information

Direct Phone: (850) 425-5200
Email Address: emesser@lawfla.com
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Practice Areas

  • Business Litigation
  • Trade Regulation
  • Telecommunications Law
  • Regulated Utilities
  • State and Local Taxation
  • Regulatory compliance
  • Disputes resolution involving agencies of state government, local governments and other business entities.

Education

  • University of Florida College of Law, J.D., 1964
  • Duke University, A.B., 1960

Admitted

  • The Florida Bar, 1965
  • U.S. District Court, Northern District of Florida, 1970
  • U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida, 1983
  • U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida, 1965
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, 1965
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit, 1981
  • United States Supreme Court, 1965

Recognition

  • Martindale-Hubbell Rating: AV® Preeminent ™

Professional Associations

  • Florida Constitutional Revision Commission
  • Governor's Telecommunication Tax Advisory Commission
  • Florida Education Commission
  • Florida Property Rights Study Commission
  • Charter Committee for Consolidated Local Government
  • Federal Judicial Conference, U.S. Fifth and Eleventh Circuits
  • Florida Ad Valorem Task Force created by Gov. Lawton Chiles

Community Activities

  • Tallahassee Chamber of Commerce, Past Chairman
  • Florida Tax Watch, Trustee
  • Florida Chamber of Commerce, past Board Member

Representative Client Experience

  • Property appraisers in Escambia, Madison and Santa Rosa counties
  • Leon County Research and Development Authority

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