James R. Dirmann
Member
Email: jdirm@aol.com
Practice Areas: Criminal Defense; Driving While Intoxicated; White Collar Crime; Personal Injury; Wrongful Death; Civil Rights; Human Rights; Psychiatric Malpractice; Psychology Malpractice; Medical Malpractice; Legal Ethics.
Admitted: 1970, Florida; 1971, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida and U.S. Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit; 1981, U.S. Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit; U.S. Supreme Court
Law School: Walter F. George School of Law; Mercer University, J.D., 1970
College: California State University at Long Beach, B.A., 1964
Member: Sarasota County (Member: Grievance Committee, 1976-1979; Board of Directors, 1978-1980; Chairman, Judicial Evaluation Committee, 2002-2003) and American Bar Associations; The Florida Bar; National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; American Board of Trial Advocates (Associate).
Biography: Selected, Florida Super Lawyer, 2006, 2007 and 2008. Recipient, "James Slater" Criminal Lawyer Award for Professionalism, awarded by the Sarasota County Bar Association, 2007. Managing Editor, Mercer Law Review, 1969-1970. Author: "Constitutional Law - Georgia Vagrancy Statute," An Analysis of Status Criminality, 20 Mercer Law Review 294, 1968; "Federal Jurisdiction - Manufactured Diversity," A Return To The Meaning of 28 U.S.C. 1359, 20 Mercer Law Review 456, 1969; "DUI Field Tests and Breath Tests," published in the Encyclopedia of American Civil Rights and Liberties, Vol. I, 2007. Attorney, Wood, Scheb, Whitesell, Drymon and Warren, 1970. Appointed Assistant State Attorney, 12th Judicial Circuit of Florida, Felony Division, 1971-1973. Secretary, 2003, President-Elect, 2004 and President, 2005, Sarasota and Manatee County Chapter, American Board of Trial Advocates. Fellow: American Board of Trial Advocates Foundation; The Florida Bar Foundation. (Board Certified Criminal Trial Lawyer, Florida Bar Board of Legal Specialization and Education)
Military: Capt., U.S. Marine Corps, 1964-1967; combat veteran, served in Chu Lai and Tam Ky, Vietnam, with 4th Bn. 11th Marines, 1966-1967
Born: New Orleans, Louisiana, June 7, 1942
ISLN: 907838331
