Practice Experience

• Lee Rightmyer has significant experience in a wide range of commercial litigation and business-related disputes.  These include matters involving contract claims, business torts, real estate litigation, corporate/partnership disputes, covenants not to compete, unfair trade practices, injunctions, trade secrets, creditors' rights and foreclosure, lien enforcement, Uniform Commercial Code, and tort law.

Professional and Civic Activities

• The Florida Bar
  Grievance Committee, Former Chairman (Pinellas County) (06E)
  Florida Bar Unlicensed Practice of Law Committee, Former Chairman (Pinellas County) (06A)
• American Bar Association
• St. Petersburg Bar Association
  President (2006-2007), Immediate Past President (2007-2008)
  Executive Committee (2000-2002)
• Barney Masterson Inns of Court
  Board of Directors/Officer (1999-2001)
• St. Petersburg Chamber of Commerce
  Leadership St. Petersburg
• Sixth Judicial Circuit
  Professionalism Standard Committee

Professional Recognition

• AV Rated by Martindale-Hubbell
• Recipient, St. Petersburg Bar Association Pro Bono Service Award (2005)
• Listed in The Best Lawyers in America 2009 and 2010 (Commercial Litigation) edition

BAR ADMISSIONS

• Florida

COURT ADMISSIONS

• Florida State Courts
• U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida

Background

• Law Clerk, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio (1981-1982)

Education

• University of Toledo College of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1982)
  Valedictorian
  Associate Editor, University of Toledo Law Review
• Miami University (B.S., cum laude, 1978)