Attorneys

Sylvia H. Walbolt

Shareholder
Tampa

ph : 813.229.4255
fax : 813.229.4133

Practice Experience

Sylvia Walbolt has extensive experience handling appeals, in both federal and state court, in all areas of the law, including tort, products liability, business disputes, constitutional, and employment discrimination cases. She has appeared as counsel in more than 290 published opinions, and has also appeared on behalf of amici curiae in many appeals.
Ms. Walbolt is Board Certified in Appellate Law and in Antitrust Law. She was former president of the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers and is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers.

Professional and Civic Activities

American Academy of Appellate Lawyers, Fellow
(former President)
The Florida Bar
Appellate Practice Certification Committee (Charter Member, former Vice-Chair)
Antitrust Committee (former Chair)
Corporation, Business and Banking Section (former Chair)
Special Antitrust Committee (former Chair)
Attorney-Client Privilege Task Force
Supreme Court of Florida
Committee on Standard Jury Instructions in Civil Cases (former Chair)
Criminal Discovery Commission (former Member)
Jury Innovations Committee (former Member)
American Bar Association
Antitrust Law Section (former Vice-Chair)
Health Care Committee (former Chair)
Council (former Member)
Standing Committee for the Federal Judiciary
(former Eleventh Circuit representative)
Assessment Team, American Bar Association's Death Penalty Moratorium Implementation Project (Member)
American College of Trial Lawyers (Fellow)
Access to Justice Committee (former Chair)
Florida State Committee (former Chair)
Samuel E. Gates Award Committee (former Chair)
Courageous Advocacy Committee (former Chair)
Long-Range Planning Committee, Nominating Committee (former Member)
Access to Justice Committee (Member)
Teaching Trial and Appellate Advocacy Committee (Member)
The Florida Bar Foundation (former President)
American Bar Foundation, Fellow
American Law Institute
Consultative Group for Aggregate Litigation Project (Member & AAAL liaison for project)
Life Member
Attorneys Liability Assurance Society (former Director)
Board of Trustees, Bayfront Medical System (former Member)
Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
Board of Trustees (Honorary Lifetime Member)
Board of Directors (Member)
The Lawyers’ Committee, National Center for State Courts (Co-Chair)
Board of Trustees, Florida Supreme Court Historical Society (Member)
Board of Trustees, Chester Bedell Memorial Foundation (Member)
National Association of Women Lawyers
Committee for the Evaluation of Supreme Court Nominees (Member)
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer and Research Institute (Member) (Founding Member) (Former Director)

Professional Recognition

Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Appellate Law
Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Antitrust Law
Phi Beta Kappa
Mortar Board
Order of the Coif
AV Rated by Martindale-Hubbell
Top 10 Women Litigators - National Law Journal (December 2001)
2008 Tobias Simon Pro Bono Service Award Recipient
ABA Section of Litigation 2006 John Minor Wisdom Public Service and Professionalism Award - This award recognizes outstanding contributions to the equity of justice, ensuring that the legal system is open and available to all.
2003 George C. Carr Memorial Award - This award is given by the Tampa Chapter of the Federal Bar Association to recognize excellence in federal practice and distinguished service to the federal bar.
Herbert G. Goldburg Outstanding Trial Lawyer of the Year Award, 1998 - This award is given every year by the Hillsborough County Bar Association Trial Lawyers Section as they recognize a lawyer who epitomizes the qualities exhibited by Herbert Goldburg: professionalism, ethics, courtesy and love of the profession.
Stetson University College of Law 2005 Wm. Reece Smith, Jr. Public Service Award - Stetson established the William Reece Smith Jr. Award in 1990 to recognize and honor individuals who have demonstrated exemplary achievements in public service. Wm. Reece Smith Jr., the award's namesake and its first recipient, is the past president of the American, International and Florida Bar Associations and is Chair Emeritus of Carlton Fields.
James C. Adkins Appellate Practice Award from The Florida Bar - The James C. Adkins Award is presented to a member of The Florida Bar who has made significant contributions to the field of appellate practice in Florida.
Florida Bar President’s 2007 Pro Bono Service Award for the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit
Listed in Best Lawyers in America (for more than 20 years)
Listed in Florida Trend’s 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007 Florida Legal Elite
Listed in Chambers USA Guide to America's Leading Business Lawyers 2006-2007, 2007-2008, and 2008 (Appellate Litigation)
Selected for inclusion in Florida Super Lawyers 2006, 2007 and 2008
Annual participant in by-invitation-only National Conference on Appellate Justice (Washington, D.C., since 2005)
Participant in Anglo-American Exchange (1999-2000) - The Exchange is a program that convenes every five years to allow the United States and the United Kingdom to share information as to legal developments on both sides of the ocean. Five American attorneys and five American judges comprised this country’s delegation, led by Justice Anthony Kennedy and Justice Clarence Thomas of the United States Supreme Court.
Inaugural inductee, Pinellas County Business Women’s Hall of Fame, 2003
Suncoast Girl Scout Council Woman of Distinction, 1995

COURT ADMISSIONS

All Florida Courts
U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
U.S. Supreme Court of the United States
U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

Education

University of Florida College of Law (J.D., 1963)
Notes Editor, Florida Law Review
University of Florida (B.A., 1961)

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