Background
Beale, Almer W. was born on March 18, 1949 in Saint St. Petersburg, Florida, United States.
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Almer W. Beale
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Emory University (Bachelor of Arts, 1971). University of Texas (Juris Doctor, 1974).
Career
Worked at Toole, Beale & Cooper, P.A. (Jacksonville, Florida) specializing in Admiralty, Product Liability, Insurance, Labor, Environmental, Corporate, Commercial, Banking, Construction and Transportation Law. General Trial and Appellate Practice in all State and Federal Courts. Admitted to the bar, 1974, Florida.
1975, United States.
District Court, Middle District of Florida. 1977, United States. District Court, Northern District of Florida. 1981, United States. District Court, Southern District of Florida.
1982, United States.
Supreme Court. Author: "Pleasure Craft Insurance," in Recreational Boating Law (C. Theut educated 1992); "The All Risk Pleasure Craft Policy," in The Law of Small Boating (American Bar Association Tort and Insurance Practice Section 1989).
"Professionalism: Will the Public Trust Us in the Next Century?" The Advocate (Trial Lawyers Section), December 1992 at 15. "Where to File Maritime Personal Injury Cases," The Advocate (Trial Lawyers Section), March 1992.
"Keeping Up With the Joneses," Status Under the Federal Statutes Governing Maritime Workers (September 20, 1993).
Florida Workers" Compensation Continuing legal education Update. Tort and Insurance Law Update. Founder, Boat Solve, Incorporated., an alternative dispute resolution service for pleasure boat warranty claims.
Chair, Grievance Committee, Fourth Judicial Circuit.
Drafted and consulted with Congress and The White House on passage of the Panama Canal Acting of 1985. Member: The Florida Bar (Steering Committee, Maritime Law and Practice, 2nd Edition.
Executive Council, Trial Lawyers Section. Chair, Grievance Committee, Fourth Judicial Circuit).
Maritime Law Association of the United States (Secretary, 1985-1988 and Vice Chairman, 1988-1995, Committee on Maritime Legislation.
Committee on Marine Insurance, General Average and Salvage. Sub-Committee, Recreational Boating Committee, Chairman, State Legislation Committee, 1989). Southeastern Admiralty Law Institute.
(Board Certified Civil Trial Lawyer, Florida Bar Board of Legal Specialization and Education).
Toole, Beale & Cooper, P.A. provides diversified and comprehensive legal services to its maritime, commercial, transportation and insurance clients. The firm takes pride in its professional staff who are well versed in all aspects of commercial and construction litigation, marine transportation, environmental, product liability, insurance, securities, banking and employment law and litigation, and who practice in all Florida State and Federal Courts.
The firm is also active in consulting and litigation matters for individual businesses and major United States. and international corporations on commercial matters. The firm encourages and maintains participation in continuing legal education for all professional staff and its members are active in state, national and international law and insurance organizations.
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Membership
Member: The Florida Bar (Steering Committee, Maritime Law and Practice, 2nd Edition. Executive Council, Trial Lawyers Section. Chair, Grievance Committee, Fourth Judicial Circuit).
Maritime Law Association of the United States (Secretary, 1985-1988 and Vice Chairman, 1988-1995, Committee on Maritime Legislation.
Committee on Marine Insurance, General Average and Salvage. Sub-Committee, Recreational Boating Committee, Chairman, State Legislation Committee, 1989).
Southeastern Admiralty Law Institute. (Board Certified Civil Trial Lawyer, Florida Bar Board of Legal Specialization and Education).
