Background
Plews, Dennis James was born on February 5, 1948 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States. Son of Kenneth J. and Mary Frances (Weiks) Plews.
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Dennis James Plews
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Associate of Arts, St. Petersburg Junior College, 1970; Bachelor in Political Science, U. West Florida, 1972; Juris Doctor cum laude, Florida State University, 1974.
Career
Staff counsel Florida energy joint house/senate committee, Florida Energy Committee, Joint House/Senate Florida Legislature, Tallahassee, 1973-1974; special assistant, public defender, Public Defender 2nd Judicial Circuit Court Florida, Tallahassee, 1974; assistant public defender, Public Defender 12th Judicial Circuit Court Florida, Sarasota, 1975-1977; associate, Law Office of Robert Hill Schultz, Bradenton, Florida, 1977-1980; private practice,, Brandenton, since 1980.
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With United States Army, 1967-1969, Vietnam. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Trial Lawyers Association (Outstandint Member recognition), Florida Bar, Academy Florida Trial Lawyers (chairman district 9 speaker's bureau since 1987), Local Group Deep Sky Observers (founding), Southern Poverty Law Center, Planetary Society, Vietnam Veterans Sarasota and Manatee, Amnesty International.
