Background
Calhoun Bales, John was born on March 18, 1957 in Sanford, Florida, United States.
Calhoun Bales, John was born on March 18, 1957 in Sanford, Florida, United States.
University of Florida (Bachelor of Agricultural Science, with honors, 1979. Juris Doctor, with honors, 1982).
Worked at de la Parte, Gilbert & Bales, Professional Association. Admitted to the bar, 1982, Florida, United States. Supreme Court, United States.
Court of Appeals, Federal and Eleventh Circuits and United States.
District Court, Middle District of Florida. Phi Kappa Phi. Phi Eta Sigma.
Member and Vice Chair, 1981-1982, Moot Court. Member, 1988, Vice-Chair, 1989 and Chair, 1990-1991, The Florida Bay Chapter of the March of Dimes.
Member, Finance Steering Committee, Gulf Ridge Counsel, Boy Scouts of America, 1993.
Member, 1992-1993, Chair, 1993, Non-Profit Transition Committee, Tampa-Hillsborough Cable Advisory Committee. Member, Bay Area Legal Services, 1983. Judge, Executive Women International Scholarship, 1993.
Barrister, Justice William Glenn Terrell, American Inn of Court, 1990-1993.
Organizer, Executive Director, and Founding Master, 1993, Secretary, 1993-1994, Treasurer, 1995-1996, Executive Director, 1996, Tampa Bay American Inn of Court, Board of Directors, 1995, Member, American Inn of Court National Foundation, 1996. City of Tampa Variance Review Board.
Member: Hillsborough County (Member, Board of Directors, 1991-1992, 1994. Editor, The Lawyer Magazine, 1994-1996.
Chair, Bicentennial Committee, 1991-1993.
Member, By-Laws Committee, 1992. Chair, Bill of Rights Bicentennial Committee. Chair, JTV Committee, 1991.
Continuing legal education Instructor, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996.
Chair, Speaker Committee, 1993-1994). Thirteenth Judicial Circuit (Member, 1988-1991.
Chair, 1990-1991. Florida Bar Grievance Committee).
Federal and American Bar Associations. The Florida Bar (Member, Trial Lawyers Section, 1982.
Business Law Section, 1995. Speakers Committee; Fee Arbitration Committee, 1995-1996).
Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers.
Florida Trial Lawyers Association. Associated Builders and Contractors, Incorporated. (Member, Florida Gulf Coast Chapter, 1993).
Leadership Tampa Alumni Association.
United Way; Keel Club. Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce.
Member, 1988, Vice-Chair, 1989 and Chair, 1990-1991, The Florida Bay Chapter of the March of Dimes. Member, Finance Steering Committee, Gulf Ridge Counsel, Boy Scouts of America, 1993. Member, 1992-1993, Chair, 1993, Non-Profit Transition Committee, Tampa-Hillsborough Cable Advisory Committee.
Member, Bay Area Legal Services, 1983.
Judge, Executive Women International Scholarship, 1993. Barrister, Justice William Glenn Terrell, American Inn of Court, 1990-1993.
Organizer, Executive Director, and Founding Master, 1993, Secretary, 1993-1994, Treasurer, 1995-1996, Executive Director, 1996, Tampa Bay American Inn of Court, Board of Directors, 1995, Member, American Inn of Court National Foundation, 1996. City of Tampa Variance Review Board.
Member: Hillsborough County (Member, Board of Directors, 1991-1992, 1994.
Editor, The Lawyer Magazine, 1994-1996. Chair, Bicentennial Committee, 1991-1993. Member, By-Laws Committee, 1992.
Chair, Bill of Rights Bicentennial Committee.
Chair, JTV Committee, 1991. Continuing legal education Instructor, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996.
Chair, Speaker Committee, 1993-1994). Thirteenth Judicial Circuit (Member, 1988-1991.
Chair, 1990-1991; Florida Bar Grievance Committee).
Federal and American Bar Associations. The Florida Bar (Member, Trial Lawyers Section, 1982. Business Law Section, 1995.
Speakers Committee.
Fee Arbitration Committee, 1995-1996). Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers. Florida Trial Lawyers Association.
Associated Builders and Contractors, Incorporated.
(Member, Florida Gulf Coast Chapter, 1993). Leadership Tampa Alumni Association.
United Way. Keel Club. Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce.