Background
Yanchunis, John A. was born in 1955 in Columbus, Ohio, United States.
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John A. Yanchunis
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University of Florida (Bachelor of Arts, 1976). South Texas College of Law (Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, 1980).
Career
Worked at Blasingame, Forizs & Smiljanich, P.A. (Saint St. Petersburg, Florida) specializing in Limited to Trial and Appellate Practice in all State and Federal Courts including Bankruptcy Court and Family Law. Admitted to the bar, 1980, Texas. 1981, Florida, United States.
District Court, Southern District of Texas and Middle District of Florida and United States.
Court of Appeals, Fifth and Eleventh Circuits. Florida Blue Key, Omicron Delta Kappa.
Phi Alpha Delta. Member, Order of the Lytae.
Technical Editor and Associate Editor-in-Chief, South Texas Law Journal. Law Clerk to Judge Carl O. Bue, Junior, United States.
District Court, Southern District of Texas, 1980-1982. Member: Saint St. Petersburg and Federal Bar Associations.
The Florida Bar (Member: Board of Governors, Young Lawyers Division, Sixth Circuit, 1988-1992.
Public Relations Committee, 1989-1990. Continuing Legal Education Committee, 1991-1992. Standing Committee on Unlicensed Practice of Law, Member, 1990, Vice Chairperson, 1994-1995, Chairperson, 1995-1996, Unlicensed Practice of Law Committee, 6A Circuit, Member, 1985, Chairperson, 1986-1995.
Unlicensed Practice of Law Committee, 6B Circuit, Chairperson, 1995, Professionalism, 1991-1993).
The Florida Bar Foundation (Member, 1985-1989). Defense Research Institute.
The law firm of Blasingame, Forizs & Smiljanich, P.A. was founded in 1983 as a firm limiting its practice to trial and appellate practice and bankruptcy law. The three founding partners brought to the firm at that time more than 35 years of combined experience as trial lawyers for the United States Department of Justice and as partners of a distinguished and the largest multi-service law firm in Pinellas County.
Recognizing the need for a law firm devoted exclusively to litigation, bankruptcy services and family law, the firm was created to provide the full quality and scope of trial and bankruptcy service available from a large multi-service firm, at the reduced overhead, lower cost and greater efficiency that only a specialty firm can offer.
The trial attorneys of Blasingame, Forizs & Smiljanich, P.A. proudly serve a wide variety of corporate, business and individual clients in a broad range of litigation matters, including large multi-party construction disputes, municipal and civil rights actions, professional liability litigation, environmental coverage litigation, personal injury litigation, commercial litigation and bankruptcy matters.
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Membership
Member, Order of the Lytae. Technical Editor and Associate Editor-in-Chief, South Texas Law Journal. Law Clerk to Judge Carl O. Bue, Junior, United States.
District Court, Southern District of Texas, 1980-1982.
Member: Saint St. Petersburg and Federal Bar Associations. The Florida Bar (Member: Board of Governors, Young Lawyers Division, Sixth Circuit, 1988-1992.
Public Relations Committee, 1989-1990. Continuing Legal Education Committee, 1991-1992.
Standing Committee on Unlicensed Practice of Law, Member, 1990, Vice Chairperson, 1994-1995, Chairperson, 1995-1996, Unlicensed Practice of Law Committee, 6A Circuit, Member, 1985, Chairperson, 1986-1995.
Unlicensed Practice of Law Committee, 6B Circuit, Chairperson, 1995, Professionalism, 1991-1993). The Florida Bar Foundation (Member, 1985-1989). Defense Research Institute.
