Background
Merlin, Kimbel L. was born on February 12, 1961 in Gainesville, Florida, United States.
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Kimbel L. Merlin
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University of Florida (Bachelor of Arts, 1983. Juris Doctor, 1986).
Career
Worked at Brigham, Moore, Gaylord, Schuster, Merlin & Tobin. Admitted to the bar, 1986, Florida. 1994, United States. District Court, Middle District of Florida.
Phi Kappa Phi. Member, Golden Key. Member, 1984-1985 and Executive Editor, 1985-1986, University of Florida Law Review. Co-Author: "Status of Right of Way Reservation - How Far Can the Government Go?" Southwestern Legal Foundation, Institute on Planning, Zoning and Eminent Domain, Annual, 1989.
"Right-of-Way Reservations," Nichols on Eminent Domain, Volume 8A, Chapter 17, 1990. "Maps of Reservation: Can Government Reserve Private Property for Future Public Use Without Payment of Compensation?" American Bar Association Annual Meeting, 1990. "The Critical Role of Experts in Creating a Legal and Practical Cost to Cure in Eminent Domain," American Bar Association Annual Meeting, 1994.
Author: "Enhancement," Nichols on Eminent Domain, Volume 3, Chapter 8A, 1991. Lecturer: "Enhancement: The Treatment of Benefits in a Valuation Trial," American Bar Association Annual Meeting, 1991. "Apportionment of the Compensation Award Among Claimants," Eminent Domain Seminar, Hillsborough County Bar Association, April, 1992.
"The Compensability of Severance Damages Based on Diminution of Access," "The Art of Arguing the Law and Convincing the Jury in a Cutting Edge Condemnation Trial," American Bar Association Annual Meeting, 1992. "Update on Florida Legislative Developments," Association of Eminent Domain Professionals Spring Meeting, May, 1994. "Contamination Stigma: Defending the Landowner Against the New Scarlet Letter in Eminent Domain," Southwestern Legal Foundation Institute on Eminent Domain, 1994.
Member: Hillsborough County (Co-Chair, Eminent Domain Committee, 1997-1998. Member, Section on Trial Lawyers. Committees on: Eminent Domain.
Circuit Court Civil Rules. Education and Liaison. Young Lawyers); and American (Chairman, Condemnation Zoning and Land Use Committee, Litigation Section, 1992-1995.
Newsletter Chairman, 1990-1992. Condemnation Committee, Real Property, Probate and Trust Section. Urban, State and Local Government Law Section.
Co-Chair, Program Evaluation and Utilization Committee, Section of Litigation, 1995) Bar Associations. The Florida Bar (Member, 1992-1995 and Chair, 1993-1994, Eminent Domain Committee. Member, Environmental and Land Use Law Section.
Chair, Steering Committee on Eminent Domain Annual Judicial Conferences, July, 1995, September, 1995 and September, 1996.
Membership
Member, Golden Key. Member, 1984-1985 and Executive Editor, 1985-1986, University of Florida Law Review.
