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Lewis Matthew, Sidney was born on March 27, 1951 in Webster City, Iowa, United States.
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Sidney Lewis Matthew
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University of Tennessee. University of South Florida (Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, 1972). Saint Catherine College, Oxford University.
Florida State University (Juris Doctor, cum laude, 1974).
Career
Gadsden County Times v. Horne, Florida Appendix, 382 Southern 2d 347; Chapman v. Furlough, Florida Appendix 334 southern 2d 293; McPherson v. Redding, Florida Appendix, 323 Southern 2d 687; Wilson v. State, 371 Southern 2d 126; Davis v. State, Florida Appendix, 364 Southern 2d 19; DuBreuil V. James, 365 Southern 2d 184; Gadsden County Times v. Willis, Florida Appendix, 377 Southern 2d 817; Pasco County School Board v. Public Employees Relations Commissions, Florida Appendix 336 Southern 2d 483; United Faculty of Florida, et cetera v. Branson, Florida Appendix 350 Southern 2d 489; Florida Education Association/United v. Public Employees Relations, Florida Appendix 346 Southern 2d 551; School Board of Marion County v. Public Employees Relations Commission, 334 Southern 2d 582; Hamlin v. Lynn, Florida Appendix, 386 Southern 2d 1309; Harre v. Ampere-hour Robins Company, Incorporated. (750 F. 2d 1501); Conner v. Conner, 439 Southern 2d 887 (Florida 1983); Conner v. Conner, Florida Appendix 411 Southern 2d 899; Shelton v. State, 351 Southern 2d 88; Brooks v. State, 349 Southern 2d 794; Ford v. Ampere-hour Robins, 468 Southern 2d 318; Ranpura v. DPR, 507 Southern 2d 146; Fillinger v. State, 349 Southern 2d 714; Arnold v. State Board of Education, 344 Southern 2d 908; The Florida Bar v. Moses, 380 Southern 2d 412 (Florida 1980); School Board of Indian County v. Indian River County Editor Association, 373 Southern 2d 412 (Florida 4th DCA 1979); Brevard Community College v. Florida PERC, 376 Southern 2d 16 (Florida 5th DCA, 1979); Brevard Federation of Teachers v. School Board of Brevard County, 372 Southern 2d 169 (Florida 4th DCA 1979); Barbara Seitz v. Duval County School Board, 346 Southern 2d 644 (Florida 1st DCA 1977); Seitz v. Duval County School Board, 366 Southern 2d 119 (Florida 1st DCA 1979); School Board of Marion County v. PERC, 334 Southern 2d 582 (Florida 1976).Worked at Gorman & Matthew, P.A. (Tallahassee, Florida) specializing in General Civil Practice in all State and Federal Courts. Trials and Appeals, Negligence, Litigation. Admitted to the bar, 1975, Florida United States.
District Court, Northern, Middle and Southern Districts of Florida, United States.
Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. 1978, United States. Supreme Court.
1981, United States. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.
1985, United States. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Phi Kappa Phi. Phi Delta Phi.
Omicron Delta Kappa. Beta Gamma Sigma. Best Moot Court Brief, 1973.
Member, Florida State University Law Review, 1973-1974.
Lecturer: Labor Relations Forum, 1976-1977, 1980. Local Government Law, 1977. Company-Chair, Public Employment Labor Relations Forum, 1978.
General Counsel: Florida Education Association United, 1976.
Tobias Simon and Elizabeth DuFresne, P.A., 1975-1976. Member: Tallahassee (Treasurer, 1976) and American Bar Associations.
The Florida Bar. Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers.
American Board of Trial Advocates (Florida, Associate. Charter Member, Tallahassee Chapter).
Gorman & Matthew, P.A. was founded in 1982 by Stephen Lindsey Gorman and Sidney Lewis Matthew, former classmates and graduates of the Florida State University College of Law. The firm has served the entire state offering litigation services in a wide range of areas from commercial to products liability and personal injury.
The firm encourages continuing professional development, participation in continuing legal education seminars, professional association activities and civic affairs
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Member, Florida State University Law Review, 1973-1974.
