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Lawrence R. Metsch

    Personal Data

  • Date of Birth: February 7, 1943.
  • Marital Status: Married January 23, 1966, to Susan Mary Rosenshein; two sons- Benjamin R. Metsch, born December 4, 1967, and Daniel L. Metsch, born November 1, 1969.
  • Residence: Apt. 108, 3900 Island Boulevard, Aventura, Florida 33160.
  • Residence Telephone: (305) 682-0750
  • Residence Telecopier: (305) 682-0950
  • Office: Aventura Corporate Center, Suite 307, 20801 Biscayne Blvd., Aventura, FL 33180-1423
  • Office Telephone: (305) 792-2540
  • Office Telecopier: (305) 792-2541
  • Cellular Telephone: (305) 525-9983

    • Education

  • Queens College of the City University of New York, Flushing,
  • New York- B.A. in Economics (cum laude), June, 1963.
  • Yale Law School, New Haven, Connecticut- LL.B. (later changed to J.D.), June, 1966.

    • Bar Admissions

  • State of Connecticut, August 9, 1966.
  • State of Florida, March 10, 1971.
  • Federal Courts in Connecticut and Florida.
  • Supreme Court of the United States.

    • Military Service

  • Active Duty, United States Air Force, Judge Advocate General's Department, November, 1966, to April, 1971, in Grades of First Lieutenant and Captain (assigned to Air Force installations in Montana, South Carolina, and The Azores, Portugal); awarded the Air Force Commendation Medal, with One Oak Leaf Cluster.
  • Reserve Duty, United States Air Force Reserve, Judge Advocate General's Department Reserve, October, 1974, to May, 1990, in Grades of Captain, Major and Lieutenant Colonel (attached for training to Patrick and Homestead Air Force Bases, Florida, and the Contract Law Division, Office of The Judge Advocate General, Headquarters United States Air Force, The Pentagon, Washington, D.C.); awarded the Air Force Meritorious Service Medal.
  • Transferred to Retired Reserve, United States Air Force, in Grade of Lieutenant Colonel, May, 1990; retired from United States Air Force in Grade of Lieutenant Colonel, February 7, 2003.
  • Professional Experience
  • Waterbury Legal Aid And Reference Service, Waterbury, Connecticut- Senior Staff Attorney, August, 1966, to November, 1966.
  • United States Court Of Appeals, Fifth Circuit- Law Clerk and Senior Law Clerk to U.S. Circuit Judge Bryan Simpson, Jacksonville, Florida, April, 1971, to July, 1972.
  • Shutts & Bowen, Miami, Florida- Associate and Partner, July, 1972, to February, 1979.
  • Paul, Landy, Beiley, Harper & Metsch, P.A., Miami, Florida- Partner, February, 1979, to August, 1983.
  • Hauser & Metsch, P.A., Miami, Florida- Partner, August, 1983, to February, 1987.
  • McDermott, Will & Emery, Miami, Florida- Partner, February,1987, to March, 1989.
  • Lawrence R. Metsch, P.A., Miami, Florida- Sole Practitioner, March, 1989, to September, 1992.
  • Metsch & Metsch, P.A., Miami, Florida- Partner (with son, Benjamin R. Metsch), September, 1992, to date.
  • Awarded Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory "AV" Rating- March, 1979.
  • The Florida Bar, Grievance Committee 11A, Miami, Florida- Member, Vice Chairman and Chairman, May, 1986, to May, 1989.

    • Teaching Experience

  • Queens College of the City University of New York, Flushing,New York- Lecturer in Political Science, Summer, 1965.
  • United States Armed Forces Institute, Glasgow AFB, Montana-Instructor in Business Law, 1967-1968.
  • University of South Carolina, Conway Campus- Instructor in Business Law, 1968-1969.
  • University of Maryland, Lajes Field, Azores, Portugal- Instructor in Business Law, 1969-1971.
  • Florida International University, Tamiami Campus, Miami, Florida- Instructor in Political Science- 1974-1975.
  • University of Miami School of Law, Coral Gables, Florida- Lecturer in Civil Procedure, 1980.

    • Public Service

  • Temple Samu-El, Miami, Florida- President, 1982-1984.
  • Jewish Vocational Service, Inc., Miami, Florida- President, 1990-1992.
  • Village of El Portal, Florida- Village Attorney, 1998-2000.
  • Florida International University, Miami, Florida- Community Member, Institutional Review Board, 2000-2005.
  • The Vaad Hakashrut Of Miami-Dade, Inc., Miami Beach, Florida- Director, 2002-present.
  • Williams Island Synogogue, Aventura, Florida-Gabbai, 2001-2006