Michelle Nichols DeLong - Jupiter, FL

Overview

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • Nova Southeastern University Shepard Broad College of Law, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
    Honors: magna cum laude
    Honors: Dean’s Certificate of Professionalism
    Honors: Red Pen Award Recipient (4x)
    Honors: Shepard Broad Law Center Merit Scholar (2012–2014)
    Honors: Carolyn Rubin Law Endowment Scholar (2012–2014)
    Honors: Law Alumni Association Scholarship Recipient (2013)
    Honors: Kaye Bender Rembaum Scholarship Recipient (2013)
    Honors: Florida Bar Foundation Public Service Fellow (2012)
    Honors: Rebecca Knox Public Interest Law Summer Fellow (2012)
    Honors: Civil Procedure (Winter 2012)
    Honors: Silver Pro Bono Award (2014)
    Law Review: Nova Law Review, Assistant Managing Technical Editor (2014)
    Law Review: Nova Law Review, Alumni Relations Editor (2013–2014)
    Law Review: Nova Law Review, Junior Associate (2012–2013)

• Non Legal Education

  • University of Florida
    Honors: cum laude
    Honors: Chi Omega Sorority
    Honors: Florida Bright Futures Scholar

Classes and Seminars

• Panelist Speaker, “Strategies for Career Growth, Promotions, and Breaking the Glass Ceiling,” FJA Women’s Caucus Leadership Retreat (2025)
  
• Speaker, “Medicare Basics for Trial Lawyers: How to Prevent Problems at the End of Your Case,” FJA Collateral Sources Webinar (2025)
  
• Co-Speaker, “Best Practices in Taking & Defending Corporate representative Depositions,” The Florida Bar Trial Lawyers Section Membership Retreat (2024)
  
• Moderator, Law School Outreach at Nova, Panel Discussion and Lunch, FJA REF Law School Outreach (2024)
  
• Speaker, “Prioritizing Your Mental Health,” Civil Litigation for Paralegal Seminar, FJA Annual Convention (2024)
  
• Co-Speaker, “Beating Burnout: Six Energy Management Strategies for Sustaining Your Career Success,” Society of Women Trial Lawyers Conference (2024)
  
• Program Co-Chair, Medical Malpractice Seminar, FJA Masters of Justice (2023)
  
• Speaker, “Discovery,” FJA Bootcamp Series (2022; 2023)
  
• Co-Speaker, “Firm Branding, Managing and Promoting Your Firm Image,” FJA Annual Convention (2021)
  
• Speaker, “Navigating NICA: What to Do When you Want to Get Out,” FJA Winter Ski Seminar (2020)
  
• Program Co-Chair, Advanced Trial Skills Seminar, FJA Annual Convention (2019)

Published Works

Articles

• Michelle Nichols DeLong and Emily Hirsekorn, Finding Joy After Burning Out, 50 ABA Litig. J. no. 3, Spring 2024 at 53.
  
• Michelle Nichols DeLong, Inadvertent Disclosures: The Professional and Ethical Way to Handle Them, Palm Beach County Bar Bulletin (Jan. 2018).
  
• Michelle Nichols DeLong, A Member Perspective: Parental Leave: A Call to Action, FAWL J. 12–13 (Spr./Sum. 2016).
  
• Michelle Nichols DeLong, Abstract: A Closer Look at the Mandatory Victims Restitution Act and Whether the Costs of a Corporation’s Independent Internal Investigations Should Be Included in a Criminal Defendant’s Mandatory Restitution Order, 70 BUS. LAW. 465, (Spring 2015).
  

Other Affiliations

• The Florida Bar, Tallahassee, FL (Committee Member (Appointment), Code and Rules of Evidence Committee, June 2021–June 2024)
• The Florida Bar, Tallahassee, FL (Committee Member Liaison (Appointment), Rules of Judicial Administration Committee, June 2021–June 2022)
• FJA Research and Education Foundation (FJA REF), Tallahassee, FL (Board Member (Appointed), March 2024–Present)
• Florida Justice Association (FJA), Tallahassee, FL (Board Member (Elected), June 2020–June 2024)
• Florida Justice Association (FJA), Tallahassee, FL (Vice Chair of the Medical Malpractice Legislative Committee, June 2019–2022)
• Women’s Caucus Section, Florida Justice Association, Tallahassee, FL (Chair, Women’s Caucus Leadership Retreat Subcommittee, 2023, 2024, 2025)
• Women’s Caucus Section, Florida Justice Association, Tallahassee, FL (Chair, Women’s Caucus Awards Subcommittee, 2024)
• Women’s Caucus Section, Florida Justice Association, Tallahassee, FL (Immediate Past Chair (Elected), June 2020–June 2021)
• Women’s Caucus Section, Florida Justice Association, Tallahassee, FL (Chair (Elected), June 2019–June 2020)
• Women’s Caucus Section, Florida Justice Association, Tallahassee, FL (Secretary (Elected), June 2018–June 2019)
• Palm Beach County Bar Association (PBCBA), Palm Beach County, Florida (Committee Member, Civil Practice Committee, 2023–2025)
• Palm Beach County Bar Association (PBCBA), Palm Beach County, Florida (Committee Member, Professionalism Committee, 2018–2019)
• Palm Beach County Bar Association (PBCBA), Palm Beach County, Florida (Subcommittee Chair, Editorial Board, 2018–2019)
• Florida Association for Women Lawyers (FAWL), North Palm Beach County Chapter, Florida (Sponsorship Director, 2019–2020)
• Florida Association for Women Lawyers (FAWL), North Palm Beach County Chapter, Florida (Membership Chair, 2018–2019)
• Florida Association for Women Lawyers (State FAWL), Florida (Co-Chair of the FAWL Journal and Board Member of State FAWL, 2016–2017)
• Executive Women of the Palm Beaches (EWPB), West Palm Beach, FL (2017 Co-Chair of the Women In Leadership Awards (WILA) Committee, 2016–2017)
• Craig S. Barnard American Inns of Court, West Palm Beach, FL (Associate Member, 2016–2017)
• Craig S. Barnard American Inns of Court, West Palm Beach, FL (Student Member, 2012–2013)