Loula D. Giannet Esq. - New Port Richey, FL

Awards and Honors

Education

• Legal Education

  • University of Detroit Mercy School of Law, Detroit, Michigan, March, 2008
    Major: Introduction to Veterans Law
  • Stetson University College of Law, Gulfport/St. Petersburg, Florida, May, 1996
    J.D.
    Honors: Former Assistant Law Review Editor

• Non Legal Education

  • University of South Florida, May, 1993
    B.A., Bachelor of Arts
    Honors: summa cum laude
    Major: Political Science
    Minor: Sociology
  • Yale University School of Medicine, June, 2008
    Major: Risk Management and Legal Issues in Medicine
    Major: Diabetes
  • United States Institute of Peace, April, 2013
    Major: Negotiation and Conflict Management

Current Employment Position(s)

• Attorney 

Past Positions

• Sixth Judicial Circuit of Florida, Former Substitute General Magistrate
• Honorable Charles R. Wilson, Circuit Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, Former Judicial Law Clerk
• Fifth Judicial Circuit of Florida, Former Assistant State Attorney/Prosecutor
• Sixth Judicial Circuit of Florida, Former Assistant State Attorney
• Thirteenth Judicial Circuit of Florida, Former Judicial Staff Attorney
• United States Attorney's Office, Middle District of Florida, Former Legal Intern

Languages

• Greek

• Spanish

Classes and Seminars

• Constitutional Law, University of South Florida, Former Adjunct Professor
  
• Florida Civil Procedure, Pasco-Hernando Community College, Former Adjunct Instructor
  
• Guest Lecturer to a group of elder care professionals: Residents' Rights and Employees' Duties: An Overview of the Statutory and Constitutional Rights of Elderly Residents of Adult Care Living Facilities and Nursing Homes and the Duties of the Employees of the Facilities, 2002
  
• Advocating For Elderly Clients/Preparing for a Social Security Disability Hearing, Stetson University College of Law, CLE/Continuing Legal Education Course, October 19, 2005 - Present
  
• Greek Independence Day Key Note Guest Speaker, Principles of Christianity and Democracy in the United States and Greece, Pasco County Government Center, 2006 - 2007
  
• Overview of Florida Statutes on Domestic Violence: Criminal and Civil Remedies-Fox Hollow Elementary School, April 6, 2006 - Present

Pro Bono Activities

• Former Traffic Magistrate, City of Port Richey
• Former Special Master, City of Port Richey
• Former Take Stock in Children Mentor
• Former Member and Vice Chair, City of New Port Richey, Communities for a Lifetime, Elder Ready Committee
• Former Member, City of New Port Richey Charter Ordinance Board

Published Works

Articles

• The Jury Selection Process: An Interview with Judge Manual Menendez, Jr., University of South Florida Legal Brief, Volume 1, Issue 3, 1991
  
• Mandatory Drug-Testing of Government Employees: Is it Reasonable? University of South Florida Legal Brief, Summer Edition, 1993
  
• International Extradition and the Dual Criminality Requirement as Applied to RICO and CCE, World Order: Conflicts and Issues Analysis, Edition., 1995
  
• Recent Development: Government Tort Liability, 25 Stetson Law Review 940, 1996
  
• Social Contract Between Students and the State: A Constitutional Analysis of Florida Statutes Related to Mandatory Expulsion for Weapon Possession, Corporal Punishment, and the Use of Metal Detectors on Campus, 16 St. Thomas Law Review 109-146, 2003
  
• Aid, Solace from Government not Simple Matter, The West Pasco Press, January 21, 2005 (Article about the Social Security Disability claims process and its hurdles).
• Judicial Activism and the Constitution, The West Pasco Press, July 1, 2005 (Discussing concepts in judicial interpretation, judicial restraint, and the philosophy of our Nation's founding fathers).
• The Tort Reform Debate, Contemplated, The West Pasco Press, October 14, 2005
• Building Tax Burden: Pondering the Power of the Purse and Who Holds the Strings, The West Pasco Press, February 9, 2007 (Discussing the Constitution and taxation).
• The Professional, The Florida Bar, The Professional, Vol. V, No. 4, June 2004 (Discussing the concept of professionalism towards clients).
• Matter of Ethics: Image Reconstruction: Lawyers Can Set the Bar for Professionalism, Immigration Law Today, Vol. 26, No. 3, 36-37, May/June, 2007.
• Jesus was Denied Due Process: A Defense and Constitutional Analysis of the Fifth, Sixth and Eighth Amendments Applied to the Trials and Sentencing of Jesus Christ, March, 2014.
• Roberts v. Shinseki: Is a Finding of Fraud Enough to Terminate a Veteran's Benefits? Veterans Law Journal, Summer, 2010

Bar Admissions

• Florida, 1996
• Supreme Court of the United States of America
• U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals Federal Circuit
• U.S. District Court Middle District of Florida
• U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims

Other Affiliations

• The Florida Bar, Professional Ethics Committee (Member)
• The Florida Bar, Unlicensed Practice of Law Committee, 6B (Member and Former Chair)
• The Florida Bar, Committee on Professionalism (Former Member)
• National Organization of Veterans Advocates (Former Member)
• United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims Bar Association (Former Member)
• American Diabetes Association Advocate (Member)