Joseph W. "Jay" Fleece III - Saint Petersburg, FL

Overview

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • Stetson University College of Law, Gulfport/St. Petersburg, Florida, 1980
    J.D.

• Non Legal Education

  • Tulane University, 1977
    B.A.

Current Employment Position(s)

• Partner

Past Positions

• Belcher & Fleece, P.A.
• Holland & Knight, Partner

Pro Bono Activities

• Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital, Board of Trustees, Member
• Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital, Planning Committee, Chair
• Pinellas Community Foundation, Vice Chair
• PARC, Chairman
• St. Petersburg Police Athletic League, President
• Sunshine City Jaycees, President
• Canterbury School of Florida, Board of Trustees, Member
• American Red Cross, Tampa Bay Chapter, Board of Directors, Member
• YMCA of Greater St. Petersburg, Board of Directors, Member
• Dragon Club, President
• Episcopal Diocese of South West Florida, Chancellor
• St. Petersburg Yacht Club, Commodore

Representative Cases

• Casey v. Jensen, 189 So. 3d 924 (Fla. 2d DCA)
  • Year: 2016
• Grasso v. Grasso, 143 So. 3d 1050 (Fla. 2d DCA)
  • Year: 2014
• Lee v. Estate of Payne, 148 So. 3d 776 (Fla. 2d DCA)
  • Year: 2013
• Grasso v. Grasso, 113 So. 3d 855 (Fla. 2d DCA)
  • Year: 2012
• Boren v. SunTrust Bank, 46 So. 3d 1156 (Fla. 2d DCA)
  • Year: 2010
• Burgess v. Prince, 25 So. 3d 705 (Fla. 2d DCA)
  • Year: 2010
• Liebreich v. Trial Strategies, Inc., 40 So. 3d 1 (Fla. 2d DCA)
  • Year: 2010
• Carey v. Rocke, 18 So. 3d 1266 (Fla. 2d DCA)
  • Year: 2009
• The Estate of Robert W. Magee, 988 So. 2d 1 (Fla. 2d DCA)
  • Year: 2007
• Scott v. Reyes, 913 So. 2d 13 (Fla. 2d DCA)
  • Year: 2005
• Gahn v. Holiday Property Bond, LTD, 826 So. 2d 423 (Fla. 2d DCA)
  • Year: 2002
• Helm v. United Trust Company, 820 So. 2d 449 (Fla. 2d DCA)
  • Year: 2002
• First Union National Bank of Florida v. Mizell, 807 So. 2d 78 (Fla. 5th DCA)
  • Year: 2001
• All Children’s Hospital v. Owens, 754 So. 2d 802 (Fla. 2d DCA)
  • Year: 2000
• Galego v. Robinson, 695 So. 2d 443 (Fla. 2d DCA)
  • Year: 1997
• Gridley v. Galego, 698 So. 2d 273 (Fla. 2d DCA)
  • Year: 1997
• Rutherford v. Gascon, 679 So. 2d 329 (Fla. 2d DCA)
  • Year: 1996
• Via v. Putnam, 656 So. 2d 460 (Fla.)
  • Year: 1995
• Bowen v. City of St. Petersburg, 642 So. 2d 837 (Fla. 2d DCA)
  • Year: 1994
• Jacobs v. Vaillancourt, 634 So. 2d 667 (Fla. 2d DCA)
  • Year: 1994
• Shriners Hospital for Crippled Children v. Zrillic, 563 So. 2d 64 (Fla.)
  • Year: 1990
• Johnson v. Bay Pines Federal Credit Union, 544 So. 2d 296 (Fla. 2d DCA)
  • Year: 1989
• Ehmann v. Florida National Bank at Ocala, 515 So. 2d 1063 (Fla. 5th DCA)
  • Year: 1987
• Rubin v. Centerbanc Federal Savings and Loan Association, 487 So. 2d 1193 (Fla. 2d DCA)
  • Year: 1986

Bar Admissions

• Florida, 1980
• U.S. District Court Middle District of Florida
• U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit
• U.S. Supreme Court
• U.S. Tax Court
• U.S. District Court Central District of California, 2008
• South Carolina, 2011

Other Affiliations

• Florida Bar (Member)
• Florida Bar, Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section (Member)
• American Bar Association Probate and Trust Law Section, Creditor's Rights and Estates & Trust Committee (Member)
• St. Petersburg Bar Association
• American Bar Association
• American Bar Association, Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section
• Florida Bar, Trial Lawyers Section (Member)
• Litigation Counsel of America (Fellow)