Raymond E. Kramer III - West Palm Beach, FL

Overview

Awards and Honors

Education

• Legal Education

  • Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, District of Columbia, May, 1993
    J.D.
    Law Review: American Criminal Law Review, Member, 1991 - 1993
    Law Review: American Criminal Law Review, Associate Editor, 1992 - 1993

• Non Legal Education

  • Georgetown University, School of Foreign Service, Washington, District of Columbia, May, 1990
    B.S.F.S.
    Honors: ROTC Four-Year Full Scholarship
    Honors: Distinguished Military Student Award
    Honors: Distinguished Military Graduate

Current Employment Position(s)

• Of Counsel

Past Positions

• Kramer McGuire, LLC, West Palm Beach, Florida, CEO and President, 2000 - 2001
• Jones, Foster, Johnston & Stubbs, P.A., West Palm Beach, Florida, Associate, 1997 - 2000
• United States Army, Fort Hood, Texas, Captain, Judge Advocate General's Corps., 1994 - 1997
• U.S. Army JAG Corps, Courts-Martial Prosecutor

Classes and Seminars

• CLE Presentation: "Updates in Rules of Judicial Administration," Florida Lawyers Retreat, April 2019
  
• CLE Presentation: “Ethics: The Attorney-Client Privilege and Client Confidentiality,” Florida Lawyers Network, April 2018
  
• CLE Presentation: “Mediating Business Cases: Strategies, Analysis and Advice from the Experts,” Business Litigation CLE Committee, December, 2017
  
• CLE Presentation: “ESI – Issues in Commercial Litigation,” Florida Lawyers Network, July 2017
  
• CLE Presentation: “Jury Contact and Social Media – Ethics Issues,” Florida Lawyers Network, April 2017
  
• CLE Presentation: “Voir Dire in Commercial Litigation,” Florida Lawyers Network, September 2014

Pro Bono Activities

• Palm Beach County Cultural Council, Board of Directors, 2006 - 2017
• Palm Beach County Cultural Council, Finance Committee, Member, 2006 - 2008
• Palm Beach County Cultural Council, Audit Committee, Member, 2009 - 2017
• Palm Beach County Cultural Council, Audit Committee, Chairman, 2014 - 2017
• Young Friends of the Norton, 2000 - 2015
• Palm Beach Civic Association, 2001 - Present
• Palm Beach Civic Association, Code Enforcement Task Force, 2001 - 2002
• Georgetown Club of Palm Beach, Board of Directors, Member, 1999 - Present
• Georgetown Club of Palm Beach, President, 2001 - 2004
• Georgetown Club of Palm Beach, Vice President, 2017 - Present
• Georgetown Club of Palm Beach, Secretary, 1999 - 2001
• Boy Scouts of America, Gulf Stream Council, Board Member, 2011 - Present
• Boy Scouts of America, Gulf Stream Council, Vice President – District Operations, 2013 - 2014
• Boy Scouts of America, Gulf Stream Council, Vice President – Endowment, 2015 - Present
• Boy Scouts of America, Gulf Stream Council, Executive Committee Member, 2013 - Present
• Boy Scouts of America, Trade Winds District, Board Member, 2011 - 2013
• Boy Scouts of America, Trade Winds District, District Chairman, 2011 - 2013
• Boy Scouts of America, Cub Scouts, Adult Leader, 2008 - 2013
• Boy Scouts of America, Cub Scouts, Tiger Den Leader, 2008 - 2009
• Boy Scouts of America, Cub Scouts, Cubmaster, 2009 - 2013
• Boy Scouts of America, Committee Member, 2010 - 2013
• Boy Scouts of America, Assistant Scoutmaster, 2013 - 2014
• Boy Scouts of America, Scoutmaster, 2014 - Present

Published Works

Articles

• “Re-examining the Presumption in Favor of Arbitration in Complex Commercial Cases,” (Co-Author), 84 Florida Bar Journal 8, March, 2010
  
• "Is Expert Testimony Really Needed in Attorneys' Fees Litigation?" (Co-Author), 77 FLA. B.J. 38, January, 2003
  
• Seventh Survey of White Collar Crime – Attorney-client Privilege, American Criminal Law Review, 1992
  

Bar Admissions

• Florida, 1993
• Rhode Island, 1996
• U.S. Supreme Court, 2005
• U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit, 2006
• U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit, 2005
• U.S. District Court Middle District of Florida, 1997
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Florida, 1999
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Florida, 2005

Other Affiliations

• The Florida Bar, 1993 - Present (Member)
• The Florida Bar, Unlicensed Practice of Law Committee, 2010 - 2016 (Member)
• The Rhode Island Bar Association, 1996 - Present
• Palm Beach County Bar Association, 1997 - Present
• Palm Beach County Bar Association, Business Litigation CLE Committee Member, 2016 - Present
• Palm Beach County Bar Association, Circuit Civil Practice Committee Member, 2016 - Present
• Palm Beach County Bar Association, Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee Member, 2005 - 2016
• Palm Beach County Bar Association, Membership Committee Member, 2010 - 2013; 2015 - 2016
• Palm Beach County Bar Association, Young Lawyers Division, 1997 - 2000
• Florida Justice Association, 2003 - 2015 (Member)
• Palm Beach County Justice Association, 2003 - Present (Member)
• Florida Lawyers Network, 2014 - Present
• Florida Lawyers Network, 2017 - 2019 (President)
• Florida Lawyers Network, 2016 - 2017 (Events Director)