Russell Troutman Esquire - Winter Park, FL

Overview

Awards and Honors

Education

• Legal Education

  • University of Miami School of Law, Coral Gables, Florida, 1958
    J.D.

• Non Legal Education

  • Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia, 1955
    B.A.
    Major: Journalism
  • Rollins College and Exeter College, Oxford University
    Postgraduate Studies in History

Current Employment Position(s)

• Attorney

Past Positions

• City of Winter Park, Florida, City Prosecutor, 1970 - 1972
• City of Winter Park, Florida, City Attorney, 1968 - 1972
• Orange County, Florida, Acting Orange County Solicitor, 1966 - 1967
• Florida Public Service Commission, Special Counsel

Classes and Seminars

• Graduation Commencement Speaker, St. Cloud High School, 1985
  
• Graduation Commencement Speaker, University of Florida Law School, 1978
  
• Graduation Commencement Speaker, Florida State University Law School, 1978
  
• Graduation Commencement Speaker, Rollins College, Hamilton Holt School, 1999
  
• Graduation Commencement Speaker, Marshall University Liberal Arts College, 2001
  
• Adjunct Professor, Rollins College
  
• Business and Banking Law, Institute of Banking
  
• Guest Lecturer, Products Liability, Rollins College
  
• Guest Lecturer, Civil Aspects of Accident Investigation, Seminole Community College
  
• Guest Lecturer, Ethical Guidelines for Florida Legal Assistants, Various Community Colleges
  
• Lecturer, Discovery in Divorce Cases, The Florida Bar Continuing Legal Education, 1996 - 1997
  
• Lecturer, Opening Statement, Florida Academy of Trial Lawyers, 1989
  
• Panelist, Censorship, The Florida Bar Foundation and The Florida Bar, 1987
  
• Panelist, Grahm Rudman Act, University of Central Florida
  
• Lawyer Lecturer, Videotape Production of Duties of Guardianships of Estates (1987), Orange County Bar Association, 1989

Pro Bono Activities

• Farmworkers Ministries in Apopka and Pierson, Florida, 1984 - 1999
• Legal Aid Society of the Orange County Bar Association, President and Co-Founder, 1968 - 1969
• Friends of the Orlando Public Library, Board Member and President, 1972
• Orange-Seminole Legislative Delegation, Legislative Session, Legislative Legal Advisor, 1967
• Tiger Bay Club of Orlando, President, 1988 - 1989
• Rollins College Board of Advisors Hamilton Holt School, Chairman, 1996 - 1998
• Florida Supreme Court Historical Society, President, 1997 - 1999
• Florida Supreme Court Historical Society, Chairman, 2000 - Present
• Orange County Charter Study Commission, Member, 1972 - 1973
• Winter Park Charter Study Commission, Chairman, 1986 - 1987
• The Florida Bar Foundation, Board of Trustees, Member, 1978 - 1988

Representative Cases

• Panziere v. Deco Purchasing & Distributing Co., Inc.
  • Citation: 448 So.2d 1197
  • Court: Fla. App. 5 Dist.
  • Year: 1984
  • Serial Number: 1984119408
• Allen v. Dutton's Estate
  • Citation: 431 So.2d 745
  • Court: Fla. App. 5 Dist.
  • Year: 1983
  • Serial Number: 1983124955
• Allen v. Dutton's Estate
  • Citation: 394 So.2d 132
  • Court: Fla. App.
  • Year: 1980
  • Serial Number: 1980148748
• Allen v. Dutton's Estate
  • Citation: 384 So.2d 171
  • Court: Fla. App.
  • Year: 1980
  • Serial Number: 1980116515
• MacMurray v. Board of Regents
  • Citation: 362 So.2d 969
  • Court: Fla. App.
  • Year: 1978
  • Serial Number: 1978137876
• Interest on Trust Accounts, A Petition of the Florida Bar
  • Citation: 365 So.2d 799
  • Court: Fla.
  • Year: 1978
• In the Matter of the Florida Bar. In re Amendment to Code of Professional Responsibility (Continent Fees)
  • Citation: 349 So.2d 630
  • Court: Fla.
  • Year: 1977
  • Serial Number: 1977144571
• The Florida Bar. In re Amendment to the Integration Rule and Bylaws Respecting Clients' Security Fund
  • Citation: 346 So.2d 537
  • Court: Fla.
  • Year: 1977
  • Serial Number: 1977197716
• Florida Power Corp. v. Taylor
  • Citation: 332 So.2d 687
  • Court: Fla. App.
  • Year: 1976
  • Serial Number: 1976120197
• Maybarduk v. Bustamante
  • Citation: 319 So.2d 583
  • Court: Fla. App.
  • Year: 1975
  • Serial Number: 1975139654
• Gillen v. United Services Auto Ass'n.
  • Citation: 300 So. 2d 3, 83 A.L.R. 3d 313
  • Serial Number: 1974136567
• Maybarduk v. Bustamante
  • Citation: 294 So. 2d 374
  • Court: Fla. App.
  • Year: 1974
  • Serial Number: 1974135147
• United Services Auto Ass'n. v. Gillen
  • Citation: 280 So. 2d 52
  • Court: Fla. App.
  • Year: 1973
  • Serial Number: 1973134898
• Davidson v. Sage
  • Citation: 272 So. 2d 220
  • Court: Fla. App.
  • Year: 1973
  • Serial Number: 1973132963
• DeWitt v. Seaboard Coast Line R. Co.
  • Citation: 268 So. 2d 177
  • Court: Fla. App.
  • Year: 1972
  • Serial Number: 1972136547
• Daniel v. Department of Transp.
  • Citation: 259 So. 2d 771
  • Court: Fla. App.
  • Year: 1972
  • Serial Number: 1972134413
• In re Carpenter's Estate
  • Citation: 253 So. 2d 697
  • Court: Fla.
  • Year: 1971
  • Serial Number: 1971135723
• Coon v. Abner
  • Citation: 246 So. 2d 627
  • Court: Fla. App.
  • Year: 1971
  • Serial Number: 1971133936
• Blair v. Ramsey
  • Citation: 245 So. 2d 285
  • Court: Fla. App.
  • Year: 1971
  • Serial Number: 1971133583
• City of Winter Park v. Presbyterian Homes for Synod of Fla.
  • Citation: 242 So. 2d 733
  • Court: Fla. App.
  • Year: 1970
  • Serial Number: 1970142999
• In re Carpenter's Estate
  • Citation: 239 So. 2d 506
  • Court: Fla. App.
  • Year: 1970
  • Serial Number: 1970142116
• Prescott v. Lovett
  • Citation: 239 So. 2d 606
  • Court: Fla. App.
  • Year: 1970
  • Serial Number: 1970142143
• Daniel v. Florida State Turnpike Authority
  • Citation: 213 So. 2d 585
  • Court: Fla.
  • Year: 1968
  • Serial Number: 1968138680
• Conrad v. Larson
  • Citation: 201 So. 2d 806
  • Court: Fla. App.
  • Year: 1967
  • Serial Number: 1967136516
• Walker v. Moser
  • Citation: 201 So. 2d 609
  • Court: Fla. App.
  • Year: 1967
  • Serial Number: 1967136449
• Ward v. Orange Memorial Hospital Ass'n., Inc.
  • Citation: 193 So. 2d 492
  • Court: Fla. App.
  • Year: 1966
  • Serial Number: 1966138026
• Martin Company v. Carpenter
  • Citation: 132 So. 2d 400
  • Court: Fla.
  • Year: 1961
  • Serial Number: 1961132994
• Moore v. Moore
  • Citation: 113 So. 2d 878
  • Court: Fla. App.
  • Year: 1959
  • Serial Number: 1959129690

Published Works

Articles

• Florida Ethics/Guide for Legal Assistants, The Florida Bar, 1986
  
• The Economic Recovery Act of 1964, Mississippi Law Journal, 1964
  
• Journalistic Articles of Legal Comment, The Orlando Sentinel, Orlando Times, Winter Park Outlook/Observer
  
• Journalistic Articles of Legal Comment, Journal of the Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers, The Florida Bar Journal
  
• Journalistic Articles of Legal Comment, The Bar Leader (an American Bar Association publication)
  
• Journalistic Articles of Legal Comment, The Florida Funeral Director Magazine, The National Funeral Director Magazine
• Journalistic Articles of Legal Comment, The Cremationist

Bar Admissions

• Florida, 1958
• U.S. District Court Middle District of Florida, 1959

Other Affiliations

• Orange County Bar Association, 1968 - 1969 (President)
• The Florida Bar, Board of Governors, 1972 - 1978 (Member)
• The Florida Bar, 1976 - 1978 (President)
• The Florida Supreme Court, Nominating Commission, 1978 - 1982 (Member and Chairman)
• American Bar Association, House of Delegates, 1978 - 1980 (Member)

Fraternities and Sororities

• Pi Kappa Alpha
• Omicron Delta Kappa