Bar Admissions:
Florida, 1988
U.S. District Court Southern District of Florida, 1989
U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit, 1992
Education:
University of Pennsylvania Law School, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1988
J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence
Honors: Summa Cum Laude
Honors: Valedictorian
Honors: Order of the Coif
Honors: George Shechtman Prize (Contracts)
Honors: G. Newton Greene Memorial Prize (Torts)
Honors: Fred G. Leebron Award (Constitutional Law)
Honors: Peter McCall Prize (Highest Grades for Entire Course)
Honors: Oscar Milton Davis Prize (Highest Grades In Third Year)
Law Review: University of Pennsylvania Law Review, Associate and Special Projects Editor, 1987 - 1988
Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1985
B.S.E., Bachelor of Science in Economics
Honors: Summa Cum Laude
Published Works:
The New Offer of Judgment Rule in Florida: What Does One Do Now? (Co-Author with B. Berman), The Florida Bar Journal - Page 38, January, 1990
A New Category of Free Exercise Claims: Protection for Individuals Objecting to Governmental Actions that Impede Their Religions, 135 U. Pa. L. Rev. 1557, 1987
Representative Cases:
Alford v. City of Hallandale Beach, 2008 WL 2513859 (Fla.App. 4 Dist., June 25 2008)
Jeffrey O. v. City of Boca Raton, 511 F.Supp.2d 1339, 34 NDLR P 100 (S.D.Fla., February 26, 2007)
City of Hollywood v. Diamond Parking, Inc., 950 So.2d 472, 32 Fla. L. Weekly D511 (Fla.App. 4 Dist., February 21, 2007)
Jeffrey O. v. City of Boca Raton, 511 F. Supp.2d 1328 (S.D.Fla., January 17 2007)
Fernander v. Bonis, 947 So.2d 584, 32 Fla. L. Weekly D154 (Fla.App. 4 Dist., January 3 2007)
Pharmcore, Inc. v. City of Hallandale Beach, 946 So.2d 550, 31 Fla. L. Weekly D2671 (Fla.App. 4 Dist., October 25 2006)
Medianet of South Florida, Inc. v. City of Miramar, 144 Fed.Appx. 856, 2005 WL 2402749 (C.A. 11 (Fla), September 29 2005)
Guess v. City of Miramar, 889 So.2d 840, 22 IER Cases 216, 29 Fla. L. Weekly (Fla.App. 4 Dist., November 17 2004)
GLA and Associates, Inc. v. City of Boca Raton, 855 So.2d 278, 28 Fla. L. Weekly D2318 (Fla.App 4 Dist., October 08 2003)
Sun Cruz Casinos, L.L.C. v. City of Hollywood, Fla., 844 So.2d 681, 28 Fla. L. Weekly D1011 (Fla.App. 4 Dist., April 23 2003)
Florida Outdoor Advertising, LLC v. City of Boca Raton, Florida, 266 F.Supp.2d 1376 (S.D.Fla., January 14 2003)
City of Boca Raton v. Boca Raton Airport Authority, 768 So.2d 1191, 25 Fla. L. Weekly D2274 (Fla.App. 4 Dist., September 20 2000)
Leonardi v. City of Hollywood, 715 So.2d 1007 (Fla.App. 4 Dist., July 15, 1998)
PDA Realty, Inc. v. City of Hollywood, 663 So.2d 11, 20 Fla. L. Weekly D2601 (Fla.App. 4 Dist., November 29 1995)
Lewis v. S & T Anchorage, Inc., 616 So.2d 478, 18 Fla. L. Weekly D563 (Fla.App. 3 Dist., February 23 1993)
S & T Anchorage, Inc. v. Lewis, 575 So.2d 696, 16 Fla. L. Weekly 388 (Fla.App. 3 Dist., February 05, 1991)
U.S.P. Products, Inc. v. Brown, 557 So.2d 111 (Fla.App. 3 Dist., February 06, 1990)
Honors and Awards:
“Florida Super Lawyers,” Law & Politics, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
“Top Lawyer,” South Florida Legal Guide, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
“Legal Impact Leader,” South Florida Business Leader, 2008
“Key Partners Award: Litigation,” South Florida Business Journal, 2008
“Florida Legal Elite,” Florida Trend, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
“Most Effective Lawyer: Public Interest,” Daily Business Review, 2007
“Best of the Bar,” South Florida Business Journal, 2004
“Up and Comer,” South Florida Legal Guide, 2004
Professional Associations and Memberships:
Cooperative Feeding Program Director (2000 - Present); President (2006)
Hollywood Housing Authority Commissioner (1992 - 1994)
Hollywood Chamber of Commerce Director (1998 - 2002)
Broward County Bar Association - Governmental Law Section
Member
Past Employment Positions:
City of Hollywood, City Attorney, 1994 - 1999
Jamie A. Cole
Member
Broward Office (954) 763-4242
Dade Office (305) 854-0800jcole@wsh-law.com
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Mr. Cole is a Member of the Firm and serves as its Managing Director. He is also a senior member of the Litigation Division. He represents both private and public clients in all areas of the law with an emphasis on complex litigation and governmental matters. Mr. Cole is also an accomplished appellate attorney, appearing before the Second, Third and Fourth District Courts of Appeals. A native South Floridian, Mr. Cole was the valedictorian of his Ivy League law school class.
Mr. Cole currently serves as the City Attorney for the cities of Weston and Miramar, the two fastest growing municipalities in Broward County, and serves as special litigation counsel for numerous municipalities in Palm Beach and Broward Counties. Mr. Cole has presided over more than 1000 City Commission meetings and has spoken at numerous local government law seminars (on subjects ranging the full gamut of local government law, including ethics, property tax, government finance and charter review). Mr. Cole has published and spoken on various topics, including property tax, the free exercise of religion, the Offer of Judgment Rule, government ethics, city charters, mortgage foreclosures and municipal law.
Mr. Cole has won numerous awards, including the Daily Business Review’s “Most Effective Lawyer - Public Interest” (2007) for his work in having a misleading ballot question regarding property tax stricken from Florida’s January 29, 2008 ballot; South Florida Business Journal’s Best of the Bar designation (2004) and Key Partner: Litigation Award (2008); South Florida Legal Guide’s “Up and Comer” (2004) and “Top Lawyer” (2005, 2006, 2007 & 2008); Florida Trends’s “Florida Legal Elite” (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 & 2008); and Florida Super Lawyers (2007, 2008 & 2009).
