TAMPA, Fla. (May 17, 2017) – Statewide law firm Broad and Cassel today announced Tampa Attorney Jason Lambert has been named president of the Clearwater Bar Association’s Young Lawyers Division (YLD).
Lambert steps into the new role after nearly four years in various positions on the board for the YLD. The division advances the profession by offering professional development opportunities for attorneys 36 years of age and younger or in practice five years or less. The board also advises the association on policies and programs of benefit to this target group.
An associate in the firm’s Commercial Litigation Practice Group, Lambert is an experienced civil trial attorney who focuses his practice on representing businesses in commercial and complex litigation, with an emphasis on the construction and real estate industries. He also advises contractors and subcontractors on business and contracting related issues.
A successful entrepreneur, Lambert started law school only after he founded two companies, one of which is still in operation today. The company was designed to help subcontractors navigate and comply with Florida’s construction lien laws.
Lambert is active in a variety of professional organizations, including serving as 6th Circuit Representative for The Florida Bar Young Lawyers Division Board of Governors and a member of the Federal Bar Association – Tampa Bay Chapter. He holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Stetson University in DeLand and earned his juris doctor from Stetson’s College of Law in Gulfport, where he was selected for the Moot Court Board and won numerous awards.
Broad and Cassel established its Tampa office in 1994. The firm’s Tampa attorneys focus their practices primarily in the following areas of law: Commercial Litigation, Creditors’ Rights, Labor and Employment Law, Corporate and Securities, Public/Private Finance, Intellectual Property, and Computer and Technology Law. The office represents major components of regional economic engines, such as transportation authorities, banks, underwriters, insurers, professional employer organizations, manufacturers, and software developers. Broad and Cassel, founded on Jan. 1, 1946, has more than 170 lawyers and 200 support personnel located in 10 offices throughout the state of Florida. The firm has extensive experience in a wide variety of corporate practice areas and industries. For more information, please visit us online at www.broadandcassel.com or on Twitter and Facebook.
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