Sherri K. DeWitt was born and raised in Middletown, New York. She was admitted to the Florida Bar in 1982 and has been authorized to practice before the U.S District Court of the Middle District of Florida since 1983 and before the US. Court of Appeals since 1985. She received her B.A. Cum Laude in 1973 and Ph.D. in 1977 from State University of New York at Binghamton. Dr. DeWitt received her J.D Degree from Cornell University in 1982. She was an editor of the Cornell Law Review and is the author of a book and numerous articles.
Education
J.D. Degree: May, 1982, Cornell Law School
Cornell Law Review, Editor
Cornell Institute on Organized Crime, Research Associate
Florida State Law Review,
Visiting Editor, 1981-1982
Ph.D: 1978, State University of New York at Binghamton, Political Science
President, Graduate Student Organization, 1976-1979
B.A. Cum Laude: 1973, State University of New York at Binghamton
Undergraduate Representantive to Political Science Advisory Committee,
1972-1973 Member of University Chorus, Dramatic Actress, University Theatre Productions
Lectures
Speaker: Statutory and Case Law Update, Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers, 1994Speaker: Professional Liability, Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers, 1993
Speaker: Land Use Litigation, Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers, 1992 Annual Convention
Speaker: The Lender's Approach to Bankruptcy
Lecturer: Mortgage Foreclosure Seminars
Lecturer: Central Florida Small Business Administration
Guest Speaker: SUNY Binghamton Alumni Assoc., The Binghamton Club, WSKG-TV
Guest Speaker: Consumer Legal Affairs: Cae and Comment, Legal Considerations in Purchasing a Residence; FM90 Plus Radio
Invited Paper: "Liberal Democracy and the Modern Worker"
Legal and Ethical Considerations in Business, IBM Seminars, White Plains, N.Y.
Publications
The Florida Bar Action Line: Real Property, Probate, and Trust Law Section, March/April 1992, "What Real Property Lawyers Should Know About Bankruptcy."
The Florida Bar Action Line: Real Property, Probate, and Trust Law Section, Sept/Oct 1990, "The Constitutionality of the Legislative Mandate to Server Counterclaims in Mortage Foreclosure Actions."
The Florida Bar Action Line: Real Property, Probate, and Trust Law Section, JanFeb 1990, Legislative Update, "Liens, Loans, and Title Insurance."
Orange County Bar Briefs: April 1991, Co-Author: "Liquidated Damages Provisions Unenforceable: Alternatives."
Handbook for Young Lawyers, Author of Real Property Section
Worker Participation and the Crisis of Liberal Democracy- Westview Press, 1980
"An Evaluation of Reverse Commute Demonstration Projects" National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C.
"Home Builders Association" magazine- miscellaneous articles
Community Service
President, Cornell Alumni Association, 1989-1991; Board Member, 1986 - PresentGreater Orlando Project- 2000, Inc. Arts, Culture and Recreation Task Force
Leadership Orlando
Kinnert Council on Aging - Board Member, 1990-1992
Professional Affiliations
The Florida Bar
Law and Education Committe, 1989-present
Mid-Year Florida Bar Convention Committee, 1990
Real Property and Probate Committee
Orange County Bar Association
Member, Federal and State Trial Practice Committee
Law and Education Committee
Chair, Legal Forum Committee, 1987-1988
Member and Chair, Publication Subcommittee of Real Property and Probate
Florida Association for Women Lawyers
Secretary, 1990-1991
State Representative, 1989-1990
Chair, Mid-Year Meeting, 1990
Bar Directory Committee 1990-1991
Central Florida Association for Women Lawyers
Liason with Orange County Bar, 1987-1988
Treasurer, 1985-1987
Chair, Judicial Reception Committee, 1986
Member, Bar Directory Committee, 1989
Young Lawyers
Handbook for Young Lawyers
Association of Trial Lawyers for America - Member
Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers
Chair- Elect Commercial Litigation Section, 1993-1994
Secretary of Commercial Litigation, 1992-1993
Board Member-1992 - Present
American Arbitration Association - Panel of Arbitrators
Fringe - Board Member
Inns of Court - Member
Orlando Chamber of Commerce - Member
Oviedo Chamber of Commerce - Member