Name: F. Scott Westheimer
Item: F. Scott Westheimer
Author: swestheimer

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F. Scott Westheimer joined Syprett Meshad, P. A., as an associate in 1996. He became a partner in 2000, and has been a managing partner since 2002.

Mr. Westheimer has an "AV" rating by Martindale Hubbell, which means that he has been deemed to have very high professional ethics and preeminent legal ability. In 2010 and 2011, he was named a Florida Super Lawyers "Rising Star." For 2012 through 2014 and again in 2017 and 2020, he was recognized as among Florida’s "Legal Elite" by Florida Trend magazine. Less than 2% of lawyers in Florida were named to the 2020 list. Those name to the “Legal Elite” list are selected by their peers who are invited to name those attorneys for whom they have the highest regard or whom they would recommend to other. In 2017, he was named to the Lawyers of Distinction recognizing the top 10% of attorneys in the United States and to the 10 Best Attorneys by the American Institute of Personal Injury Attorneys. In 2017 he was also named to The National Trial Lawyers Top 100 Civil Plaintiff attorneys which recognizes the premier trial lawyers from across the country who exemplify superior qualifications.

In 2017, Mr. Westheimer was re-elected to a third two-year term on the Florida Bar Board of Governors, Twelfth Circuit Representative, Seat One, representing over 1,800 attorneys in Sarasota, DeSoto and Manatee counties. Mr. Westheimer currently served as the Chairman of the Communications Committee (for 2017-2018 and 2018-2019) and served on the Executive Committee, Program Evaluation Committee, Technology Committee, and Strategic Planning Committee. Mr. Westheimer has received two President’s Awards of Merit in 2017 and 2019 and received another President’s Award in 2021.

Mr. Westheimer’s practice involves primarily the representation of plaintiffs in personal injury matters and various aspects of commercial litigation. He has handled cases involving complex personal injury, motorcycle and automobile accidents with severe injuries, premises liability matters, product liability litigation, and commercial litigation. He is admitted to practice in the U. S. District Court, Middle District of Florida, U.S. District Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit, and Florida state Courts.

Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Mr. Westheimer was raised primarily in Sarasota and graduated from Riverview High School in 1989. He took a Bachelor of Arts degree in History, with high honors, from the University of Florida in 1993, and in 1996, received his Juris Doctorate, with high honors, from the University of Florida Levin College of Law. While at the College of Law, he had the distinction of graduating as a member of the Order of the Coif. He was a Teaching Assistant in Appellate Advocacy and Legal Research and Writing, and participated in the International Law Program at Leiden University in the Netherlands in the Spring of 1996.

He is a member of the Florida Bar, the Sarasota County Bar Association, the Florida Justice Association and the American Association for Justice. He is a Past President of the Sarasota County Bar Association (2010-2011), a Past President of the Sarasota County Bar Association Young Lawyers Division, a member (and former chair) of the Sarasota County Bar Association Diversity Committee, and served on the Florida Bar Young Lawyers Division Board of Governors from 2004 to 2013.

Mr. Westheimer is an active volunteer in his community, working with various charitable organizations over the years. He served on the Board of Directors of the Humane Society of Sarasota County, a volunteer position, from 2009 through 2016; he also currently serves on the University of Florida Levin College of Law Alumni Council Board of Directors and served on the Doctors Hospital of Sarasota Board of Trustees.

Mr. Westheimer has the published appellate decisions of In Re: Estate of Angelica Gabrielle Salathe v. Salathe, 703 So.2d 1167 (Fla. 2d DCA 1997); Mezroub v. Capella, 702 So.2d 562 (Fla. 2d DCA 1997); Wanner v. State, 746 So.2d 478 (Fla. 2d DCA 1999); and, Barrington v. Gryphon Investments, Inc. d/b/a RE/Max Excellence, 32 So.2d 668 (Fla. 2d DCA 2010).

Mr. Westheimer’s e-mail address is swestheimer@smrl.com.

Practice Areas:

- Civil Trial Practice

- Commercial Law

- Plaintiff's Personal Injury Law

Practice Areas:

Civil Trial Practice; Commercial Law; Plaintiff's Personal Injury Law

Admitted:

University of Florida, J.D., with high honors, 1996

Law School:

University of Florida, J.D., with high honors, 1996

University:

University of Florida, B.A., History, with high honors, 1993

Memberships:

Sarasota County Bar Association (President, 2010-2011; President, Young Lawyers Division, 2003-2004; Current Member and Past Chair, Diversity Committee); The Florida Bar (Board of Governors, Young Lawyers Division, 2004-2013; Florida Justice Association; The American Association for Justice; The Florida Bar Board of Governors, 2013-present); Broward County Bar Association; Clearwater Bar Association; Cuban American Bar Association; Miami Dade Bar Association; Hillsborough County Bar Association; Jacksonville Bar Association; Orange County Bar Association; Palm Beach County Bar Association; Fred G. Minnis, Sr. Bar Association; St. Petersburg Bar Association; FAWL, Central Florida, Hillsborough County, Jacksonville, Manatee, Miami-Dade, Palm Beach County, Pinellas, and Sarasota County Chapters; Miami-Dade Trial Lawyers Association; Broward County Trial Lawyers Association; Palm Beach County Justice Association

ISLN:

911262115

Biography:

Florida Bar Board of Governors, Twelfth Circuit Representative, Seat One (2013-present); Florida Trend Legal Elite: 2012-2014 & 2017; Florida Super Lawyers Rising Star: 2010, 2011; Florida Lawyers of Distinction 2017; The National Trial Lawyers Top 100 Civil Plaintiff 2017; American Institute of Personal Injury Attorneys 10 Best 2017; Order of the Coif; Florida Bar President’s Award of Merit winner 2017 & 2019; Florida Bar President’s Award 2021.

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Practice Areas:

- Civil Trial Practice

- Commercial Law

- Plaintiff's Personal Injury Law

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