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Richard S. Dellinger

Partner

Specialty Practices/ Industries

• General Litigation Practice in All State and Federal Courts
• Arbitration
• Mediation

Education

• University of North Carolina School of Law, J.D., 1999
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, B.A., 1996

Admitted

• The Florida Bar - 1999
• The North Carolina Bar - 2001
• U.S. District Court, Northern District of Florida
• U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida
• U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida

Recognition

• 2006, 2008 "Legal Elite Up & Comer" Florida Trend Magazine

Professional Certification, Memberships and Activities

Professional Associations
American Bar Association
Orange County Bar Association
Federal Bar Association, Orlando Chapter, former President
The Florida Bar
North Carolina Bar Association

Community Activities

Orange County Citizens' Review Board, Former Chairman
Criminal Justice Act Panel Attorney
Multiple marathons, triathons, an Ironman and amateur bicycle races

Publications and Lectures

"Finding Fees Where They Were Lost: Collecting the Uncollectable" to the Southwestern Society of Pediatric Dentistry
"The Effective Use of Evidence" Countdown To Trial Seminar Series
"Discovery Strategy: Finding the Smoking Gun" National Business Institute

Representative Client Experience

• Successfully represented large defense contractor in trade secret litigation against former employee who use trade secrets with competing business.
• Represented, and currently represents, insureds of title companies to cure and resolve various issues relating to real estate, including boundary disputes, access problems, mortgages and liens, easements and other impediments on real estate.
• Represented construction business in lawsuits relating to work completed and sums owed for services provided.
• Represents a national banking institution in various lawsuits including those involving check and deposit issues (UCC Articles 3 and 4), defensive litigation arising from allegations of negligence or intentional torts, and in collection matters arising from operational losses.
• Represented large insurance company in action to levy and sale of purported homestead property in Indiana Lumbermen’s Mutual Insurance Company v. S&C Excavating, Inc., 813 So2d 993, (1st DCA 2002).
• Successfully represented small business in suit against officer and director who wrongfully opened competing business using trade secrets and proprietary information from the small business.
• Represent multiple spouses in dissolution of marriage with disputes over complex contested business valuation matters