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Jerome M. Novey

Mr. Novey is a 1970 graduate of the Florida State University College of Law. His practice is limited to complex family law matters throughout north Florida. Since 1984, he has been listed in Martindale-Hubbell’s Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers. In 1985, he qualified as a Florida Bar Board Certified Marital and Family Lawyer. Since 1986, he has been a Fellow in the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. Since 1993, he has been one of a small group listed in The Best Lawyers in America. In 2013, he became a Fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers.

Jerome M. Novey

Professional Associations:

  • Fellow – American College of Trial Lawyers
  • Fellow – American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers
  • American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers – President, Florida Chapter, 1999-2000
  • American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers – Chair, 18th Annual Institute, 1996
  • American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers – Certified Arbitrator
  • The Florida Bar – Past Member of the Executive Council, Family Law Section
  • Tallahassee Bar Association – President, 1984
  • William H. Stafford American Inn of Court
  • Family Law Commentator – Editor, 1988

Recognitions:

  • Rated AV Preeminent by Martindale-Hubbell’s, 1984-2016
  • The Best Lawyers® in America, 1993-2016 (Family Lawyer of the Year 2009)
  • Super Lawyers®, 2006-2016
  • Florida Legal Elite®, 2008-2016
  • The Best Lawyers® in America “Lawyer of the Year,” 2018

Education:

  • Florida State University, J.D. 1970
  • Florida State University, B.A. 1967

Bar Admissions:

  • Florida Bar Association 1970
  • U.S. District Court (N. District, FL) 1972
  • U.S. Court App. (11th Circuit) 1972
  • U.S. Supreme Court 1980

CLE Presentations:

  • Daubert Challenges (Florida AAML Institute), 2015
  • Trying the Complex Financial Case (Florida AAML Institute), 2013
  • Attorneys’ Fee Workshop (Florida AAML Institute), 2010
  • New Parenting Statute (Florida Bar Cert Review), 2010
  • Getting Past a Good Mother and Father, 2008
  • Fault (Florida Bar Cert Review), 2007
  • Mastering the Art of Trying the Alimony Case, 2007
  • Final Judgements – A Lawyers Perspective, 2005
  • Ethics for Dummies (Tallahassee Bar Association), 2005
  • Incomparable Fairness, 2003
  • Superstars Symposium on the 21st Century Family, 2000
  • Professionalism, 2000
  • 1998 Chair, 18th Annual Institute, (Florida Chapter American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers)
  • Art of Negotiations, 1988