Current Employment Position(s)

Managing Partner

Lawyer Overview

Barry Zisser is a 1962 Graduate of University of Florida Law School. He began practice as an associate with a firm in Jacksonville from January 1963 through 1965. In 1965 he became Assistant Public Defendant under Ed Austin. He later became Chief Assistant Public Defender 1968 - 1970, then a part time position, while continuing in the private practice of civil law after establishing his own law firm.

In 1970, Barry managed the campaign of Public Defender Ed Austin for State Attorney of the Fourth Judicial Circuit. After the successful election of Mr. Austin, he became Chief Assistant States Attorney, a part time position, while he still maintained his civil law practice with the firm of Zisser, Levy & Brown. Barry thereafter left the part time government trough and was the last part time Assistant State Attorney to leave when the position became full time. He established a law firm that has now become Zisser, Robison, Brown, Nowlis & Maciejewski, P.A., and has continued in the full time private practice of law since 1973.

In addition to his law practice, Barry has served as a lecturer for the University Florida College of Law in the field of family law. He was a participant for several years in the family law practicum at the University of Florida College of Law.

Since 1978, Barry has specialized in the field of family law with a major emphasis on domestic relations cases. Despite his tremendous family law caseload, Barry still on occasion handles criminal and civil cases.

Barry was elected by his peers to be a MASTER of the Florida Family Law Inn in of Court, and was elected as Vice President Emeritus of the Inn. In addition, he was honored by the Inn as the 2005 recipient  of the prestigious, Rudy Hernandez, Florida Family Law American Inn of Court Advocacy Award for the year 2005, presented to him as the outstanding family law attorney of that year.

Barry is admitted to practice before the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida, United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi, United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit, and the United States Supreme Court. He is a Master in the Florida Family Law American Inns of Court. He has a B.S. degree from Brooklyn College and his J.D. degree from the University of Florida College of Law.

Areas of Practice

• Divorce
• Family Law

West Practice Categories

Family Law, Alimony & Spousal Support, Divorce, Prenuptial Agreements

Bar Admissions

• Florida, 1962
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Florida, 1963
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Florida, 1963
• U.S. District Court Middle District of Florida, 1963
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Mississippi
• U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit, 1963
• U.S. Supreme Court

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Jacksonville Bar Association (Member)
• Jacksonville Bar Association, 1968 - 1971 (Chairman, Lawyer Reference Service Committee)
• The Florida Bar (Member)
• Consolidated City of Jacksonville, 1970 - 1971 (Member, Civil Service Board)
• Jewish Community Alliance (Past member, Board of Directors,)
• Jacksonville Jewish Federation (Member of Board of Directors)
• Beth Shalom Congregation (Member of Board of Directors)
• Beth Shalom Congregation (Member of Board of Trustees)

Honors and Awards

• Phi Alpha Delta - President
• Florida Family Law American Inns of Court Advocacy Award, 2005
• Recipient of Prestigious Man of the Year Award - Beth Shalom Congregation

Past Employment Positions

• Duval County Legislative Delegation to the Florida House of Representatives, Legal Counsel, 1965
• Office of the Public Defender, 4th Judicial Circuit of Florida, Chief Trial Attorney, 1965 - 1968
• 4th Judicial Circuit of Florida, First Assistant State Attorney, 1969 - 1970

Education

• University of Florida College of Law, Gainesville, Florida, 1967
  J.D., Replaced LL.B. Conferred, 1962
• Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, Brooklyn, NY
  B.S.

Address

Suite 3306
1 Independent Dr.
Jacksonville, FL 32202-5027

Phones

(904) 353-3222

Faxes

(904) 353-8808

Emails

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Websites

http://www.zisser.net