Lawyer Overview

Daniel W. Uhlfelder is a second generation Florida native raised in Tallahassee, Florida who attended Leon County's public schools. He has a general practice law firm located on Scenic Highway 30-A in Walton County, Florida. He is also the Founder and Managing Member of A Preferred Title, LLC, a title company located in Santa Rosa Beach, Florida.

Mr. Uhlfelder graduated from Stanford University in two and half years with a B.A. in History in 1993. After graduating from Stanford, Mr. Uhlfelder attended the University of Florida College of Law and the Georgetown University Law Center as visiting law student. Mr. Uhlfelder received his J.D. from the University of Florida College of Law in 1996.

While in law school and as an undergraduate, Mr. Uhlfelder served a law clerk, summer associate and staff aide in the White House, the United States Attorney General, the United States Senate, the United States House of Representatives, and at various law firms in Florida and Washington, D.C. including Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Hopping, Green & Sams, P.A., Robert Augustus Law Firm, P.A.

After graduating from law school, Mr. Uhlfelder served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Donald M. Middlebrooks, United States District Court Judge for the Southern District of Florida in Miami, Florida. After completing his judicial clerkship with Judge Middlebrooks, Mr. Uhlfelder spent two years as a trial attorney with a top trial law firm, Colson, Hicks, Eidson in Miami. Mr. Uhlfelder handled products liability, personal injury, commercial, and criminal matters while working at Colson, Hicks, Eidson.

Mr. Uhlfelder moved to Northwest Florida in 2001. Mr. Uhlfelder handles a wide variety of legal matters for business and individuals in Northwest Florida. His practice focuses primarily in the areas of civil and commercial litigation, construction litigation, employment and civil rights litigation, real estate, personal injury, and criminal law.

He is also a member, agent for the Attorneys' Title Insurance Fund and The First American Corporation. He is the first non-minority member of the Okaloosa County Branch of the NAACP serving as Chair of the Legal Redress Committee. He was recently awarded the NAACP's Foot Soldier in the Sand Award by the NAACP for his work in the area of civil rights.

Mr. Uhlfelder is actively involved in his community serving as attorney for the Catherine Cole Taylor Center for the Arts, member of the Sandestin Lions' Club, and other local organizations.

Mr. Uhlfelder is admitted to practice before all federal courts in the State of Florida and the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals. He has appeared in federal and state courts throughout the state of Florida.

Mr. Uhlfelder is married to Michelle Uhlfelder and they have one child together.

Areas of Practice

• Business Law and Real Estate
• Commercial and Complex Civil Litigation
• Construction Law
• Criminal Law
• Employment and Civil Rights Litigation
• Environmental and Land Use
• Mortgage Law
• Personal Injury

West Practice Categories

Business & Commercial Law, Civil Rights, Construction Law, Criminal Law, Employment Law -- Employee, Employment Law -- Employer, Environmental Law, Litigation & Appeals, Personal Injury -- Defense, Personal Injury -- Plaintiff, Real Estate Law, Land Use & Zoning, Mortgages & Foreclosures

Bar Admissions

• Florida
• U.S. District Court Middle District of Florida
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Florida
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Florida
• Southern District of Florida Trial Bar
• U.S. Bankruptcy Court Middle District of Florida
• U.S. Bankruptcy Court Northern District of Florida
• U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Member)
• The Dade County Trial Lawyers' Association (Member)
• The Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers (Member)
• Attorneys' Title Insurance Fund (Member)
• The First American Corporation (Member)

Honors and Awards

• NAACP's Foot Soldier in the Sand Award by the NAACP

Pro Bono Activities

• Attorney for the Catherine Cole Taylor Center for the Arts
• Member of the Sandestin Lions' Club

Past Employment Positions

• Hon. Donald Middlebrooks, United States District Court, Southern District of Florida, Judicial Law Clerk
• Trail Attorney, Colson, Hicks, Eidson

Education

• University of Florida College of Law, Gainesville, Florida, 1996
  J.D.
• Stanford University, Stanford, California, 1993
  B.A.
  Major: History

Address

124 East County Rd. 30-A
Grayton Beach, FL 32459

Phones

(850) 502-2165
(888) 684-6188

Faxes

(850) 534-0985

Emails

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Websites

http://www.dwulaw.com