Bruce Alexander Minnick

If 42+ years of legal experience matters to you or to your small business, you should contact Bruce Alexander Minnick. Mr. Minnick has enjoyed a variety of professional legal and commercial banking positions which combine to make him uniquely qualified to handle all your legal needs:

Private Legal Practice Experience:
+Partner, Mang, Rett & Minnick, PA, Tallahassee
++Founding Director, Bruce A. Minnick, PA, Tallahassee
+++Managing Partner, The Minnick Law Firm. Tallahassee

Florida Banking Experience
+Florida Commercial Bank Operations Officer, Miami,
++ Senior VP & General Counsel, Florida Credit Union League, Tallahassee
+++Senior VP & general Counsel, FCUL Service Corporation, Inc., Tallahassee
+++General Counsel to several Florida Credit Unions and small banks in Florida

Florida Government Experience:
+ House Rules Committee Staff Director, Florida House of Representatives, Tallahassee
++Assistant Attorney General, Florida Department of Legal Affairs, Tallahassee
+++Chief Advocate, Florida Commission on Ethics, Tallahassee

Wartime Military Experience:
+Wartime Veteran (Vietnam era)
++United States Army Field Artillery Officer
+++Artillery Firing Battery Commander
++++Artillery Battalion Adjutant (S-1)
+++++Infantry Brigade Assistant Adjutant (G-1).

• Business Law
• Stockbroker & Investment Fraud
• White Collar Crime
• Employment Law
• Elder Law
• Estate Planning
• Probate
• Collections
• Civil Rights
• Landlord Tenant
• Social Security Disability
• Real Estate Law
• Gov & Administrative Law

• Commercial Banking Law
• Small Business General Counsel

• Credit Cards Accepted
  We use LawPay to send out our bills and requests for payment. LawPay accepts payments made through all major credit and debit cards.
• Contingent Fees
  Each Client must agree and pay a reasonable minimum non-refundable retainer plus estimated legal costs & related expenses before contingency fee agreement will be discussed or accepted. The minimum percentage collected on contingency litigation is 25%; and the maximum is 33.3%.
• Rates, Retainers and Additional Information
  Fees for non-contingent representation and legal work vary between $125 and $395 per hour. Minimum non-refundable initial retainer required. Minimum retainers are applied against first billing. Written attorney-client relationship agreement is required for all representation.

Florida

Since 1978

11th Circuit

Since 1982

U.S. Supreme Court

Since 1979

Managing Shareholder

Minnick Law Firm

1995 - Current

In November 1995 I established The Minnick Law Firm and was the managing partner 15 years.

Senior Assistant General Counsel

Florida Department of Financial Services

2012 - 2014

Conducted administrative hearings; drafted final agency orders; litigated DOAH administrative proceedings; advised senior agency leaders on all issues and matters requested.

Senior Assistant General Counsel

Florida Department of Children & Familes

2010 - 2011

Advised senior agency leadership and other staff lawyers on all matters requested.

Named Partner/Shareholder

Mang, Rett & Minnick P.A.

1987 - 1995

In 1987 I joined a small Tallahassee law firm as a partner; in 1989 I became a named partner.

Assistant Attorney General

Florida Department of Legal Affairs

1981 - 1986

Beginning in March 1981 I served in dual appointed capacities as Chief of the Labor & Employment Law Litigation Branch, Attorney General's Office, and as Chief Advocate for the Florida Commission on Ethics.

Vice President & General Counsel

Florida Credit Union League, Inc.

1978 - 1980

In 1978 I combined my commercial banking experience with my legal training and legislative experience as the vice president and general counsel for Florida's credit union trade association.

Staff Director, Committee on Rules & Calendar

Florida House of Representatives

1975 - 1978

I was appointed by Speaker Donald L. Tucker and served as staff director of the House Committee on Rules & Calendar in the Florida House of Representatives while attending Florida State University College of Law.

Assistant Vice President & Assistant Comptroller

Pan American Bank of Miami

1972 - 1974

Following graduation from the FSU College of Business in 1971, I was an operations officer for a commercial bank in downtown Miami, Florida. I resigned in August 1974 to begin attending law school at Florida State University.

First Lieutenant, Field Artillery Branch

United States Army

1966 - 1969

I volunteered for the draft in August 1966, attended Artillery Officer Candidate School at Ft. Sill Oklahoma, and was commissioned as an officer in the Field Artilley in September 1967. I resigned from the Army to return to college and raise a family.

Florida State University College of Law

J.D. (1977) | Commercial, consumer and employment law

1974 - 1977

Activities: Phi Alpha Delta Legal Fraternity; Gold Key; Student Body Comptroller

Florida State University College of Law

B.S. (1969) | Finance (Honors)

1970 - 1971

Honors: Beta Gamma Sigma National Business Honorary FSU Business Honors Progarm Gold Key Honorary Fraternity

Forty year membership certificate

American Bar Association

2018

Thirty year membership certificate

American Bar Association

2008

Tallahassee Bar Association

1987 - Current

Federal Bar Association

1987 - Current

Common Cents

Florida Credit Union League

January 2, 1983

Common Cents

Florida Credit Union League

January 2, 1982

Learn How to Respond To Personal Threats in the Workplace , Quarterly Pro Bono Legal Advice Conference , Provenza Apartments Club House

June 18, 2017

Open forum Pro Bono Conference

Learn How to Respond To Repeated Collection Threats , Quarterly Pro Bono Legal Advice Conference , Provenza Apartments Club House

March 18, 2017

The Minnick Law Firm

Quarterly Pro Bono Legal Conference Saturday March 18, 2017, 1:00 pm to 4:30 pm.

Legal Advice All Employees in Florida Need to Know , Provenza Apartments Club House

December 17, 2016

Minnick Law Firm

Quarterly General Legal Conference held Saturday September 17, 2016, 9:00 am to noon. .

General Legal Advice All Tenants Should Know , Provenza Apartments Club House

September 17, 2016

Quarterly General Legal Conference held Saturday September 17, 2016.

General Legal Advice All Renters Should Know , Provenza Apartments Club House

June 18, 2016

Quarterly Open Forum starting on Saturday June 19, 2016, 1:30 pm to 4:30 pm

Certified as an expert in Labor & Employment Law from 2003 until 2008.

The Florida Bar

Independent Financial Counsultant

IFC

Q. Is it ok for a child of school age to sleep in the same room as a mother and an adult who is not the father?

1 August 2020

A: This is not a legal question. It is a very important personal question the answer to which may come back to haunt you later. Having been there, in my personal opinion the parents of small children should not do what you a considering because it sends the wrong message to small children: That it is OK to do it.

Q. Turned off my fridge when I left the apartment, causing it to smell and the landlord replaced it without my knowing.

31 July 2020

A: Short answer: Yes--because it is 100% your fault, and not the landlord's fault. Expecting the landlord to clean out your smelly fridge for you, and then just leave it there to keep stinking up the entire apartment is a bridge too far. On the plus side, since the landlord (probably) has your security deposit the difference between it and the cost of the new fridge should not break you. And finally, be glad for the "free" education you have just acquired.

Q. I worked for a real estate company that contracted with bank owned property management companies to inspect properties.

31 July 2020

A: It is very difficult for me (or any other experienced banking lawyer) to understand how any of this silly unimportant stuff could possibly amount to "bank fraud." If the bank's contracted property management company is claiming that you did not actually go to each property and did not shake the doors, rattle the windows, kick the tires, take enough pictures, or whatever, and are saying that you submitted "fraudulent" visitation reports, they are sadly mistaken about that (stupid) behavior being "bank fraud." So try to relax; you are not going to be arrested and go to jail. IMO, the worst thing that can possibly happen to you is that your employer could cancel your contract of fire you, whatever.