8.4
Excellent
No professional misconduct found.
Overview
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Fees & Payments
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Fees
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Contingent (20%-33%)
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Fixed (Sometimes)
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Free Consultation (60 minutes)
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Hourly ($300-$350/hour)
Payment types
Cash, Check
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About Me
Photos (3)
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References
Client Reviews
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Mike,
2009-11-05
18 days ago.
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Client Review:
Mr Mattson has done an excellent Job for me.
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Sal Gutierrez,
2008-11-06
about 1 year ago.
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Client Review:
Jim has been my land use attorney for many years. I own multiple properties in the Florida Keys, one of the counties in Florida where there is...
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Résumé
Licenses
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30 years
since James Stewart Mattson was first licensed to practice law in DC.
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27 years
since James Stewart Mattson was first licensed to practice law in FL.
We have not found any instances of professional misconduct for this lawyer.
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Work Experience
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| Position |
Duration |
| James S Mattson, PA |
2000–present
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| Managing Partner at Mattson & Tobin |
1987–1999
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| Adjunct Professor at University of Miami School of Law |
1983–1993
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| James S Mattson, PA |
1983–1986
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| Mattson & Pave, PC |
1980–1983
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| Physical Scientist at National Advisory Committee on Oceans & Atmosphere |
1978–1980
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| Physical Scientist at National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration |
1976–1978
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| Assistant Professor of Chemical Oceanography at Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science, University of Miami |
1972–1976
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| Director of Research at Ouachita Industries, Inc. |
1971–1972
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| Post-Doctoral Research Scientist at Gulf General Atomic |
1970–1971
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Education
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| University of Michigan |
Environmental Health Science |
MA - Masters |
1969 |
| University of Michigan |
Chemistry |
BS - Bachelor of Science |
1966 |
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Awards
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| Award Name |
Granting Organization |
Date |
| Who's Who in America, 1996-today |
Marquis Who's Who |
1996 |
| Who's Who in Science & Engineering, 1995-today |
Marquis Who's Who |
1995 |
| Who's Who in the World, 1994-today |
Marquis Who's Who |
1994 |
| Who's Who in the South and Southwest, 1993-today |
Marquis Who's Who |
1993 |
| Who's Who in Emerging Leaders of America |
Marquis Who's Who |
1987 |
| Dept. of Interior "Take Pride in America" Award |
State of Florida Nomination |
1986 |
| Who's Who in American Law, 1985-today |
Marquis Who's Who |
1985 |
| Order of the Coif (top l0% of law school class) |
Order of the Coif, Washington Chapter |
1979 |
| NOAA Unit Citation |
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
1977 |
| Special Achievement Award: Argo Merchant oil spill |
U.S. Department of Commerce |
1977 |
| American Men and Women of Science |
American Men and Women of Science |
1976 |
| FWPCA Fellowship |
Federal Water Pollution Control Administration |
1967 |
| National Merit Scholar |
National Merit Scholarships |
1963 |
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Associations
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American Chemical Society, 1967-today |
1967–present
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American Bar Association, 1975-today |
1975–present
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Bar of the District of Columbia, 1979-today |
1979–present
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Bar of the U.S. District Court, District of Columbia, 1979-today |
1979–present
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Bar of the United States Court of Appeals, D. C. Circuit, 1979-today |
1979–present
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Bar of the Supreme Court of Florida, 1983-today |
1983–present
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Bar of the U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida, 1984-today |
1984–present
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Bar of the United States Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit, 1985-today |
1985–present
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Bar of the United States Court of Federal Claims, 1985-today |
1985–present
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Bar of the United States Supreme Court, 1985-today |
1985–present
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Bar of the United States Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit, 1987-today |
1987–present
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Bar of the United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit, 1990-today |
1990–present
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Court of Federal Claims Bar Association, 1992-today |
1992–present
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Federal Circuit Bar Association, 1992-today |
1992–present
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Portfolio
Avvo Answers
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Avvo Contribution:
Red tagged home, and then demolished.
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Publications
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| Article |
Publication |
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| New Approaches to Compensating the Public for Injuries to Natural Resources |
60 Florida Bar Journal 57-61. |
1986 |
| Natural Resource Damages: Restitution as a Mechanism to Slow Destruction of Florida's Natural Resources |
1 J. Land Use & Environ. Law 295-319. |
1985 |
| Legal Contingency Planning for Oil Spills |
Proc. 1985 Oil Spill Conf. 149-152, API Pub. 4385 |
1985 |
| Chemical Causes of Action: The Burden of Proving Environmental Health Hazards |
3 Temple Environ. Law Technol. J. 13-19 |
1984 |
| The Law and Practice of Assessing Damages to Natural Resources |
Proc. 1983 Oil Spill Conference 559-563, API Pub. 4356 |
1983 |
| Water Quality Measurement: The Modern Analytical Techniques |
Marcel Dekker, New York., 485 pp. |
1981 |
| Compensating States and the Federal Government for Damages to Natural Resources Resulting from Oil Spills |
5 Coastal Zone Management J. 307-332 |
1979 |
| Activated Carbon: Surface Chemistry and Adsorption from Solution |
Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York, 248 pp. |
1971 |
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Cases
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- Title:
- Florida DEP v West, et al
- Practice Area:
- Land Use / Zoning
- Outcome:
- Landowners won approx. $7 million
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Eminent domain case with "compensation blight" feature. Property's "highest and best use" is that prior to the date the State made apparent its...
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Speaking Engagements
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| Speaking Engagement Name |
Conference |
Date |
| Legal Contingency Planning for Oil Spills |
1985 Oil Spill Conference |
1985 |
| The Law and Practice of Assessing Damages to Natural Resources |
1983 Oil Spill Conference |
1983 |
| Chronology of Events and Oil Slicks from the Argo Merchant, |
In the Wake of the Argo Merchant |
1978 |
| Statistical Considerations of Oil Identification by Infrared Spectroscopy |
Workshop on Pattern Recognition Applied to Oil Identification |
1977 |
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