Blake H Gaylord

Mr. Gaylord was born and raised in Tampa, Florida where he remaineduntil his admission to the United States Merchant Marine Academy inKings Point, NY. While at the Academy, he spent a year at sea as aseaman's apprentice delivering commercial cargo to ports in Belgium,England, France, Germany, Holland, Israel, Malta, Mexico, Spain andTunisia. After his time at sea, Mr. Gaylord was licensed as a ThirdMate for Vessels of Unlimited Tonnage and an Advanced MarineFirefighter. Upon graduation from the Academy, he served for five yearsas an officer in the United States Army as a Platoon Leader of anamphibious watercraft platoon, the operations and planning officer of awaterborne battalion and as an executive officer for a contingencycontracting detachment . This time included service with the CoalitionForces Land Component Command in Kuwait and Afghanistan during theGlobal War on Terror. He is married to Haven Davis Gaylord and togetherthey enjoy freediving, spearfishing, running, biking and participatingin triathlons.

While at Stetson University, Mr. Gaylord, achieved multiple honorsincluding being recognized as one of three Outstanding Graduates in theFall of 2007 and was the recipient of the Fall 2007 Attorneys' TitleInsurance Fund Award for outstanding performance and interest in thefields of property, real estate and land use planning. He was alsomember of the winning teams for both the ATLA/Yerrid Law Group TrialCompetition and the Stetson College of Law Advanced Trial . Gaylord has written articles regarding eminent domain which include"Eminent Domain Issues Raise Need for Condemnation Clauses," Tampa Bay Business Journal (2007) and "Condemnation Clauses for Landlords and Tenants: An Ounce of Prevention is Worth a Pound of Cure," Petrogram: News for Florida's Petroleum and Convenience Store Industry (Winter 2007).