Mr. O'Malley graduated with high honors from the University of Kentucky and received his law degree from Duke University, where he was a member of the Editorial Board of the Duke Law Journal. He has lectured at ABA and Florida Bar seminars on such topics as:

• Land trusts
• commercial leases
• boundary law
• foreign investment in U.S. real estate
• basic real estate transactions
• advanced real estate law
• ethical considerations in real estate transactions

He is the past-President of The Florida Bar Foundation, a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation, a member of the Executive Committee of the Executive Council of the Florida Bar Real Property Probate and Trust Section, the recipient of its 2008 Lifetime Professionalism Award and 2009 Service Award, has chaired the land trust committees of The Florida Bar and the American Bar Association and is currently vice-chair of the Partnerships and LLCs committee of the Americian Bar Association. He was elected to the American College of Real Estate Lawyers and has been selected for inclusion in both Florida Super Lawyers magazine and Florida Trend magazine's "Legal Elite".

PUBLICATIONS & SPEECHES

• Leasing Commercial Real Estate  (1986, 1987 Northwest Center for Professional Education)
• Broker/Realtor Liability (1987, Hillsborough County Bar Association CLE)
• Commercial Real Estate Leasing in Florida (1988 National Business Institute)
• Basic Securities Regulations (1988 Hampton Seminars)
• Basic Real Estate (1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997 Young Lawyers Section, The Florida Bar)
• Land Trusts (1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004) (Real Property Probate and Trust Section, The Florida Bar)
• Advanced Real Estate Law in Florida (1993 National Business Institute)
• Real Estate Certification Review Course; (1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005) Real Property Probate and Trust Section, The Florida Bar)
• Florida Real Estate Titles and Title Insurance Seminar (1996 Half Moon Seminars)
• Boundary Law (1996 National Business Institute)
• The Essentials of Office and Retail Leases in Florida (1998, 2000 National Business Institute)
• Foreign Investment in U.S. Real Estate (1998 International Law Section, The Florida Bar)
• Co-Author The Depository Institutions Deregulation and Monetary Control Act, 1982 Banking Law Journal
• Co-Author Construction Liens in Florida, 1992 Construction Publications, Inc.
• Co-Author Using Land Trusts to Preserve Small Farmer Land Loss, Fall 2009 Americian Bar association Real Property Trust and Estate Journal.

 

DISTINCTIONS, APPOINTMENTS AND MEMBERSHIPS

• AV Rating by Martindale-Hubbell; listed in Florida Super Lawyers and Florida Trend Legal Elite
• American Bar Associations (Member: Real Property, Probate and Trust Section)
• Member, American College of Real Estate Lawyers
• The Florida Bar
  • Chairman, Grievance Committee 13D, 1988-1989
  • Member, Real Property, Probate and Trust Section of the Florida Bar
  • Member, Executive Council, 1995 to present
  • Chair – Pro Bono Committee 2004-2007
• The Florida Bar Foundation
• Member: Board of Directors, 1994 to 2004
• President, 2003-2004
• Trustee, 2004 to 2009
• President’s Award for Excellence (2001)
• Hillsborough County Bar Foundation (Trustee, 2004-2007)
• Hillsborough County Bar Association
• Treasurer, 1988-1989
• Board of Directors, 1990-1992
• Recipient: Jimmy Kynes Pro Bono Service Award by the Hillsborough County Bar Association, 1991
• Recipient: James M. "Red" McEwen Memorial Award by the Hillsborough County Bar Association, 1983
• Bay Area Legal Services, Inc.
• President 1989 and 1991
• Board of Directors, 2004 to present)

ADMITTED TO PRACTICE

• Florida Bar
• Middle District of Florida

EDUCATION

• Duke University J.D., 1978
• University of Kentucky B.A., 1975

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