William R. Scherer

Top Rated Family Law Attorney with 50 years of experience

Commercial Law, Land Use & Zoning, Personal Injury, Class Actions

633 South Federal Highway, Eighth Floor, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301

About William R. Scherer

Practice Areas

Education

Indiana University School of Law, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1973
J.D.
- Honors: magna cum laude
Franklin College, Franklin, Indiana, 1969
B.S.

Languages

Representative Cases

Lori Parrish, Broward County Property Appraiser v. Board of County Commissioners, Broward County, Florida

Classes and Seminars

Speaker, “Miami Vice—Unraveling the $1.2 Billion Rothstein Ponzi Scheme”, C5’s 3rd Forum “Fraud, Asset Tracing and Recovery,” Miami Beach, Florida, 2012 - Present
Speaker, “Masters In Opening Statements and Closing Arguments”, American Board of Trial Advocates and the Fort Lauderdale Chapter of ABOTA, 2011 - Present
Speaker, “Unraveling a Ponzi Scheme”, BankAtlantic Attorney Seminar, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 2010 - Present
Featured Speaker, “The Ponzi in its Aftermath”, Boys and Girls Club of Broward County Men’s Luncheon, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 2010 - Present
William R. Scherer Jr., Directors and Officers Face Liability – Check Your D&O Insurance Now, Smart Business – Broward/Palm Beach, April 2005 at 14
William R. Scherer Jr., Vital Reforms – Why Everyone Needs to Pay Attention to Proposed Medicaid Reforms, Smart Business – Broward/Palm Beach, March 2005, at 24
William R. Scherer, Jr., Medicaid Reform – A Call to Action, South Florida Hospital News, March 2005
William R. Scherer Jr., Editorial, Recommended Reforms Must Pass in Session, South Fla. Sun Sentinel, June 16, 2003, at 21A
William R. Scherer Jr., Sovereign Immunity in Indiana- Requiem 6 Ind. L. Rev. 92 (1972)

Bar Admissions

Other Affiliations

American Board of Trial Advocates, 1989 - Present (Member/Advocate)
Broward Workshop, 2002 - 2012 (Board Member)
Broward County Ethics Commission, 2009 - 2010
City of Fort. Lauderdale Downtown Development Authority (Board Member, 1989 to 1996 and 2003 to 2010)
Franklin College Board of Trustees, 2000 - 2008
Judicial Nominating Commission for the Seventeenth Circuit (Gubernatorial Appointee, 1987 to 1999, 2001 to 2003, 2003 to 2007 (Chair in 2006), 2011 to 2012)
Judicial Nominating Commission for the Fourth District Court of Appeal, 1999 - 2003 (Gubernatorial Appointee)
Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation, 2000 - Present (Interim General Counsel, Gubernatorial Appointee)
Florida Lawyers for Bush, 1998 - 2000 (Statewide Co-Chair)
Florida Lawyers for Bush, 1998 - 2000 (Broward and Palm Beach County Chair)
Federal Bar, Grievance Panel for the Southern District of Florida, 1995 - 1997
Federal Bar Association, Broward County Chapter, 1982 - 1983 (Past President)
United States District Court for the South District of Florida (Former Chief)

Past Positions

North Broward Hospital District, General Counsel, 1988 - 2005
Supreme Court of Indiana, Clerk
United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida, Clerk
City of Miramar, City Attorney, 1997 - 1999
Florida’s Department of Business and Professional Regulation, Interim General Counsel/Special Counsel, 2000 - Present
President George W. Bush, Lead
Indiana Supreme Court, Law Clerk
Honorable Charles Fulton, Law Clerk

Published Works

William R. Scherer Jr., Sovereign Immunity in Indiana- Requiem?, 6 Ind. L. Rev. 92, 1972

William R. Scherer

Phone:: (954) 546-7822
Website:: http://www.conradscherer.com https://www.conradscherer.com/blog/ (Blogs)
Address:: 633 South Federal Highway, Eighth Floor, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301

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