JIM HELINGER JR.
Born: Louisville, Kentucky, July 19, 1947.
Practice Areas: Over 45 years experience in Eminent Domain; Condemnation and Inverse Condemnation.
Admitted: 1972, Florida and U. S. District Court Middle District of Florida
Law School: Stetson University College of Law, J.D., 1972
College: Florida State University, B.S., 1969
Member:
- St. Petersburg Bar Association
- The Florida Bar (Member, Eminent Domain Committee)
- Association of Eminent Domain Professionals
- Florida Academy of Professional Mediators, Inc.,
- Life Member of the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum
Biography:
- Phi Delta Phi: “AV” rated by Martindale Hubbell
- Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America; Best Attorneys in Florida
- Tampa Bay’s Top Lawyers
- Florida Super Lawyers and Martindale Hubbell Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers in the Field of Eminent Domain
- Life member of the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum
- Assistant Pinellas County Attorney, 1972-1975
- Chief Assistant Pinellas County Attorney, 1975-1979
- Special Counsel to Florida Department of Transportation 1972-1979
- Supreme Court Certified Circuit Court Mediator
Speaker:
- 1999 CLE International Eminent Domain Conference, “Effective Use of Owner Testimony At Trial”
- 2000 CLE International Eminent Domain Conference,“Making the Owner Whole”
- 2001 CLE International Eminent Domain Conference, “Cross-Examination-Gutting Your Opponent’s Case”
- 2002 CLE International Eminent Domain Conference, “Getting the Most Out of Experts: Yours and Theirs” Association of Eminent Domain Professionals
- 2002, “Managing the Eminent Domain Team”, Association of Eminent Domain Professionals
- 2004: “Getting It Done at Mediation”
- 2005 CLE International Eminent Domain Conference “Maximizing Your Chances for Success at Mediation”
- 2006 CLE International Eminent Domain Conference, “How Popular Television Legal Dramas Impact Juries and Their Expectations At Trial”
- 2007 CLE International Eminent Domain Conference, “Insights for Ensuring Success at Mediation”
- 2007 Hillsborough County Bar Association Eminent Domain CLE Seminar
- 2008 CLE International Eminent Domain Conference, “The Art of Trial Advocacy…When Diplomacy Fails”
- 2011 CLE International Eminent Domain Conference “Practical Aspects of Pleading and Prosecuting the Case”
- 2012 CLE International Eminent Domain Conference “How The Case Was Won"
- 2013 CLE International Eminent Domain Conference “How The Case Was Won, Practice Tips-Part 2”
- 2014 CLE International Eminent Domain Conference “Cross-Examination” “Making the Most of It At Both Deposition and Trial”
- June 2015, CLE The Florida Bar Annual Convention "Supplemental Attorneys' Fees - Atypical Situations"
- October 2015, CLE International Eminent Domain Conference "Successful Litigation Strategies - Alternatives for Both Settlement and Trial" and "A Professional Engineer's View on Florida's Exception to the General Rule of Severance Damages"
- 2016 CLE International Eminent Domain Conference, “Hearings on Orders of Taking"
- 2017 CLE International Eminent Domain Conference, “Recent Topics of Concern in Eminent Domain”
- 2018 Florida Bar Eminent Domain Committee, “Non-Monetary Benefit Attorneys’ Fees”
Jim Helinger Jr. can be reached by email at jim@eminentdomainfla.com
