Chase Freeman

Damon A. Chase

DamonChase@ChaseFreeman.com

Damon Chase is Board Certified in Business Litigation.  Certification is the highest level of evaluation by The Florida Bar of the competency and experience of attorneys in the areas of law approved for certification by the Supreme Court of Florida.

Certified attorneys are the only lawyers allowed to identify or advertise themselves as "Florida Bar Board Certified," experts or specialists.

EDUCATION:

  • Juris Doctorate, University of Florida, College of Law

ADMITTED:

  • Florida Bar
  • United States District Court, Middle District of Florida
  • United States District Court, Northern District of Florida
  • Supreme Court of the United States

CERTIFICATION:

  • Florida Bar Board Certified in Business Litigation

PROFESSIONAL:

  • President-Elect, Seminole County Bar Association
  • Past President, Florida Council of Bar Association Presidents
  • Past President, Seminole County Legal Aid Society
  • Board of Directors, Seminole County Legal Aid Society
  • Past President, Volie A. Williams, Inn of Court
  • Board of Directors, Volie A. Williams, Inn of Court
  • Florida Bar Presidential Appointee, Voluntary Bar Liaison Committee
  • Commissioner, Seminole County Port Authority
  • Member, Private Business Association of Seminole (PBAS)
  • Member, Community Leaders & Elected Officials (CLEO)
  • Member, Seminole County Regional Chamber of Commerce
  • Member, Space Coast Tiger Bay
  • Past Member, Board of Directors, Anthony House

AREAS OF PRACTICE:

  • Business Litigation
  • City, County, and Local Government Law
  • Complex Multi-Party Litigation
  • Eminent Domain
 

EDUCATION:

  • Juris Doctorate, University of Florida, College of Law

ADMITTED:

  • Florida Bar
  • United States District Court, Middle District of Florida
  • United States, 11th Circuit Court of Appeals
  • Supreme Court of the United States

PROFESSIONAL:

  • President, Volie A. Williams, Inn of Court
  • Past President, Seminole County Bar Association
  • Past President, Seminole County Legal Aid Society
  • Commissioner, Seminole County Planning & Zoning Commission
  • Gubernatorial Appointee, East Central Florida Regional Planning Council
  • Board of Directors, Florida Council of Bar Association Presidents
  • Vice-Chair, South Seminole Hospital Women's Health Advisory Board
  • Vice President, Private Business Association of Seminole 
  • Board of Directors, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Orlando
  • Board of Directors, Habitat for Humanity, Seminole County
  • Board of Directors, Early Learning Coalition Seminole County
  • Member, Brevard County Bar Association
  • Member, Seminole County Affordable Housing Advisory Council
  • Advisory Board, Seminole County Transitional Living
  • Member, Space Coast Tiger Bay  
  • Member, Community Leaders and Elected Officials 
  • Member, Sertoma (Service to Mankind) 
  • Former Member, Seminole County Code Enforcement Board
  • Former Member, Seminole County Board of Adjustment

AWARDS:

  • Florida Bar President's Pro Bono Service Award
  • Legal Aid Society's Edward C. Smith Award for Pro Bono Services
  • "Orlando's Finest" Outstanding Professionals, Cystic Fibrosis

AREAS OF PRACTICE:

  • Business Litigation
  • Property Rights
 

Thomas G. Freeman

tomfreeman@chasefreeman.com

EDUCATION:

  • Juris Doctorate, University of Florida, College of Law

ADMITTED:

  • Florida Bar

PROFESSIONAL:

  • Retired Circuit Judge, Eighteenth Judicial Circuit
  • Former Municipal Judge
  • Former Member, Board of Governors of The Florida Bar 
  • Past President, Florida Council of Bar Association Presidents
  • Past President, Seminole County Bar Association
  • Past President, Seminole County Legal Aid Society
  • Board of Directors, Seminole County Bar Association
  • Member Volie A. Williams, Inn of Court
  • Member Brevard County Bar Association
  • Member Space Coast Tiger Bay
  • Member Community Leaders & Elected Officials (CLEO)

AWARDS:

  • Lifetime Achievement Award, Seminole County Bar Association
  • Edward C. Smith Pro Bono Award, Seminole County Legal Aid
  • Florida Bar President's Pro Bono Award

AREAS OF PRACTICE:

  • City, County, and Local Government Law
 

James D. Fuller

JDFuller@ChaseFreeman.com

EDUCATION:

  • Juris Doctorate, University of Miami, College of Law

ADMITTED:

  • Florida Bar
  • United States District Court, Middle District of Florida
  • Virginia Bar

PROFESSIONAL:

  • Retired Navy Pilot
  • Member, Seminole County Bar Association
  • Member, Volie A. Williams, Inn of Court

AREAS OF PRACTICE:

  • Business Litigation
  • Insurance Defense
  • Property Rights
 

Kenneth M. Leffler

kenleffler@chasefreeman.com

EDUCATION:

  • Juris Doctorate, University of Florida, College of Law

ADMITTED:

  • Florida Bar
  • United States District Court, Middle District of Florida

PROFESSIONAL:

  • Retired Circuit Judge, Eighteenth Judicial Circuit
  • Past President, Seminole County Bar

AREAS OF PRACTICE:

  • Property Rights
 
 

EDUCATION:

  • Juris Doctorate, Stetson University, College of Law

ADMITTED:

  • Florida Bar

AREAS OF PRACTICE:

  • City, County, and Local Government Law
  • Real Property
 

EDUCATION:

  • Juris Doctorate, University of Virginia, College of Law

ADMITTED:

  • Florida Bar

Professional

  • Member, Trial Bar of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida

AREAS OF PRACTICE:

  • Complex Business Transactions
  • Security Law
  • Corporate Finance
  • Certified Civil Mediator
 

EDUCATION:

  • Juris Doctorate, University of Florida, College of Law

ADMITTED:

  • Florida Bar
  • United States District Court, Middle District of Florida
  • United States Tax Court

PROFESSIONAL:

  • Certified Public Accountant
  • Member, Volie A. Williams, Inn of Court
  • Member, Orange County Bar
  • Member, Seminole County Bar

AREAS OF PRACTICE:

  • Probate
  • Real Property
  • Tax
  • Wills, Trusts & Estates