George L. Metcalfe, Attorney at Law, Deland Divorce Attorney, Leesburg Abogado Divorcio
 
 
Practicing in:
  Leesburg
 

Clermont
 

Eustis
 

Mount Dora

 

Tavares
 

Lake County

 

Sumter County
   

Opening June 2008:
Seminole County Office serving

  Lake Mary
  Sanford
  Altamonte Springs
  Maitland
  Winter Park
  Apopka

 

 


Professional Resume



George L. Metcalfe, Attorney at Law


 

 

Born:
December 7, 1958, Coral Gables Florida

Law Practice:
Admitted to Florida Bar in May 1988, Member of the Florida Bar's Family Law Section and to Federal Bar, Southern District of Florida.

Past memberships: American Bar Association, Dade County Bar Association, Juvenile Justice Attorney's Association.

Law Office of George L. Metcalfe
General civil law firm and family law practice for 17 years. Formerly Metcalfe & Metcalfe. Recognized by Circuit Courts in Miami Dade County, Florida at highest level of parent's public defense counsel and appellate counsel in dependency and in parental rights cases. Complex Litigation.

Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services (HRS)
Senior Attorney
Prosecuted cases of child abuse, neglect and termination of parental rights. Responsible for more than 1,800 foster care cases.

Peters, Pickle, Niemoeller, Robertson, Lax and Parsons
Law clerkship and Associate attorney 1986-1988
AV-rated law firm formerly located in Miami, Florida., Civil practice and insurance defense counsel in products liability and contracts litigation in state and federal courts.

United States Attorney's Office
Law Clerkship 1985, Appellate Division


Education:

J.D.
St. Thomas University School of Law. Charter Class, 1987. Recipient of the American Jurisprudence Award in Legislation.
M.B.A.
 University of Miami, School of Business Administration with concentration in International Marketing, 1984.
M.A.
 University of Miami Graduate School in Speech Communication. Presenter, North- South Intercultural Communication Conference, Puebla, Mexico, 1983.
B.B.A.
 University of Miami cum laude graduate in Finance, 1981. President's Honor Roll. Dean's List.

 
Graduate Ransom-Everglades School, Coconut Grove, FL, 1977
 

George Metcalfe is a Civil Practice and Family litigation attorney who has represented clients in Florida courts since 1988.  He holds advanced graduate degrees in business, law and communication and has served as Senior counsel for the Florida Department of Children and Families in Miami.  A native Floridian, he speaks Spanish and has represented adoptive parents, foster parents, birth parents, guardians, and state government in over 3,000 cases involving children and children's rights.  

Mr. Metcalfe has served foster care planning boards in South Florida and has been a guest lecturer at University of Miami School of Law on children's legal issues.  He has served as appellate counsel and is frequently consulted by other matrimonial and family lawyers.  George Metcalfe is a member of the Florida Bar Association's Family Law Section, Lake County Bar Association, Volusia County Bar Association and other legal organizations, and has been a member of the American Bar Association, Dade County Bar Association and the Juvenile Justice Attorney's Association.

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