Warren A. Zimmerman
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EDUCATION
Yale University: Graduated with honors, B.A. in economics (1976 Cum Laude)
Michigan Law School: (1979 Magna Cum Laude)
* Adjunct Professor of Law at Stetson University College of Law (co-taught Civil Pretrial Practice)
EXPERIENCE
Warren A. Zimmerman joined Associates and Bruce L. Scheiner in 2008 after a distinguished 25-year career with the United States Attorney’s Office. Attorney Zimmerman spent the last 15 years of his federal career as chief of the Civil Division for the Middle District of Florida, including Tampa, Orlando, Jacksonville and Fort Myers.
At Associates and Bruce L. Scheiner, Attorney Zimmerman will work as a Trial Attorney, using more than two-decades of federal civil trial experience to bring justice to our clients and their families, both in the negotiating room and in the courtroom.
"For almost a quarter century, it was my high honor to represent the United States of America in federal and state courts throughout most of Florida," Attorney Zimmerman said. "Thanks to Bruce L. Scheiner, I am now delighted to begin a new chapter in my career, representing those who have been injured because of the negligence or misconduct of others. My pledge is to prepare cases diligently and to apply every bit of my energy, thoughtfulness, skill, training and experience in support of the clients of Associates and Bruce L. Scheiner, Personal Injury Lawyers."
As civil chief with the U.S. Attorney’s Office from 1994 to 2008, Attorney Zimmerman supervised the handling of virtually every civil case in Middle Florida -- the third-most populous district in the country -- arising from a motor vehicle accident allegedly caused by a federally employed driver, a slip and fall on federal property or alleged malpractice by a federal VA, military hospital or rural health clinic.
Mr. Zimmerman and his staff represented the United States of America in jury and bench trials, oral arguments before the United States Court of Appeals, grand jury proceedings and settlements and summary judgments too numerous to mention.
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
- Attorney Zimmerman defended the United States against a $7 million lawsuit brought by an inmate alleging prison negligence and a violation of his constitutional rights after a stabbing at the United States Penitentiary in Atlanta. A verdict in favor of the United States was rendered following trial in Ocala in 2001.
- Successfully defended and settled for nuisance value a $5 million medical malpractice/wrongful death claim involving Veteran’s Hospital in a case that drew national media attention.
- Successfully defended an action brought by a home health agency, which sought to compel Medicare to release $4 million in federal funds for noncovered and improperly documented procedures.
-Resolved a 15-year controversy over the construction of VA hospital by collecting $1,811,000 (the full amount owed) from United States Fidelity & Guaranty Company.
During four years in the criminal division from 1983 to 1987, Mr. Zimmerman convicted one of Tampa’s most notorious white-collar criminals of offenses related to bank fraud; a lawyer, banker and mortgage broker for various crimes related to mortgage fraud; and an agent of the Internal Revenue Service for failing to report a violation of laws arising from his moonlighting activities on behalf of a drug smuggler.
Prior to joining the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Mr. Zimmerman spent three years as an Assistant State Attorney in Cook County, Illinois, where he tried more than 250 misdemeanor cases and argued a dozen cases before the appeals court and the Illinois Supreme Court. Attorney Zimmerman drafted the first "domestic violence order of protection" put into regular use in Chicago municipal courts.
ADMISSIONS/MEMBERSHIPS
* Certified by the Florida Supreme Court as a Circuit Court Mediator (2006)
* Licensed to practice before the Supreme Court of Florida (1987)
* 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals (1990)
* U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida (1988-2008)
* All Florida state courts
* U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (1979)
* Supreme Court of Illinois (1979)
AWARDS/RECOGNITION
* Numerous Special Achievement Awards from the U.S. Attorney's Office.
* Director's Awards for significant contributions to the mission of the Executive Office for United States Attorneys, 1995 (consisting primarily of drafting national standards governing the participation of United States Attorneys nationwide in the mediation of personal injury cases against the government).
* Director's Award, Executive Office for United States Attorneys, 1991, for Outstanding Achievement in the collection of money owed to the United States (including civil judgments, criminal fines, and restitution owed by convicted criminal either to the government or private victims of crime).
* Special commendation by the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (for representing a special agent subpoenaed as a defense witness in a highly publicized criminal prosecution regarding the burning of a tourist.)
PERSONAL
Warren has relocated to Fort Myers, where he will be joined by wife Eileen, son Philip, 17, and daughter Hayley, 15. When not at work, Warren enjoys swimming, reading and rooting for the Tampa Bay Rays and the Cleveland Indians.
LECTURES/PUBLICATIONS (Partial List)
"E-Discovery" USAO & Client Agency Training Conference, Jacksonville, Florida, Nov. 27, 2997 and Tampa, Florida, Oct. 12, 2007.
Medical Malpractice Panel Member, "Beyond the Headlines II" Training Program for health care professionals, U.S. Naval Hospital, Jacksonville, Florida, July 26, 2007.
"Tort Litigation," Paralegal Training Course, Executive Office for United States Attorneys, National Advocacy Center, Columbia, South Carolina, Jan. 13, 2000.
"Jury Instructions" and "Posttrial Proceedings," Employment Discrimination Seminar, Executive Office for United States Attorneys, National Advocacy Center, Columbia South Carolina, Jan. 13, 2000.
"Use of Statistical Analysis in Health Care Fraud Prosecutions," Third Annual Health Care Fraud Training Conference, Middle District of Florida, Tampa, Florida, Sept. 1999.
"Innovative Theories of Recovery in Health Care Fraud," Second Annual Health Care Fraud Seminar sponsored by United States Attorney's Office, Middle District of Florida, Tampa, Florida, September 23, 1998.
"Closing Argument," HUD Fraud Seminar, Executive Office for United States Attorneys, National Advocacy Center, Columbia, South Carolina, Aug. 12, 1998.
Instructor, Mediation Training Program, United States Attorneys Office for the Southern District of New York, April 21-22, 1998.
Favorite Classical Legal Quote:
"It was the boast of Augustus that he found Rome of brick and left it of marble. But how much nobler will be the sovereign's boast when he shall have it to say that he found law ... a sealed book and left it a living letter; found it the patrimony of the rich and left it the inheritance of the poor; found it the two edged sword of craft and oppression and left it the staff of honesty and the shield of innocence."
-Henry Brougham
Scottish jurist & politician (1778-1868)
-Henry Brougham
Scottish jurist & politician (1778-1868)
EDUCATION
Yale University: Graduated with honors, B.A. in economics (1976 Cum Laude)
Michigan Law School: (1979 Magna Cum Laude)
* Adjunct Professor of Law at Stetson University College of Law (co-taught Civil Pretrial Practice)
EXPERIENCE
Warren A. Zimmerman joined Associates and Bruce L. Scheiner in 2008 after a distinguished 25-year career with the United States Attorney’s Office. Attorney Zimmerman spent the last 15 years of his federal career as chief of the Civil Division for the Middle District of Florida, including Tampa, Orlando, Jacksonville and Fort Myers.
At Associates and Bruce L. Scheiner, Attorney Zimmerman will work as a Trial Attorney, using more than two-decades of federal civil trial experience to bring justice to our clients and their families, both in the negotiating room and in the courtroom.
"For almost a quarter century, it was my high honor to represent the United States of America in federal and state courts throughout most of Florida," Attorney Zimmerman said. "Thanks to Bruce L. Scheiner, I am now delighted to begin a new chapter in my career, representing those who have been injured because of the negligence or misconduct of others. My pledge is to prepare cases diligently and to apply every bit of my energy, thoughtfulness, skill, training and experience in support of the clients of Associates and Bruce L. Scheiner, Personal Injury Lawyers."
As civil chief with the U.S. Attorney’s Office from 1994 to 2008, Attorney Zimmerman supervised the handling of virtually every civil case in Middle Florida -- the third-most populous district in the country -- arising from a motor vehicle accident allegedly caused by a federally employed driver, a slip and fall on federal property or alleged malpractice by a federal VA, military hospital or rural health clinic.
Mr. Zimmerman and his staff represented the United States of America in jury and bench trials, oral arguments before the United States Court of Appeals, grand jury proceedings and settlements and summary judgments too numerous to mention.
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
- Attorney Zimmerman defended the United States against a $7 million lawsuit brought by an inmate alleging prison negligence and a violation of his constitutional rights after a stabbing at the United States Penitentiary in Atlanta. A verdict in favor of the United States was rendered following trial in Ocala in 2001.
- Successfully defended and settled for nuisance value a $5 million medical malpractice/wrongful death claim involving Veteran’s Hospital in a case that drew national media attention.
- Successfully defended an action brought by a home health agency, which sought to compel Medicare to release $4 million in federal funds for noncovered and improperly documented procedures.
-Resolved a 15-year controversy over the construction of VA hospital by collecting $1,811,000 (the full amount owed) from United States Fidelity & Guaranty Company.
During four years in the criminal division from 1983 to 1987, Mr. Zimmerman convicted one of Tampa’s most notorious white-collar criminals of offenses related to bank fraud; a lawyer, banker and mortgage broker for various crimes related to mortgage fraud; and an agent of the Internal Revenue Service for failing to report a violation of laws arising from his moonlighting activities on behalf of a drug smuggler.
Prior to joining the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Mr. Zimmerman spent three years as an Assistant State Attorney in Cook County, Illinois, where he tried more than 250 misdemeanor cases and argued a dozen cases before the appeals court and the Illinois Supreme Court. Attorney Zimmerman drafted the first "domestic violence order of protection" put into regular use in Chicago municipal courts.
ADMISSIONS/MEMBERSHIPS
* Certified by the Florida Supreme Court as a Circuit Court Mediator (2006)
* Licensed to practice before the Supreme Court of Florida (1987)
* 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals (1990)
* U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida (1988-2008)
* All Florida state courts
* U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (1979)
* Supreme Court of Illinois (1979)
AWARDS/RECOGNITION
* Numerous Special Achievement Awards from the U.S. Attorney's Office.
* Director's Awards for significant contributions to the mission of the Executive Office for United States Attorneys, 1995 (consisting primarily of drafting national standards governing the participation of United States Attorneys nationwide in the mediation of personal injury cases against the government).
* Director's Award, Executive Office for United States Attorneys, 1991, for Outstanding Achievement in the collection of money owed to the United States (including civil judgments, criminal fines, and restitution owed by convicted criminal either to the government or private victims of crime).
* Special commendation by the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (for representing a special agent subpoenaed as a defense witness in a highly publicized criminal prosecution regarding the burning of a tourist.)
PERSONAL
Warren has relocated to Fort Myers, where he will be joined by wife Eileen, son Philip, 17, and daughter Hayley, 15. When not at work, Warren enjoys swimming, reading and rooting for the Tampa Bay Rays and the Cleveland Indians.
LECTURES/PUBLICATIONS (Partial List)
"E-Discovery" USAO & Client Agency Training Conference, Jacksonville, Florida, Nov. 27, 2997 and Tampa, Florida, Oct. 12, 2007.
Medical Malpractice Panel Member, "Beyond the Headlines II" Training Program for health care professionals, U.S. Naval Hospital, Jacksonville, Florida, July 26, 2007.
"Tort Litigation," Paralegal Training Course, Executive Office for United States Attorneys, National Advocacy Center, Columbia, South Carolina, Jan. 13, 2000.
"Jury Instructions" and "Posttrial Proceedings," Employment Discrimination Seminar, Executive Office for United States Attorneys, National Advocacy Center, Columbia South Carolina, Jan. 13, 2000.
"Use of Statistical Analysis in Health Care Fraud Prosecutions," Third Annual Health Care Fraud Training Conference, Middle District of Florida, Tampa, Florida, Sept. 1999.
"Innovative Theories of Recovery in Health Care Fraud," Second Annual Health Care Fraud Seminar sponsored by United States Attorney's Office, Middle District of Florida, Tampa, Florida, September 23, 1998.
"Closing Argument," HUD Fraud Seminar, Executive Office for United States Attorneys, National Advocacy Center, Columbia, South Carolina, Aug. 12, 1998.
Instructor, Mediation Training Program, United States Attorneys Office for the Southern District of New York, April 21-22, 1998.