MEET RANDALL REDER
Randall O. Reder
EDUCATION:
- University of South Florida – B. S. Mathematics 1973
- Honor’s Program
- Florida State University – J.D. in Law 1978
- Law Review
- Legal Writing Instructor
- Dean Joshua Morse’s Research Assistant
- Justice James C. Adkins Law Clerk
EMPLOYMENT:
- Senior Law Clerk to Chief Justice Joseph A. Boyd, Jr. 1979-86.
- Associate Attorney to Jonathan Alpert 1987-88
- Sole Practitioner 1988 – present
- Expert Consultant and Outside Counsel for Florida Department of Transportation 2000-2006.
ORGANIZATIONS:
- Ace Charitable Legal Services, Inc., director (2018 – present).
- ACE-JEDI, PLLC, managing member (2017- 2023).
- Florida Supreme Court Historical Society, trustee 1933-1887.
- Carrollwood Community Homeowners Association, Director 1988-89.
- Magdalene Shores Homeowners’ Association. President 1994-96.
- Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce, Director and President of the Northwest Council 1997.
- High Risers Toastmasters, President 1999.
- Carrollwood Area Business Association. Director 1999-2001
- The Florida Bar, Chairman Appellate Rules Amicus Curiae Subcommittee 2004
- Carrollwood Community Bar Association, Director 2001– 07, President 2004.
- Hillsborough County Bar Association, Chairman Appellate Law Section 2009-2010.
- Carrollwood Village Country Club
- Attorney’s Title Insurance Fund
- Bay Area Real Estate Council
- Jurists Engaged in Defending Title Integrity (JEDTI)
History & Experience:
Randall Reder is a licensed attorney, admitted to the Florida Bar in 1978. His law practice emphasizes Appellate, Business, Real Estate, Probate Law, and Pro Bono Law. Mr. Reder graduated from Chamberlain High School in 1970 and the University of South Florida in 1973 with a B.S. degree in mathematics.
Mr. Reder received his Juris Doctorate degree in 1978 from Florida State University, where he was a member of the law review, a legal writing instructor, research assistant to Dean Joshua Morse, III, and a judicial intern with Justice James C. Adkins. From 1979 through 1986, Mr. Reder clerked for Justice Joseph A. Boyd, Jr. of the Florida Supreme Court.
When Justice Boyd became the Chief Justice of the Florida Supreme Court in 1984, he became the chief administrator for the entire Judicial Branch. Mr. Reder served as Chief Justice Boyd’s liaison with the Governor’s Office, the State Legislature, the newly created Judicial Council, the Appellate Courts Judicial Council, the Circuit Courts Judicial Council, the County Courts Judicial Council, and the Florida Bar. Mr. Reder also served as a trustee of the Florida Supreme Court Historical Society from 1983 – 1987.
When Chief Justice Boyd retired at the end of 1986, Mr. Reder returned to Tampa, to work as an associate attorney for Alpert, Josey, Grilli & Freemon for a year and a half. In the summer of 1988, Mr. Reder left the firm and opened his own law practice near his family’s home in Carrollwood, sharing office space with Joe Episcopo and Paul Riffel.
In 1994, they relocated their offices at Georgetown Office Park, 1319 W. Fletcher Ave, Tampa, FL 33612, where they maintained their separate law practices.
For the next thirty years Mr. Reder was an active member of:
- The Florida Bar
- Hillsborough County Bar Association (former chairman of appellate section)
- Bay Area Real Estate Council
- Carrollwood Community Bar Association (former president)
- Carrollwood Area Business Association (former director)
- Carrollwood Village Country Club
- Greater Tampa Association of Realtors
Mr. Reder moved to Savannah Georgia, February 1, 2022, and is now located at 108 E York St, #302, Savannah, GA 31401. He is now an active member of The Florida Supreme Court Historical Society and the Florida Bar’s Public Interest Law Section.
Mr. Reder is licensed to practice in all of the state courts in Florida, the Federal District Courts for the Northern and Middle Districts of Florida, and the United States Supreme Court.
PUBLICATIONS:
- Contributing author The Supreme Court of Florida and Its Predecessor Courts, 1821-1917(University Press of Florida 1977)
- Reder, Randall O., Antebellum Florida Supreme Court, Fla. Bar J. (1984)
- “Florida Real Estate Transactions Made Painless and Efficient,” (National Business Institute December 2005).
- “Boundary Disputes: Resolving Conflicts Without Going to Court.” (National Business Institute April 2006).
- “Real Estate Law from A to Z in Florida,” (Lorman Education Services January 2007).
- Reder, Randall O., “Corporations,” Florida Small Business Practice, (The Florida Bar 2009 6th edition).