Partner

David R. Carmichael

Bartow, FL

Licensed in 1 State

About David

David R. Carmichael, BCS., Esq. is an exceptionally experienced trial lawyer who uses his courtroom experience to guide his corporate, municipal and individual clients’ cases to successful resolutions. He has completed several hundred civil and criminal jury trials, thousands of non-jury trials and evidentiary hearings, hundreds of mediations, nearly one hundred appeals and Writs, as well as dozens of arbitration proceedings. He dedicated a decade of leadership as a senior executive with the Office of the State attorney, where he served as a Special Prosecution Director. He tried capital cases, implemented the Kayla McKean Act, then created the procedures for, and successfully tried three of the first four Jimmy Ryce Civil Commitment trials in Florida. He then transitioned into his role as a Partner with Polk Counties Oldest Law firm, Boswell & Dunlap. David assumed responsibility for defending the Polk County School District from litigation in 2005 and continues to do so to this day. But his role with the district grew over the decades, recently he served as the Acting School Board Attorney, and now handles all Labor and Human Relations matters for the District; EEOC cases, as well as appeals and arbitration matters, while still providing advice and counsel to the Board and Superintendent. David continued to have success in litigation for clients at all levels, leading ultimately to being asked to serve as the interim police attorney for the City of Lakeland Police Department. This interim label was removed in 2017, and David serves as Police General Counsel to date-his success in that position leading to him being retained by each Polk County municipal Police Department and Florida Polytechnic University to act as their General Counsel and serve as a Magistrate. David served on numerous Bar grievance committees, acting as Chairman twice, which led to him acquiring the expertise to provide representation to attorneys navigating Bar Discipline. With his Courtroom and appellate experience to draw on, Bar discipline has become one of his primary areas of practice.