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DiversityFIRST Award: National Diversity Counsel, 2010

Diversity & Inclusion Award, (Individual Category) Tampa Bay Business Journal, 2010

Fellows of the American Bar Foundation: Member, honorary organization comprising only one-third of one percent of lawyers licensed to practice in each jurisdiction  

Florida Legal Elite, Florida Trend Magazine, 2006-2007; 2010; ranked in the top 2% of practicing Florida Bar Members

Florida Super Lawyers, 2010

Florida Rising Star, Florida Super Lawyers Magazine, 2009

Savant Leadership Honorary: Member, University of Florida  

South Tampa Chamber of Commerce, Finalist Civic Young Professional of the Year Award, 2009

Julie Simone Sneed’s practice focuses on complex litigation in state and federal courts.  Her practice encompasses a broad range of complex litigation matters, including commercial litigation, employment litigation, financial services-related litigation, and class actions.  Ms Sneed also represents financial services companies in cases involving structured settlement annuities.  Ms. Sneed has handled complex litigation and class actions in Florida, Arkansas, Illinois, New York, and Massachusetts. 

Co-Chair: Diversity Committee  

 Representative Experience 

• United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida, Tampa, FL, Federal Judicial Law Clerk to the Honorable James D. Whittemore
• Trenam, Kemker, Scharf, Barkin, Frye, O'Neill & Mullis, P.A., Tampa, FL, Litigation Associate
• State of Florida Second District Court of Appeal, Tampa, FL 
  Staff Attorney to the Honorable Chris W. Altenbernd

Presentations  

• “Cultural Competence and Diversity,” Speaker, Human Resources Management Association of Southwest Florida, Fort Myers, FL, September 2010
• Diversity Dialogue Breakfast, Facilitator, 2010 American Bar Association, Mid Year Meeting, Young Lawyers Division, Orlando, FL, February 2010
• "The Balancing Act: Is it possible to be Superwoman?," Panelist, 2010 Florida Diversity and Leadership Conference, Orlando, FL, January 2010 
• "Staying Connected and Motivated in Uncertain Times," Panelist, National Diversity Council Second Annual Women in Leadership Symposium, Tampa, FL, November 2009 
• “Class Action Ethics: Current Traps for the Unwary,” Speaker, Association of Corporate Counsel and Fowler White Boggs P.A. CLE, December 2008
• “Principles of Contract Law,” Speaker, George Edgecomb Bar Association,  November 2007, March 2009 
• “Managing Discovery of Electronically Stored Information:  New Federal Rules of Civil Procedure,” Speaker, Nationwide CLE, September 2007
• “Managing Discovery of Electronically Stored Information: New Federal Rules of Civil Procedure,” Speaker, Fowler White Boggs P.A. CLE, May 2007, August 2007

Publications

• “Federal and Florida Courts Heighten the Requirements for Class Certification,” Co-Author, Florida Bar Journal, April 2010
• "Enforcing Proposals for Settlement and Offers of Judgment in Federal Court:  Mission Impossible?” Co-Author, Florida Bar Journal, December 2009