Alan B. Bookman

Alan Bookman began his law career with the U.S. Army’s Judge Advocate General Corp., where he served in a variety of legal capacities, including Senior Defense Counsel and Chief of Military Justice.

• Senior Defense Council and Chief of Military Justice
• U.S. Army’s Judge Advocate General Corp: 1971 – 1975
• Emmanuel, Sheppard & Condon
  • Associate: 1975 – 1978
  • Director: 1978 – present
  • President: 2008 – 2015

• Tulane University, B.S., 1969
• Tulane University School of Law, J.D., 1971

Courts

• All Florida State Courts, 1973
• All Louisiana State Courts, 1971
• Federal District Courts:
• Florida, Middle District, 2016
• Florida Northern district, 1975
• Louisiana, Eastern District, 1971
• United States Supreme Court, 1977

• The Florida Bar
  • President: 2005 – 2006
  • President Elect: 2004 – 2005
  • Board of Governors: 1996 – 2004
  • Executive Committee:1999 – 2000; 2001 – 2006
  • Legislation Committee Chair: 2003 – 2004
  • Communications Committee Chair: 1999 – 2000
  • Appeals Committee, Vice Chair: 2000 – 2001
  • Strategic Planning Committee Chair: 2004 – 2005
  • Membership Outreach Committee Chair: 2004 – 2005
  • Alternative Dispute Resolution Section Committee Chair: 2010 – 2011
  • Speakers Bureau Chair: 1999 – 2001
  • Young Lawyers Board of Governors: 1977 – 1983
  • Merit Selection/Merit Retention Committee Chair: 1999-2001
  • Alternative Dispute Resolution Section-Chair: 2010
  • Judicial Nominating Procedures Committee: 2006 – 2013
  • Judicial Nominating Commission 1st Judicial Circuit: 1985 – 1990
  • Judicial Nominating Commission 1st District Court of Appeal: 2010 -2013
  • Vision 2016 Commission: 2013 – 2015
• Florida Supreme Court
  • Standing Committee on Fairness and Diversity, Member: 2005 – 2007
  • Select Committee on Justice Teaching, Member: 2006 – present
  • Historical Society, Member and Board of Trustees: 2006 – present
  • Florida Supreme Court Mortgage Foreclosure Task Force: 2009 – 2010
  • Florida Supreme Court Judicial Branch Governance Study Group: 2010 – 2011
• American Bar Association
  • House of Delegates, Member: 2004 – 2009
• The Florida Bar Foundation
  • Board of Directors: 1984 – 1990, 2004 – 2006
  • Assistant Treasurer: 1983 – 1984
• Escambia Santa Rosa Bar Association
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Executive Council: 1982 – 1983 and 1990 – 1993
  • President:1991 – 1993
• Northwest Florida Legal Services Inc.
  • Past President and Member of the Board
• Escambia County Legal Aid Society
  • President: 1979 – 1980
• Florida Lawyers Mutual Ins., Co.
  • Board of Director: 2006 – present
  • Claims Committee
  • Executive Committee
  • Audit committee
  • Finance Committee
  • Underwriting Committee
  • IT Committee – Chair
  • Audit – Vice Chair
• Judicial Qualifications Commission: 2013 – 2018
• Ronald McDonald House
  • President: 1999 – 2001
  • Board Member
• Panhandle Tiger Bay Club
  • President, 1977-1978
  • Former Board Member
• Fiesta of Five Flags
  • Vice President
  • Former Member Executive Council
• Rotary Club of Pensacola
  • President: 2011-2012
  • Former Board Member
• Pensacola Junior College
  • Adjunct Professor
• Gulf Coast Kid’s House, Inc.
  • Former Board Member
• Bnai Israel Synagogue
  • Former Board Member
• Temple Beth El
  • Former Board Member
• City of Pensacola Districting Commission 2011

• AV Rating, Martindale-Hubbell
• Super Lawyer, 2006-2021
• Florida Legal Elite, Florida Trend: 2006, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2019, 2020
• Florida Super Lawyers: 2006-2020
• Martindale-Hubbell “2014 Top Rated Lawyer in Real Estate Law”
• Martindale-Hubbell “2016 Top Rated Lawyer in Litigation”