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| Education | |||||
| • University of Florida, J.D. (2008)
• Vanderbilt University, B.A. (2005) |
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| Bar Admissions | |||||
| • The Florida Bar • United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit • United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida • United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida • United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida |
Michael J. Hooi
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| Michael J. Hooi joined the firm in 2009 after completing a 2008–09 judicial clerkship at the U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit, for Judge Charles R. Wilson. In 2005, Mr. Hooi graduated from Vanderbilt University, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in philosophy in three years, participated in the College Scholars Program, and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. In 2008, he earned a Juris Doctor degree at the University of Florida Levin College Law. While in law school, he was managing editor of the Florida Law Review, galleys editor of the Journal of Technology Law & Policy, and a member of the Jessup Moot Court team. He conducted research for the 2007 edition of Wayne R. LaFave, Jerold H. Israel, et al’s Criminal Procedure treatise. He was also a teaching assistant for the first-year legal writing courses and the business law course at the Warrington College of Business. |
| Honors & Distinctions |
| • Judicial Law Clerk, Hon. Charles R. Wilson, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit (2008–09)
• Judicial Intern, Hon. Elizabeth A. Kovachevich, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida • Recipient, Gertrude Brick Award, Florida Law Review |
| MEMBERSHIPS & COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT |
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• American Bar Association • Federal Bar Association • American Bankruptcy Institute • Legal Writing Institute • Tampa Bay Bankruptcy Bar Association • Program Coordinator, Florida YMCA Youth in Government |
| PUBLICATIONS & SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS |
| • Qualified Immunity: When Is a Loss Ultimately a Win?, 60 Fla. L. Rev. 979 (2008) • Substantive Due Process: Sex Toys After Lawrence, 60 Fla. L. Rev. 507 (2008) |