PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

October 1990 Private Practice - Partner and President, Corbett and White, P.A.
to Present Practicing in Municipal Law matters; handling most all litigation for clients except when insurance coverage provides counsel; and General Counsel for the Palm Beach County League of Cities, Inc.

May 1988 Private Practice - Trela J. White, Esquire
to October 1990 Practicing in Municipal Law matters; handling most all litigation for clients except when insurance coverage provided counsel; also Attorney for West Palm Beach Expos; Attorney for FIRMA - Florida Intergovernmental Risk and Management Association.

February 1987 F. Martin Perry & Associates, P.A.;
to May 1988 Practicing in Land Use; Zoning; Real Estate;
Governmental Permitting and Municipal Law matters.

January 1985 Gibson and Adams, P.A.
to February 1987 Practicing in Land Use; Governmental Permitting; Real Estate Contracts; Closings; Commercial Litigation; Foreclosures; Banking Law and Municipal Law matters.

August 1982 Assistant City Attorney - City of West Palm Beach;
to January 1985 Board Attorney for Zoning Board of Appeals;
Licensing Board; Building Board of Adjustments and Appeals;
City, Fire and Police Pension Boards;
Handled all Litigation arising from the Boards;
Prosecuted Civil Service Cases;
Workers' Compensation; and
Assisted the City Attorney with City Commission matters.
June 1981 Assistant Attorney General - State Department of Legal Affairs;
to August 1982 Prosecuted and Defended Criminal Appellate matters on behalf of the State of Florida; and Practiced extensively before the 4th District Court of Appeals.

September 1978 Attended Law School
to December 1980

1979 - 1980 Teaching Assistant for Legal Research and Writing at Nova University School of Law; Legal Intern for Federal Judge, Honorable Norman C. Roettger, Jr., United States District Court, Southern District; and Research Assistant for two Law School Professors.*

1979 - June 1981 Law Clerk for Fort Lauderdale Law Firm of Brinkley, McNearney and Morgan.*

*While Attending Law School

CURRENT MUNICIPAL POSITIONS (Served by Corbett and White, P.A.)

Town Attorney - Town of Lantana (since 1986);
City Attorney - City of Atlantis (since 1987);
Village Attorney - Village of Royal Palm Beach (since 1993);
Town Attorney - Town of Palm Beach Shores (since 1994);
Town Attorney - Town of Mangonia Park (since 1994);
Village Attorney - Village of Golf (since 1999);
Town Attorney - Town of Manalapan (since 2002)
City Attorney-City of Belle Glade (2003-2008)
Town Attorney - Town of South Palm Beach (since 2005)
Village Attorney - Village of Tequesta (since 2008)
City Attorney - City of Palm Beach Gardens (since 2008)
Palm Beach Co. League of Cities, Inc. - General Counsel (since 1992)
Representing all 37 Municipalities on matters of mutual interest

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

Admitted Florida Bar (1981)
American Bar Association
Palm Beach County Bar Association

HONORS

Selected as the Florida League of Cities 2008 City Attorney of the Year.

Named as one of the top Municipal Lawyers in South Florida in the South Florida Legal Guide for 2005, 2006,
2007, 2008 and 2009.

Named as one of the “100 People Who Get Things Done” by the Palm Beach Daily News in 2006.

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