W. PENN DAWSON, III            

Shareholder
Tampa Office
Telephone:  813-273-4357
Email: wpd@macfar.com
Practice
Areas		 Professional Liability
Medical Malpractice
 Legal Malpractice
Practice Emphasis Defense of attorneys and physicians in malpractice and disciplinary actions; Defense of attorneys before the Florida Bar.
Education University of Florida, J.D., with honors, 1987
St. Catherine's College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, England, 1984, Post Graduate Study
University of Florida, B.A., 1984
Court Admissions All Florida State Courts
U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida
U.S. Tax Court
Bar and Professional Memberships The Florida Bar
American Bar Association
Hillsborough County Bar Association
Community Activities/
Memberships:		 University of Florida Department of History Advisory Board (2007-present)
Y.M.C.A. (1986-present) (Board of Directors, June 2001 to 2005)
Tampa Theater Foundation (Board of Directors, September 2006-present)
Sacred Heart Church Capital Campaign Board (2001-2005)
Member of the Tampa Yacht & Country Club
Ye Mystic Krewe of Gasparilla
W.E.D.U. Public Television wine tasting and auction (1987-1991)
Confrerie des Chevaliers du Tastevin (1995-present)
President Tampa Bay Catholic Lawyers Guild (1999-2000).
Articles "When Someone Else's Tax Problems Become Your Own, Part I and Part II"  Tampa Business Journal, March and April 1996
Presentations (as featured speaker)

Advanced Expert Witness Deposition Tactics (Presented by National Business Institute, Tampa, FL August 2008)
Tips to Protect Against the Most Common Legal Malpractice Claims (Presented by the Hillsborough County Bar Association, Tampa, FL June 2007)
Ethics: Non-Clients and Adverse Parties (Presented by CLE International, Tampa, FL February 2007)
Ethics: Third Party Claims Against Attorneys (presented by National Business Institute, Tampa, FL January 2008)
How to Properly Document and Avoid Medical Liability Suits (Presented during the ACOFP 44th Annual Convention, Orlando, FL March 2007)
Changing Technology and the Attorney Client Privilege (Presented by National Business Insitiute, Tampa, FL March 2007)
Ethics: Because It’s Never Black and White (Presented by CLE International, Tampa, FL February, 2006)
Ethics-Legal Malpractice Issues (Presented by CLE International, Tampa, FL, June 2004)
 The Attorney-Client Privilege in the Age of Wireless Communications (Presented by the National Business Institute, Tampa, FL, March 2002)
Litigation Skills-Pleadings (Presented by Lorman Educational Systems, Tampa, FL, September 2001)
Litigation Skills-Discovery (Presented by Lorman Educational Systems, Tampa, FL, September 2000)
Recent Developments in Florida and Federal Law Regarding Medicare Fraud (Presented by the Florida Spine Study Group, Tampa, FL, March 1999)
Minefields of Practice - An Overview of Legal Malpractice Risk Management (Presented by CNA Insurance Company; Tampa, FL, January 1999)
Legal Malpractice Prevention (Presented by CNA Insurance Company; Marco Island, FL, Oct. 1998)
Developments in Risk Management (Presented by the Florida Spine Study Group; Orlando, FL, June 1998)
Director Liability Issues in Non-Profit Corporations (Presented by Friends of the German Historical Society, Washington, D.C.; November 1996)

Accomplishments Selected by his peers as a "Florida Super Lawyer" (2008)
Selected by his peers as a "Florida Super Lawyer" (2007)
Selected by his peers as a "Florida Super Lawyer" – one of the top five percent of lawyers in the state (2006)


TAMPA OFFICE:  One Tampa City Center, 201 N. Franklin Street, Suite 2000, Tampa, FL 33602,
P.O. Box 1531, 33601, Tel: 813-273-4200 Fax: 813-273-4396
CLEARWATER OFFICE: 625 Court Street, Clearwater, FL 33756, P.O.Box 1669, 33757 Tel: 727-441-8966  Fax: 727-442-8470
LAKELAND OFFICE: 1611 Harden Boulevard, Lakeland, FL 33803, Tel: 863-680-9908  Fax: 863-683-2849
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