Bryan S Gowdy

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The Florida Bar has recognized appellate practice as an area of specialization for years, and the firm’s three principal lawyers have achieved board certification.

Board Certified Appellate Practice Attorney - Florida Bar

Bryan S Gowdy
Mills Creed & Gowdy PA
865 May St
Jacksonville FL 32204-3310
Tel: 904 350-0075
Fax: 904 350-0086
E-mail: bgowdy@appellate-firm.com

Bryan Gowdy is a Florida Bar board-certified appellate specialist who has handled numerous appeals in state and federal courts. He is listed as a “Legal Elite” by Florida Trend magazine.

Raised in Tampa, Bryan Gowdy received his undergraduate degree in international economics from the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, where he played NCAA Division I soccer and was a scholarship Naval ROTC student. After graduation, Bryan served as an active-duty naval line officer on ships home-ported in Italy and Japan and deployed to the Persian Gulf. Bryan later entered the Naval Reserves and became commanding officer of a 60-person reserve unit.

After leaving active-duty, Bryan returned home to Florida and entered the University of Florida College of Law, where he graduated first in his class. He also was inducted into the Order of the Coif and served as Management Editor of the Florida Law Review.

After law school, Bryan served as a judicial law clerk, first for Judge Maurice M. Paul of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida and then for Judge Susan H. Black of the U. S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. Following his clerkship with Judge Black, Bryan joined the Jacksonville office of McGuire Woods, where he practiced primarily commercial litigation at the trial and appellate level. Bryan handled appeals in state and federal courts on commercial and class action matters, as well as some matters of family law, post-conviction relief, and civil rights.

Bryan subsequently joined John Mills and Rebecca Creed at the firm to be a full-time appellate lawyer. In addition to his work in commercial matters and class actions, Bryan’s substantive practice runs the gamut from criminal to family law to personal injury and products liability appeals. Bryan frequently lectures at legal seminars on appellate topics.

Bryan has devoted numerous hours on pro bono cases and earned medals from the Florida Supreme Court for his pro bono service. Currently, he is the chairperson of the pro bono committee of the Florida Bar’s appellate practice section, and he serves on the board of directors for Jacksonville Area Legal Aid.

Bryan is the current chairperson of the appellate law section of the Jacksonville Bar Association. He also is a barrister of the First District Appellate American Inn of Court and the Chester Bedell Inn of Court. Away from work, Bryan coaches his son’s soccer team and enjoys time with his wife and two children.