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works include FasTrain: Florida Civil Trial Preparation, The Florida Bar, 5 Volume Book and
Practice Guide: Florida Civil Procedure, LexisNexis: 5 Volume Book. Mr. Gonzalez has also
authored numerous articles published in The Florida Bar Journal, the Dade County Trial Lawyers
Advanced Trial Handbook and the monthly column "Trial Tips," published in the Dade County Bar
Bulletin and the Daily Business Review. Furthermore, Mr. Gonzalez was recently named in the
prestigious Best Lawyers in America, a “who's who” of the legal profession's top practitioners as
evaluated and selected by their professional peers. He was also selected as one of the Best Lawyers
in Florida by Florida Trend Magazine and in the nation by Leading American Attorney. Mr.
Gonzalez graduated cum laude from the University of Miami School of Law with a juris
doctorate (1985).
John Kilpatrick, PhD, MRICS, is President of Greenfield Advisors, formerly Mundy Associates.
Dr. Kilpatrick is a Fellow of the American Real Estate Society, a member of the Faculty of
Valuation of the British Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, and a visiting Scholar in Real
Estate at the Zichlin School of Business, Baruch College. He is the author of four books, including
Understanding Home Construction, published by the National Association of Home Builders, and
Subdivision Development, published by the Realtors’ Land Institute of the National Association of
Realtors. Dr. Kilpatrick’s work has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, The Boston Globe,
The New York Times, and Canadian Living. In 2000, the S.C. Department of Archives and History,
with a grant from the National Park Service, compiled a monograph honoring his work in the
economic impacts of historic preservation. He is featured in the current edition of Who’s Who in
America. Dr. Kilpatrick has authored more than 100 recent publications, book chapters, working
papers, monographs, and invited presentations, including: “Valuing Brownfields,” from the
forthcoming 3rd edition of the ABA’s Brownfields; “Preservation Easements,” Journal of Wealth
Management (2008); “The Aftermath of Katrina – Recommendations for Real Estate Research,”
Journal of Real Estate Literature (2007); “Valuation of Impaired Property,” Chapter 6 in the text When
Bad Things Happen to Good Property (2006); “Impact of Transit Corridors on Property Values,” Journal
of Real Estate Research (2005); “Real Estate Issues in Class Certification,” Class Action Litigation Report
(2004); and “Appraisal Implications of EIFS,” The Appraisal Journal (1999). For a more
comprehensive list, go to www.greenfieldadvisors.com.
Burton LeBlanc is a shareholder in Baron & Budd, P.C. Mr. LeBlanc concentrates his practice in
the areas of environmental law, securities litigation and asbestos litigation. Mr. LeBlanc and his firm
have recovered millions of dollars for injured working men and women in Louisiana including
multiple jury verdicts more than one million dollars. Mr. LeBlanc was a founding member of the law
firm of LeBlanc & Waddell, an “AV” rated law firm by Martindale-Hubbell. LeBlanc & Waddell
was designated occupational disease counsel for the Louisiana AFL-CIO and the Louisiana NAACP,
and was one of the largest plaintiffs law firms in Louisiana. In June 2008, LeBlanc & Waddell
merged with the national law firm of Baron & Budd, P.C. based in Dallas, Texas. He is immediate
past President of the Louisiana Association for Justice ("LAJ") f/k/a Louisiana Trial Lawyers
Association ("LTLA") and serves on the Executive Committee of the LAJ. He has served on the
Council of Directors and the Board of Governors for the LAJ as well as the Committee for the
Environmental Law/Toxic Tort Section of the LAJ. He serves as Parliamentarian of the American
Association for Justice (“AAJ”) f/k/a the American Trial Lawyers Association (“ATLA”). He has
been a member of the Executive Committee and the Board of Governors of the AAJ, where he was
awarded the Wiedeman Wysocki Award. He has been a member of the AAJ National Finance
Council, a member of the Board of Trustees of the AAJ PAC Committee, a sustaining member of
the AAJ, and a member of the Leaders Forum for AAJ. He is a member of the AAJ's Section on