Anthony D. Demma
tdemma@meyerandbrooks.com

EDUCATION: 
FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW
Juris Doctorate with High Honors - 1992
FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY
Bachelor of Arts, Cum Laude - 1976

ADMITTED TO PRACTICE:
The Florida Bar, since 1992
United States Courts of Appeal for the Eleventh Circuit
United States District Courts for Northern, Middle and Southern Districts of Florida

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Tony joined Meyer and Brooks, P.A. in 1993, specializing in labor and employment law, primarily representing education employees and labor organizations in a broad spectrum of state and federal trial, appellate and administrative cases.

Tony’s prior experience includes working in the Florida Office of Disability Determination, Tallahassee, Florida as a Medical Disability Examiner responsible for a caseload of Social Security Disability benefit claims.  He also worked with the Florida Division of Retirement as a Benefit Calculation Specialist.

Prior to that, Tony was a classroom teacher working with 6^th and 7^th grade Social Studies students at Fairview Middle School in Tallahassee, Florida and teaching Social Studies in Pasco County, Florida.

DISTINCTIONS, APPOINTMENTS AND BAR MEMBERSHIPS: 

• Member, Education Law Committee, the Florida Bar

• Member, Labor and Employment Law Section, the Florida Bar

• Comment Author –“ Educational Accountability in Florida: Meaningful Reform or Marginal Tinkering?”  FSU Law Review Vol. 19, Number 4, Spring 1992

• Mentor - FSU College of Law (1996-1997)

• Appellate Argument Judge - FSU College of Law Legal Writing Program (2000 and 2001)