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JON L. MILLS
· Dean Emeritus, Professor of Law and Director, Center for Governmental Responsibility, University of Florida Fredric G. Levin College of Law, 2003 - present.
· Counsel to Boies, Schiller & Flexner, LLP, 2009-present.
· Former Dean, University of Florida, Levin College of Law,
· Former Speaker, Florida House of Representatives,
· Areas taught: Privacy, Legislative Drafting, Constitutional Law
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
$ Stetson University, B.A., Economics, 1969. Honorary Degree, Doctor of Laws, 1986
$ University of Florida College of Law, J.D. (with honors), 1972 (5th in class)
Order of the Coif
Associate Editor of Law Review
Phi Kappa Phi
Member of Moot Court Team
Book Awards for highest grade:
Evidence, Federal Practice, Florida Constitutional Law, Criminal Law
$ Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. Senior Executives in State and Local Government Program. Summer 1987
PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND (Privacy-Related)
· Appeared in cases before Florida Supreme Court, United States 8th Circuit Court of Appeal, 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, United States District Court of the Northern District of Florida .Selected cases relating to privacy issues State v. Rolling 1990, Versace v. Office of State Aty 1998, Campus Communications v. Earnhardt 2003, Anderson v. Gannett 2006, Tyne v. Time Warner 2005, Brancheau v. Demmings, 2010, France v. France 2013.
· Member, The Florida Bar, United States 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, U.S. Middle District of Florida
· Fellow, American Bar Foundation
· Board Member, Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition Board of Directors, 2012
· Board Member, University of Florida Levin College of Law International Center for Automated Information Research (ICAIR), 1999-present
· Member, The American Bar Association Standing Committee on Judicial Independence, 2012-Present
· Reporter, The American Bar Association Task Force on the Preservation of the Justice System, 2010-2012
· Member, Florida Federal Judicial Nominating Committee, 2009-present
· Member, The American Bar Association Advisory Commission to the World Justice Project, 2007-08
· Chair, Florida Supreme Court Committee on Privacy and Court Records, 2003-2005
PUBLICATIONS ON PRIVACY
Books
Privacy And The New Media, forthcoming, Fall 2014.
Privacy: The Lost Right, Oxford Univ. Press, 2008.
Selected Articles and Book Chapters
· The New Media In The New World: Are They Behaving Badly Or Doing Their Job?, in Free Speech in an Internet Era: Papers from the Free Speech Discussion Forum, Carolina Academic Press (Russell L. Weaver and Clive Walker, eds., 2013). See http://www.cap-press.com/books/isbn/9781611634075/Free-Speech-in-an-Internet-Era.
· Privacy and Press Intrusions: New Media, Old Law, in The Right to Privacy in the Light of Media Convergence: Perspectives from Three Continents (Media Convergence Series Vol. 3) 88-113, Berlin, Germany: De Gruyter (Dieter Dörr & Russell Weaver, eds., 2012).
· Two Contemporary Privacy Issues in Poland: Liability for Internet Publication and the Registration of Communist Party Affiliation, 1 Przegląd Prawniczy Warsaw U. L. Rev., 110-21, May 2008
· Sex, Lies, and Genetic Testing: What Are Your Rights to Privacy in Florida?, 5 Fla. L. Rev. 48, December 1996.
· Dossier: The Secret Files They Keep on You, (book review), 16 Santa Clara L. Rev. 925, 1976.
Selected International Presentations
· Panel Chair and Moderator on The New Media as an Advocate for Human Rights Reform in Colombia at the 14th Annual Conference on Legal and Policy Issues in the Americas, Gainesville, FL, May 2013.
· Panelist on “Communications Law, Defamation, and Privacy” at the Right to Know Conference organized by UF Center for European Studies, Gainesville, FL, April 2013.
· Speaker, 2013 Summer Program in American law for Brazilian Judges, Prosecutors and Attorneys, UF Levin College of Law, Gainesville FL, July 2013. Presentation on Communication Law: Privacy in the New World.
· Panelist in the Free Speech Discussion Forum at the Univ. of Notre Dame in London, United Kingdom, sponsored by LexisNexis, the University of Notre Dame’s London Law Centre, the Emory University School of Law, the Windsor University Faculty of Law, the University of Alabama School of Law, the University of Western Ontario Faculty of Law, the University of Poitiers Faculty of Law and the University of Louisville’s Louis D. Brandeis School of Law, June 2012.
· Panel Chair and Moderator on "Democracy & Privacy” at the 13th Annual Conference on Legal and Policy Issues in the Americas, Buenos Aires, Argentina, May 2012. Paper presented: The New Media in the New World: Are They Behaving Badly or Doing Their Job?
· Panelist the 1st Privacy Discussion Forum at the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz, Germany sponsored by Johannes Gutenberg University, “Media Convergence” of Johannes Gutenberg-University, June 2011.
· Presentation on Individuality: the Evolution of Citizenship and Identity in the Global Community,@ Utrecht University, the Netherlands, 2002.
Other Selected Privacy Related Presentations
$ Speaker, Security vs. Liberty: A Town Hall Discussion at the 23rd Annual International Conference of Indiana University Association for Practical and Professional Ethics, Jacksonville FL, March 3, 2014.
$ Lecturer on panel “High Profile Cases and The Media” at the 2013 FL College of Advanced Judicial Studies, Lake Buena Vista FL, May 2013. Presentation on The Challenges of High Profile Case.
$ Panel Chair and Moderator on “The New Media as an Advocate for Human Rights Reform in Colombia” at the 14th Annual Conference on Legal and Policy Issues in the Americas, Gainesville FL, May 2013.
$ Panelist on “Communications Law, Defamation, and Privacy” at the Right to Know Conference organized by UF Centr for European Studies, Gainesville FL, April 2013.
$ Panelist on Discussion Group: “Privacy in an Era of Advancing Technology” at the 2012 Southeastern Association of Law Schools (SEALS) Annual Meeting, Amelia Island FL, August 2012.
$ Commentator on The New Intrusion by Jane Yakowitz at the 5th annual Privacy Law Scholars Conference, hosted by the George Washington Univ. Law School and the Berkeley Center for Law & Technology, Washington DC, June 2012.
$ Panelist on Communication Law course at the FL College of Advanced Judicial Studies, Naples FL, June 2012. Presentation on Privacy in the New World.
$ Speaker, Evening Lecture Series of the Institute for Human & Machine Cognition, Inc., Ocala FL, December 2011. Presentation on: Living In Glass Houses: the Loss of Individual Privacy in Today’s World.
$ Speaker, ABA Book Club Reception & Dinner on Privacy: The Lost Right, San Diego CA, June 2011.
$ Panelist, 4th Annual Privacy Law Scholars Conference, Berkeley CA, June 2011. Paper presented: New Media Old Law.
$ Moderator, Southeastern Association of Law Schools, First Amendment Panel on the Evolution of Speech & Technology, Palm Beach FL, Aug. 2, 2009.
$ Presenter, Workshop on The Two Edged Sword: Privacy & the Media in the Global Context, Privacy Law Scholars Conference, Berkeley CA, June 5, 2009.
$ Presenter, Report on Access to Court Records, Florida Supreme Court, Tallahassee FL, January 25, 2006
$ Presenter: Confidentiality, Privacy & Domestic Violence Fatality Review, the National Conference on Domestic Violence Fatality Review, Delray Beach FL, September 20, 2004. Paper presented: Domestic Violence Victims and Privacy.
TELEVISION PRODUCTIONS
$ Received Suncoast Regional Emmy Award for the best public affairs production in the Southeastern United States for the show AWhose Water Is It Anyway?@, which was part of the Common Ground series dealing with the Florida Everglades, 1998.
$ Co-editor, Moderator, "Common Ground", Public Television Series, September 1995, on resolving environmental conflicts, funded by John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.
$ Executive Producer and Moderator, "Sunshine Showdown," a 9-part television series broadcast throughout Florida on Sunshine Network, funded by grants from The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and 17 Florida Corporate and Foundation sponsors. Broadcast: March & April 1991. Rebroadcast: October-December, 1991.
$ Producer and Moderator, "Florida Forum," 60-minute public television program, funded by grants from the RGK Foundation and National Health Lawyers Association, 1989.
PERSONAL INFORMATION
$ Born: July 24, 1947, Miami, Florida
$ Married: Beth Bechard Mills
$ Daughters: Marguerite St. Amand and Elizabeth Buchanan Mills
$ Hobbies: Flying (IFR Pilot), Scuba Diving, Skiing, Photography, Reading, Karate, Jogging