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Tim Asta is an attorney in Tallahassee, Florida, who has experience working in a wide range of areas of law including trademark, healthcare, and land use.
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Tim is a cum laude graduate from the Florida State University College of Law. After graduating from the University of Virginia, he was a graphic and web designer for nearly a decade prior to attending law school. With 10 years of experience in both the public and private sectors, in settings ranging from small business to state government, Tim has worked in a variety of roles:
Entrepreneur. Advocate. Academic. Negotiator. Collaborator. Leader.
While Tim was a law student, he served on three journals, including the Florida State University Law Review, where he also served on the Online Publication Committee. He graduated with cum laude honors, and earned three Book Awards for Excellence from his professors, including one who was and is a sitting Justice of the Supreme Court of Florida.
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Juris Doctor | May 2017
cum laude honors
Coursework Focus: Environmental Law, Constitutional Law, Business Law
Florida State University Law Review
Journal of Land Use & Environmental Law
FSU Business Review
Bachelor of Arts | May 2004
Major: Anthropology
National Society of Collegiate Scholars
Juris Doctor with cum laude distinction
Florida Constitutional Law
Summer 2015
Civil Externship Perspectives
Summer 2016
Global Justice
Fall 2016
Outstanding Subciter, Spring 2016
Merit Contribution, Spring 2017
Associate Attorney | 2018-2021
Licensed in Florida & Georgia
Guilday Law, P.A. is a Florida law firm located in the state’s capital that serves a wide variety of clients in numerous areas of law. These areas include administrative law, construction law, environmental law, litigation, professional liability, real estate, and business law. Following graduation from law school, Tim originally clerked with the firm until he became licensed and then proceeded to work as an Associate Attorney, assisting on numerous important cases.
Legal Aid | 2017
Pro Bono Legal Work
Plain Language Action & Information Network
The Florida Justice Technology Center is a statewide nonprofit that aims to use technology to increase access to justice. Tim aided this worthy public cause by volunteering his time to help translate complex legal concepts, rules, and practices into plain language. By decoding the legalese surrounding these common encounters with the law, the Center helps Florida citizens gain a greater understanding of the laws that govern them.
Law Clerk | 2016
Summer Externship
Book Award
At the Florida Office of the Attorney General, Tim worked intimately with Senior Assistant Attorneys General in preparing for and conducting pre-trial motions, depositions, discovery, and representation in court. He received perfect performance reviews and earned the Book Award for outstanding performance in the associated perspectives course.
Learn more about the FSU College of Law Book Award
Prior to attending law school, Tim Asta was a professional graphic and web designer for nearly a decade.
Owner, Operator, Lead Designer | 2009 - 2013
In the private sector, Tim ran his own business – Tim Asta Designs, where he worked closely with small and large clients to realize their design, marketing, and media presence goals.
Clients of Tim Asta Designs ranged from local startups and small businesses to international brands and governmental organizations. Tim pitched, developed, and executed projects of every size, within specific and efficient timelines, budgets, and objectives.
For some of his more recent projects, Tim created a short animated film, The Scientist & the Sample, for the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory (MagLab), which illustrates what scientists do at the world’s largest and highest-powered magnet lab.
The animation is available at the bottom of the MagLab’s homepage.
Always interested in helping others, Tim teamed up with his younger sister and the Peace Corps to create an online campaign to raise both awareness and funds for improving living and health conditions in rural Guatemala.
As lead designer for the National Center for Continuing Education, Tim redesigned the company’s branding, created online and print marketing, and deployed a web and digital presence.
When Interface Global - an environmentally-focused company with locations across North America, Europe, and Asia - needed modern infographics to advertise their new green footprint, Tim Asta Designs was there to help.
Tim consistently created completely customized, well-researched, and flawlessly (and humbly) executed designs and campaigns that were effective, flexible, and adaptive. A decade of experience recruiting clients and jobs, researching and developing customized work products, managing multiple projects and responsibilities simultaneously, working with diverse teams and interests, and developing professional networks has given Tim invaluable skills that seamlessly translate into the legal field.
Senior Wed Designer | 2013 - 2014
Led Redesign of Main Website
As Senior Website Designer at the Florida Department of Revenue, Tim led the Information Services Program team in the complete redesign and initial deployment of the department’s website, including the graphic design, coding, and functionality using leading industry software. The new layout and updated graphic treatment was a big step forward for the government agency, and the future-oriented design remains current even years later.
Director of Instructional Technology | 2005 - 2009
Celebrating Over 25 Years of Education!
Shaping young minds into responsible future leaders, Batt School for International Leadership focuses on small class size, modern and advanced curriculum, and the successful acceleration of highly-motivated and talented students. As Director of Instructional Technology, Tim oversaw the use, maintenance, integration, and instruction of computer and web technology at the school, in addition to developing and managing the school’s branding, marketing, commemorative, and publishing needs.
Assessing the Threat of Big Data and Examining Potential Corporate and Governmental Solutions
FSU Law Review
Florida State University Law Review, Volume 45 No. 1
A Graphical Model for Understanding International Conflict
FSU Law Review Online
Florida State University Law Review Online, Volume 45
Persuasive Writing, Advanced Research, Technical Writing, Data Analysis, Plain Language Writing
Expert knowledge of Windows OS, including Windows 10; Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint
Expert knowledge of Apple OS; Apple Pages, Keynote
Expert knowledge of Adobe Photoshop, Acrobat, Illustrator, After Effects; HTML, CSS, PHP, JavaScript
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