| Michael Allweiss |
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| Professional
Description: Law partner of Allweiss & Allweiss.
Areas of practice include: Commercial Litigation; Corporate;
Real Estate; Criminal; Personal Injury and Trial Practice.
Chairman of APBA Offshore Power Boat Racing, LLC Experience/Qualifications: Has been practicing in the Tampa Bay area for fifteen years, more particularly: Assistant State Attorney 1990-92 and Lead Trial Attorney 1992; Fowler, White - Associate 1992-1993; Private Practice - 1993 through present. Also a member of the American Bar Association, The Florida Bar and St. Petersburg Bar Association. Education/Training: Bachelor of Science degree from University of Florida; Juris Doctorate from University of Miami School of Law; Certified Circuit Civil Mediator. Community Service: Pinellas Association of Retarded Children (PARC) - Member of Board of Directors; and, St. Petersburg Hurricane Classic Foundation, Inc. - President and Executive Director. Interests: Offshore powerboat racing; watersports; football; and, baseball. POWER BOAT LAW Michael D. Allweiss served as the Managing Member/Chairman of the APBA Offshore Power Boat Racing, LLC, a limited liability company, established in February 2000. Prior thereto, he served as Chairman of the Offshore Division for the American Power Boat Association. In this capacity, Michael has increased public accessibility to the sport of power boat racing by bringing it to television, specifically The National Network (TNN), Speedvision, and currently Fox Speed Channel. Michael has taken great lengths to see that this exciting motorsport becomes as popular as the current NASCAR racing series. Michael served on the National Legal Committee for the APBA. He also served as Chief Counsel for the APBA Offshore Division and as Race Site Representative on the Offshore Racing Commission. Michael was on the APBA Board of Directors and an original member of the Offshore V-Bottom Factory Class Technical Committee. In his rookie season in 1997, Michael finished Second Nationally and in the Southeast Division in the Offshore Factory I Class. He also received the APBA Factory I V-Bottom Sportsman of the Year and the OPBRA Don Schwebb's Memorial Sportsman of the Year Award. In 1998, Michael won the high points driver's championship for the Southeast Division of the APBA in Factory II Class and was inducted into the APBA's Hall of Champions. Michael is also an attorney and been practicing since 1990 in the State of Florida. He is a law partner of Allweiss & Allweiss. The areas of his law practice include commercial litigation, corporate, real estate, criminal, personal injury and trial practice. Michael lives in the Tampa Bay area with his wife Janet and three children, and his interests include offshore powerboat racing, watersports, football and baseball. |
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