St.Thomas Law Graduate, Kyle Teal, Wins Writing Award from the Florida Bar

Kyle Teal

St. Thomas Law graduate, Kyle Teal '12, is co-recipient of this year's Florida Bar Journal Excellence in Writing Award.

The Florida Bar Journal & News Editorial Board selected Kyle B. Teal and Ervin Gonzalez as the recipients for their article, “No Ideas But in Things: A Practitioner’s Look at Demonstrative Evidence,” which was published in the December 2015 issue of the journal.

According to the Florida Bar, awardees are selected based on "writing quality, substance, difficulty, and style."
The article focuses on the the use of demonstrative evidence at trial, and has been cited by a number of legal entities dealing with issues surrounding that topic.

"Kyle is a real professional," stated St. Thomas Law professor Gary Kravitz, who taught Kyle while he was a law student. 

While a student at St. Thomas Law he was also the editor-in-chief of the St. Thomas Law Review and recipient of the 2012 ALI-ABA Scholarship and Leadership Award.

Teal is currently is an associate at the Gunster Miami office. He focuses on property rights litigation, including the representation of owners and businesses in eminent domain, inverse condemnation, regulatory takings, and Bert J. Harris claims. He also assists clients in commercial and insurance litigation, as well as land use, development, and acquisition matters.

Read the award-winning article here.