Former Assistant State Attorney C. Todd Chapman Joins Band Weintraub

The law office of Band Weintraub P.L., has expanded its civil litigation department with the recent hiring of well-known local litigation attorney C. Todd Chapman, who joined the firm in December, 2011. Chapman is a native of Bradenton.

A former Assistant State Attorney in Sarasota, Chapman has over 14 years of civil litigation experience and has tried 46 jury trials and several hundred bench trials throughout his career.   At Band Weintraub, he will work in the firm’s full-service civil litigation department headed by Garrett Pendleton who joined the firm last fall after previously working with the esteemed law firm of Alston and Bird in Atlanta.

“The addition of Mr. Chapman to our litigation department expands Band Weintraub’s litigation services to allow the firm to provide full service to our clients,” said Pendleton. “Given his extensive courtroom experience, he will be a valuable team member at trial.” Chapman will handle all types of civil litigation cases including probate litigation, commercial and business litigation, foreclosure defense, and real estate litigation.     

Chapman graduated from Vanderbilt University with a degree in economics and graduated from the University of Memphis College of Law in 1992.  After earning his law degree, he established a private practice in Tennessee with a focus on civil litigation in both state and federal courts, and also argued numerous cases in the appellate courts.   In 2005, Chapman returned to southwestFlorida with his wife Tamara, and their 11-year old daughter; they reside in Sarasota. 

Chapman is a member of the Florida and Tennessee Bars and is admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the Eleventh and Sixth Circuits of the U.S. Court of Appeals, and the U.S. District Court of the Middle District of Florida.  He is a member of the ManateeCounty and Sarasota County Bar Associations and the Trial Lawyers Section of The Florida Bar, and has volunteered his time by serving as a judge for the Sarasota County Teen Court Association and as a youth basketball coach in Sarasota.

Band Weintraub, P.L., is a full-service law firm with nine attorneys and areas of practice including estate planning and probate, real estate law, business and corporate law, commercial real estate and business litigation, asset protection planning, and family law.  The firm’s office is located at 1 South School Ave., in downtown Sarasota.  For more information call 941.917.0505 or visit www.bandweintraub.com.