Ralph L. Gonzalez

Ralph L. Gonzalez is a former Captain in the United States Army and a graduate of The Harvard Law School with a Master of Business Administration from George Washington University. At law school, he was a winner of the Harvard Williston Contract Competition, selected as a Book Review Editor for the Harvard Environmental Law Review, selected as a teaching assistant in Federal Civil Litigation, and participated in the Ames Moot Court Competition. He also received his Bachelor of Science in Finance and Economics magna cum laude from the University of Tampa where he was the Most Outstanding Graduate and a Distinguished Military Graduate. Mr. Gonzalez also completed the Judge Advocate General’s Corps Officer Course at the University of Virginia Campus with postgraduate legal studies including international law and trial advocacy.

• Attorney

• Bricklemyer Smolkar & Bolves, Associate, 1995 - 1996
• Merkle & Magri, Associate, 1992 - 1995
• United States Army Defense Appellate Division, Attorney, 1986 - 1990
• United States Army, Captain, 1986 - 1990

• Naedel v. Bolle
• Citation: 627 So.2d 27
• Court: Fla.App. 2 Dist
• Year: 1993
• Serial Number: 1993211794
• U.S v. Bonano-Torres
• Citation: 31 M.J. 175
• Court: CMA
• Year: 1990
• Serial Number: 1990136767

• Florida, 1986
• District of Columbia, 1989
• U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit, 1990
• U.S. District Court Middle District of Florida, 1990
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, 1986

• Florida Bar (Member)
• University of Tampa, 1991 - 1992 (Member, Board of Counselors)
• University of Tampa National Alumni Association, 1990 - 1995 (Vice President)
• Hillsborough County Bar Association (Member)
• American Bar Association (Member)
• Florida Justice Association (Member)
• Fraternities and Sororities
• Alpha Chi