Mr. Heebner is a principal/partner in Heebner, Baggett,
Upchurch & Garthe, P.L. He received his undergraduate degree at Stetson
University. Following his tour of
duty as an Army infantry officer, he received his J.D. degree from Florida State
University when he was a member of Law Review and Moot Court. Mr. Heebner initially
served as an Assistant State Attorney before entering private practice. He has served
as Counsel for the Ponce de Leon Port Authority, the City of Daytona Beach Shores,
the Daytona Beach Downtown Development Authority, and the Board of Trustees of
Daytona State College. He was appointed by the Governor to the Florida High Speed
Rail Committee, the Federal Judicial Nominating Committee, and as the Chairman of
the Florida 7th Judicial Circuit Nominating Committee.
Mr. Heebner is a member of the Florida Bar Construction Law Committee and the
Environmental and Land Use section of the Florida Bar.
For over 30 years, Mr. Heebner has litigated hundreds of cases involving
Florida's Construction Lien Law, construction defects and suretyship issues
on large public and private construction projects in Central Florida. Mr. Heebner
has been involved in the permitting for many of the major marinas in the Halifax
area and has litigated numerous land use, environmental development issues. As Special
Council for the County of Volusia, he litigated the federal constitutional challenge
of Volusia County's road impact fee ordinance. He has interfaced with many federal
and state regulatory agencies on various development issues.
Mr. Heebner has also been actively involved in numerous business, civil and service
organizations, serving in leadership positions as Chairman of the Board of the
Stewart Marchman Foundation, Chairman of the Board of Tomoka State Bank, President
of the Board of Directors of Daytona Beach Community College Foundation, Chairman of
the Civic League of the Halifax Area, President of the Daytona Beach Area Chamber of Commerce,
President of Oceanside Country Club and appointed as a member of the Volusia
County Charter Review Commission, the YMCA Board of Directors,
and the Board of Governors of the Red Cross and The United Way.
Mr. Heebner practices primarily in the areas of business and construction litigation,
land use and planning, and environmental law.
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