August 24, 2006

ST. PETERSBURG, FL – Gregory Rix, a lawyer with Brigham Moore, the state’s largest private property rights defense firm, has been named partner with the firm.

Rix is involved in all areas of eminent domain and property rights law, from initial proceedings to appeal and is admitted to practice in all Florida state courts as well as the US District Court for the Middle District of Florida. He is a member of the American Bar Association and the Hillsborough County Bar Association and currently serves on the steering committee for Florida State University’s annual Real Estate Trends and Networking Conference.

Rix has a bachelor’s degree in finance and real estate from Florida State University, an MBA from Stetson University and is a magna cum laude graduate of Stetson University College of Law. Prior to becoming a lawyer, he was a State-Certified General Real Estate Appraiser focusing his practice on assignments involving eminent domain. He joined Brigham Moore in 2000 and practices in the firm’s Tampa Bay office.

He is a 30 year resident of Tampa.

Brigham Moore is Florida’s leading statewide eminent domain and property rights defense firm with offices in Jacksonville, Miami/Coral Gables, West Palm Beach, Sarasota and St. Petersburg. Since its founding more than 30 years ago, Brigham Moore has built a statewide and national reputation for zealous protection of property rights and for skillful advocacy in pursuit of constitutional full compensation. In addition to representing private property owners in the context of eminent domain proceedings, inverse condemnation, regulatory takings, Private Property Protection Act claims, and pre-condemnation counseling, the firm also devotes significant resources to maintaining and improving property rights protection by consistent advocacy for legislative and constitutional reforms in Florida.