Arnold D. Tritt, Jr. is a Florida Bar Board Certified Construction Lawyer and the managing shareholder of the construction law firm of Tritt|Rendzio located in Jacksonville, Florida. After receiving his B.S. degree from the M.E. Rinker School of Building Construction at the University of Florida, Mr. Tritt was licensed by the state of Florida as a Certified Building Contractor and employed by Fluor Daniel, Inc. as a project manager in its commercial/light industrial group. He attended the Walter F. George School of Law at Mercer University, during which time Mr. Tritt was employed by the Atlanta, Georgia construction law firms of Smith, Currie & Hancock and Shapiro, Fussell, Wedge & Smotherman. Mr. Tritt is a member of the Florida Bar, State Bar of Georgia, the American Bar Association’s (ABA) Forum on the Construction Industry, and serves as Chair of the Florida Bar’s Construction Law Committee. He serves on the Board of Directors for the First Coast Chapter of Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) and on the Board of Directors of the Northeast Florida Builders Association (NEFBA), where he also serves as its General Counsel.

Education

• Mercer University, J.D., 1992
• The University of Florida, B.S., M.E. Rinker School of Building Construction, 1987

Legal and Professional Certifications and Awards

• Florida Bar Board Certified in Construction Law, 2005
• Certified Building Contractor, State of Florida, 1986
• Florida Super Lawyers®, Construction Litigation, 2011

Bar Association Memberships

• The Florida Bar, Construction Law Committee, Chair, 2011 - 2012
• State Bar of Georgia
• American Bar Association, Forum on the Construction Industry, Division 5 Steering Committee

Court Admissions

• U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida
• U.S. District Court, Northern and Middle Districts of Georgia
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit

Professional and Community Involvement

• Board Member, Northeast Florida Builders Association
• Board Member, Associated Builders & Contractors, Florida’s First Coast Chapter (2004 Chapter President)
• Board Member, Boys & Girls Club of Northeast Florida
• Member, American Institute of Architects

Presentations

• Florida Bar Construction Law Institute, "Creative Strategies for Competing More Profitably in a Competitive Legal Environment: Hear What Your Competitors are Doing", March 2009
• Florida Bar Construction Law Institute, "Advanced Litigation Skills Training: Selecting,Preparing, Attacking, & Defending Expert Witnesses", April 2010
• ABA Forum on the Construction Industry Annual Meeting, "Persuing Payment: Damned if You Do; Damned if You Don't", April 2010
• Tritt|Henderson Seminar, "Collecting Your Money by using Florida's Construction Lien Law", October 2010