An accomplished litigator in both the public and private sectors, Sidney Calloway is a partner in the Government Law Practice Group of the Fort Lauderdale office. The strength of his work for municipalities, public agencies and government bodies has led to a prominent role at the state level, including his current position as Governor Jeb Bush’s appointee to the Florida Transportation Commission, where he presides as the commission’s elected secretary. In 1998, he was also appointed by Governor Lawton Chiles to serve on the Commission on Legislative Reform of Judicial Administration.
Mr. Calloway’s diverse range of governmental and private sector clients count on his broad experience in governmental affairs, litigation, and dispute resolution. He focuses on complex civil matters including legislative and municipal redistricting, telecommunications, land use and zoning, labor and employment, community redevelopment and economic development. Past governmental clients have included the Broward County Aviation Department, the School Board of Miami-Dade County, Broward County Supervisor of Elections, the City of Fort Lauderdale Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA), and the Broward County Legislative Delegation. He represents the Greater Fort Lauderdale Chamber of Commerce as its Vice-Chair and General Counsel.
Mr. Calloway is also a Florida Supreme Court certified circuit civil court mediator.
Affiliations
Mr. Calloway has a prominent role in various civic groups in South Florida as well. He is on the Board of Directors for the Urban League of Broward County and also serves the Fort Lauderdale NAACP, Legal Aid of Broward County, the Broward County Nuisance & Drug Abatement Board, the City of Fort Lauderdale Economic Development Advisory Board, and the Growth Management and Transportation Committees of the Broward League of Cities. Mr. Calloway has served as president and executive board member of the T.J. Reddick Bar Association, Chair of a Florida Bar Grievance Committee for the 17th Judicial Circuit, is a current member of the Florida Bar Speakers Bureau, and is an adjunct professor at the University of Miami Law School’s Litigation Skills Department.
Education
- Washington University/St. Louis, J.D., 1988
- Florida State University, B.A., 1985
Bar Admissions
- The Florida Bar
Court Admissions
- U.S. District Courts, Southern & Middle Districts of Florida
- U.S. Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit
Affiliations
- American Bar Association
- Broward County Bar Association
- National Bar Association
- Broward County Nuisance & Drug Abatement Board
- Broward League of Cities, Growth Management and Transportation Committees
- Central Charter School of Lauderdale Lakes, Member, Board of Directors
- City of Fort Lauderdale Economic Development Advisory Board
- Early Learning Coalition of Broward County, Vice-Chair
- Fort Lauderdale Community Development Corporation, Member
- Fort Lauderdale NAACP
- Greater Fort Lauderdale Chamber of Commerce, Vice-Chair/General Counsel
- Legal Aid of Broward County
- Urban League of Broward County, Board of Directors
