Bill Mullowney

About Bill Mullowney

Bill Mullowney serves as Vice President for Policy and General Counsel for Valencia College in Orlando, Florida. He serves as Valencia\'s chief legal officer and as its lobbyist and legislative counsel to the executive and legislative branches of the State of Florida. He also served as Program Chair for the Community College Conference on Legal Issues from 20••••20. He earned his B.B.A. degree from the University of Miami School of Business, and his J.D. and LL.M. degrees from the University of Miami School of Law. Prior to his position at Valencia, Mr. Mullowney served as the chief legal officer at Whittier College in California and before that as University Ombudsman at the University of Miami. While at Whittier, Mr. Mullowney also served as an Adjunct Professor of Law at the Whittier Law School, where he taught classes in Sports Law and Higher Education Law. While at Miami, he helped launch the university\'s Student Honor Code and also served as an Associate Faculty Master at the Hecht Residential College. Currently, he also serves as Chair of the Board of Directors of Shepherd\'s Hope, a non-profit organization that provides free, quality healthcare for the uninsured in Central Florida. Mr. Mullowney is a member of the Florida Bar and the State Bar of California. He is Florida Bar Board Certified as a specialist in Education Law. He is a member of the Florida Association of Professional Lobbyists, and is certified as a Designated Professional Lobbyist. He has completed three elected terms of service on the Board of Directors of the National Association of College and University Attorneys (NACUA), serving as a member-at-large, then as Secretary, and most recently as the Chair of the Board. He also has served on the Boards of the Florida Colleges Activities Association, the Association of Florida Colleges (AFC), and the AFC Foundation. He also serves on the Florida Bar\'s Education Law Committee. He has written and spoken on issues regarding higher education law at/for numerous publications, and state and national panel discussions and conferences.

Experience

1. Vice President for Policy and General Counsel

   Valencia College

   Jan 1994 — Present · Orlando, FL, US

Education

• University of Miami School of Law

  Doctor of Law (JD)

  1982 — 1985

• University of Miami Herbert Business School

  Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA), International Finance and Marketing

  1978 — 1982

• University of Miami School of Law

  Master of Laws (LLM), Real Property, Land Development, and Finance Law

  1986 — 1989

Skills

• Government
• Nonprofits
• Intellectual Property
• Employment Law
• Due Diligence
• Legal Compliance
• Grant Writing
• Legal Research
• Contract Negotiation
• Higher Education
• Public Speaking
• Corporate Governance
• Policy
• Grants
• Arbitration
• Legal Writing
• Litigation
• Leadership Development
• Real Estate Transactions
• Joint Ventures
• Appeals
• Contract Management
• Politics
• Trials
• Public Policy
• Administrative Law
• Criminal Law
• Commercial Litigation
• Employee Relations
• Policy Analysis
• Mediation
• Discrimination
• Fundraising
• Political Campaigns
• Community Outreach
• Courts
• Legislative Relations
• Hearings
• Licensing
• Alternative Dispute Resolution