Woody Clermont MBA MS MSc JD

As a multidisciplinary writer and author, I research, develop, and produce high-quality content across a wide range of fields including law, economics, spirituality, history, culture, and personal development. My role involves transforming complex ideas into clear, engaging, and accessible works for diverse audiences, ranging from general readers to professionals and academic communities. I write full-length books, articles, essays, and digital content that aim to inform, inspire, and challenge conventional thinking. My work includes conducting in-depth research, analyzing historical and contemporary sources, and weaving insights from multiple disciplines into cohesive narratives. I manage the full creative process from concept development to publication, including outlining, drafting, editing, and coordinating with designers, editors, and distribution platforms. I also build and maintain a growing author brand by developing marketing copy, managing website content, and producing multimedia material to support book launches and public engagement. My mission as a writer is to create work that elevates understanding, encourages critical thought, and contributes meaningful perspectives to conversations about justice, human behavior, faith, and society. Through consistent output and a commitment to impactful storytelling, I strive to produce writing that resonates, empowers, and endures.

Lead court proceedings, ensuring that all participants follow proper courtroom procedures. Maintain order in the courtroom and ensure that trials are conducted fairly and efficiently. Use legal knowledge and precedent to determine the applicable laws for each case. Guide the court on the interpretation of statutes, regulations, and legal principles. Safeguard the constitutional and legal rights of all parties involved, including plaintiffs, defendants, witnesses, and jurors. Ensure all individuals are treated equally and fairly before the court. Assess the admissibility of evidence presented during trials, determining whether the evidence is legally obtained and relevant to the case. Make rulings on motions related to evidence. Provide clear and accurate legal instructions to jurors, explaining the law and guiding them on how to apply the law to the facts of the case. In nonjury trials, evaluate the facts and make a final ruling on the case. Determine the outcome based on legal standards, precedent, and factual evidence. Determine the appropriate sentencing, judgment or remedy in criminal, and civil law cases. This may include imposing jail sentences, fines, probation, or awarding damages in civil disputes. Approving Warrants: Approve warrants for searches and arrests based on evidence presented by law enforcement agencies. Ensure that the issuance of warrants complies with constitutional protections and legal standards. Issuing Bench Warrants: Issue bench warrants for individuals who fail to appear in court for scheduled hearings or trials, ensuring that the law is enforced and cases proceed in an orderly manner. Establishing Policies: Work collaboratively with other judges to establish court policies that improve the efficiency and accessibility of the legal system. Allocate resources and implement strategies that promote fair access to justice for all residents of Broward County.

• Led court proceedings, ensuring proper courtroom procedures were followed and trials conducted fairly and efficiently. • Safeguarded constitutional and legal rights of all parties involved, treating individuals equally and fairly before the court. • Assessed evidence admissibility, making rulings on motions related to evidence and providing legal instructions to jurors.

Currently handling Civil, Criminal, Family Law, and Appeals. Handling divorce proceedings, adoptions, paternity actions, administrative actions, and child custody/timesharing modifications. Common tasks include drafting timesharing agreements, child support worksheet guidelines, propounding discovery, taking depositions, attending mediations and other actions. Handling criminal defense, motions for statement of particulars, motions to suppress, sworn motions to dismiss, taking depositions, issuing necessary subpoeanas, motions for judgment of acquittal, and all aspects of obtaining a no action (avoiding charges being filed), dismissal or not guilty verdict for clients. Handling civil defense, personal injury, business disputes, filing of or answers to civil complaints, motions to dismiss, motions for summary judgment, attending mediations (to either resolution or impasse), requests for production, different stages of civil litigation, requests for admissions, going over interrogatories with clients, stipulations as necessary, and taking cases to bench or jury trials. Set up case files, review documentary evidence, review testimony, conduct discovery, attend hearings, file all appropriate pleadings and motions. Represent clients with zeal and advocacy. Obtain the best outcomes for clients. Prepare cases for trial, and try all family, civil and criminal matters. Oversee law office business operations, including establishing the law firm structure, communicating and enforcing team values, and contributing to strategic business decisions to achieve our overall law firm goals. Ensure that the firm is achieving its short-term and long-term goals and client satisfaction by evaluating productivity and quality of service and making recommendations for improvement. Establish the financial strategy of the law firm by adequately distributing funds across the company, monitoring the monthly budget, anticipating requirements and trends, and evaluating the results.

Review and make filing decisions on all municipal ordinance arrests. Review case filing and intake from citizens and victims requesting municipal cases to be filed on alleged violations of the law not occurring in a police officer's presence. Represents the City at all first appearance hearings on municipal ordinance arrests. Represents the City in all County Court arraignments on all City prosecutions. Represents the City at all calendar call hearings and plea negotiations. Trial attorney for all criminal prosecutions in County Court cases filed by the City. Represents the City on municipal/misdemeanor appeals and violation of probation hearings. Seeks to recover costs of prosecutions through jail-time sentences, fines, court costs, bond estreatures and community service work programs. Assist in the confiscation of evidence and destruction of contraband. Recover restitution on behalf of victims in municipal prosecutions. Assisting in regulating and ensuring compliance in community service work programs. Represents the City at mental health court proceedings, misdemeanor drug court and veteran court proceedings. Supervise and assist legal interns as part of local law schools clinical programs. Assist in collection efforts to recoup Public Defender fees. Meet with witnesses, prepare for and represent the City on all prosecutions.

Fair Hearings: The primary responsibility of the Hearing Officer position is to conduct fair hearings for Medicaid programs administered by the Agency for Health Care Administration under the authority of section 409.285, Florida Statutes and 42 C.F.R. s 431, Subpart E, & 42 C.F.R. s 438, Subpart F. The position is responsible for handling all aspects of assigned Medicaid fair hearing proceedings including case management, conducting the fair hearings and rendering written final orders for the agency, subject to appellate review. Legal Opinions: Provide legal opinions on assigned topics based on identification of relevant facts, thorough legal research and careful analysis. Preventative Law: Identification of potential legal concerns relevant to the operation of the Fair Hearing Section and communication of such concerns to the Fair Hearing Section Chief or designee. Legislation: Assist in the analysis, implementation and development of legislation relevant to the mission and operation of the Fair Hearing Section. Administrative Rules and Regulations: Interpret and apply state administrative rules and federal regulations pertinent to Medicaid fair hearings. Assist in the development of administrative rules necessary for Medicaid fair hearings and the operation of the Fair Hearing Section.

Aide to Commissioner Kionne McGhee (D), District 9, former House Minority Leader (2018-2020). Provided support, assistance, and provides administration within the Office of District 9. Provided direction, helps to craft and develop economic policies to provide benefit to the constituents of the District. Provides technical expertise and direction and works with multiple stakeholders. Performs advanced and highly responsible administrative, research, and technical work for assigned County Commissioners. Performed a wide variety of complex tasks requiring initiative, independent judgement and extensive working knowledge of the Commissioner’s district and constituent concerns. Researched issues that come before the Board of County Commissioners and briefs the Commissioner. Prepared reports, articles, and correspondence. Responsible for constituent services for assigned Commissioner. Scheduled and coordinated appointments and meetings for assigned Commissioner. Attended meetings and events in the community on the Commissioner’s behalf. Maintained sensitive and confidential files and records. Position involved considerable contact of a responsible nature with government officials, representatives of other departments, and the general public, often involving sensitive or confidential information. Drafted correspondence from the Commissioner to the Mayor regarding attempting to bring the Metro Rail to South Dade. Assisted the District with research on the plans for the South Dade Logistics and Technology commercial complex and their application trying to amend the CDMP as well as corresponding with the Department of Regulatory and Economic Resources (RER), Water and Sewer Department (WASD), and the Division of Environmental Resources Management (DERM). Assisted the District and Commissioner with policy planning included environmental, land use, regional, urban and spatial planning.

Divisions • Appellate Division - 1/2010-12/2010 (12 months). • Family and Probate Division - 1/2011 to 2/2011; 1/2013 to 11/2013 (12 months). • Criminal Division - 3/2011 to 12/2012 (22 months). • Complex Business Litigation Division - 11/2013 - 12/2014 (13 months). • Appellate Division - 12/2014 - 11/2020 (59 months). Duties • Conducting legal research of substantive and procedural legal matters, and drafting/preparing legal documents, such as opinions, judgments, post-conviction orders, memoranda or orders concerning extraordinary writs. • Drafting proposed orders for motions filed in and issues arising during death warrant cases. • Reviewing files, evidence, depositions, pleadings, motions, legal briefs, and memoranda of law, proposed orders and other related documentation in order to advise judges in a variety of legal areas. • During administrative appeals, reviewed the work of Community Councils when they made zoning and land use decisions, as well as their advisory information and recommendations based on concerns of the council area. Looked at Miami-Dade Landscape Code (Chapter 18A & 18B) as well necessary during administrative appeals or extraordinary writs. Reviewed variance application denials and decisions pertaining to the various zoning districts, like AU (agricultural/residential), RU-1 (single family residential), RU-4L (limited apartment house district), RU-5A (semiprofessional office and apartments district), BU-1 (business districts neighborhood), IU-3 (industrial districts, unlimited), and many more other zoning designations, including Rapid Transit Zones, in the course of circuit court litigation. Looked at Community Zoning Appeals Board decisions to determine whether they met with the substantive and procedural due process requirements, the essential requirements of the law, and that the decisions of the CZAB and the County Commission at large, were based on substantial competence evidence.

Employed with the School of Business at Wolfson Campus and North Campus. Instructor in Quantitative Methods, Statistics, and Economics. Courses Taught • Business Statistics (QMB 2100) • Introduction to Macroeconomics (ECO 2013) • Introduction to Microeconomics (ECO 2023)

Courses Taught • Administrative Law (PLA 2483) • American Government (POS 1049) • Contracts & the Uniform Commercial Code (PLA 1425) • Criminal Law and Procedure (PLA 1303) • Law Office Practices (PLA 2764) • Legal Terminology (OST 2252) • Property Law and Real Estate (PLA 2610)

Course Code Course Title Letter Grade APOL 500 Introduction to Apologetics A CHHI 510 Survey of History of Christianity A SEMI 505 Introduction to Ministry A GICE 650 Intercultural Communication A SEMI 510 Tools for Ministry Studies A NBST 516 Introduction to the Life of Christ A OBST 516 Introduction to Pentateuch & Old Testament Historical Books A THEO 521 Foundations of Christian Theology A

Won 1L Moot Court Competition Juan Ortiz v. APC with partner Gerald Chen Young (https://www.linkedin.com/pub/gerald-alain-p-chen-young/19/898/419).

Master of Science, Data Analytics (M.S.D.A.) - Graduated August 28, 2020. WGU uses a competency-based grading system, where “Pass” indicates performance equivalent to at least a B (3.0) or better on a traditional 4.0 scale. Course Code Course Title Grade DTAN C740 Fundamentals of Data Analytics Pass DTAN C743 Data Mining and Analytics I Pass DTAN C744 Data Mining and Analytics II Pass DTAN C745 Advanced Data Visualization Pass DTAN C995 SQL for Data Analysis Pass ITSW C996 Programming in Python Pass ITSW C997 R for Data Analysts Pass MATH C741 Statistics for Data Analysts Pass

Course Code Course Title Letter Grade ECO 6115 Advanced Microeconomics B- ECO 6206 Advanced Macroeconomics A- ECO 6426 Advanced Econometrics B ECO 6403 Advanced Mathematical Economics A- ECO 6716 International Monetary Economics A ECO 6706 Advanced International Trade A ECO 6424 Topics in Econometrics B- MAN 6501 Operations Management A QMB 6603 Data Analysis for Managers A STA 6113 Educational Statistics A MAN 6721 Global Management Strategy and Policy A

Graduated with M.B.A. on May 2, 2014. Course Code Course Title Letter Grade ACG 6311 Advanced Analysis/Application of Accounting Data A- CGS 1570 Computer Applications A MAR 6815 Advanced Marketing Management A- FIN 6806 Seminar in Advanced Financial Management B+ GEB 6215 Graduate Business Communication Applications S GEB 6931 Contemporary Issues in Industry/Executive S ISM 6026 Management Information Systems and Technology A- ISM 6316 IT Project and Change Management B+ MAN 6614 International Business Operations A MAN 6245 Organizational Behavior A MAN 6937 Global Environment of Management A MAR 6158 Global Marketing A MAR 6055 Marketing Functions/Processes A

Graduated May of 2020. Finished with 4.0 G.P.A. in all Mayville courses and in major. Course Code Course Title Grade MATH 402 History/Philosophy of Mathematics A MATH 443 Algebraic Structures w/ Programming for Majors A MATH 265 Calculus III A MATH 208 Modern Geometry A MATH 360 Theory of Numbers A COMM 110 Fundamentals of Public Speaking A MATH 310 Math for Elementary Teachers A ENGL 110 Composition II A MATH 105 College Algebra A MATH 390 Mathematics Comprehensive A MATH 412 Differential Equations A

Bachelor of Science, Business IT Management (B.S.B.I.T.M.) - Graduated August of 2018.

Graduated with A.Sc. in December of 2017 with 3.801 GPA - Dean's List. Received Commencement High Honors.

Regis High School is a private Jesuit university-preparatory school for academically gifted Roman Catholic young men located on Manhattan's Upper East Side.