A. Lee Bentley, III

Bradley provides business clients around the world with a full suite of legal services in dozens of industries and practice areas. Bradley works with businesses and commercial entities.

A partner at the legal firm Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP, which has offices nationwide, attorney A. Lee Bentley, III, serves clients from the firm’s office in Tampa, Florida. Mr. Bentley represents clients across the state, offering them legal counsel on matters such as:

• Criminal defense
• White collar crimes
• False Claims Act
• Qui tam cases
• Internal investigations

Earning a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Georgia in 1980, Mr. Bentley went on to pursue his legal studies at the University of Virginia School of Law. While there, he served as the Notes Editor of the Virginia Law Review and was elected to be a member of the Order of the Coif. He graduated with his Juris Doctor in 1983 and gained his license to practice law in Florida and the District of Columbia. He is also admitted before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit and the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida.

After law school, Mr. Bentley clerked for the Honorable Lewis F. Powell, Jr. at the Supreme Court of the United States and the Honorable Clement F. Haynsworth, Jr. of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit. The recipient of several accolades over the years for his commitment to the spirit of the legal profession, he has been added to The Best Lawyers in America publication and listed in the Chambers USA under the litigation category. Furthermore, he was named to the Top Lawyers list by the Tampa Magazine in 2018. 

Maintaining an active presence in his community and the legal circle, Mr. Bentley is a member of the Lawyer Advisory Committee on Rules formed by the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida and a Master at the Herbert G. Goldburg-Ronald K. Cacciatore Criminal Law American Inn of Court. He is also a part of the Gold Shield Foundation and a board member of the Tampa Theatre Foundation.