Prather, Schifino to vie for Bar presidency
Prather, Schifino to vie for Bar presidency
20 elected to the Board of Governors, 11th
and 16th
circuit seats to be decided
West Palm Beach attorney David C. Prather and Tampa attorney William J. Schifino, Jr., are both running for president-elect of The Florida Bar.
Additionally, 19 incumbents on the Board of Governors were re-elected without opposition, one is newly elected, and two seats – in the 11th and 16th circuits – have contested elections. Filing to run for president-elect and Board of Governors seats ended December 15.
Ballots will be mailed to all eligible voters by March 2, 2015, and must be received before midnight EST on March 23, 2015. Full coverage of the contested election for Bar president-elect will be included the Janaury 1 News .
The 18 incumbents re-elected without opposition for two-year terms (2015-17) include:
* Second Circuit, Seat 1 – Lawrence E. Sellers Jr. , Tallahassee
* Fourth Circuit, Seat 2 – Michael G. Tanner , Jacksonville
* Fifth Circuit, Seat 1 – Renee E. Thompson , Ocala
* Sixth Circuit, Seat 2 – Sandra Fascell Diamond , Seminole
* Eighth Circuit, Seat 1 – Carl B. Schwait , Gainesville
* Ninth Circuit, Seat 2 – Paul L. SanGiovann i, Orlando
* 11th Circuit, Seat 4 – Michael J. Higer , Aventura
* 11th Circuit, Seat 6 – Steven W. Davis , Miami
* 12th Circuit, Seat 1 – F. Scott Westheimer , Sarasota
* 13th Circuit, Seat 2 – Lansing C. Scriven , Tampa
* 13th Circuit, Seat 3 – Margaret Diane Mathew s , Tampa
* 15th Circuit, Seat 2 – Ronald P. Ponzoli Jr. , West Palm Beach
* 15th Circuit, Seat 4 – Gary S. Lesser , West Palm Beach
* 17th Circuit, Seat 2 – Diana Santa Maria , Fort Lauderdale
* 17th Circuit, Seat 3 – L orna E. Brown-Burton , Deerfield Beach
* 17th Circuit, Seat 5 – Adam Rabinowitz , Fort Lauderdale
* 19th Circuit, Seat 1 – John M. Stewart , Vero Beach
* 20th Circuit, Seat 2 – Marcy L. Shaw , Fort Myers
* Out-of-State, Seat 3 – Eric L. Meeks, Cincinnati, Ohio
Newly elected for a two-year term (2015-2017) is:
* Out-of-State, Seat 1 – E. Duffy Myrtetus, Richmond, Va. The seat was previously held by Richard A. Tanner, formerly of Montclair, N.J.
Contested races
* 11th Circuit, Seat 2 – Incumbent Dori Foster-Morales, Miami, is being challenged by Marlon Weiss , Miami.
* 16th Circuit, Seat 1 – Candidates Meghan M. Benstead, Key West, and Bernadette Restivo, Key Largo, are running for the seat vacated by Judge Timothy J. Koenig.
