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| TWO NEWLY ELECTED TO FLORIDA BAR BOARD OF GOVERNORS; 14 INCUMBENTS RE-ELECTED; 14 TO RUN FOR SEVEN SEATS |
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 16, 2004
CONTACT: Francine Walker,
The Florida Bar
TELEPHONE: 850/561-5666
Two Florida Bar members have been newly elected to The Florida Bar Board of Governors and 14 incumbents have been re-elected without opposition. Fourteen Bar members will contest for seven Board of Governors seats in March's board elections. All Board members take office June 24, 2005.
In addition, Jacksonville attorney Henry M. Coxe, III, has been elected president-elect designate of The Florida Bar. Coxe will become president-elect during the Bar’s annual meeting in Orlando in June 2005 and president in June 2006.
New Board members - for a two-year term - elected without opposition are:
· Denise A. Lyn, Inverness, Fifth Circuit, Seat 1, replaces William H. Phelan, Jr. who was first elected to the Board in 1999.
· Daniel L. DeCubellis, Orlando, Ninth Circuit, Seat 2, replaces Russell Divine who was elected to the Board 2001.
Incumbents elected without opposition for two-year terms beginning in 2005 are:
· Lawrence E. Sellers, Jr., Tallahassee, Second Circuit, Seat 1
· Murray B. Silverstein, St. Petersburg, Sixth Circuit, Seat 2
· David Rothman, Miami, Eleventh Circuit, Seat 2
· Jennifer R. Coberly, Miami, Eleventh Circuit, Seat 4
· Sharon L. Langer, Miami, Eleventh Circuit, Seat 6
· Steven E. Chaykin, Miami, Eleventh Circuit, Seat 8
· Kimberly A. Bald, Bradenton, Twelfth Circuit, Seat 1
· Gwynne Alice Young, Tampa, Thirteenth Circuit, Seat 3
· Nancy W. Gregoire, Ft. Lauderdale, Seventeenth Circuit, Seat 2
· Henry Latimer, Ft. Lauderdale, Seventeenth Circuit, Seat 3
· Frank C. Walker, II, Ft. Lauderdale, Seventeenth Circuit, Seat 5
· A. Lawrence Ringers, Ft. Myers, Twentieth Circuit, Seat 2
· Richard A. Tanner, New Jersey, Out-of-State, Seat 1
· Gary J. Leppla, Ohio, Out-of-State, Seat 3
Running in contested races are:
· Fourth Circuit, Seat 2: Arthur Hernandez, Jacksonville, and John J. Schickel, Jacksonville.
· Eighth Circuit, Seat 1: Carl B. Schwait, Gainesville, and Cynthia S. Swanson, Gainesville.
· Thirteenth Circuit, Seat 2: William Kalish, Tampa, and Jeffrey W. Warren, Tampa.
· Fifteenth Circuit, Seat 2: Gregory Coleman, West Palm Beach, and Siobhan Helene Shea, Palm Beach.
· Fifteenth Circuit, Seat 4: Lisa S. Small, Palm Beach, and V. Lynn Whitfield, West Palm Beach.
· Sixteenth Circuit, Seat 1: Edwin A. Scales, Key West, and Timothy Nicholas Thomes, Key Largo.
· Nineteenth Circuit, Seat 1: Gean Cary Junginger, Jr., Ft. Pierce, and Harold G. Melville, Ft. Pierce.
Ballots for contested races will be mailed to eligible voters by March 1, 2005.
The Bar's 52-member board consists of the president and president-elect, the president and president-elect of the Young Lawyers Division, representatives elected by members of the Bar from each of the state's 20 judicial circuits, four out-of-state representatives elected by Florida Bar members who reside outside of Florida, and two public members appointed by the Florida Supreme Court.
The Board of Governors has exclusive authority to formulate and adopt matters of policy concerning the activities of the Bar, subject to limitations imposed by The Rules Regulating The Florida Bar. The full Board of Governors meets bi-monthly. Learn more about the Board of Governors and to view a current listing.
EDITORS: Please note The Florida Bar is not an association and "Association" is not part of our name. Proper reference is "The Florida Bar." Local bar organizations are properly termed "associations."
[Revised:
07-01-2005
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