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President Gwynne A. Young |
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Introduction to the President
Gwynne Young, President of The Florida Bar, 2012-2013
Young focuses her practice on complex state and federal litigation as a shareholder at Carlton Fields. She has handled a wide variety of commercial and business disputes, real property litigation including title insurance, and real estate matters as well as probate and trust litigation. She is admitted to the U.S. Court of Appeals Eleventh Circuit, Florida Supreme Court and federal and state courts in Florida.
An active alumnus at the University of Florida and Duke University, Young has held the positions of Trustees of the College of Law Center Association, and Emeritus Trustee and President of Duke University General Alumni Association, Duke University Trustee, and Duke Athletics Advisory Board. Young was president and director of the Hillsborough County Bar Association and Foundation. Additionally, she served on the American Bar Association House of Delegates and numerous committees and sections at The Florida Bar.
She is listed in Florida Super Lawyers, The Best Lawyers in America, Florida Trend Legal Elite Hall of Fame and Legal Elite. She was honored with The Florida Bar President's Pro Bono Service Award for the Thirteenth Circuit and the Herbert Goldburg Award, Trial Lawyers Section of the Hillsborough County Bar.
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Diversity
The Florida Bar’s objective is to foster an inclusive environment in which lawyers, regardless of gender, race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability are motivated to succeed professionally and contribute to the goals of their profession.
The Vote's in YOUR COURT
The Florida Bar encourages you to learn more about judicial merit retention with our educational program The Vote’s in YOUR COURT. This coming November, you will be asked to vote whether to retain the justices and appeals court judges listed on the ballot. This is called judicial merit retention.
Kids Deserve Justice
The Kids Deserve Justice specialty license plate funds free legal services to low-income children in Florida, helping them reach their full potential.
The legal services are provided by not-for-profit organizations, including local legal aid societies and volunteer attorneys. The funds can also be used to work with the courts and other groups to improve how the broader justice system serves the needs of Florida's most vulnerable residents. Please support this initiative by purchasing a license plate
. Funding Justice
The need for sufficient and stable funding of Florida’s courts is a constant one, but in recent years this need has become more urgent. The recession that gripped the United States forced significant cuts in court budgets and staff positions - even as Florida’s citizens and businesses turned to the courts in greater numbers.
Justice Teaching
Through Justice Teaching, legal professionals will work with schools throughout the state to educate youth about our legal system, the judiciary, and the rule of law.
The President's Contact Information
Gwynne A. Young
Carlton Fields, P.A.
P.O. Box 3239
Tampa, FL 33601-3239
Phone: (813) 223-7000
Fax: (813) 229-4133
gyoung@carltonfields.com
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Officers of The Florida Bar
| President-elect Eugene K. Pettis Haliczer Pettis & Schwamm 1 Financial Plz, Fl. 7 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33394-0015 Phone: (954)523-9922 Fax: (954)522-2512 epettis@hpslegal.com Biography Image Schedule | President-elect designate Gregory William Coleman Burman Critton Luttier & Coleman 303 Banyan Blvd., Ste. 400 West Palm Beach, FL 33401-4639 Phone: (561)842-2820 Fax: (561)844-6929 gcoleman@bclclaw.com Biography Image Schedule | Executive Director John F. Harkness, Jr. 651 E. Jefferson Street Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2300 Phone: (850) 561-5758 Fax: (850) 561-5826 |
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