Board of Governors nominating petitions are due December 15
Nominating petitions for the 2022 election for the Board of Governors of The Florida Bar must be received in The Florida Bar headquarters office on or before 5 p.m., December 15. All of the board positions are for two-year terms.
Executive Director Joshua E. Doyle on October 1 certified to John A. Tomasino, clerk of the Supreme Court, the number of members of The Florida Bar in good standing in each of Florida’s 20 judicial circuits and outside the State of Florida, and the number of circuit representatives based on the apportionment formula set forth in Rule 2-3.3, Rules Regulating The Florida Bar.
Pursuant to Rule 2-3.4(b), incumbent board members must advise the executive director of their intention to seek reelection to a new term. All the incumbent board members listed below are seeking reelection.
Nominating petitions for the Board of Governors must be signed by no fewer than five members in good standing whose official Bar address is in the same judicial circuit (or out-of-state, if applicable) as the nominee.
Election ballots will be emailed or mailed on or before March 1, and voted ballots must be received prior to midnight EST, March 22.
Board of Governors Nominating Petition
Board of Governors Nominating Petition (Out-of-State)
Present Board of Governors members whose terms are expiring on June 24, include:
Jeremy Branning, First Circuit, Seat 1, elected in 2018
Melissa VanSickle, Second Seat 2, elected in 2016
Kris B. Robinson, Third Circuit, Seat 1, elected in 2020
Michael Fox Orr, Fourth Circuit, Seat 1, elected in 2018
Joshua T. Chilson, Sixth Circuit, Seat 1, elected in 2016
Philip J. Bonamo, Seventh Circuit, Seat 1, elected in 2020
Thomas P. Wert, Ninth Circuit, Seat 1, elected in 2018
Tad Allen Yates, Ninth Circuit, Seat 3, elected in 2020
C. Richard Nail 10th Circuit, Seat 1, elected in 2010
Roland Sanchez-Medina, Jr., 11th Circuit, Seat 1, elected in 2014
Jordan A. Dresnick, 11th Circuit, Seat 3, elected in 2018
Jeffrey Rynor, 11th Circuit, Seat 5, elected in 2018
Alice K. Sum, 11th Circuit, Seat 7, elected in 2020
Kenneth G. Turkel, 13th Circuit, Seat 1, elected in 2020
Paige A. Greenlee, 13th Circuit, Seat 4,elected in 2018
Clifford C. Higby, 14th Circuit, Seat 1, elected in 2019
R. Sia Baker-Barnes, 15th Circuit, Seat 1, elected in 2018
Robin I. Bresky, 15th Circuit, Seat 3, elected in 2017
Jay Kim, 17th Circuit, Seat 1, elected in 2016
Hilary Creary, 17th Circuit, Seat 4, elected in 2018
James G. Vickaryous, 18th Circuit, Seat 1, elected in 2018
Laird A. Lile, 20th Circuit, Seat 1, elected in 2006
Donald A. Workman, Out-of-State, Seat 2, elected in 2021
Brian D. Burgoon, Out-of-State, Seat 4, elected in 2000
All the incumbents listed above are seeking reelection.
Nominating petitions must be completed and returned to the Bar by December 15. They may be emailed to [email protected] or mailed to Joshua E. Doyle, Executive Director, The Florida Bar, 651 E. Jefferson St., Tallahassee 32399-2300.
