Michael J. Wilson nominated for Tax Section chair-elect
Michael J. Wilson
The Florida Bar Tax Section Nominating Committee has nominated Michael J. Wilson of Sarasota to serve as the 2025–2026 chair-elect.
Wilson is a partner with Williams Parker and is president of the firm, which is celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2025. As a business and tax lawyer for more than 20 years, Wilson advises clients on business and tax planning and structuring matters. He negotiates business and corporate transactions and serves as outside general counsel to businesses of varying sizes in different industries. He is Florida Bar board certified in Tax Law and handles federal, state, and international tax planning and controversy matters. He represents clients during the tax audit process before the Internal Revenue Service and the Florida Department of Revenue. He also is a Florida-licensed Certified Public Accountant.
As a longtime active member of the Tax Section, Wilson has been a director of the Federal Tax Division, Educational Programs Division, Section Administration Division, and the Long-Range Planning Committee. He has also served as a director at-large.
Wilson graduated with honors from the University of Florida College of Law with dual Juris Doctor and Master of Accounting degrees. He is a past chair of the Tax Certification Committee and the 12th Judicial Circuit Florida Bar Grievance Committee. He is a member of the National Association of Bond Lawyers and the American and Georgia bar associations.
The Tax Section bylaws provide that petitions setting forth the names of other nominees for the office of chair-elect may be made by any 10 members of the section. Those petitions must be filed with Tax Section Secretary Micah G. Fogarty no later than September 15 to allow inclusion on a written ballot. Nominations for the office of chair-elect will not be permitted unless the nominations have been timely made and in the manner described in the Tax Section Bylaws, Article III, Section 2(b). If there is only one nomination for the office of chair-elect, that nominee will become chair-elect.
The term of office of the chair-elect runs concurrently with that of the chair, begins on July 1 after the section’s organizational meeting at which the chair-elect is elected, and ends on the succeeding June 30, when the chair-elect automatically assumes the office of chair.
