The Florida Bar to swear in new president and president-elect tomorrow
Roland Sanchez-Medina
Miami’s Roland Sanchez-Medina, Jr., will be sworn in as The Florida Bar’s 76th president and West Palm Beach’s Rosalyn Sia Baker-Barnes will become president-elect tomorrow at the 2024 Annual Florida Bar Convention.
The installation of the two top officers, along with a State of the Bar address by outgoing President F. Scott Westheimer, will be featured during the General Assembly at 9 a.m. ET on June 21. The assembly will also include awards announcements and remarks by Sanchez-Medina as incoming president. The General Assembly will be livestreamed on The Florida Bar’s YouTube channel and on FloridaBar.org.
Roland Sanchez-Medina Jr.
Sanchez-Medina Jr. is a transactional lawyer and managing partner of SMGQ Law. He is a member of The Florida Bar’s Business Law Section, the Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section, and the International Law Section. He served as Cuban American Bar Association president in 2009.
He was elected to The Florida Bar Board of Governors more than nine years ago and has served on numerous board committees, including recently chairing the influential Program Evaluation Committee. His extensive history of community and professional service includes stints as chair of the Miami-Dade County School Board’s Budget & Audit Committee, chair of the board of directors and general counsel of the South Florida Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, and as a member of the Orange Bowl Committee.
Sanchez-Medina graduated from Boston College Law School in 1991.
Rosalyn Sia Baker-Barnes
Rosalyn Sia Baker-Barnes
Baker-Barnes is a veteran Board of Governors member and shareholder at Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley. She is a board-certified civil trial lawyer and was the 95th president of the Palm Beach County Bar Association.
Baker-Barnes has served on the Bar’s Board of Governors since 2018, sitting on its Executive Committee since 2020. She also co-chaired the Bar’s COVID-19 Taskforce and chaired the Program Evaluation and Legislation committees. She will be the first African-American woman to serve as president-elect of The Florida Bar.
Baker-Barnes primarily represents plaintiffs in personal injury, product liability, and medical malpractice cases. She graduated from Florida State University College of Law and is a long-time mentor to lawyers, law students, and aspiring lawyers.
