Florida Bar President-Elect Candidates to Face Off in March
Five board of governors seats will also have contested elections.
December 18, 2019 at 04:47 PM
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Jacksonville-based Michael Tanner and Ocala attorney Renee Thompson will face off in a March race that will decide the next president-elect of the Florida Bar.
Thompson is a civil litigator and mediator at Upchurch Watson White & Max. She chairs the bar's technology committee and has represented the Fifth Circuit on the Board of Governors since 2013. Tanner is a business litigation partner at Gunster who sits on the Board of Governors representing Duval County.
Five board of governors seats will also have contested elections:
- Escambia County: Clark Partington shareholder Jeremy Branning and Pensacola-based public defender Ryan Lane Morrow.
- Orange County: Shutts and Bowen partner Michael Sjuggerud and Orlando-based solo practitioner Tad Allen Yates.
- Broward County, Seat 1: law blogger William Gelin and Kim Vaughan Lerner managing partner Jay Kim
- Broward County, Seat 4: Fort Lauderdale-based solo practitioner Hilary Creary and Miramar-based solo Christina McKinnon.
Ballots for contested elections will be emailed or mailed to eligible voters by March 2, 2020. Votes must be received by midnight March 23. The bar is expected to announce results March 24. Any runoff elections will be conducted between April 1 and April 22, 2020. New terms will begin June 19, 2020.
Below are the 16 incumbents reelected without opposition to two-year terms:
- Second Circuit, Seat 2: Melissa VanSickle, Tallahassee
- Fourth Circuit, Seat 1: Michael Fox Orr, Jacksonville
- Sixth Circuit, Seat 1: Joshua Chilson, Clearwater
- Ninth Circuit, Seat 1: Thomas Wert, Orlando
- Tenth Circuit, Seat 1: C. Richard Nail, Lakeland
- Eleventh Circuit, Seat 1: Roland Sanchez-Medina, Coral Gables
- Eleventh Circuit, Seat 3: Jordan Dresnick, South Miami
- Eleventh Circuit, Seat 5: Jeffrey Rynor, Miami Beach
- Thirteenth Circuit, Seat 4: Paige Greenlee, Tampa
- Fourteenth Circuit, Seat 1: Clifford Higby, Panama City
- Fifteenth Circuit, Seat 1: Rosalyn Sia Baker-Barnes, West Palm Beach
- Fifteenth Circuit, Seat 3: Robin Bresky, Boca Raton
- Eighteenth Circuit, Seat 1: James Vickaryous, Lake Mary
- Twentieth Circuit, Seat 1: Laird Lile, Naples
- Out-of-State, Seat 2: Ian Comisky, Philadelphia
- Out-of-State, Seat 4: Brian David Burgoon, Atlanta
The following are new members elected for two-year terms beginning June 2020:
- Third Circuit, Seat 1: Kris Robinson, Lake City
- Seventh Circuit, Seat 1: Philip Bonamo, Daytona Beach
- Thirteenth Circuit, Seat 1: Kenneth Turkel, Tampa
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