2018-19 Officers

President – Rochelle Birnbaum Chiocca (’00)
Cole, Scott & Kissane, P.A.
West Palm Beach

Immediate Past President – Brandon G. Cathey (’04)
Swope Rodante P.A.
Tampa

President Elect – Terry L. Hill (’05)
The Florida Bar
Tallahassee

Secretary / Treasurer – Gregory K. Black (’10)
Gunster
Tallahassee

Directors

Marialle A. Bell (’13)
Hartsuyker, Stratman and Williams-Abrego, 
Farmers Insurance Co.
San Bernadino, CA

Ginger L. Boyd (’00)
Nelson Mullins Broad and Cassel
Tallahassee

Jason B. Burnett (’88)
GrayRobinson, P.A.
Jacksonville

Maxwell J. Dauerman (’12) 
Fort Lauderdale

Mark S. Ellis (’84)
International Bar Association
London

Judge R. Bruce McKibben (’84) 
Division of Administrative Hearings
Tallahassee

Steven M. Millsap (’98)
Global Advanced Metals USA Inc.
Waltham, MA

Gordon C. Murray, Jr. (’12) 
Florida Justice Association
Tallahassee

James W. Nuebel (’87)
The Nuebel Law Firm, P.A.
Orlando

Tara R. Price (’12) 
Holland & Knight
Tallahassee

Lauren V. Purdy (’11)
Gunster
Jacksonville

Judge Heather Pinder Rodriguez (’98)
Osceola County Courthouse
Kissimmee

Judge Mary S. Scriven ('87)
United States District Court
Tampa

Salesia V. Smith-Gordon (’92)
Law Offices of Salesia Smith-Gordon
West Palm Beach

A. James Spalla (’70)
A.J. Jim Spalla, P.A.
Tallahassee

Molly J. Tasker (’73)
City of Melbourne
Melbourne

Presidential Appointments

Joseph M. Coleman (’15) 
Woodward, Pires & Lombardo, P.A.
Naples

Judge Jessica G. Costello (’09)
Thirteenth Judicial Circuit
Tampa

Alejandro Espino (’97)
Taylor Espino Vega & Touron, P.A.
Coral Gables

Alexander J. Fumagali (’12)
Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP
Coral Gables

Roger J. Haughey (’97)
Sivyer, Barlow & Watson, P.A.
Tampa

Michael Kolcun ('10)
Robins Kaplan LLP
New York, NY

Carter P. McMillan (’15)
RS&H
Jacksonville

Corey J. Portnoy (’15)
Marshall Dennehey
Jacksonville

Scott Remington (’97) 
Clark Partington
Pensacola

Nina C. Schmidt (’15)
Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP
Fort Lauderdale
Kareem J. Spratling (’06)
Bryant Miller Olive
Tampa

Jacquelyn Thomas Watts (’14)
Holland & Knight LLP
Atlanta, GA

Emeritus Status

Michael A. Atter (’79)
Wood, Atter & Wolf, P.A.
Jacksonville

Rosalyn S. Baker-Barnes (’00)
Searcy, Denney, Scarola, Barnhart & Shipley P.A.
West Palm Beach 

Robert A. Bass (’95)
Bass Sox Mercer
Tallahassee 

Kurtis T. Bauerle (’98)
Harris Harris Bauerle Ziegler Lopez
Orlando 

Jennifer R. Beltz (’96)
Beltz & Beltz, P.A.
St. Petersburg

Lourdes Bernal-Dixon (’00)
Bernal-Dixon Law, PA
Brandon

Bruce B. Blackwell (’75)
Winter Park

Charles E. Buker (’79)
Buker Jones & Haley, P.C.
Atlanta, GA

Jennifer Stearns Buttrick (’94)
Stearns, Weaver, Miller, Weissler, Alhadeff & Sitterson, P.A.
Miami 

L. Antonio Cabassa (’95)
Wenzel Fenton Cabassa
Tampa 

Kerey M. Carpenter (’92)
AHG Group, LLC
Winter Park

Robert N. Clarke, Jr. (’86)
Ausley & McMullen, P.A.
Tallahassee

Clark J. Cochran, Jr. (’74)
Billing, Cochran, Heath, Lyles, Mauro & Ramsey, P.A.
Fort Lauderdale

Gerald B. Cope, Jr. (’78)
Akerman LLP
Miami

David M. Corry (’90)
Liberty University
Lynchburg, VA

Brian J. Cross (’04) 
EnviroTech Services, Inc.
Greeley, CO

Benjamin L. Crump (’95)
Ben Crump Law, PLLC
Tallahassee 

Jennifer R. Dixon (’04)
Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed, P.A.
Orlando

Jason R. Doss (’02)
The Doss Firm, LLC
Marietta, GA

Joshua E. Doyle (’06)
The Florida Bar
Tallahassee

Linda Bond Edwards (’95)
Rumberger, Kirk, and Caldwell, P.A.
Tallahassee 

Manuel Farach (’86)
McGlinchey Stafford, PLLC
Fort Lauderdale

Eileen D. Fernandez (’01) 
Orange County Public Schools
Orlando

Tor J. Friedman (’05)
Friedman & Abrahamsen
Tallahassee

Laverne Lewis Gaskins (’93)
Augusta University
Augusta, GA

Stann W. Givens (’74)
Givens Givens Sparks, PLLC
Tampa

Rafael Gonzalez (’90)
Flagship Services Group, LLC
Lithia, FL

Richard B. Hadlow (’77)
Holland & Knight LLP
Tampa 

Marlon A. Hill (’95)
Hamilton, Miller & Birthisel, LLP
Miami

Robert R. Jacobs, II (’73)
 

Deborah K. Kearney (’81)
Tallahassee

Jason K. Kellogg (’02)
Levine Kellogg Lehman Schneider & Grossman LLP
Miami

Lawrence A. Kellogg (’81)
Levine Kellogg Lehman Schneider & Grossman LLP
Miami

Jami M. Kimbrell (’03) 
Brooks Law
Tallahassee

Edwin P. Krieger, Jr. (’77)
Wormington & Bollinger
McKinney, TX

Markenzy Lapointe (’99)
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Miami

Raymer F. Maguire, III (’79)
Maguire Lassman, P.A.
Orlando 

Jacinta M. Mathis (’89)
Mathis Law Group, LLC
Orlando

Kevin M. O’Brien (’01)
Phelps Dunbar, LLP
Raleigh, NC

Barbara O’Horo-Benton (’02)
Barbara O’Horo-Benton, Attorney at Law
Orlando 

Kelly A. O’Keefe (’94)
Stearns Weaver Miller
Tallahassee

H. Mark Purdy (’70)
Purdy & Flynn
Fort Lauderdale

Matthew W. Rearden (’01)
Four Star Homes, Inc.
Port Orange

Patrick J. Rengstl (’02)
Patrick J. Rengstl, P.A.
Miami

Judge Jose R. Rodriguez (’77)
Orange County Courthouse
Orlando

Clifford W. Sanborn, III (’84)
Barron & Redding, P.A.
Panama City 

Jeffrey H. Savlov (’75)
Law Office of Jeffrey H. Savlov
Tallahassee

Thomas P. Scarritt (’83)
Scarritt Law Group, P.A.
Tampa

M. Kay Simpson (’85)
Guilday, Simpson, West, Hatch, Lo
Tallahassee 

Shawn D. Smith (’97)
Key West City Attorney’s Office
Key West

Phillip H. Taylor (’05) 
Punta Gorda

Donald J. Thomas (’89)
Lewis & Thomas, LLP
Boca Raton

Meredith C. Trammell (’95)
Meredith Trammell, Esq.
Tallahassee 

Judge Suzanne S. Van Wyk (’94)
Florida Division of Administrative Hearings
Tallahassee

Frederic E. Waczewski (’03)
Law Office of Frederic E. Waczewski, P.A.
Orlando

Edwin Walborsky (’79)
Walborsky & Bradley, PLLC
Pensacola 

Joseph J. Ward (’98)
Pedialaw LLC
Brooksville 

Linda Spaulding White (’85)
Nelson Mullins Broad and Cassel
Fort Lauderdale

Joshua A. Whitman (’84)
Milton, Leach, Whitman, D’Andrea & Eslinger, P.A.
Jacksonville

R. Mark Williamson (’91)
Alston & Bird LLP
Atlanta, GA 

Judicial Section

The Honorable Janette C. Dunnigan
The Honorable Sally D.M. Kest
The Honorable Richard G. Payne
The Honorable Stephanie W. Ray
The Honorable Terry D. Terrell
The Honorable Patricia V. Thomas