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J o h n F . K y n e s - H i l l s b o r o u g h C o u n t y B a r A s s o c i a t i o n
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Tampa attorney Paige
Greenlee has served
the legal profession
in various leadership
positions at the state
and local level for many years.
But Greenlee says she never
could have imagined becoming
president of the HCBA in the
middle of a global pandemic.
That is exactly what happened,
however, when Greenlee was sworn
in as president of the HCBA by
Thirteenth Judicial Circuit Chief
Judge Ron Ficarrotta this past
June amid the current devastating
COVID-19 crisis.
More than a century ago, the 1918 influenza
pandemic swept across the globe and killed an
Greenlee speaking with Legal Talk Network
in 2019 at Florida Bar Convention.
estimated 50 million people,
including 675,000 Americans.
And while I don’t know much
about the HCBA’s installation of
G.E. Mabry in 1918 when he
became HCBA president, I can
safely assume the ceremony wasn’t
held via Zoom, which is how this
year’s ceremony was held.
In her remarks during the firstof-its-kind
virtual HCBA ceremony,
Greenlee said she was honored to
become president of the HCBA
regardless of the circumstances, and
that she looked forward to helping
the association pivot and serve its
members in this “new normal” to the best of her ability.
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