Introducing the New 2023-24 HCBA Section & Committee Chairs
5K PRO BONO RIVER RUN Judge Alissa Ellison – 13th Judicial Circuit Court Judge Darren Farfante – 13th Judicial Circuit Court
APPELLATE PRACTICE Brandon Breslow – Kynes , Markman & Felman David Costello – FL Office of the Attorney General
BAR LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE Hillary Thornton – Wicker , Smith , O ’ Hara , McCoy , P . A . Paige Tucker – Office of the Public Defender Idalis Vento – Sammis Law Firm , P . A .
BENCH BAR COMMITTEE Judge Thomas Palermo – 13th Judicial Circuit Court Judge Samantha Ward – 13th Judicial Circuit Court
COLLABORATIVE LAW Kelli Mitchell – Kelli L Mitchell PA Sasha Moore – CBIZ Forensic Consulting Group
COMMUNITY SERVICES Ashley Ivanov – The Law Office of Ashley Ivanov Lara LaVoie – LaVoie & Kaizer , P . A .
CONSTRUCTION LAW Kimberly Kelley – Paskert Divers Thompson Alex Sarsfield – Paskert Divers Thompson
CRIMINAL LAW Justin Petredis – The Law Offices of Justin Petredis Diego Pestana – The Suarez Law Firm
DIVERSITY , EQUITY & INCLUSION COMMITTEE
Antina Mobley – Public Defender ’ s Office , 13th Circuit Amy Casanova-Ward – FL Dept . of Financial Services
EMINENT DOMAIN Ryan Reese – Moore Bowman & Reese
ENVIRONMENTAL LAW & LAND USE
Gordon Schiff – Gordon J . Schiff , P . A .
GOVERNMENT LAWYERS Alexa Cline – Office of the State Attorney Christian Katchuk – 13th Judicial Circuit Court
HEALTH CARE LAW Elizabeth “ Beth ” Scarola – Epstein Becker & Green , P . C . Jennifer Touse – BayCare Health System , Inc .
IMMIGRATION & NATIONALITY Yova Borovska – Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney Ashley Broussard – Bay Law Firm , PLLC
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY Andriy Lytvyn – Hill Ward Henderson Patrick Reid – Hill Ward Henderson
JUDICIAL FOOD FESTIVAL Justin Bennett – Gunster
LABOR & EMPLOYMENT Amanda Biondolino – Sass Law Firm LaKisha Kinsey-Sallis – Fisher & Phillips LLP
LAWYER MAGAZINE EDITOR James Wimsatt – Harris , Hunt & Derr , P . A .
MARITAL & FAMILY LAW Andrew Reder – Sessums Black P . A .
MEDIATION & ARBITRATION Gerald Albrecht – Albrecht Mediation Services Amber Boles – Law Office of Amber Boles Lara Tibbals – Tibbals Mediation , LLC
MILITARY & VETERANS AFFAIRS Robert Barton – Rumberger / Kirk Steve Collins – Law Office of Rory Weiner
PROFESSIONALISM AND ETHICS Anthony Garcia – Garcia Mediation Lindsey Guinand – The Florida Bar
PROGRAM CHAIR Alexis D . Deveaux – Gunster
REAL PROPERTY , PROBATE & TRUST
Melodie Khosrovani – Shutts & Bowen , LLP Lauren Taylor – Fogarty Mueller Harris
SECURITIES LAW Chemere Ellis – Guerra King P . A . Joshua Foutz – Bajo Cohen Agliano P . A .
SENIOR COUNSEL Tom Hyde – Attorney at Law Don Smith – Smith , Tozian , Daniel & Davis , PA
SOLO / SMALL FIRM David Carter – Carter Injury Law , PA Dawn Myers – Myers Law , P . A .
TAX LAW Christopher Dingman – Johnson , Pope , Bokor , Ruppel
TECHNOLOGY LAW John Mullen – Phelps Dunbar , LLP Kurt Sanger – Integrated Cybersecurity Partners
TRIAL & LITIGATION Jason Whittemore – Wagner McLaughlin Whittemore
WORKERS ’ COMPENSATION Anthony Cortese – Anthony V . Cortese , Attorney at Law Irene Rodriguez – Irene M . Rodriguez , PA Ya ’ Sheaka Williams – Quintairos , Prieto , Wood & Boyer
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