Congratulations to the 2026-27 HCBA Section & Committee Chairs
5k PRO BOnO RIvER RUn Judge Darren Farfante – 13th Judicial Circuit Court Judge Alissa Ellison – 13th Judicial Circuit Court
APPELLAtE PRACtICE Dimitri Peteves – Creed & Gowdy, P. A. Alison Preston – Brannock Berman & Seider
BAR LEAdERsHIP InstItUtE
Michaela Diaz – Ferrentino + Brotz Ashley Friedrich – Fogarty Mueller Harris Stephanie McEnery – The Law Offices of Andrew Shein Nicolas Pazos – Bush Ross, P. A. Nic Soulellis – Gunster, Yoakley & Stewart
BEnCH BAR COMMIttEE Judge Thomas Palermo – 13th Judicial Circuit Court Judge Helene Daniel – 13th Judicial Circuit Court
COMMUnIty sERvICEs Steven Cline – Hill Ward Henderson
COnstRUCtIOn LAw Martinique E. B. Smith – Carlton Fields, P. A. Ryan J. Ricca – Shutts & Bowen LLP
CRIMInAL LAw Lily McCarty – Hines, McCarty & Pavlidis, PLLC Samatha Ward – Lorenzo & Lorenzo
dIvERsIty COMMIttEE Tim Martin – Martin Law Office, P. A. Judy Hoffman – LAAWHL, PLLC
EnvIROnMEntAL, LAnd-UsE And EMInEnt dOMAIn LAw
Ryan Reese – Moore Bowman & Reese Beth Le – City of Tampa
GOvERnMEnt LAwyERs Christian Katchuk – 13th Judicial Circuit Court Melissa Foss – Hillsborough County Supervisor of Elections
HEALtH CARE LAw Blayne Miley – Moffitt Cancer Center Jessica Andrews – Johnson Pope Bokor Ruppel Burns
IMMIGRAtIOn & nAtIOnALIty Yova Borovska – Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney Ashley Broussard – Bay Law Firm, PLLC
IntELLECtUAL PROPERty LAw Andriy Lytvyn – Hill Ward Henderson
LABOR & EMPLOyMEnt LAw Yvette Everhart – Sass, Everhart & Silva, P. A. Ben Briggs – Adams and Reese LLP
LAwyER MAGAzInE EdItOR Mark Baseman – Harris, Hunt & Derr, P. A.
MARItAL & FAMILy LAw Angie Rosello – Sessums Black P. A.
MEdIAtIOn & ARBItRAtIOn Lara Tibbals – Tibbals Mediation, LLC Rachael Rudin – Rachael Ledet Rudin, PA
MEMBERsHIP CHAIR Jason Whittemore – Wagner McLaughlin Whittemore
MILItARy & vEtERAns AFFAIRs
Gaetano D’ Anna – Bay Area Legal Services Angelo Schibeci – United States Air Force
PROFEssIOnALIsM And EtHICs Lindsey Guinand – Smith Tozian Daniel & Davis P. A. Robyn Dillon – The Florida Bar
PROGRAM CHAIR Lauren Maier – Latitude Legal
REAL PROPERty, PROBAtE & tRUst LAw
Townsend Belt( RP) – Strategist Law, PLLC Sarah Balk( P & T) – Shutts & Bowen, LLP
sEnIOR COUnsEL Tom Hyde – Attorney at Law Don Smith – Smith, Tozian, Daniel & Davis, PA
sOLO / sMALL FIRM Sean Estes – Hoyer Law Group, PLLC Jeff Lieser – Lieser Skaff
tECHnOLOGy LAw Chris Bach – Phelps Dunbar LLP Jill Cash – Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney
tRIAL & LItIGAtIOn Lily McCarty – Hines, McCarty & Pavlidis, PLLC
wORkERs’ COMPEnsAtIOn Anthony Cortese – Anthony V. Cortese, Attorney at Law Ya’ Sheaka Williams – Quintairos, Prieto, Wood & Boyer
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