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Eddie Stephens and Caryn A . Stevens of Stephens & Stevens PLLC awarded a $ 1,000 academic scholarship to Shefali Vansadia at the Leadership Palm Beach County GROW Graduation Ceremony on April 28 , 2022 . Vansadia , currently a junior at Suncoast Community High School , is one of fifty select students participating in the 2022 Leadership Palm Beach County Grow Program . Stephens and Stevens awarded Vansadia the scholarship as a result of her essay , which conveyed the impact the GROW program has made on her and how it fostered an interest in pursuing a career in business law . Both Eddie Stephens ( 2015 ) and Caryn Stevens ( 2019 ) are graduates of Leadership Palm Beach County with Stephens serving on the Board of Governors .

In Memoriam

( Retired ) Judge Mark Eissey

1962 - 2022

In Memoriam

( Retired ) Judge Robert " Bob " Vernon Parker 1931 - 2022

A ttorney Gary S . Lesser , Managing

Partner of West Palm Beach-based Lesser , Lesser , Landy & Smith , PLLC , was sworn in today as the 74th President of The Florida Bar . More than 500 Bar members attended the ceremony , which took place this morning at the Bar ’ s Annual Convention at the Hilton Orlando Bonnet Creek & Waldorf Astoria . Lesser is a longtime leader of the Florida Bar , having served for more than a decade on its Board of Governors . He served as Chair of the Bar ’ s Legislation Committee for three years ; has served on the Executive Committee for four years ; has served as the Chair of Strategic Planning and was Chair of the Professional Ethics Committee . He was admitted to the Florida Bar and became a member of the Palm Beach County Bar Association in 1992 .
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In Memoriam

William " Bill " A . Foster 1927 - 2022