21 elected to the board without opposition; YLD races set
Eighteen incumbent members of The Florida Bar Board of Governors were re-elected to additional two-year terms without opposition; three unopposed candidates will serve as new board members in the 11th, 13th, and 20th circuits; and one seat in the 11th Circuit has a contested election.
There are nine contested races for the Young Lawyers Division Board of Governors while 15 lawyers have been elected without opposition to that board.
New terms will begin on June 28. Ballots for the contested race will be emailed or mailed to eligible voters by March 1 and votes must be received by midnight March 21. Results are expected to be announced March 22.
In addition, Miami attorney Dori Foster-Morales won election without opposition as president-elect designate of The Florida Bar. She will be sworn in as president-elect in June when John M. Stewart of Vero Beach becomes president.
In the contested election in the 11th Circuit, Jorge L. Piedra and Alice K. Sum are vying for Seat 4. Both candidates are from Miami.
Filing closed for the positions on the Bar and YLD boards at 5 p.m. December 17.
Incumbents re-elected without opposition for additional two-year terms, 2019-21, are:
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- Second Circuit, Seat 1: Larry Sellers, Tallahassee
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- Fourth Circuit, Seat 2: Michael G. Tanner, Jacksonville
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- Fifth Circuit, Seat 1: Renee Thompson, Ocala
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- Sixth Circuit, Seat 2: Sandra F. Diamond, St. Petersburg
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- Eighth Circuit, Seat 1: Stephanie Marusak Marchman, Gainesville
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- Ninth Circuit, Seat 2: Julia Lauren Frey, Orlando
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- 11th Circuit, Seat 6: Steven W. Davis, Miami
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- 12th Circuit, Seat 1: F. Scott Westheimer, Sarasota
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- 13th Circuit, Seat 2: Amy S. Farrior, Tampa
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- 15th Circuit, Seat 2: Ronald P. Ponzoli, Jr., West Palm Beach
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- 15th Circuit, Seat 4: Gary S. Lesser, West Palm Beach
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- 16th Circuit, Seat 1: Wayne LaRue Smith, Key West
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- 17th Circuit, Seat 2: Diana Santa Maria, Davie
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- 17th Circuit, Seat 3: Lorna Brown-Burton, Fort Lauderdale
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- 17th Circuit, Seat 5: Adam Rabinowitz, Fort Lauderdale
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- 19th Circuit, Seat 1: Gregory S. Weiss, Stuart
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- Out-of-State, Seat 1: E. Duffy Myrtetus, Glen Allen, Va.
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- Out-of-State, Seat 3: Eric L. Meeks, Cincinnati, Ohio
New members elected for two-year terms beginning in June 2019 are:
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- 11th Circuit, Seat 2: Nikki Lewis Simon
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- 13th Circuit, Seat 3: J. Carter Andersen, Tampa
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- 20th Circuit, Seat 2: John D. Agnew, Fort Myers
For the Young Lawyers Division races:
• In the Seventh Circuit, Brittany Fraser, Carleen A. Leffler Nicastro , and Travis Mydock are running for Seat 1.
• In the 11th Circuit, Latoya C. Brown, Marianne Curtis, and Omar Ali-Shamaa are running for Seat 1; Giselle Gutierrez and Dwayne Robinson are running for Seat 3, and Iris A. Elijah and Vannessa Mari-Milhem are running for Seat 4.
• In the 12th Circuit, Erik Arroyo, Melissa Casanueva, Warren Chin, Tyler B. Stall, and Jodi Ruberg are running for Seat 2.
• In the 13th Circuit, Giovanni Giarratana, Andrea K. Holder, Amanda S. Keller and Ciara C. Willis are running in Seat 3.
• In the 15th Circuit, Samuel S. Cohen and Masimba Maxwell Mutamba are running for Seat 2.
• In the 17th Circuit, Brent M. Reitman, and Henry A. Watkins are running for Seat 2 and Brooke Latta and Courtney Oakes are running for Seat 3.
Elected to the YLD board without opposition were Adam White in the First Circuit; John Joseph Joyce III in the Third Circuit; Celeste Thacker in the Fifth Circuit; Arti A. Hirani, Brandon Sapp , and Celia Thacker Dorn in the Ninth Circuit; Schuyler A. Smith , Lara Bueso Bach , and Michael Levine in the 11th Circuit; John Dicks and Anisha Patel in the 13th Circuit; Leslie Arsenault Metz and Stephanie Cagnet Myron in the 15th Circuit; Harold F. Pryor, Jr., and Todd Baker in the 17th Circuit; and Luis A. Sosa in the 19th Circuit.