|
|
2012-2013 Executive Committee
|
The Executive Committee of the St. Petersburg Bar Association is the governing body of the association. Officers and Executive Committee members are selected by a vote of the association. The Nominating Committee is charged with creating a slate of Officers and Executive Committee members each year, and welcomes input from the membership. Elections are held in April/May of each year and the new officers and execuitive members are installed during the month of June at an Installation Ceremony.
The current Officers and Executive Committee members are listed below.
2012-2013 Executive Committee Officers
|
Timothy A. Miller
President 2012-2013
Tim is a sole practitioner, focusing on probate litigation, wills, trusts and estate planning. He received both his Bachelor's degree in Journalism and his Juris Doctorate from the University of Florida. He is active in the Florida Bar Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section, serving on the Probate and Trust Litigation Committee as well as the Trust Law Committee.
He previously served on the St. Pete Bar Association Executive Committee from 1992 to 1994 and from 2008 to 2010, and was Secretary of the Association in 2010-2011. He is currently a member of the Probate and Guardianship Section and has enjoyed serving on the Law Week Committee for many years. |
|
Raleigh "Lee" Greene
President-Elect 2012-2013
Over the last two decades, Raleigh "Lee" Greene's practice has been significantly concentrated in the area of Florida family law, both as a trial attorney and as a mediator. Most of his cases involve complex financial issues or high conflict matters. Mr. Greene has been admitted to practice in Florida since late 1973 and has been admitted to the District of Columbia Bar since 1986. He was an officer in the U.S. Navy Reserve (JAG) from 1973-1980. Among other areas of recognition, He was selected as one of the Best Lawyers in America, by Woodward & White, in both the areas of family law (litigation) and family law mediation. He is one of only two attorneys in Florida with both selections. The Best Lawyers in America, for over a quarter of a century, has been recognized as the definitive guide to legal excellence in the United States. Additionally, he has been recognized as possessing the highest professional standards, as an AV lawyer for many years, in The Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers (published by Martindale/Hubbell) and by his inclusion within Law and Leading Attorneys of Florida. Mr. Greene has mediated in excess of 3500 cases and has substantial experience as an arbitrator in civil disputes. He is a frequent lecturer for continuing education courses as well as a guest lecturer at Stetson University’s Law School on mediation, trial practice, negotiation, and family law.
Mr. Greene and his wife, Beverly, who is a CPA and Certified Divorce Financial Planner, have three children and five grandchildren. He has had significant charitable and community involvement, highlights of which include: co-founder and current executive director of the Canakaris Inn of Court (family law Inn of Court); member of Governor Chiles’ transition committee; appointed by Governor Graham to the high speed rail franchise committee; past chairman of: the Pinellas Sports Authority, Florida Sports Hall of Fame, and St. Petersburg Downtown Improvement Corporation. He received his BA from the University of Florida in Economics in 1970 and his JD in 1973, and was inducted as an active member of Florida Blue Key in 1971. He was recognized as one of the Outstanding Young Men of America in 1983. |
|
|
Lisa L. Brody
Secretary 2012-20123 |
|
|
Kimberly J. Gustafson
Treasurer 2011-2013
Kimberly Gustafson is a Shareholder at Carlton Fields, P.A specializing in commercial and civil litigation. Kim is a double Gator. She earned her bachelor’s degree in 1996 and her law degree in 1999 from the University of Florida. Kim previously served on the St. Pete Bar Association Executive Committee from 2008-2010 and was Secretary of the Association in 2009-2010. Kim has chaired the Law Week Committee and the Young Lawyers Section. Kim also served on the Florida Bar Young Lawyers Division Board of Governors since 2008.
|
|
|
Gentry B. Byrnes
Immediate Past-President 2012-2013
Gentry Byrnes is a Senior Regional Trust Manager for Wells Fargo Private Bank covering Tampa Bay to Naples. Prior to joining the corporate world, Gentry practiced law with the firm Fisher and Sauls, PA in St. Petersburg, specializing in estate planning, estate and trust administration and guardianship and was board certified in Elder Law at that time. Gentry earned her Law degree from Stetson University College of Law. She has been involved in the St. Petersburg Bar Association since 1994. Gentry has served as Membership Chair, Member Benefits Chair, Executive Committee and Secretary. She also serves as an Adjunct Professor at Stetson, Secretary of Suncoast Estate Planning Council and serves on the Stetson Elder Law Center Advisory Board
|
|
2012-2013 Executive Committee Members
|
 |
Cary A. Cash
Term expiring 2013 |
 |
Kristina E. Feher
YLS Representative
Term Expiring 2013
Kristina Feher is the managing member of Feher Law, PLLC in St. Petersburg, Florida. Kristina practices in the areas of bankruptcy, foreclosure defenses, small business transactions, and divorce. Kristina received her B.S. in Criminology from Barry University and her law degree from Thomas M.Cooley Law School in Lansing, Michigan.
Kristina Feher is a native to the Tampa Bay area and is very active in her community. Her present activities include Chair of the Young Lawyer Section of the St. Petersburg Bar Association, Membership Director of the Florida Association for Women Lawyers - Pinellas Chapter, and Sixth Circuit’s Professionalism Committee. Kristina also donates and volunteers with Alpha Phi Fraternity, Locks of Love, St. John Vianney Catholic School, and the Tampa Bay Lightning. |
|
|
J.S. Lucas Fleming
Term Expiring 2013
|
 |
Kenneth W. Lark
Term Expiring 2013
Kenneth W. Lark, Esq.
Carr Law Group, P.A.
111 Second Avenue N.E.Suite 1404
St. Petersburg, FL 33701
727/ 894-7000 office 727/ 821-4042 fax
Mr. Lark currently works as a mediator in residential foreclosures, divorce, paternity, general civil and appellate matters. Mr. Lark also maintains a general law practice with a focus in guardianship/probate litigation, medical malpractice, and health law. Additionally, he is a hearing officer for the St. Petersburg Housing Authority, a board member of Bayfront Medical Center's Institutional Review Board and a board member of Barney Masterson Inn of Court. During the past two years, he helped organize and present three mortgage foreclosure forums to assist homeowners through the mortgage foreclosure crisis. He and Lee Carr recently started the Self Help Law Centers, Inc. (non-profit) that is designed to educate people who are not able to afford an attorney to represent themselves in court.
|
|
|
Brittany J. Maxey
Term Expiring 2014 |
 |
Raandi L. Morales
Term Expiring 2014 |
 |
Erica K. Smith
Term Expiring 2014 |
|
|
|
Print to Page
