Local attorney elected to state leadership roles

Apollo Beach Attorney, Damon Glisson, has been elected to Chair Elect of the Council of Sections of the Florida Bar. The Council of Sections represents the specialty sections and the board certied a-t torneys in the Florida Bar. All attorneys in Florida are required to belong to the Florida Bar, but only approximately 36,000 out of 90,000 attorneys in Florida belong to the specialty sections. Mr. Glisson was also appointed by the President of the Florida Bar to serve on the 2011-2012 Florida Bar Board of Governors Strategic Planning Committee and is the chair of the 2012 Florida Bar

Leadership Conference to be held in July of 2012 in Tallahassee. The Leadership Conference is a biannual education seminar to train newly elected o- cers of the specialty sections. Glisson has served in various bar leadership roles since 1991. In 1992 Hurricane Andrew, destroyed many South Florida law oces that turned to the Bar for help. The Coordinating Committee on Technology and Law Oce Management and Assistance Service helped those attorneys restore services to their clients. Glisson served on both Committees at various times through the 1990s, chaired the Coordinating Committee on Technology 1994-1995, chaired the rst internet seminar for the Bar in 1996 and served as Chair on the Practice Management and Development Section 2005-2006.

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