2027 BOARD OF GOVERNORS NOMINATING PETITIONS ARE DUE DECEMBER 15
Nominating petitions for the 2027 election for The Florida Bar Board of Governors must be received in The Florida Bar headquarters office on or before 5 p.m., December 15. The Board positions are for two-year terms.
Executive Director Joshua E. Doyle on or before October 7 certified to John A. Tomasino, Clerk of the Florida Supreme Court, the number of members of The Florida Bar in good standing in each of Florida’s 20 judicial circuits and outside the State of Florida, and the number of circuit representatives based on the apportionment formula set forth in Bylaw 2-3.3, Rules Regulating The Florida Bar.
Pursuant to Bylaw 2-3.4(b), Rules Regulating The Florida Bar, incumbent Board members must advise the executive director of their intention to seek reelection to a new term. The Board members who do not plan to run again are indicated by an asterisk next to their names.
Nominating petitions for the Board of Governors must be signed by no fewer than five members in good standing, whose official Bar address is in the same judicial circuit (or out-of-state, if applicable) as the nominee.
Voting begins March 1 and ballots must be received prior to midnight (EST), March 15.
Board of Governors Nominating Petition 2027 BOG Nominating Petition
Board of Governors Nominating Petition, Out-of-State 2027 OOS BOG Nominating Petition
Present Board of Governors members whose terms are expiring on June 25, 2027, include:
David W. Grimes, Second Circuit, Seat 1, elected in 2023
* W. Braxton Gillam IV, Fourth Circuit, Seat 2, elected in 2020
Gordon J. Glover, Fifth Circuit, Seat 1, elected in 2021
* Sandra Fascell Diamond, Sixth Circuit, Seat 2, elected in 2011
Stephanie M. Marchman, Eighth Circuit, Seat 1, elected in 2017
Diego “Woody” Rodriguez, Ninth Circuit, Seat 2, elected in 2023
Nikki L. Simon, 11th Circuit, Seat 2, elected in 2019
Jorge L. Piedra, 11th Circuit, Seat 4, elected in 2019
Judge Leslie B. Rothenberg (Ret.), 11th Circuit, Seat 6, elected in 2021
Sabrina Vora-Puglisi, 11th Circuit, Seat 8, elected in 2023
Jesse R. Butler, 12th Circuit, Seat 1, elected in 2022
Benjamin H. Hill IV, 13th Circuit, Seat 2, elected in 2025
Jacqueline A. Simms-Petredis, 13th Circuit, Seat 3, elected in 2025
Manuel “Manny” Farach, 15th Circuit, Seat 2, elected in 2023
Michael J. Gelfand, 15th Circuit, Seat 4, elected in 2021
Shawn D. Smith, 16th Circuit, Seat 1, elected in 2025
Brian H. Koch, 17th Circuit, Seat 2, elected in 2023
Lorna E. Brown-Burton, 17th Circuit, Seat 3, elected in 2012
Aron J. Gibson, 17th Circuit, Seat 5, elected in 2025
Gregory S. Weiss, 19th Circuit, Seat 1, elected in 2018
E. Duffy Myrtetus, Out-of-State, Seat 1, elected in 2015
Eric L. Meeks, Out-of-State, Seat 3, elected in 2007
* Does not intend to seek reelection
Nominating petitions may be downloaded from www.floridabar.org/news/news-journal and must be completed and returned to the Bar before 5 p.m., EST, by December 15.
They may be emailed to [email protected] or mailed to Joshua E. Doyle, Executive Director, The Florida Bar, 651 E. Jefferson St., Tallahassee 32399-2300.
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