Staying in the Game: Be a Champion Kickoff Luncheon

In cooperation with:
Hillsborough County Bar Association Young Lawyers Division
Stetson University College of Law
The Florida Association for Women Lawyers
The George Edgecomb Bar Association
The Hillsborough Association for Women Lawyers
The Pinellas County Chapter of the Florida Association for Women Lawyers

Featuring Keynote Presentation by
Mayanne Downs, President and Managing Director of GrayRobinson, P.A.
Past President of the Florida Bar (2010-2011)

Followed by judicial and practitioner panel discussions.
A roundtable discussion with all of our panelists will take place after the panel discussions.

Judicial Panel to include:

The Honorable Julie Sneed (moderator)
United States Magistrate Judge, Middle District of Florida
The Honorable Virginia M. Hernandez Covington
United States District Judge, Middle District of Florida
The Honorable Darren D. Farfante
Circuit Judge, Thirteenth Judicial Circuit, Hillsborough County, Florida
The Honorable Charlene Honeywell
United States District Judge, Middle District of Florida
The Honorable Anthony Porcelli
United States Magistrate Judge, Middle District of Florida
The Honorable Mary S. Scriven
United States District Judge, Middle District of Florida

Practitioner Panel to include:

Jacqueline Simms-Petredis (moderator)
President, Tampa Bay Chapter, FBA
Partner, Burr & Forman, LLP
Heather B. Brock
Shareholder and Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer, Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, P.C.
Kelly Lefferts
U.S. General Counsel and Secretary, Bloomin’ Brands, Inc.
Carol LoCicero
Founding Partner, Thomas & LoCicero, PL
Maria Chapa Lopez
United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida
Merriann M. Metz
Assistant General Counsel & Assistant Secretary, Publix Super Markets, Inc.
Dawn Siler-Nixon
Partner & Firm’s Diversity & Inclusion Partner, Ford & Harrison, LLP
Jennifer M. Voss
Tampa Managing Partner, Shook, Hardy, & Bacon L.L.P.

*CLE credits: 2.5 Incl. 2.5 General & 2.5 Bias Elimination