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Nominating petitions for the 2008 election for the Board of Governors of The Florida Bar must be received in the headquarters office on or before 5 p.m., Dec. 17, 2007. All of the Board positions are for two-year terms.
Executive Director John F. Harkness Jr. on Oct. 1 certified to Thomas D. Hall, clerk of the 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 rule 2-3.3, Rules Regulating The Florida Bar.
Pursuant to rule 2-3.4(b), incumbent Board members must advise the executive director of their intention to seek reelection to a new term.
The three 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.
Election ballots will be mailed on or before March 1, 2008, and voted ballots must be received prior to midnight, March 21, 2008.
Overall, there are 23 board members whose terms expire on June 20, 2008, but Grier Wells is the only attorney from the Fourth Judicial Circuit.