Name: Sharon L. Gasparo
Age: I stopped counting five years ago when I was 35!
Family: My dogs and cats.
Pets: Two golden retrievers, one border collie, four cats. (Blame my mother, who would not let me have any as a kid!)
Education: State University of N.Y. at Stony Brook, New York Law School
Admitted to the Bar: Good thing my diploma hangs on the wall or I would not know; Dec. 21, 1994
Employed by: Cole, Scott & Kissane
Field of practice: Insurance defense
Professional organizations: Jacksonville Bar Association, Family Law Inns of Court, Catholic Lawyers Guild, Jacksonville Women’s Lawyers Association.
Community involvement: Junior League of Jacksonville
How did you get involved?
Judge (Dan) Wilensky told me they were the most impressive group of women he had ever been in a room with. I thought he was joking.
How can someone else get involved?
Log on to www.jlweb.org or call 387-9927
What have you learned/achieved through the experience?
These women touch so many lives. Through “Dignity you Wear” or volunteering at public schools on Saturday to tutor, or “Project Back” to help foster kids or teaching children and parents about nutrition.
What was the last book you read or are reading?
“South of Broad” by Pat Conroy