West Palm Beach attorney Rosalyn Sia Baker-Barnes will be sworn in as The Florida Bar’s 76th president and Jacksonville attorney Michael Fox Orr will become president-elect June 27 at the annual Florida Bar Convention in Boca Raton.
Orr is a board-certified civil trial lawyer and a shareholder with Orr | Cook who focuses his practice on commercial and civil matters regularly involving high-profile litigation and appeals.
He is a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates, having tried a variety of civil cases throughout Florida. Orr also has argued cases in all six of Florida’s District Courts of Appeal and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit.
Orr has led several committees for the board of governors including the Budget Committee, the Program Evaluation Committee, the Disciplinary Review Committee and the Board Review Committee on Professional Ethics.
He also served on the Bar’s Special Committee on AI Tools & Resources and Council of Sections and is a member and liaison to the Civil Procedure Rules Committee.
Orr completed his term as Jacksonville Bar Association president in 2022 after more than 15 years in JBA leadership positions.
He also served for eight years on The Florida Bar Young Lawyers Division Board of Governors before being elected YLD president.