Tampa Lawyer Greenlee Wins Florida Bar President-Elect Race

A Tampa-area attorney will take a leading role in Florida's statewide lawyer organization after winning a membership-wide election, with her formal installation set for June.

Paige A. Greenlee, sole practitioner at Greenlee Law, was chosen as President-elect Designate of The Florida Bar and will be sworn in as President-elect at the organization's Annual Convention on June 19 at the Signia by Hilton Orlando hotel. She is slated to assume the presidency in the 2027–2028 bar year.

Greenlee defeated competitor Jeffrey Ryner in the membership vote, receiving 7,244 votes to Ryner's 4,583. The Florida Bar has approximately 120,000 members statewide.

At the same June convention, Michael Fox Orr of Jacksonville will be installed as President.

Greenlee earned her law degree from Emory University School of Law in 2000 and brings more than 20 years of legal experience. Her leadership résumé within The Florida Bar includes serving as president of the organization's Young Lawyers Division, president of the Hillsborough County Bar Association, and six years on the Florida Bar Executive Committee. She has also chaired or co-chaired several boards and committees.

Her campaign platform centered on access to justice, court efficiency, professionalism, civility, and ethics.

Treasure Coast attorneys who hold Florida Bar membership cast ballots in the same election cycle that also decided Board of Governors seats. In a separate race, a runoff between Robert Becerra and Vanessa Fasquez de Lara for the Board's 11th Circuit Seat 5 will be decided by member voting running from March 21 through April 7. According to available information,

The Florida Bar is the mandatory licensing and regulatory organization for all attorneys practicing law in the state.

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