SOUTH FLORIDA CHAPTER
Governance
The Federal Bar Association is dedicated to the advancement of the science of jurisprudence and to promoting the welfare, interests, education, and professional development of all attorneys and judges involved in federal law.
SOUTH FLORIDA CHAPTER
Officers
J. Courtney Cunningham
President
J. Courtney Cunningham, PLLC
(305) 351-2014
Erica S. Zaron
Treasurer
Miami-Dade County Attorney's Office
(954) 288-7778
John R. Byrne
President Elect
Maderal Byrne, PLLC
(305) 520-5690
Meaghan Goldstein
Secretary
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Stephanie Turk
Immediate Past President
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Stearns Weaver Miller
(305) 789-3440
Directors
Judicial Members
Hon. Roy K. Altman
Hon. Beth Bloom
Hon. Melissa Damian
Hon. Darrin P. Gayles
Hon. Lauren F. Louis
Hon. John J. O’Sullivan (ret.)
Hon. Lisette M. Reid
Hon. Rodolfo A. Ruiz, II
Hon. Eduardo I. Sanchez
Hon. Kathleen M. Williams
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Laselve Harrison
Vanessa Singh Johannes
Russell Koonin
Martha Leibell
Enjolique Aytch Lette
Tal J. Lifshitz
Margot Moss
Jessica Neer McDonald
Bernard Pastor
Oliver A. Ruiz (11th Circuit Vice President)
Jason Sternberg
Naim Surgeon
Hon. Robert T. Watson
SOUTH FLORIDA CHAPTER
SOUTH FLORIDA CHAPTER
Past Presidents
20023-2024 Stephanie Turk
2022-23 Tal. J. Lifshitz
2021-22 Stephanie A. Casey
2020-21 Yaniv Adar
2019-20 Alaina Fotiu-Wojtowicz
2018-19 David Weinstein
2017-18 Russell Koonin
2016-17 Benjamin Brodsky
2015-16 Oliver A. Ruiz
2014-15 Candace Duff
2013-14 Ana Maria Martinez
2012-13 Bernardo Pastor
2011-12 Brett A. Barfield
2010-11 Brett A. Barfield
2009-10 William V. Roppolo
2008-09 Celeste S. Higgins
2007-08 David O. Markus
2006-07 Jacqueline Becerra
2005-06 Amy D. Ronner
2004-05 Gary N. Kravitz
2003-04 Kathleen M. Williams
2002-03 Stewart G. Abrams
2001-02 Alex Angueira
2000-01 Dennis G. Kainen
1999-00 Michael S. Tarre
1998-99 Jeffrey B. Crockett
1997-98 Charles V. Senatore
1996-97 Peter R. Palermo
1995-96 Isaac J. Mitrani
1994-95 Thomas F. Almon
1993-94 Kathleen Touby
1992-93 Gerald Houlihan
1991-92 Rudolph Aragon
1990-91 Alan Weisberg
1989-90 Linda Collins Hertz
1988-89 Robert J. Lehner
1987-88 Linda Amidon
1986-87 Marc Barbakoff
1985-86 Marsha L. Lyons
1984-85 Donald L. Graham
1983-84 S. Michael Levin
1982-83 Charles O. Farrar, Jr.
1981-82 Patrick E. Farrell
1980-81 Atlee W. Wampler, III
1979-80 Theodore Klein
1978-79 Vincent J. Brennan
1977-78 Richard M. Gale
1976-77 Paul A. Tennenbaum
1975-76 I. Maurice Miller
1974-75 Donald I. Bierman
1973-74 Robert L. Dube
1972-73 John C. Malloy
1971-72 Neal R. Sonnett
1970-71 Fred W. Doerner, Jr.
1969-70 Victor Levine
1968-69 Arthur L. Miller
1967-68 William M. Manker
1966-67 Vincent K. Antle
1965-66 Richard R. Booth
1964-65
1963-64
1962-63 David W. Waters
1961-62 Giles H. Penstone
1960-61 Paul E. Gifford
1959-60 James L. Guilmartin
The Charter for this Chapter was granted on December 2, 1959.
The first meeting of the South Florida Chapter was held August 27, 1959.