Welcome to LAKELAND BAR ASSOCIATION

REGISTRATION IS CLOSED

for our Law Day Event

on Friday, May 6, 2022  

Lunch begins at 11:30 AM at the Lakeland Country Club on Friday, May 6th for this year’s Law Day Luncheon.  Lakeland Bar Association is proud to welcome Michael Tanner, Florida Bar President, as this year’s Law Day guest speaker. 

       Mike Tanner, the 73rd president of The Florida Bar, practices business commercial litigation and appellate and election laws with Gunster in Jacksonville, where he is a shareholder. He served on the Board of Governors since 2011, including on the Legislation Committee since 2013 and has chaired or co-chaired that committee three times. He has also served on the Program Evaluation Committee, was chair for the 2016-17 Bar year, and co-chaired the board’s Constitution Revision Committee.

       Tanner served on the Trial Lawyers Section Executive Council from 1992-99 and served as section chair in 1999-2000. He also spent five years on the Board of Legal Specialization and Education, including one year as chair.

      
Tanner has received awards, recognition, and membership from many peer-evaluated organizations (see his Gunster profile for a list of honors and publications). He is board certified in both civil trial law and business litigation and is rated “AV-Preeminent” by Martindale-Hubbell Inc. He is a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and a member and a past Jacksonville chapter president of the American Board of Trial Advocates.

       Tanner is a graduate of the University of Florida Levin College of Law and has been a Bar member since 1978. He is a member of the Appellate Practice, Real Property, Probate and Trust Law, and Trial Lawyers sections.

  Contact Lisa Oliver at 863.838.6691 with questions.