{"id":195216,"date":"2026-03-17T18:06:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T18:06:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/195216\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T18:06:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T18:06:08","slug":"paige-greenlee-in-line-to-lead-the-bar-the-florida-bar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/195216\/","title":{"rendered":"Paige Greenlee in line to lead the Bar \u2013 The Florida Bar"},"content":{"rendered":"

Paige Greenlee in line to lead the Bar<\/p>\n

‘I know I have a lot of responsibility ahead, responsibility that comes with the confidence that members of the Bar have in me, and I don\u2019t take that lightly’
\n \"Paige<\/p>\n

Paige Greenlee: ‘I am humbled by the support that I received across the state.’<\/p>\n

Paige Greenlee, a Tampa civil litigator and eight-year veteran of the Board of Governors, is the next Florida Bar president-elect designate.<\/p>\n

Greenlee said she is \u201con cloud nine\u201d and eager to lead the 115,000-member Florida Bar.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m excited, I\u2019m proud of the campaign that I ran, and I am humbled by the support that I received across the state,\u201d she said. \u201cI know I have a lot of responsibility ahead, responsibility that comes with the confidence that members of the Bar have in me, and I don\u2019t take that lightly.\u201d<\/p>\n

In a statewide election, Greenlee faced veteran Miami Beach civil litigator Jeffrey Rynor, who was first elected to the Board of Governors in 2018. After balloting ended at 11:59 p.m. EST, March 15, the results showed Greenlee garnered 7,244 votes to Rynor\u2019s 4,583.<\/p>\n

Greenlee will succeed President-elect Michael Fox Orr, a veteran Jacksonville civil trial lawyer, when he succeeds President Rosalyn Sia Baker-Barnes at the Annual Florida Bar Convention in June. Greenlee will become president in June 2027.<\/p>\n

A 2000 graduate of Emory University School of Law, Greenlee is a sole practitioner with Greenlee Law, PLLC. In her campaign, she stressed her 20 years of professional service, which included stints as president of the Bar\u2019s Young Lawyers Division and the Hillsborough County Bar Association. A six-year member of the Executive Committee, Greenlee has chaired or co-chaired other key board committees, including Disciplinary Review, Communications, Technology, and Program Evaluation.<\/p>\n

Greenlee\u2019s platform focused on access to justice and court efficiency, enhancing professionalism, civility and ethics, the responsible use of innovative technology, sustainability for solo and small-firm practitioners, and preserving the independence of the judiciary and The Florida Bar.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Board of Governors has been told by the Supreme Court, and takes very seriously, the role that we play in the discipline process, and I want to make sure that the Bar continues doing that and not some other entity,\u201d she said. \u201cWe\u2019re a self-regulating profession, it\u2019s something that makes us very unique and we do a very good job of it, and I want to make sure that stays in our hands.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s too early to discuss initiatives or projects she hopes to pursue during her term as president, Greenlee said. She said she is looking forward to supporting Orr\u2019s presidential term. The two have been friends since they were \u201cbright-eyed and bushy tailed\u201d Young Lawyers Division members, Greenlee said.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne of the things I\u2019m most excited about is working with Michael,\u201d she said. \u201cI think we are going to be able to do some great things.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Paige Greenlee in line to lead the Bar ‘I know I have a lot of responsibility ahead, responsibility…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":195217,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-195216","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195216","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=195216"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195216\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/195217"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=195216"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=195216"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=195216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}