Michelle was born and raised in Quincy, Illinois. In 1996, she graduated, with honors, from the University of Southern Mississippi with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English. She attended Tulane University School of Law and received her Juris Doctor degree in 1999. She began her legal career with the Office of the Public Defender,… Read More
William F. Smith, II
William F. (Bill) Smith, II was born in Winfield, Alabama in 1962. Raised in the Birmingham area, he was valedictorian at Shades Valley High School in 1980, where he played basketball and baseball. He received a B.S. in Mineral Engineering, Petroleum specialization, from the University of Alabama in 1984. During college, Bill worked as an… Read More
Lauren Stone
Lauren Stone was born in New York and grew up in Coral Springs, Florida. In 2006, she graduated from the University of Central Florida in Orlando with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and a minor in Psychology. She later attended Nova Southeastern University Shepard Broad Law Center in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and earned… Read More
G. Jeffrey Vernis
Florida Bar Board Certified Civil Trial Lawyer AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell Martindale-Hubbell’s Bar Registry of Preeminent Lawyers in America Florida’s Legal Elite, by Florida Trend Magazine Florida’s Super Lawyers by Super Lawyers Magazine published by Law & Politics Florida’s Leading Lawyers by South Florida Business Journal Florida’s Power Leaders in Law by… Read More
Carlton A. Bober
Carlton Bober was born in Miami, Florida. He graduated from Emory University in 1986 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in both Economics and Political Science. While at Emory, Carl’s honors included being selected for the Dean’s List and ranking in the top 20% of his class. He subsequently obtained his Juris Doctor from the… Read More