Board of Trustees

During the Florida Supreme Court Historical Society's Annual Business Meeting in Boca Raton on June 22, 2025, the Board of Trustees elected officers and Trustees to lead and serve the organization for the coming year. 

The following individuals are newly elected Trustees of the Society to serve starting July 1, 2025, with their initial term expiring on June 30 of the year noted below.

• Hon. Gerald Cope,  Akerman LLP, Miami, 2028
• Hon. Lance Day,  Fourth Judicial Circuit, Jacksonville, 2026
• Hon. Alan Forst, Fourth DCA, West Palm Beach, 2028
• Prof. Elizabeth Katz, UF College of Law, Gainesville, 2028
• Dean Tarlika Nunez Navarro, St Thomas College of Law, Miami Gardens, 2028
• Randall Reder, ACE Charitable Legal Service, Savannah, 2028
• Hon. George Reynolds, Second Circuit (Retired), Tallahassee, 2027
• Stephen Senn, Peterson & Myers PA, Lakeland, 2028

Officers and Executive Committee were elected to serve one-year term July 1, 2025 - June 30, 2026.

• President: Fred Karlinsky, Greenberg Traurig, Ft. Lauderdale
• First Vice President: Kara Rockenbach Link, Link & Rockenbach, West Palm Beach
• Second Vice President: William Schifino, Jr., Gunster, Tampa
• Secretary: Hon. Gary Flower, Duval County Judge, Jacksonville
• Treasurer: Kimberly Berman, Marshall Dennehey, Ft. Lauderdale
• Immediate Past President: Timothy P. Chinaris, Chinaris Law, Rockledge

Executive Committee Members-at-Large

• Mary E. Adkins, University of Florida Levin College of Law, Gainesville
• Howard C. Coker, Coker Law, Jacksonville
• Hank Coxe, Bedell, Dittmar, DeVault, Pillans & Coxe, Jacksonville
• Leonard Gilbert, Tampa
• Alan G. Greer, Miami
• Edward G. Guedes, Weiss Serota Helfman Cole & Bierman, Coral Gables
• Edith G. Osman, Carlton Fields, Miami
• Daryl D. Parks, Parks Law, Tallahassee
• Hala Sandridge, Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, Tampa
  

The mission of the Florida Supreme Court Historical Society is to preserve the history of Florida’s highest court and educate the public about the courts' vital role in protecting personal rights and freedoms. The Historical Society supports education and outreach programs, publishes books chronicling the history of the Florida Supreme Court and the award-winning Historical Review magazine, and facilitates collecting and archiving historical documents and artifacts.