Florida Bar President Visits Clearwater

Florida Bar President Visits Clearwater

Politics dominated the message Florida Bar President Kelly Overstreet Johnson delivered on Jan. 13 to members of the Clearwater Bar Association during a luncheon at the Harborview Center.

Johnson, a partner in the Tallahassee office of Broad & Cassel, described how the baris board of governors struggled at a recent meeting on whether to issue a declaration in support of gay adoption rights. Because of the issueis divisiveness, she says the board voted 31-9 against a public declaration.