All in the family

Sarasota lawyer Bill Robertson never pushed any of his four children to follow his career choice.

But the oldest of the foursome, Elisha Robertson, took to her father's work, sometimes literally. Bill Robertson has a picture of a young Elisha Robertson, 3 or 4 years old, highlighting passages in a book, just like he did with court documents.

That picture is now reality because Elisha Robertson is the latest Robertson to become a lawyer. But what makes the father-daughter duo standout is Elisha Robertson marks the sixth generation of her family to become a lawyer. “It's humbling to think about who else has done this,” says Elisha Robertson, 28, a 2014 graduate of Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale. “It feels really good to be in this opportunity.”