FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (June 18, 2009) – George LeMieux, chairman of Gunster and former Chief of Staff to Governor Crist, gave an insider’s perspective on the 2009 Florida legislative session and its projected impact on the local business community to the Community Foundation of Broward at the W Hotel in Fort Lauderdale.

“This season’s legislative session produced many successful results on some of Florida’s most vital issues, from higher education reform and allocation of federal stimulus dollars to the Seminole gaming compact and property tax reform,” said LeMieux, who is based in the firm’s Tallahassee office and regularly travels among the firm’s eight offices throughout the state. “At this critical time in Florida’s history, it is essential to understand what’s happening with our local and state governments and how the decisions made affect the business community and us individually.”

LeMieux has earned a reputation as a connected resource for CEOs and business professionals to interpret the impact of new legislation in Florida. Earlier this year, he launched the Boardroom Brief, an interactive web site that provides links to all the major daily newspapers in Florida, and highlights some of the most relevant daily headlines for business leaders. There are also links to major national media outlets such as The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Associated Press, CNN, Fox News and other television networks.

LeMieux also writes The LeMieux Report, an electronic newsletter distributed weekly to thousands of business and governmental leaders that offers the top five business, legal and political stories of the week, with LeMieux’s “bottom line analysis” of each story.

For more information about Gunster, please visit www.gunster.com.
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About Gunster

Established in 1925, Gunster is a full-service Florida law firm with eight offices around the state, providing counsel to leading businesses and individuals. Our statewide presence and culture reflect the firm’s status as Florida’s lawyers for business. Gunster services clients from its offices in Fort Lauderdale, Jacksonville, Miami, Palm Beach, Stuart, Tallahassee, Vero Beach and its headquarters in West Palm Beach, with 140 attorneys and 200 committed support staff.

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