Gunster, one of Florida’s oldest and largest full-service business law firms, is pleased to announce that Gunster Chairman and Former U.S. Senator George LeMieux has been named Chair of The Florida Council of 100, effective for a two-year term.
Established in 1961 by Governor Farris Bryant, The Florida Council of 100 is comprised of more than 200 CEOs who represent over 1.3 million employees across the state of Florida. Over the last six decades, the Council has offered insight and background on important policy matters to Florida’s elected leaders and government officials across the political and ideological spectrum.
"I'm honored to be elected Chair of the Florida Council of 100 and am excited to see what we will accomplish," LeMieux stated. "Our highly engaged group of CEOs will continue to tackle the issues identified by our previous leadership team and double down in the areas of infrastructure and resiliency on behalf of all Floridians."
In addition to serving as chairman of the board of Gunster, LeMieux is a seasoned trial lawyer with more than 25 years of experience. He served as Florida's 34th United States Senator in the 111th Congress, where he successfully passed legislation on health care fraud, export promotion, rating agency reform and small business promotion. He is an advisor to Fortune 500 companies, their officers, and boards, and leads internal corporate investigations. He is also the founder of the LeMieux Center for Public Policy at Palm Beach Atlantic University and the author of two award-winning books on Florida history.
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Gunster, Florida’s law firm for business, provides full-service legal counsel to leading organizations and individuals from its 12 offices statewide. Established in 1925, the firm has expanded, diversified and evolved, but always with a singular focus: Florida and its clients’ stake in it. A magnet for business-savvy attorneys who embrace collaboration for the greatest advantage of clients, Gunster’s growth has not been at the expense of personalized service but because of it. The firm serves clients from its offices in Boca Raton, Fort Lauderdale, Jacksonville, Miami, Naples, Orlando, Palm Beach, Stuart, Tallahassee, Tampa, Vero Beach, and its headquarters in West Palm Beach. With more than 300 attorneys and consultants, and over 290 committed professional staff, Gunster is ranked among the National Law Journal’s list of the 500 largest law firms and has been recognized as one of the Top 100 Diverse Law Firms by Law360. More information about its practice areas, offices and insider’s view newsletters is available at www.gunster.com.