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NCBP President Mike Freed with NCBP Past-President Aurora Austriaco

On August 6, Gunster shareholder Mike Freed was sworn in as President of the National Conference of Bar Presidents (NCBP) at the NCBP Annual Meeting in Chicago, Illinois.

Founded in 1950, the National Conference of Bar Presidents (NCBP) provides information and training to state and local bar association leaders. The current organizational members of NCBP include state, local and special focus bars from 53 states and territories, and members include past bar leaders from these jurisdictions. The primary mission of NCBP is to provide high-quality programming to current bar leaders at two meetings held each year contemporaneously with the annual and midyear meetings of the American Bar Association.

“It is a privilege to be selected by such a prestigious group of bar leaders to direct the NCBP at this juncture of time, Freed stated. I am thrilled with the opportunity to influence so many bar associations across the nation.”

In his role, Freed will continue to foster discussion around key issues such as continuing education, access to justice, provision of legal services, community outreach and education, diversity and finance.


Michael Freed is a trial lawyer with a wealth of experience in the courtroom and arbitrations, administrative proceedings and other forms of dispute resolution. As an attorney board certified in business litigation, his practice spans a wide range of substantive legal disciplines and specialized industries. They include corporate governance, education, health care, hospitality, labor and employment, construction, logistics, transportation and receiverships.

Mike actively engages at the local, state and national levels with significant causes and organizations. He also is founder of FreedToRun, a marathon series that raises money to endow a program that provides legal services to indigent pediatric patients.

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