Greenspoon Marder Shareholder Evett Simmons Speaker at Gwen S. Cherry Black Women Lawyers Association’s Florida Women Lawyers of Color Summit and Annual
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Jul 12, 2017
West Palm Beach, FL
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GREENSPOON MARDER SHAREHOLDER EVETT SIMMONS SPEAKER AT GWEN S. CHERRY BLACK WOMEN LAWYERS ASSOCIATION’S FLORIDA WOMEN LAWYERS OF COLOR SUMMIT AND ANNUAL LEADERSHIP RETREAT
West Palm Beach, FL – July 14, 2017 – Greenspoon Marder shareholder Evett Simmons to be a speaker at the Gwen S. Cherry Black Women Lawyers Association ’s Florida Women Lawyers of Color Summit and Annual Leadership Retreat. The event will take place from July 14th to July 16th at the Eau Palm Beach Resort and Spa.
Ms. Simmons will be a speaker on the “Moving Higher: Advancing Women Lawyers of Color” panel. Panelist will provide insights gleaned from experience on strategies to excel, and be encouraged and challenged to use the Summit’s momentum to develop community “Sister Circles” as the next step toward building an empowered statewide organization of diverse women lawyers. The association’s mission is to address the concerns of women lawyers, and to address the legal, social, and economic needs of the Black community, and the community-at-large.
Evett L. Simmons concentrates her practice in the areas of estate planning, probate and guardianship administration and litigation. Ms. Simmons is a past President of the National Bar Association and a past president of the Port St. Lucie Bar Association. She is also a former member of The Florida Bar Board of Governors, the State of Florida Judicial Qualifications Commission, and the Board of Directors of Enterprise Florida, Inc. She currently serves on the Board of Trustees of Florida Southern College and the American Bar Association Commission on Racial and Ethnic Diversity in the Profession.
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