Klingensmith, Mark W.
Mark W. Klingensmith was elected chairman of the Martin County Republican Party in December 2008. In March 2009, he was elected as vice mayor of Sewall’s Point, Fla.
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1985
Leighton, John Elliott
John Elliott Leighton has launched a new firm, Leighton Law, PA. The Miami trial firm specializes in catastrophic personal injury, wrongful death and violent crime/inadequate security litigation. Leighton was formerly senior partner in Miami’s Leesfield Leighton & Partners, PA. Leighton was also recently re-elected as chairman of the Academy of Trial Advocacy, a national invitation-only association of the nation’s leading catastrophic injury trial lawyers. Leighton’s two-volume treatise, Litigating Premises Security Cases, was recently published by Thomson-West.
Vasilinda, Michelle Rehwinkel
Michelle Rehwinkel Vasilinda, a professor of legal studies at Tallahassee Community College, was elected to the Florida House of Representatives from District 9 in Tallahassee, which represents parts of Leon and Jefferson counties.
