About the President
Linnes Finney Jr.

Linnes Finney, Jr. has spent the last 24 years building an exemplary career in the legal profession. He is a partner with the Stuart, Florida law firm of Gary, Williams, Parenti, Finney, Lewis, McManus, Watson & Sperando, where his practice areas are Personal Injury, Product Liability, Commercial Litigation, Police Misconduct, Medical Malpractice and General Civil Litigation. In August 2006, Mr. Finney was inaugurated as the 64th President of the National Bar Association, the nation's oldest and largest bar association of color whose network exceeds 40,000 African-American judges, lawyers, educators and law students.

Mr. Finney is a widely sought after speaker/lecturer, offering his expertise in numerous areas. He is board certified as a civil trial attorney and also as a juvenile arbitrator. In addition to serving as the Florida Bar Association's Past Chairman of Judicial Nominations and Procedures Committee, he also served on and has chaired both the judicial nominating committees for the Florida Supreme Court (1996-2000) and the 19th Judicial Circuit (1992-1996). Mr. Finney is a life member of the NAACP and Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. He is a board member and a trustee of the United Way of St. Lucie County. Mr. Finney's commitment to the community has not gone unnoticed. As such, he has received numerous awards including the Florida Bar, Pro Bono Service Award; the Agricultural and Labor Program, Inc.'s Robert Bryant Award; the University of Florida College of Law Student Leadership Award; and Florida Head Start Association and Region IV Head Start Association's Humanitarian of the Year Award. Most recently, he was awarded the Community Impact Award from the United Way of St. Lucie County.

A native Georgian, Mr. Finney earned his B.S. from Georgia Southern University and his J.D. from the University of Florida (UF) in 1982. He is married (Sonya') and the father of two children (Clayton and Chase).

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