Special guests included Pat Gleason and Verlinda Doss, noted experts on the Sunshine Law from the Governor's Office. 

Pat Gleason serves as Special Counsel for Open Government for Attorney General Pam Bondi. Prior to joining the Attorney General’s Office, she was the Director of Cabinet Affairs and Special Counsel for Open Government for Governor Charlie Crist. She has also served as the Advocate (Prosecutor) for the Florida Ethics Commission and Chief of the Administrative Law Section in the Attorney General’s Office.

In 2008, Pat received the 2008 Claude Pepper Outstanding Government Lawyer Award from the Florida Bar. She is the 2009 recipient of the Pete Weitzel Friend of the First Amendment Award which is presented annually by the First Amendment Foundation to an individual “who has made significant contribution to the fostering of open government in Florida.” She is a graduate of Florida State University College of Law in Tallahassee. 

Verlindia Doss presented the ethics portion of the conference.  Attached to the bottom of this web site are the documents she used to refer to during the course of her presentation.

Online videos of this event are included below.  To play either video click the small arrow in the bottom left corner of the video player.  To download the video in .flv format click anywhere in the main video viewer.  These are each approximately 2 hrs, and are large files that will take a few minutes to buffer  and play, as well as to download.  

The Office of the State Attorney will also be happy to provide you with a video of this event on disc.  To request a copy please email info@keyssao.org.