Candidate: Juanita Powell-Williams

JUANITA POWELLWILLIAMS, ESQUIRE CANDIDATE FOR CITY COUNCIL AT-LARGE, GROUP 4 A glimpse at Juanita\'s varied work career notes that she has work experience in both public and private arenas. Juanita\'s career has included working as a Chemist, Environmental Supervisor, Environmental Emergency Responder, Teacher/ Resource Teacher Trainer, Program Developer, Student Career Resource coordinator, Literacy Coach, Human Relations Associate Director, Volunteer Recruiter and Attorney and Counselor at Law. Juanita is the sole practitioner at THE POWELL-WILLIAMS LAW FIRM, P.A. in Jacksonville. Her legal practice areas have included, inter alia, Wills, Guardianship and Probate Law, Family and Dependency-Elder Law, Employment Law, Criminal and Civil Law, Juvenile Defense and Personal Injury Law and Medical Prosecution. She is also a Veterans Benefits Certified Attorney. Juanita is a member of the Florida Bar Association, the National Bar Association, and a past president of the DW Perkins Bar Association. Juanita has extensive experience in interpreting and enforcing State and Federal rules, Regulations and Statutes. She has used that knowledge in interdepartmental and interagency interactions. She believes her prior position as Associate Director of the former National Conference of Christians and Jews (NCCJ) fostered her human relations skills and knowledge as well. Juanita\'s volunteer and community service includes: Founding and Charter Chair of the Tallahassee Chapter of the National Congress of Black Women, Inc.; Florida Senate appointed Board Member of the Florida Black Business Investment Board (FBBIB); Florida Attorneys Saving Homes Program Volunteer; D.W. Perkins Bar Association,(past president); Florida Election Protection local legal coordinator, Jacksonville; NE Florida Regional Planning Counsel Member; Jacksonville Bar Association; SE Regional Legal Advisor, Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc.; Jacksonville Branch-NAACP Legal Redress Chair; NAACP-State Legal Redress and Resolutions Committee; Advisory Board Member-Bethune Cookman University-Miller Center; Recipient of the J.K. Coble, Jr. Award for Distinguished Public Service; Board Member and former Vice Chair of the Three River Legal Services; Mayoral appointed Board Member of the Jacksonville Housing Authority; Jacksonville Women Lawyers; Christian Legal Society; Leadership Development Institute; Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce; Big Sister Program-Rochester; Learn to Read Program Volunteer, Jacksonville; Foster Care Citizen Review Panel; HRS Parent/Child Visitation Volunteer Monitor; Boys Scouts of America / Gateway Girl Scouts volunteer; GED Volunteer Instructor. Juanita is a member of the Mt. Zion AME Church, Southside and has two adult sons, Davin and Gregory E.B.,II.