Candidate: Louis (Buck) Vocelle, Jr.

Buck Vocelle is asking for your vote to serve a second four year term as an Indian River Mosquito Control District Commissioner, a position in which he has been privileged and honored to have served.

Mr. Vocelle is the founding and senior partner of the law firm Vocelle & Berg, LLP. His family has been on the Treasure Coast of Florida since 1924. His grandfather was one of the founders of Indian River County and a strong supporter of the state’s first enacted mosquito control district in the newly created Indian River County in 1925.

A lifelong resident of Indian River County, Florida, Mr. Vocelle received his Bachelors Degree from Wake Forest University in Winston Salem, North Carolina and his law degree (J.D.) with honors, from the Florida State University College of Law in 1982.

Mr. Vocelle is double Board Certified by the Florida Bar as a specialist in both Civil Trial Law and Business Trial Law. He served eight years on the Board of Governors of the Florida Badr and on numerous committees. He is the past chair of The Board of Legal Education and Specialization of the Florida Bar (BLSE) which regulates and oversees all of the Board Certified Lawyers in Florida and was honored to have served as its counsel.

Since high school Mr. Vocelle has been actively involved in his community. He uses his skills as a successful small businessman to volunteer to assist many worthwhile causes and organizations. In addition to serving as a mosquito control commissioner, he is the past President of the Vero Beach Sunrise Rotary Club, incoming District Governor for Rotary District 6930 in 2021-2022, a former member of the Indian River State College Foundation board of directors, served as an assistant Boy Scout troop leader, served as an EMT and later as president of the Board of Directors of the Indian River County Volunteer Ambulance Squad, and served on many other community boards. Mr. Vocelle is an instrument rated pilot and has donated his time to Angel Flight International flying cancer patients to and from treatment facilities around the state. He is married and has two married children and one grandson.