Joseph P. Mawhinney

Government, Mediation
500 South Florida Avenue, Suite 800
Lakeland, Florida 33801


Government

Admitted

1976, Florida, U.S. District Court, Middle and Northern District of Florida and U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit

Law School

Florida State University, J.D., 1976

Law School Graduation Year

1976

College

Florida State University, B.S., 1973

Memberships

Lakeland Bar Associations; The Florida Bar (Member: City, County and Local Government Section); Polk County Trial Lawyers Association.

Biographical

Recipient, Paul S. Buchman Award, Local Government Section of The Florida Bar, 1995. President, 1998-1999 and Member, 1989-2001, Florida Municipal Attorneys Association. City Attorney, City of Lakeland, 1989-2001. Board Member, Lakeland Downtown Development Authority, 2003—. President, Downtown Lakeland Kiwanis Club, 1998-1999. Director, Lakeland Area Chamber of Commerce, 1994-1996. Chair: Politics in the Park, 2002; Leadership Lakeland Class VIII, 1990-1991. Volunteer, School Board Mentor Program, 2000.

Military

U.S. Army Reserve, 1970-1977