Insurance Consumer Advocate
Sean M. Shaw, Esq.
Inspired by his father, the first African-American judge to serve as Chief Justice of the Florida Supreme Court, Sean is driven to advocate on behalf of Floridians who don't have a voice on insurance issues.
Sean M. Shaw has been a member of the Florida Bar since 2003 and has practiced in the areas of civil, criminal and administrative litigation with an emphasis on employment law. He is admitted to practice before all Florida state courts, the United States District Courts for the Northern, Middle, and Southern Districts of Florida as well as the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.
In 2004, Mr. Shaw was appointed to serve as the Secretary of the Board of Governors for the Young Lawyers Division of the Florida Bar. In 2005, he was reappointed by the Board to serve as a Co-Chair of its Membership Outreach Committee and was elected to the Board of Directors for the Young Lawyers Section of the Tallahassee Bar Association. That same year, Mr. Shaw was appointed to serve as vice-chair of the Minorities in the Profession Committee of the Young Lawyers Division of the American Bar Association and as a member of the Student Education and Bar Admissions Committee of the Florida Bar.
Mr. Shaw is a member of the American Bar Association, Tallahassee Barrister's Association, Tallahassee Bar Association and National Bar Association. He is a member of the Executive Committee of the Tallahassee Branch of the NAACP and chairman of its Political Action Committee. Mr. Shaw is also a member of Leadership Tallahassee XXIII.
Mr. Shaw is a Tallahassee native and graduate of Leon High School. He attended Princeton University where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree. Mr. Shaw then attended the University of Florida, Levin School of Law, where he earned his Juris Doctorate. In law school, Mr. Shaw was a Florida Minority Participation in Legal Education (MPLE) Scholar and served as an extern to the Honorable Judge Stephan Mickle of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida.
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