Fort Myers Real Estate Attorney Amanda Barritt Appointed Public Relations Officer for Lee County Association for Women Lawyers

Fort Myers, FL, November 16, 2011 --(PR.com)-- The law firm of Henderson, Franklin, Starnes & Holt, P.A., is pleased to announce that Condominium and Real Estate Lawyer Amanda Barritt has been appointed as the Public Relations Officer for the Lee County Association for Women Lawyers (LCAWL). The LCAWL is organized to actively promote networking, gender equality and the leadership roles of LCAWL’s members in the legal profession, judiciary and community at large.

Barritt concentrates her practice in real estate law and, more specifically, in the areas of residential and commercial condominium and property associations, real estate transactions, easements, contract preparation, and real estate development. She frequently writes on these topics on Henderson Franklin's blog, The Legal Scoop on Southwest Florida Real Estate, www.legalscoopswflre.com.

Barritt is a member of the Real Estate Investment Society, Real Property Probate & Trust Section and Condominium and Planned Development Committee of The Florida Bar, Lee County Association of Woman Lawyers, and Lee County Bar Association. She is also secretary and board member of Brightest Horizons Child Development Center. Barritt has also been recognized by Florida Super Lawyers Magazine as a “Rising Star” in the field of real estate law in 2010.

Barritt received her undergraduate degree from Auburn University, cum laude, and her law degree from Florida State University, cum laude.

Henderson Franklin is one of the largest law firms between Tampa and Miami with over 55 attorneys practicing in the areas of business and tax planning, banking and creditors’ rights, estate planning and administration, family law, land use and environmental law, immigration law, commercial and civil litigation, eminent domain, workers' compensation, employment law and real estate. One of the state's oldest firms, Henderson Franklin was founded in Fort Myers in 1924 and operates offices in Fort Myers, Bonita Springs and Sanibel Island. For more information on Barritt or Henderson Franklin, please visit www.henlaw.com.

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