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Wade Vose is a partner with the Vose Law Firm, and is board certified by the Florida Bar in City, County & Local Government Law. He has over 19 years of experience representing governmental, corporate, and small business clients in the areas of local government representation, business litigation, business law, and real estate and development law.
Vose's current local government clients include Okeechobee County, where he serves as County Attorney, the Cities of Cocoa Beach, Anna Maria, Daytona Beach Shores, Brooksville, Bunnell, the Town of Oakland, and Florida's newest municipality, the Village of Indiantown. Vose also serves as General Counsel to the Seminole County Supervisor of Elections, and Outside Counsel to the Seminole County Tax Collector.
 In addition, Vose has served as General Counsel for six county Charter Review Commissions in five different counties, including the Pinellas County Charter Review Commission, the Brevard County Charter Review Commission, the Alachua County Charter Review Commission, the Clay County Charter Review Commission, and the Orange County Charter Review Commission. In fact, Vose is the only attorney, other than former Orange County Mayor and U.S. Sentator Mel Martinez, to twice serve as General Counsel to the Orange County CRC.
Vose has also done extensive work for constitutional officers, having previously served as General Counsel to both Seminole County Supervisor of Elections and the Seminole County Tax Collector, in addition to specialized work for the Orange County Sheriff, and the Okeechobee County and Seminole County Clerks of Court.
For his business, corporate, and development clients, Vose has represented their interests before various state and federal courts and city and county commissions, as well at the negotiating table and in the C-Level boardrooms of multiple Fortune 500 companies nationwide. In addition, Vose has extensive experience running businesses of his own, having served as CEO of Vose Development Corporation, which has developed commercial real estate throughout Central Florida.
Among his many honors, Vose has been named to the SuperLawyers Florida Rising Stars list, named "Businessman of the Year" by the Apopka Area Chamber of Commerce, and named one of Central Florida's 40 most influential people under 40 by the Orlando Business Journal.
Wade is a dedicated and loving husband to his wife, Jennifer Vose, and proud father of his three girls: Emily - age 16, Isabella - age 14, and Olivia - age 12.
REPRESENTATIVE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CLIENTS
- County Attorney, Okeechobee County
- Village Attorney, Village of Indiantown
- City Attorney, City of Bunnell
- Town Attorney, Town of Pierson
- Joint City Attorney, City of Cocoa Beach
- Joint City Attorney, City of Anna Maria
- Joint City Attorney, City of Brooksville
- General Counsel, Seminole County Supervisor of Elections
- Outside Counsel, Seminole County Tax Collector
- Counsel to Orange County Code Enforcement Department
- General Counsel, Orange County Charter Review Commission
- General Counsel, Brevard County Charter Review Commission
- General Counsel, Pinellas County Charter Review Commission
- General Counsel, Clay County Charter Review Commission
- General Counsel, Alachua County Charter Review Commission
EDUCATION
- University of Florida College of Law
- J.D. with Honors, 2003
- Book Awards:
- Intellectual Property Law
- Environmental Law
- Family Law
- Recipient of the Levin College of Law Leonard Scholarship
- Certified Legal Intern - Eighth Judicial Circuit State Attorney’s Office
- President, Law College Council
- Senior Policy Advisor, Board of College Councils
- University of Florida
- B.A. in Political Science, with Honors, 2000
- National Merit Scholar / Florida Academic Scholar
- Omicron Delta Kappa Leadership Honorary
- President, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Student Council
- Bishop Moore High School (Orlando, FL)
- Graduated with Highest Honors, 1996
- Valedictorian
- Student Body President
PROFESSIONAL
- Board Certified by the Florida Bar in City, County & Local Government Law
- Member, City, County, and Local Government Law Section of the Florida Bar
- Middle District of Florida
- Southern District of Florida
- Northern District of Florida
- Orange County Bar Association
- The Federalist Society
CIVIC
- Board of Directors – BusinessForce
- Authority Member – Orange County Industrial Development Authority
- Chairman – Orange County Neighborhood Grants Advisory Board (2006-2012, Chairman 2008-2009)
- Board Member – Orange Blossom Trail Development Board
- Board of Directors – Apopka Area Chamber of Commerce
- Winter Park Rotary Club
- Chairman – Issues & Government Affairs Committee, Apopka Area Chamber of Commerce (2008-2009)
- Winter Park Chamber of Commerce, Government Affairs Committee
- Vice President – Federalist Society, Orlando Division
- Alumnus, Class 1 – BusinessForce Political Leadership Institute
- Leadership Winter Park, Class 20
- Leadership Apopka, Class 1
- Leadership Orlando, Class 72
- Orange County Young Republicans
- Tiger Bay of Orlando
HONORS
- SuperLawyers Rising Star 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
- Apopka Businessman of the Year for 2008-2009
- Orlando Chamber’s BusinessForce Political Leadership Institute, Class 1
- Orlando Business Journal’s 2009 Forty Under 40 Award
PUBLICATIONS
- Politics Proof Estate Planning and Asset Protection
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