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About Leland

Leland Baldwin’s years of experience and community service make her the best choice to serve on the circuit court. She has a wide range of knowledge and has practiced as a prosecutor and a criminal defense attorney. She is a successful family law attorney and early in her career worked in commercial litigation. With over 175 jury trials, she knows the courtroom and learned the importance of judicial temperament and the need to handle a docket efficiently. Giving back is in Baldwin’s DNA. She’s a woman of faith who volunteers in her community and provides leadership in service organizations.

Professional

  • More than 36 years of legal experience
  • Private practice since 2001
  • Concentrating in criminal defense and family law
  • Former Assistant State Attorney, over 150 jury trials, 1990-2000
  • Associate Lawyer – Shackleford, Farrior, Stallings & Evans, 1987-1990

Education

  • University of Florida College of Law, J.D., 1987
  • Sophie Newcomb College of Tulane University, B.A., 1984
  • University of Oxford England, Law (FSU Summer Program), 1986
  • Cambridge University, St. Catherine’s College, 1983

Community Service

  • Ybor Rotary Club - Immediate Past President, Current Board Member, Member since 2019
  • Azalea Club (local garden club) - Member
  • Junior League of Tampa – Sustaining Member
  • Hillsborough County Bar Association – Member
  • Hillsborough Association of Women Lawyers – Member
  • NAACP – Member
  • CHERA (International mission-oriented organization) - Board Member

Personal

  • St. John’s Episcopal Church – Member since 1987, Sunday School teacher, Former Youth Director and Former Vestry Member
  • Married to Robert Barnes, three adult children
  • Hillsborough County resident for over 30 years