ISLN
907893354

Practice Areas

• Real Estate Transactions
• Estate Planning
• Elder Law
• Wills
• Trust Law
• Probate
• Real Property
• Corporate Law
• Business Law

Admitted
1982, Florida

Law School
University of Florida, J.D.

Member

• Sarasota and American Bar Associations
• The Florida Bar 1982 to present
• The Florida Bar Professional Ethics Committee (July 1, 2002 to June 30, 2005)
• Prior service on the Sarasota County Bar Association/Sarasota Board of Realtors Joint Real Estate Committee

Biography

• Mary Lynn Desjarlais, P.A. dba Desjarlais Law & Title, Attorney at Law, Sarasota, Florida - 1993 to present, concentrating in estate planning, real estate, title insurance and business law.
• Anderson, Desjarlais, Morgan & Tjaden, P.A., Sarasota, Florida, Law Partner - 1990 through 1993
• Lyons, Beaudry & Anderson, P.A., Sarasota, Florida, Legal Associate - 1986 through 1990
• Office of the State Attorney - 4th Judicial Circuit (Jacksonville), Assistant State Attorney - 1984 through 1986; Office of the Public Defender - 3rd Judicial Circuit (Lake City), Assistant Public Defender - 1982 through 1984

Birthplace
Flint, Michigan

Education

• University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, Juris Doctor, 1982
• University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, Bachelor of Science, Business Administration in Finance, graduated cum laude, 1979
• Edison Community College, Ft. Myers, Florida, Associates of Arts, 1977

Awards & Service

Florida Blue Key 1977, Political Leadership Honorary at University of Florida

Suncoast Communities Blood Bank

• President of Board of Directors, 2006-2007
• Board of Directors, October 2000 to 2008
• Ad hoc Committee for new building, 2005-2006
• Ad hoc Committee for fundraising, 2005-2006
• Audit Committee Chair, 2008-2009
• Finance and Investment Committee, 2007-2009
• Strategic Planning Committee, 2007-2009

Florida District of Kiwanis

• Walter Zeller Fellow
• George F. Hixson Fellow

• Former Kiwanis Lt. Governor Division 18N, State of Florida 2010-2011, 2011-2012

• Kiwanis CLE trainer 2012 to present
• Community Service District Chair 2012-13, 2013-14
• Fundraiser District Chair 2014-2015, 2015-2016
• Governor Administrative Chair 2016-2017
• District Governor 2020-2021
• ★ Outstanding Governor for Service ★ 
• Kiwanis International New Club Program Builder 2022 -2024

Siesta Key/South Sarasota Kiwanis Club

• President, 1995-1996 and 2005-2006
• Board of Directors, 1992-1994, 1997, 2002-2004, 2007
• Speaker Chair, 2002 to present

Other Activities and Positions

• Prior Active Panelist with the ABA Advisory Panel
• Prior Member of Southwest Florida Estate Planning Counsel
• Prior Certified Circuit Court Mediator (certification now lapsed)
• Past President Sarasota Panhellenic
• Past President Sarasota Phi Mu Alumni Association
• Past President, Edison Community College Student Government - 1976-77