Gary to keynote FAMU Law hooding ceremony

Florida Attorney Willie E. Gary, who has earned his reputation as "The Giant Killer", will keynote the Ninth Annual FAMU College of Law Hooding Ceremony on May 11, 2013. The event will take place at 10 a.m., at the Hilton Orlando, 6001 Destination Parkway, near International Drive.

Gary is a graduate of Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina, and North Carolina Central University School of Law in Durham, North Carolina, where he earned the Juris Doctor degree. He was admitted to the Florida Bar in 1974, and with the assistance of his wife Gloria, opened the first African American law firm in Martin County, Florida. His practice has since grown into the partnership Gary, Williams, Finney, Lewis, Watson & Sperando, P.L., operating four offices.

Gary will address the spring 2013 candidates, who will have the juris doctor degree conferred in Tallahassee, Florida, at the University's Commencement Exercises on May 4, 2013. The Hooding Ceremony will recognize more than 150 candidates, including the fall 2012, spring 2013, and summer 2013 graduating classes.