Demographic:
Black-Owned, Woman-Owned
Location:
Sarasota, FL
Loan Program:
Micro Loan Fund
January 03, 2017
BUSINESS DETAILS
Number of employees: 1
Number of years in business: 3
Shelli Freeland Eddie has practiced in the State of Florida for the past 10 years. For 5 years she served as an Assistant State Attorney for the Twelfth Judicial Circuit of Sarasota County. In 2012 she became the Founder/CEO of The Freeland Eddie Law Group, P.A. Her firm is “A Full-Service Law Firm Committed to Community.” Practice areas include family, civil, criminal, business incorporation, and asset protection services.
Attorney Eddie is also affiliated with the prestigious Law Academy of Booker High School, which provides clinical experiences and mentoring opportunities to students in the areas of law and law enforcement. Booker is the first school in Sarasota County, FL to build an actual Mock Trial Courtroom on its campus. Attorney Eddie previously served as the Legal Redress Chair for the Sarasota Branch of the NAACP, and currently works with justice-affected individuals by helping to expunge/seal criminal records, restore voting rights, and preparing employment packages to bridge the gap between past criminal consequences and gainful employment. A graduate from the University of Kentucky Colleges of Law (JD) and Arts and Sciences (BA), Attorney Eddie also taught doctoral level classes in education law and public policy at Argosy University. She has served as a legal correspondent on the Sarasota WWSB/ABC-7 Television Show, “Black Almanac.”
In May 2015, after serving her community for over a decade, Attorney Eddie was elected to a four year term as Sarasota City Commissioner for District 3, the first African-American ever elected to this non-minority district. A proud member of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., Attorney Eddie has committed to a life of service. The Freeland Eddie Law Group was created in 2012 and is located in Sarasota, FL. Her practice services Central Florida and the Gulf Coast from Orlando to Ft. Myers. The Freeland Eddie Law Group was created in 2012 and is located in Sarasota, FL.
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