SARASOTA, FL – Icard Merrill Attorney
Drew Clayton was inducted as the 72^nd president of the Sarasota
County Bar Association (SCBA) at their Installation Dinner and Awards Ceremony
at Sarasota Yacht Club. Officers and directors for the SCBA and the Young
Lawyers Division were sworn in by Chief Judge Kimberly Bonner. The Honorable
Lee E. Haworth was the keynote speaker at the event, which was sponsored by
Icard Merrill. Clayton becomes the 10^th shareholder from Icard Merrill to
serve as president of the SCBA. He served as a director from 2013-2017 and
president-elect in 2018.

Clayton’s
legal practice focuses on securities arbitration and litigation. He has been
involved in hundreds of securities-related disputes, and has not only
represented customers in cases against financial advisors and brokerage firms,
but investors in closely-held businesses, securities industry employees in
disputes with their former employers, and in regulatory proceedings initiated
by state and federal regulators as well as the Financial Industry Regulatory
Authority. He is a Florida Supreme Court Certified Circuit Civil
Mediator and is AV^® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell.
He was a major in the U.S. Army
JAG Corps, and
received his B.A. and J.D. from Seton Hall University.