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Leo J. Govoni appointed to Florida Bar

Foundation Board

by Gabrielle Davis
June 2009

ORLANDO -- Clearwater resident Leo J. Govoni, president of Boston Asset Management Inc., which provides investment advisory services to the legal, fiduciary and disabled communities, has been appointed as a public member to serve on The Florida Bar Foundation board of directors.

Govoni earned his bachelor’s in economics from Framingham State College in Framingham, Mass.

He has served on Stetson University’s Board of Trustees and several committees, including the investment and elder law advisory committees, with the Stetson University College of Law. Govoni has also served on The Florida Bar’s Elder Abuse and Exploitation and grievance committees among others.

He is also a Fellow of The Florida Bar Foundation, a statewide nonprofit organization that funds Legal Aid, as well as programs to improve Florida’s justice system and encourage law students and young lawyers to pursue public interest careers.

Govoni was appointed to the Foundation’s board by The Joint Florida Bar/Foundation Nominating Committee and will begin serving his three-year term on July 1.



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