Background
Stiles, Mary Ann was born on November 16, 1944 in Tampa, Florida, United States. Daughter of Ralph A. and Bonnie (Smith) Stiles.
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Mary Ann Ann Stiles
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Hillsborough Community College (Associate of Arts, 1973). Florida State University (Bachelor of Science, 1975). Antioch Law School (Juris Doctor, 1978).
Career
Worked at Stiles, Taylor, Grace & Smith, P.A. (Tallahassee, Florida) specializing in General Civil Practice in all Courts. Legislative Practice, Administrative Law and Practice before State Agencies, Boards and Commissions. Appellate, Corporate, Health Law, Insurance Law, Workers Compensation, Personal Injury and Wrongful Death, Probate, Zoning, Real Estate, Family Law, Management Labor Relations Law, Employment Benefit Law, International Law.
Admitted to the bar, 1978, Florida. 1981, United States. District Court, Southern District of Florida. 1982, United States. District Court, Middle District of Florida.
1983, United States. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit. Author: "Employers' Handbook on the New Florida Workers' Compensation Law," AIF, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982 and 1983, 1987, 1990, 1991. "Workers' Compensation and The Employer," AIF, 1989 and 1992.
Vice President, General Counsel and Lobbyist, Associated Industries of Florida, 1978-1984. Special Counsel and Lobbyist, A.I.F., 1984 and 1988. Member: Statewide Judicial Nominating Commission, 1990.
Governor's Oversight Board on Workers' Compensation, 1989-1990. Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Board, 1987-1989. Recipient: The Florida Association of Community Colleges LeRoy Collins Award, Distinguished Alumni, 1990.
Governor's Appointee Three Member Panel on Workers' Compensation Medical Fee Schedule, 1992-1993. Outstanding Young Women of America, 1980-1981. American Biographic Institute Distinguished Leadership Award, 1990.
Who's Who in the South and Southwest, 1988-1989. Who's Who in American Women, 1991-1992. Who's Who of Finance and Industry, 1989-1990.
Who's Who of Successful Florida Women, 1985. 2000 Notable American Women, 1990. World Who's Who of Women, 1990.
Women of the Year, American Biographical Institute, 1990. International Order of Merit, 1991. Member: Hillsborough County and American Bar Associations.
The Florida Bar (Member, Sections on: Administrative Law. Workers' Compensation. Member, Executive Council, Workers Compensation, 1991).
Florida Association of Women Lawyers. Hillsborough County Association of Women Lawyers. The firm was established in 1981 by Mary Ann Stiles, who had previously served as Executive Vice President and Executive Counsel of Associated Industries of Florida.
At the time of formation of the firm, Ms. Stiles was then and still is, recognized as one of the most knowledgeable individuals in the United States in the area of workers' compensation. She has been retained as a consultant by at least six different states to advise those states' respective legislatures about revisions to the state's workers compensation law.
The firm has four offices across the State of Florida offering a wide range of legal services in a timely and cost-effective manner. Today, the firm represents clients throughout Florida, the Nation and the World. The firm also represents clients before the Florida Legislature and the numerous regulatory bodies within the state.
Politics
Our justification before God is based on faith in Christ alone and not in our ethnicity.
Views
The erroneous notion that one gender must strive against another cannot be accepted.
Membership
Board directors, secretary Hillsborough Community College Foundation, Tampa, 1985-1987, 94-96. Board directors Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority, Tampa, 1986-1989, Boys and Girls Club of Tampa, since 1986. The Spring, 1992-1993, What's My Chance, 1992-1994.
Member Governor's Oversite Board on Workers' Compensation, 1989-1990, Workers' Compensation Rules Committee, Florida Bar, 1990-1995, since 2000, Workers' Compensation Executive Counsel Florida Bar, 1990-1995, Judicial Nominating Commission for Workers' Compensation Courts, 1990-1993, trustee Hillsborough Community College, 1994-1999, vice-chair, 1995-1996, chair, 1996-1997. Board directors Seminole Boosters, Inc., Florida State University, since 1996. Member American Bar Association, Florida Bar Association, Hillsborough County Bar Association, Hillsborough Association Women Lawyers, Florida Association Women Lawyers, Florida Women's Alliance, Hillsborough County Seminole Boosters (past president), Tiger Bay Club (Tampa, past. president, secretary).
Interests
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Married Barry Smith.
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Political Party
Republican
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Recipient: The Florida Association of Community Colleges LeRoy Collins Award, Distinguished Alumni, 1990. Governor's Appointee Three Member Panel on Workers' Compensation Medical Fee Schedule, 1992-1993. Outstanding Young Women of America, 1980-1981. American Biographic Institute Distinguished Leadership Award, 1990. Who's Who in the South and Southwest, 1988-1989. Who's Who in American Women, 1991-1992. Who's Who of Finance and Industry, 1989-1990. Who's Who of Successful Florida Women, 1985. 2000 Notable American Women, 1990. World Who's Who of Women, 1990. Women of the Year, American Biographical Institute, 1990. International Order of Merit, 1991.Recipient: The Florida Association of Community Colleges LeRoy Collins Award, Distinguished Alumni, 1990. Governor's Appointee Three Member Panel on Workers' Compensation Medical Fee Schedule, 1992-1993. Outstanding Young Women of America, 1980-1981.
American Biographic Institute Distinguished Leadership Award, 1990. Who's Who in the South and Southwest, 1988-1989. Who's Who in American Women, 1991-1992.
Who's Who of Finance and Industry, 1989-1990. Who's Who of Successful Florida Women, 1985. 2000 Notable American Women, 1990.
World Who's Who of Women, 1990. Women of the Year, American Biographical Institute, 1990. International Order of Merit, 1991.