Jéan E. Wilson

Orlando Managing Shareholder, Greenberg Traurig, Orlando

Greenberg Traurig is a global law firm with more than 2,750 attorneys and about 5,000 employees in 47 offices worldwide. Wilson has been co-managing shareholder or managing shareholder of the firm’s Orlando office since 2013. He has led the development of the firm’s programs and initiatives focused on the recruitment, retention and development of Black lawyers.

EDUCATION: DePaul University (BS), University of Florida Levin College of Law (JD)

MENTOR: My father was not an educated man, but he was the wisest and hardest-working person I have ever known. He worked tirelessly to provide for our family and created a path for me and my eight other siblings to achieve what he was deprived of.

INSPIRING FLORIDIAN: Former Florida Fifth District Court of Appeal Judge Emerson Thompson, known as a judge’s judge for his mastery of the substantive law, has opened doors and helped pave the way for many Black lawyers like me to make an impact on the profession and in our communities.

IF I WERE GOVERNOR
“Setting term limits for all state and local elected officials, to incentivize them to rise above political, regional, and other affiliations to come together to achieve results.”