MICHELLE M. GERVAIS
PARTNER, BLANK ROME, TAMPA
Gervais has led Blank Rome’s Tampa office since 2015. The firm has 14 offices and more than 600 attorneys and principals and serves clients both in the U.S. and internationally. Over her 22 years of practice, Gervais says, she has “gone from watching sports on television and attending sporting events in the stands to representing those athletes in their ‘off-the field’ legal needs throughout the world.” She was featured in the NFL Thread’s The Playbook for her work as “legal mom” and for being known as “The Fixer” in the industry.
| EDUCATION | Central Michigan University (BS), University of Miami (JD) |
| CIVIC EFFORT | Serves St. Joseph’s Hospital as a member of its Hero’s Ball Committee benefiting pediatric cancer and serves on the board of Women In Sports and Events |
| SOMETHING SURPRISING | When I was younger, I participated in my local county’s queen competition, which I won. I was automatically entered in the Miss Teen Michigan Pageant, for which I placed second-runner up and won Miss Congeniality. |
| ADMIRES | Tampa Mayor Jane Castor |
| READING | False Pretense, by Steele Chance |