Join the Osceola Bar for our monthly meeting.

GUEST SPEAKER: SILVIA S. IBANEZ, ESQ.

Silvia S. Ibanez was born in Havana, Cuba in 1952. She has twin children, Juan Carlos and Cristina, and two grandchildren. A naturalized U.S. citizen, Silvia practices law in Orlando and Kissimmee, Florida. She devotes her practice to the areas of probate, estate and tax planning, elder law, real estate, and business transactions. She has been practicing law since 1988. Prior to her law practice, she accumulated 13 years of tax and financial planning experience while working for Coopers & Lybrand CPAs, Main Hurdman CPAs and Interstate Securities Financial Planning Division.

Silvia achieved national recognition by winning a First Amendment argument concerning the advertisement of her multiple credentials [i.e. CFP and CPA] in attorney advertising – a decision issued by the U.S. Supreme Court in June 1994. [Ibanez vs. Florida Dep’t Bus. & Prof’l Regulation, 512 U.S. 136 (1994)] Locally, the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Central Florida awarded her the Don Quijote Excellence award in 2002 for her community service in the Central Florida community.

She is currently serving as Treasurer on the Board of Directors of the Hispanic Bar Association of Central Florida. Her hobbies include singing with the Bach Festival Society of Winter Park.

Non-Members please RSVP at [email protected] by Wednesday, January 23^{rd –} Cost is $10

Panera will be served for lunch.