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Sarasota News Leader August 9 & 16, 2013 Page 67 BENTLEY ELECTED CHAIRMAN OF FLORIDA'S COMMISSION ON ETHICS The State of Florida Commission on Ethics on July 26 unanimously elected Morgan R. Bentley of Bentley & Bruning P.A. in Sarasota as chairman for the 2013-2014 term, the commission has announced. Bentley served as vice chairman during the 2012-2013 term, after being appointed to the board by House Speaker Larry Cretul in 2010 and reappointed by House Speaker Dean Cannon in 2012. "It's a tremendous honor to be elected to this position," Bentley said in a news release. "The commission oversees nearly 40,000 elected officials and public employees throughout Florida, so it's a big job. Even more, we are going through huge changes to the ethics laws, something that hasn't occurred in almost 30 years. Not since our last local member, Pat Neal, was chair have we gone through so many changes." Morgan Bentley/Contributed photo He added in the release, "In the future, I'd like focused exclusively on complex commercial matters and protecting its clients from attack to try to establish a local ethics commission or loss of assets," the release notes. "The firm for Sarasota and Manatee counties." is led by Bentley and attorney Kevin R. BrunBentley & Bruning, located at 783 S. Orange ing. For more information, phone 556-9030 or Ave., Suite 220, in Sarasota, "is a litigation firm visit www.bentleyandbruning.com. GALLAGHER JOINS HOYT ARCHITECTS IN SARASOTA Hoyt Architects, an architectural and urban design firm in downtown Sarasota, has announced the addition of Chris Gallagher as a new partner. a news release notes. Gallagher's other projects include the first cottages at Rivendell in Osprey, the master plan for the New Gate School Clark Road campus (now the Island Village Montessori School), several private Formerly of Jonathan Parks Architect, "Galhomes and the Palm Avenue garage. lagher has designed some of Sarasota's iconic city views, including downtown Sarasota's "Chris and I have overlapping skill sets that Citrus Square, which was voted the best low- are compatible even though we each have our rise, multi-family project in America in 2011," own unique edge," said Gary Hoyt, president