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Biographical Information
| Occupation: | Attorney |
| City: | Tampa (Hillsborough County) |
Commissioner Arthenia Joyner is a native Floridian and public servant committed to the fight for equal justice.
Arthenia joyner biography of mahatma gandhi
Commissioner Joyner served the people of Florida for more than a decade in the Legislature, both as a state representative and state senator. She currently is Of Counsel at the Vanguard Attorneys law firm in Tampa and is the longest practicing black woman lawyer in the history of Florida.
Born in Lakeland, Florida, Commissioner Joyner earned her B.S.
from Florida A&M University in 1964 and her J.D. in 1968 from its College of Law. Her pioneering credentials were established early on as the first black female attorney in Hillsborough County and the first black attorney in Polk County.
She has been in private practice for 48 years and was the first black Governor’s appointee to the Hillsborough County Aviation Authority. She was also the first black female on the Board o