Ben Diamond

Benjamin Frank "Ben" Diamond[1][2] (born October 9, 1978) is a Democratic member of the Florida House of Representatives, representing the 68th District, which includes most of the cite of St. Petersburg, Florida, Pinellas County. Diamond is to be the House Democratic leader for the 2022-2024 session after Evan Jenne and Bobby DuBose's joint leadership.[3]

Ben Diamond
Member of the Florida House of Representatives
from the 68th district
Assumed office
November 8, 2016
Preceded byDwight Dudley
Personal details
Born
Benjamin Frank Diamond

(1978-10-09) October 9, 1978
Clearwater, Florida, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
EducationYale University (BA)
University of Florida (JD)

History

Born in Clearwater, Florida, Ben graduated from Yale University in 2000, and earned his J.D. from the University of Florida Levin College of Law in 2003, where he served as Editor-in-Chief of the Florida Law Review. Ben's grandfather was the late Representative Dante Fascell, who represented Dade and Monroe Counties in the United States House of Representatives for 19 consecutive terms, from 1955 to 1993.

Prior to his election to the Florida House of Representatives for District 68, Ben Diamond's public service included: Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority, Board of Directors, 2014-2016; General Counsel to Florida's Chief Financial Officer, and the Florida Department of Financial Services, 2009-2011; Special Counsel to Florida's Chief Financial Officer, 2007-2009; Law Clerk to the Honorable Emmett Ripley Cox, United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, 2004-2005.

Ben Diamond is an attorney in St. Petersburg, Florida and a member of the Florida House of Representatives.

Florida House of Representatives

In the 2016 to 2018 term, Representative Diamond serves on the following House committees:

  • Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee
  • Agriculture & Property Rights Subcommittee
  • Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
  • Judiciary Committee
  • Natural Resources & Public Lands Subcommittee

In the 2018 to 2020 term, Representative Diamond serves on the following House committees:[4]

  • Member, Appropriations Committee
  • Ranking Minority Member, Judiciary Committee
  • Member, Subcommittee on Civil Justice
  • Member, Subcommittee on Insurance and Banking

References
  1. https://www.floridabar.org/directories/find-mbr/profile/?num=899291
  2. https://www.martindale.com/seminole/florida/benjamin-frank-diamond-169101246-a/
  3. https://www.tampabay.com/florida-politics/2019/04/25/florida-house-democrats-name-next-leaders/
  4. "Ben Diamond's Biography". Vote Smart. The Voter's Self Defense. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
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