24 Who’s Who In Law
Ponte Vedra Recorder · November 12, 2015
Local attorney speaks to teen Republicans at PVHS
On Friday morning Oct. 30, the Teen
Republicans at Ponte Vedra High School
hosted local attorney Malcolm Anthony
to their inaugural meeting. Anthony
spoke to the group about single reason
the United States was, is, and always
will be the greatest nation the earth has
ever seen.
Using phrases from the Declaration of
Independence he told the students that
this singular reason is that our country
was founded upon a unique idea in history - that our rights descend from an
Almighty Creator.
They are unalienable and the true
reason governments should be instituted among men is to secure these rights.
He then gave a history lesson of the
eastern cultures with kings, sun gods,
emperors and politburo leaders who
grant rights to the people of their nations and so can just as easily take them
away.
He described how the Greek idea of
democracy stood against the East, the
Persians led by King Xerxes, at the battle of Salamis in 480 B. C. leaving a heritage of democratic ideals for Europe to
advance and flourish. He then traced the
history of feudal Europe where, during
the Middle Ages the people voluntarily
ceded their rights to the feudal lords in
exchange for their protection from raid-
Blake F. Deal III, Esq.
D. Randall Briley, Esq.
Briley & Deal, LLC
(904) 285-5299
Carolyn S. Zisser, P.A.
Law Office of Carolyn S. Zisser, P.A.
(904) 249-8787
Dan W. Armstrong, P.A.
Attorney at Law
(904) 280-0058
David H. Willis
Jonathan B.B. Lucas
Doug Clifton
Willis Lucas Law Group, P.A.
(904) 270-8707
Provided by Malcolm Anthony
From right to left are Skylar Collins, Grant Burchette (president), Malcolm Anthony, Austin Taylor and Kallon Thomerson
ing Norsemen and other invaders.
He contrasted these with the unique
American experience; the frontiersmen,
the pioneers, the people seeking a better life in the wilderness risked everything; they traded their freedom for
nothing.
G. Alan Howard
Peter E. Nicandri
Robert M. Dees
W. Braxton Gillam, IV
Paul M. Renner
Advocates for Business
Milam Howard Nicandri Dees
& Gillam, P.A.
(904) 357-3660
Janet E. Johnson, P.A.
Criminal Defense Attorney
(904) 634-8991
John R. Crawford
Board Certified in Tax Law
Marks Gray, P.A.
(904) 807-2183
L. Lee Lockett
Mitchell (Mitch) Stone
Becky Barlow
Shelley Lynne Thibodeau
DUI Defense
Stone Lockett
(904) 858-9818
Their security was always at risk but
they would not trade it for security and
this led to the American Revolution.
They valued freedom more than the
security of the home country rule. Mr.
Anthony then explained how in 1789,
the nation’s government was constitut-
Malcolm Anthony, P.A.
Criminal Defense Lawyer
(904) 285-4529
R. Scott Costantino
Board Certified Civil Trial Lawyer
The Costantino Law Firm, P.A
(904) 355-3023
Suzanne W. Green, P.A.
Levi S. Morris, Esq.
Family Law, Business Law,
Wills & Trusts
(904) 280-8770
Thomas S. Edwards, Jr.
Eric C. Ragatz
Edwards & Ragatz, P.A.
Personal Injury &
Commercial Trials
(904) 399-1609
ed upon a concept to inhibit arrogation
of power.
A tripartite system to disperse powers
so that no one branch of government
would attain ascendancy over the others, securing the blessings of liberty to
ourselves and our posterity.
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