Elizabeth S Conan

I want to provide the highest recommendation to anyone who needs the assistance of an attorney during the process of an investigative hearing with the Florida bar. Elizabeth Conan is truly a professional and is highly skilled in her preparation for her clients. She provided direction for me with in...structions and recommendations for amendments of each question that required more clarity and corrections on what needed to be presented. My experience with Elizabeth was exceptional and her counsel and review of my complete application allowed me to have my application accepted with a short investigative Hearing. Elizabeth prepared me well and was always available for additional time to counsel me on needed direction. I whole heartedly recommend Elizabeth Conan to anyone who is going through the Florida Bar application process. I wish I had engaged her services from the outset.

I hired Elizabeth to represent me in an investigative hearing with the FBBE. At the moment I spoke with her for the first time I knew she was the right attorney for me. First of all, I contacted her in December for a hearing in March and she told me she could not take my case because she already had ...7 cases for March hearings. Then I decided to schedule my hearing for April to have her with me and was the best thing I could do. Elizabeth reviewed my Bar and Law School application and made suggestions to amend those. She prepared me very well for the hearing with questions that they could ask me. On the day of the hearing I met her at the agreed time and she made me feel very calm and confident. We went to the hearing and it went exactly the way she told me it would go. There were no surprises at the hearing. Three days later I saw my number on the Bar Exam passing list and two days later Elizabeth called me saying the FBBE made my recommendation. The process was better than I expected because I had Elizabeth by my side. She cares about her clients and you can feel her passion for what she does. She was happy as I was when I received my approval. Excellent professional, great human being and very different from many of the attorneys I had met in the past.

I hired Ms. Conan to assist me with an investigative hearing before the Florida Board of Bar Examiners. She is an amazing attorney and person. She will be thorough in helping you prepare and in reviewing your history and bar application. My favorite thing about working with Ms. Conan is that she is s...traightforward about your situation and potential outcomes after the hearing. She will not sugar coat a situation just to make the client feel good for no reason. Ms. Conan makes sure that her clients are taken care of, no matter what is going on in her personal life. She is very available to answer even small questions. I cannot recommend her enough!

In September 2016, I found out I passed the bar, however, I had not yet received my C&F clearance. I had some concerns that there were things in my past that may be giving the BBE pause. I wish I had contacted Ms. Conan right then instead of waiting until December 2016 when I got my notice to appear ...for an investigative hearing. My notice included several issues that I did not expect. Despite this, I thought about choosing the very first hearing I could attend, and handling it on my own. When I spoke to my employer about this, I was advised against handling it on my own, and was given some recommendations for attorneys. Initially, I consulted another attorney who did not deter me from picking the first available hearing date (February 2017), told me 4-6 weeks of once a week hearing prep would be the focus of the preparation, and that ultimately I had a 50-50 shot at being cleared. All of this without taking a look at my bar application. I found Ms. Conan's reviews online, and knew that a friend had also been working with her. I called her next, and knew right away that I wanted to work with her, too. Ms. Conan was very informative about what the process of preparing for a hearing should look like, which was far more extensive than the other attorney had lead me to believe, and that a better estimate of when I would be adequately prepared was May 2017 at the earliest. I really did not want to drag out this process until May, an entire 5 months later, but ultimately, she was right. Ms. Conan did an extremely thorough review of my bar application and amendments, helped me comb through the documents that the BBE had put together in their investigation, and gave me a 20+ page review of all the things that could be improved via further amendments. For months she reviewed my various drafts, answered my millions of questions, and scheduled times to do hearing preparation over the phone (since I do not live in the Orlando area). She prepared multiple pages of tailored questions for me to review and prepare for. They were not questions that I wanted to be asked, but I knew would be asked. Dealing with the emotional aspect ahead of time and being able to think through the response was critical in my ability to be thoughtful and honest during the hearing. It gave me a chance to think about the question from the BBE's perspective and to try to understand what they really want to know - what is at the heart of the concern. That's essentially what Ms. Conan helps you to understand. I followed Ms. Conan's advice and guidance as closely as possible, I would say I followed through with about 95% of what was suggested to me. I did not always think what was being asked of me was entirely necessary, but I trusted Ms. Conan's experience and judgment. I put together a 30 page-ish amendment, with just about as many pages in supporting documentation. I did all the volunteer work and other requirements Ms. Conan suggested. Together we set reasonable deadlines, which I strived to meet, even though I was working full time, and no matter how busy Ms. Conan was, she met hers. We communicated almost weekly. During the last couple of weeks, when the enormity of the hearing began to weigh on me, Ms. Conan was patient and kind and offered words of compassion. Ultimately, I had my hearing in May 2017 - and it had actually taken me up until then to adequately prepare. I found out a little less than a week after the hearing that my admission had been recommended by the panel and I had been cleared! Ms. Conan was professional, extremely thorough and knowledgeable, organized, and kind. My goal when I was looking for an attorney was to find someone who would help me place myself in the best position possible prior to and during the hearing, and would treat me with kindness and respect. While no one can do the [tremendous amount of] work for you, Ms. Conan is the best guide I could've asked for.

I received a notice for an investigating hearing from the Florida Bar in the fall of 2016. I retained Ms. Conan in preparation for this hearing. She evaluated my case and walked me through the entire process. She was attentive, responsive and thorough when evaluating the additional amendments and do...cuments requested by the Bar. What I found most valuable from my experience with Ms. Conan was that she made me do numerous amendments to my Florida Bar application. This not only cleared up a lot of issues regarding my character to the Bar, but was extremely helpful when answering the board members' questions at the hearing. A week after my hearing I finally received my clearance.