BURKE BLUE - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Board Certified Specialist
Practice Areas
Family Law
Graham Clarke has been a Board Certified Specialist in Marital and Family Law since 1996 and a Supreme Court of Florida Certified Family Mediator since 1997. He joined the firm in 2018 to provide family law clients, seeking experienced family law counsel, the resources of a full service civil law firm.
He is informed by year of experience, including simple and complex marital estates, and by years attending educational seminars. Mr. Clarke established the Bay County Bar Association "First Saturday Legal Clinic" and the Bay County "Family Law Bench and Bar." He has served on the Florida Bar Grievance Committee for two terms.
Ward Hutchison is a Shareholder in the firm whose practice focuses on the areas of Estate Planning, Probate, Trusts, Corporations, Banking, Real Property and Real Estate Law. Mr. Hutchison is a BV rated attorney by Martindale-Hubbell and has practiced in Bay County for over thirty years. Mr. Hutchison has served as managing shareholder for the firm for over 20 years and has been the president of the firm for the past 3 years.
Mr. Hutchison has always been extremely involved in his community and charitable activities. He has served as past president of the Florida State University, Panama City Campus Development Board, and as a board member of the Panama City Downtown Improvement Board, Panama City Community Redevelopment Agency, Bay County Public Library Association; Florida State University Panama City Campus Advisory Board; the Crisis Pregnancy Center, Bay County Christian Counseling Center, Florida Panhandle Pediatric Foundation, Gulf Coast Children Advocacy Center, and the Panama Country Club. He is a former member of the Board of Country Club Harbor Community Association, and he participates in the alumni activities of Stetson University and Florida State University. He is also an active member of the First Baptist Church of Panama City.