Board & Leadership

Eddie Fernandez is Founder and Managing Attorney of Fernandez Legal, a client focused boutique law firm specializing in transactional corporate and commercial real estate legal matters. Prior to establishing Fernandez Legal in 2015, Eddie served as Clerk of Courts for Orange County in 2014, and was an Associate Attorney with Shutts & Bowen, and Akerman LLP.

Born in San Juan, Puerto and raised in Orlando, Florida, Eddie earned a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and an MBA in Accounting, both with honors, from Rollins College and a Juris Doctorate from University of Florida – Fredric G. Levin College of Law.

Eddie’s community involvement include member and past president of Citrus Civitan Club of Orlando; Orange County Domestic Violence Board member; Tiger Bay Club of Central Florida second vice president; Orange County Bar Association Board of Directors, Young Lawyers’ Section; regional council and chair of the Hispanic Business Initiative Fund (HBIF) Inc. Technical Assistance Committee; Central Florida Partnership Young Professional Advisory Council; and Executive Committee member of the University of Florida Law Alumni  Council.