Linje Rivers: Representing the Good People of Florida

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Linje Rivers Representing the Good
People of Florida
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Background

• Linje Rivers was born and raised in Tallahassee,
  FL. He holds a Bachelors degree in Business
  Administration from Morehouse College, and
  graduated with distinction. He also earned his
  law degree from the University of Florida. He was
  calm and focused all through his years of
  education both at the Morehouse College and the
  University of Florida.

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Educational Affiliations

• While at the Morehouse College and the University
  of Florida, he was part of several professional
  associations which include the Kiwanis Club, the
  Morehouse Business Association, the Morehouse
  Student Senate, the Pre-Law Society, Emma and Joe
  Adams Public Service scholarship, the Black Law
  Students Association, the John Marshall Bar
  Association, the Association for Business Law,
  Estates and Trusts Society, the Association for
  Tax Law, and the Habitat for Humanity.

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Work Experience

• In 2010, he was appointed as a Senior
  Attorney/Assistant General Counsel at the Florida
  Department of Financial Services to draft
  declaratory statements, administrative
  complaints, appellate briefs, memorandums,
  settlement agreements, pleadings, suspension
  orders, rule-making challenges, consent orders,
  discovery, and motions and to present cases
  before the Florida District Courts of Appeals,
  Division of Administrative Hearings, informal
  hearing officers, and the Board of Funeral,
  Cemetery and Consumer Services. And in 2015, he
  joined the Florida Office of Financial
  Regulation, and was tasked with the regulation of
  mortgage lenders, loan originators, and money
  services businesses. He continues to serve the
  State of Florida and its citizens at various
  state agencies with utmost dedication, passion,
  punctuality and professionalism.

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Professional Affiliations

• Being a progressive professional, he has joined
  numerous associations and non-profit bodies aimed
  at helping people get through their legal
  problems. Such associations include the Florida
  Government Lawyers, the Legal Aid Foundation, the
  United Way, the Florida Bar Government Lawyers
  Section, the Florida Bar Leadership Academy, the
  Tallahassee Bar Association, the Volunteer Income
  Tax Assistance, the Florida Bar Administrative
  Law Section, and the Florida Bar Diversity and
  Inclusion Committee.

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Hobbies

• In addition, he is fun to be with. He engages in
  all sorts of sports, especially soccer, and he
  also has a keen interest in music, learning new
  languages (he is a minor in Spanish), golf,
  reading, running, and weight-lifting.

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Thank You