By Ryan Ray | Photos by Mary Beth Tyson Despite a few superficial differences, Becker & Poliakoff’s Yolanda Cash Jackson is your typical high-powered Tallahassee lobbyist. Except more so. The 1992 redistricting that gave rise to so-called “minority-access” districts, Hurricane Andrew and its aftermath, the dawn of GOP dominance in the statehouse and […]
She’s an insider’s insider, while also reflecting a story not always evidenced in the stodgy halls of state power: the growing power of people of color in Florida government. A double Gator, she received a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Florida and a law degree from […]
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FT. LAUDERDALE, January 9, 2014 – The Becker & Poliakoff law firm proudly announces that the Corporate Round Table (CRT) of the National Black Caucus of State Legislators (NBCSL) has elected Yolanda Cash Jackson to a two-year term on the Board beginning in 2014. Ms. Jackson will be installed as a […]
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When Yolanda Cash Jackson was in a play in first grade, in addition to memorizing her own parts, she knew all the other children’s lines, too. Ms. Jackson’s mother says her daughter was bossy but some people say that’s a sign of being a born leader. “You might be born as a […]
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Government Law & Lobbying
