EXECUTIVEÂ EDITORS
2024-2025
Michael Porter
Editor-in-Chief
Michael graduated from the University of Florida with a BA in business administration, with an area of specialization in pre-law. Michael transferred from Nova Southeastern University Shepard Broad College of Law and is currently the Editor in Chief of the Florida Entertainment and Sports Law Review and an Executive Board Member for the Florida Trial Team. He is a summer associate at Smith, Ball, Baez, and Prather. He also previously interned at the state and federal court in West Palm Beach. Michael has a passion for litigation and seeks to be accepted into the DOJ Honors Program. Before law school, Michael competed at the national level in several divisions of competitive marksmanship.
Alex Richardson
Executive Managing Editor
Alex graduated with her B.A. and M.A. in Economics from the University of Florida. Prior to law school, she also worked as a staff accountant and tax preparer. After 1L, Alex worked for Turner, O’Connor, Kozlowski and Donnelly + Gross, both in Gainesville. She continued to clerk part-time for Donnelly + Gross throughout 2L with a focus on public sector unions. This past summer, Alex worked for Hall Booth Smith in Jacksonville. Previously, Alex served as the Treasurer of the Entertainment and Sports Law Society, the Secretary of the Law Association for Women, and as a Teaching Assistant for Legal Writing. She has also been actively involved with the UF Women’s Ultimate Frisbee team and is an avid fan of musical theatre and the Green Bay Packers.
Lauren Paolucci
Executive Research Editor
Lauren graduated with a B.A. in English and Writing and a minor in Law, Justice, and Advocacy from The University of Tampa. While attending The University of Tampa, she worked as a legal assistant for The Law Office of Ameen and Shafii. Lauren spent her 1L summer clerking for the Honorable Judge Julie S. Sneed in the Middle District of Florida, Tampa Division. She spent her 2L summer as a Summer Associate at Phelps Dunbar LLP in their Tampa office. Lauren plans to return to Tampa after graduation. Previously, Lauren served as the Mentorship Chair for the First-Generation Professional Society and as a Legal Writing TA.
Colton Teal
Executive Articles Editor
Colton Teal is FESLR’s Executive Articles Editor. He is from just south of Nashville, Tennessee. He played baseball in undergrad at a smaller Division I school in Alabama, and he became interested in sports law during my college career. He is now particularly interested in labor and employment law implications within the sports industry.
Zoe Tarrete
Executive Student Works Editor
Zoe graduated from Florida State University with a B.A. in Philosophy and minor in Psychology. Her first summer in law school, she worked as a law clerk for Vinson Law in Tampa, Florida. The following summer, she worked as a summer associate at Bleakley Bavol Denman & Grace in Tampa. Writing is Zoe's passion—she excels in legal research and writing, booking her legal writing course in her spring 1L semester. Like a typical Naples native, Zoe loves playing golf and tennis. Her weekends are usually a toss-up between tee time and tennis courts!
Skylar Trayner
Executive Communications Editor
Skylar graduated with a B.S. in Supply Chain Management with a minor in Enterprise Resource Planning from the University of Arkansas. Her first summer in law school she assisted the Utah Labor Commission in the Worker’s Compensation Division. The following summer, she clerked for Broussard, Cullen, & Eldridge in Orlando. Before law school she worked for Keurig Dr. Pepper as an Order Management Specialist. Currently, she is the Vice President of Communications for the Law Transfer Student Organization. In her free time you will often find her listening to Taylor Swift or reading. She has read over 100 books in the past year!