What We Do
As a team, we support the College, its District Board of Trustees, and the entire SF community by providing legal services in the areas of contractual administration and compliance, employment law, public records and the Florida Sunshine law, educational rights and privacy, Constitutional law issues, real property and construction law, high level policy concerns, and other higher education and legal compliance matters. The General Counsel manages the activities of outside counsel who may be retained to assist with matters requiring specialized expertise. Please note that we do not offer legal advice or representation to students, employees, or other College personnel in personal, non-College related business. Our goal is for our professionalism and dedication to the College’s tradition of excellence to serve the greater SF community at large.
Senior Vice President, Chief of Staff, and General Counsel Patti Locascio
Ms. Patti Locascio has served as the General Counsel at Santa Fe College since 2001. Prior to 2001, Ms. Locascio served as Associate General Counsel at the University of Florida for four years. Ms. Locascio was in private practice at a local law firm in Gainesville (1993 – 1997) and at the national law firm of Holland & Knight in Miami, Florida (1991 – 1993). Ms. Locascio was admitted to the Florida Bar in 1991, and has been admitted to practice in the United States District Courts for the Northern, Middle and Southern Districts of Florida.
Ms. Locascio received her juris doctor degree (magna cum laude) from the University of Miami School of Law where she was a member of the Law Review and Order of the Coif. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree, with high honors, from the University of Florida.
Our Team
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Patti Locascio | Senior Vice President, Chief of Staff, and General Counsel |
| Nancee Oftelie | Executive Assistant |
| Assistant General Counsel | |
| Lara Zwilling | Equity Officer and Title IX Coordinator |