Elisha D. Roy - Bio
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ELISHA D. ROY is Board Certified Marital & Family Law attorney with the West Palm Beach firm of Sasser Cestero & Sasser, P.A. Ms. Roy is active in both the local and state Bar Associations. In addition to the Standing Committee on Professionalism and chairing a local Grievance Committee, she currently serves on the Executive Council of the Florida Bar Family Law Section. Ms. Roy is the current Secretary of the Family Law Section after serving in numerous leadership positions. During her time with the Section, Ms. Roy was integral in the drafting and passing of numerous statutes that have changed the face of family law in Florida, including changes to parenting, alimony and child support. Ms. Roy is a frequent lecturer and author on legislative topics as well as substantive issues. Ms. Roy serves on the Supreme Court Steering Committee on Families and Children in the Court. Ms. Roy is in her third consecutive term on the Board of Governors of the Young Lawyers Division of the Florida Bar. Locally, she serves on her local bar association as the Chair of the Palm Beach County Unified Family Court Practice Committee. Ms. Roy has been awarded for her hard work both in and out of the Court. She has been honored with the Legal Aid Society’s Child Advocacy Award and the 2007 Bar President’s Pro Bono Service Award Winner for the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit presented before the Florida Supreme Court. Ms. Roy was also awarded with the Florida Bar Family Law Section’s Chair Merit Award in 2007 and 2009 and the Chair’s Award for Outstanding Service to the section in 2008 and 2010.