About Us
Our Board & Members
Our Board & Members are some of the most dedicated legal professionals in Brevard.
Tara Couture - FAWL Representative & Past President
Tara C. Couture is the founding attorney of Couture Law P.A. Ms. Couture graduated with honors from the University of California San Diego, then obtained her law degree from one of the most prestigious schools in California, the University of California, Hastings College of Law in 1999.
Ms. Couture is licensed to practice law in Florida and California. Ms. Couture served as a Deputy City Attorney for the City of Los Angeles prior to starting her own law firm. In addition to successfully representing clients in courts throughout Florida and California, she has also successfully negotiated, settled and litigated various types of legal matters, including, but not limited to, serious personal injury claims, wrongful death cases, car accident claims, truck & big rig accident claims and bus accident claims.
Ms. Couture is a member of the Brevard County Bar Association, the Florida Bar, the State Bar of California, the Brevard County Association of Women’s Lawyers, and Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD).
Robin M.L. Cornell - Programming & Past President
Robin graduated in the top ten of her law school, Stetson University College of Law. She has been a resident of Brevard County since attending the Florida Institute of Technology where she graduated with high honors in the field of psychology. She makes Cocoa Beach her home having raised her family on the beaches of the Space Coast. Her Estate Planning practice is located in Cocoa Beach with an emphasis on educating her clients in the legal process. Her focus is placed on her client and client goals and will take the time to listen and ask questions to ascertain those goals and special concerns.
Robin is active in her community and places special importance on supporting organizations with an emphasis on women and children’s health, care and development.
Diane Baccus Horsley - Advisor
Diane Baccus Horsley manages her own law firm. Her practice areas are: Family Law, Probate, Estate Planning, and Civil Law.
Ms. Baccus Horsley earned her Juris Doctorate from the University of Florida.
Eve Bouchard - Membership Director
Attorney Eve A. Bouchard is a proud graduate of the University of Florida, Levin College of Law. Her practice of law focuses primarily on estate planning, estate litigation, probate, guardianship, and trust administration. She has dedicated her life to serving and protecting the best interests of her clients. She is a published co-author of Politics-Proof Asset Protection and Estate Planning – Shield Yourself from the Legal and Financial Chaos of 21st Century Politics. Attorney Bouchard is a contributing author to Litigation Under Florida Probate Code, Eleventh Edition, published by The Florida Bar.
Attorney Bouchard serves as an Attorney Advisor for Lawyers Advising Lawyers, a Division of The Florida Bar, providing legal advice to other Florida Bar attorneys of in the areas of probate law, trust law and estate planning. Attorney Bouchard also serves on the Executive Counsel of Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section of the Florida Bar, which is dedicated to serving the citizens of the State of Florida. She is a committee member for the following committees for the Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section of The Florida Bar: Estate & Trust Tax Law Committee, Elective Share Committee, and Asset Protection Committee. She has been practicing law for over fourteen years.
Lesley-Anne Marks - Treasurer & Immediate President
Lesley-Anne Marks is a Partner at WhiteBird. Her areas of practice focus on civil and family law litigation, as well as appellate advocacy. Prior to joining WhiteBird, Ms. Marks worked as an associate for GrayRobinson and as an appellate law clerk for the Honorable Kerry I. Evander at Florida’s Fifth District Court of Appeal. Ms. Marks earned her Juris Doctorate from the Florida State University College of Law. Ms. Marks also graduated summa cum laude from the University of Florida with a Bachelor of Science in Public Relations.
In addition to serving as BCAWL’s secretary, Ms. Marks is also a member of the Board of Directors for the Economic Development Commission of Florida’s Space Coast. In her free time Ms. Marks enjoys spending time outdoors with her fiancé, traveling, and reading.
Timi Tucker - President-Elect
Timi grew up in Rockledge and graduated from Merritt Island Christian School, Cumberland College, and the University of Kentucky College of Law. With over 30 years of Legal experience Timi has excelled in government employment and private practice. Timi has worked at the Kentucky Court of Appeals, Suntrust Bank, the Office of the Public Defender, and as a Senior Attorney with the Department of Children and Families (where she protected Florida’s most vulnerable children). During this time, she started a family, adopted more than a dozen rescue cats and dogs, became a mother, and survived Breast Cancer.
In 2004, Timi founded the law firm, Timi Tucker, P.A. now Tucker Mitnik, P.A. where she’s helped thousands of people with a wide variety of legal matters including civil litigation, family law, injunctions, and criminal law. Having tried over twenty-five jury trials here in Brevard County provides Timi with unparalleled experience that sets her apart from others in addition to maintaining Martindale Hubble’s AV Preeminent rating and receiving outstanding reviews.
Timi’s peers elected her to serve as President of the Brevard County Bar Association in 2011. She was recognized with the Young Law Professionalism Award and was named Mentor of the Year in 2014. Timi previously served on the Florida Institute of Technology Pre-Law Advisory Board, the Women’s Center Board, the Make-A-Wish Board, and the Board of Directors of Legal Aid. She currently sits on the Advisory Council of Eckerd Connects and volunteers with Brevard County Legal Aid.
Tiffany Ann Jones - Co-Publications Director & Past President
Tiffany Ann Jones is a creative problem solver who focuses her practice on civil and business matters crafting risk mitigation strategies through any necessary appeal, she assists businesses and individual clients with a wide range of legal matters. Tiffany loves the law, empowering others, and solving problems.
Shortly after Tiffany relocated to Florida’s Space Coast she joined the Melbourne office of Widerman Malek. Now she is the managing partner of Sua Sponte Law, PLLC. Tiffany is a Business, Contract, and Brand attorney who spends her times demystifying the legal side of business to help entrepreneurs build and own their empires and help individuals navigate the legal side of business with confidence and clarity. Prior to relocating to the Space Coast, she was a judicial staff attorney in Birmingham, Alabama, to the presiding judge of Alabama's Tenth Judicial Circuit, the Honorable Elisabeth French.
Tiffany is most enthusiastic about philanthropy, empowering entrepreneurs, and the law.
Tiffany earned her juris doctorate from Samford University's Cumberland School of Law where she served as the Executive Editor for the American Journal of Trial Advocacy; won the Strickland Negotiation Competition; received the scholar of merit award in ADR, e-Discovery, and American Law Procedure & Practice; Dean's List for all semesters; and Merit Scholarship recipient.