Amelia Beard

(850) 608-0112

Amelia Beard

(850) 608-0112

Amelia Beard is the Managing Attorney of Moorhead Law Group’s Santa Rosa Beach, Florida office. Her practice focuses on real estate, probate, estate planning, and asset
protection.

Amelia is involved in the legal profession through service to the Florida Bar and the local community through several organizations. Currently, she is the Vice President of Development on the Board of Directors for the Ronald McDonald House of Northwest Florida Charities, a cause near and dear to her family. Amelia is a former board member of the Estate Planning Council of the Emerald Coast and currently serves on the board of the Building Industry Association of Okaloosa Walton Counties. Amelia serves as Vice Chair of the Civil Procedure Rules Committee of The Florida Bar, is a fellow of the Florida Bar’s Wm. Reese Smith Leadership Academy, Class VII, and a member of the First Circuit Bench & Bar Professionalism Committee. Previously, Mrs. Beard served two terms as President of the Walton County Bar Association. Amelia is an advisor to the board of SOF Missions, a non-profit organization that provides veteran resources and assistance for warriors struggling with PTSD and challenges from military service.

Prior to becoming a lawyer, Amelia worked in the mortgage industry and for a non-profit community development association in Atlanta, Georgia. Her experience in the real estate and mortgage banking industry is extensive.

Amelia moved to Walton County, Florida from Atlanta, Georgia after meeting her husband, a Green Beret formerly with the 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) and now with the 20th Special Forces Group (Airborne). They have two sons and no free time.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• Clark Partington, July 2019-July 2021
• McCalla Raymer Leibert & Pierce, April 2015-June 2019
• Morris Hardwick Schneider, April 2010-April 2015
• JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., 2009-2010

HONORS

• AV Rating in the Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory

COMMUNITY AND BAR INVOLVEMENT

• SOF Missions, Advisor to the Board of Directors
• 1st Circuit Bench/Bar Professionalism Committee, Member since 2017
• Civil Procedure Rules Committee, The Florida Bar, Member since 2020; 2021-2022 Secretary; 2022-Current Vice Chair
• Voluntary Bar Liaison Committee, The Florida Bar, Member since 2016; 2019-2022 Vice-Chair, 2022-2023 Chair
• Military & Veterans Affairs Committee, The Florida Bar, 2021-Current
• Walton County Bar Association, Member since 2016; Past President 2017 and 2018
• Escambia Santa Rosa Bar Association, Member since 2019
• Okaloosa Bar Association, Member since 2019
• 1st Judicial Circuit Grievance Committee “B”, 2018-2019
• Zeta Tau Alpha, Former National Officer

PUBLISHED DECISIONS

• U.S. Bank v. Roseman, 214 So.3d 728 (Fla. 4th DCA 2017) (reversing involuntary dismissal entered before Plaintiff mortgagee completed its presentation of evidence and held that placement of undated blank endorsement on the note after a copy of the note was attached to mortgagee’s verified foreclosure complaint did not affect the authenticity or admissibility of the note)