Elwin R. Thrasher, Jr.

Elwin R. Thrasher, Jr. is the founder of Thrasher Law Firm. After having effectively retired from active client work many years earlier, he officially retired from the practice of law in July 2026.

Mr. Thrasher was born in 1943 in Woodville, Texas. He received his undergraduate degree in Political Science from the University of Florida in 1965 and was commissioned as a United States Air Force officer at that time. The Air Force granted him a delay to attend law school and in 1967 he received his Juris Doctor as a graduate of the University of Florida College of Law. He was admitted to the Florida Bar later that year.

Thereafter, he served as an Assistant Staff Judge Advocate at Amarillo Air Force Base, Texas, and at the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado. While there, he also taught at the Academy's Preparatory School. Following his assignment at the Air Force Academy, Mr. Thrasher served as the Staff Judge Advocate at the United States Air Force Base located in Zaragoza, Spain. In 1973, he was honorably discharged from the Air Force and moved his family from Spain to Tallahassee, Florida, where he began the private practice of law.

In 1980, after seven years of practice with another Tallahassee law firm, he founded the Firm. He devoted his practice primarily to Community Association Law, Creditors' Rights, Commercial Litigation, and Real Estate Litigation. During his career, he served as an instructor on Creditors' Rights at the Florida Bar Conference of County Court Judges and privately sponsored continuing legal education programs.

Education:

• University of Florida, B.A., 1965
• University of Florida College of Law, J.D., 1967

Bar Admission During Practice:

• Florida, 1967

Court Admissions During Practice:

• Florida Supreme Court
• United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
• United States District Court, Northern District of Florida

Former Areas of Concentration:

• Community Association Law
• Commercial Litigation
• Creditors' Rights
• Real Estate Litigation

Former Professional Memberships and Affiliations:

• Former member, Tallahassee Bar Association

Military Experience:

• United States Air Force, 1968
• 1968, Judge Advocate General Trial Counsel Certification
• 1969, Military Judge Certification
• Honorably Discharged, 1973

Other Languages: Spanish

Personal: Elwin lives in Tallahassee with his wife, Greta and is the father of Laura and Trey Thrasher. In his free time, Elwin loves to travel, snow ski, and follow Florida Gator sports.