Willie Gary was born the son of Turner and Mary Gary, in Eastman, Georgia and raised in migrant farm communities in Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas. He is one of eleven children. With an unwavering desire to receive an education, he took his credentials as a Florida All-State High School football player to Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina. He received an athletic scholarship and co-captained the team during the 1969, 1970 and 1971 seasons. Earning a Bachelor’s degree in business administration from Shaw, he continued on the North Carolina Central University in Durham where he earned a Juris Doctor in 1974. He moved back to Stuart where he was admitted to the Florida Bar and opened the first black law firm in Martin County. Gloria, his childhood sweetheart, now wife, assisted him at this newly formed law firm.

Gary was the first black male to go to college from the small town of Indiantown where his family labored in the cane fields. He is known to still speak of the tiny shack where he lived in the Silver City settlement of Pahokee, Florida, and says he often drives by the shack with a clear vision of those times.
Gary has won over 150 multi million dollar suits, including a $500 million award granted to one of his clients in Mississippi.

Gary continues to lead a legacy of success, appearing on Oprah and giving numerous speeches world wide. Forbes Magazine has listed him as one of the top 50 attorneys in the United States, and Ebony Magazine declared him one of the "100 Most Influential African Americans." He continues to assert the quality of Black colleges and universities, and recounts that his firm religious beliefs have rewarded him throughout his life.

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