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Gregory C. Harrell, Clerk of Court and Comptroller of Marion County, Florida
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Gregory C. Harrell

Gregory C. Harrell was elected as Clerk of Court and Comptroller for Marion County in 2020 and took office on January 5, 2021. He sees the Clerk’s main role as being the independently elected keeper and protector of the County’s records and finances.

Mr. Harrell, who grew up in Ocala and is a third-generation resident of Marion County, graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Virginia, and was awarded a one-year teaching fellowship at Millfield School in England, before attending and earning his Juris Doctor from the University of Florida, Levin College of Law, where he was a member of the Florida Law Review. Mr. Harrell practiced law in the private sector in Tallahassee, Miami, and Ocala before becoming General Counsel to the Clerk’s Office in 2013.

Headshot of Marion County Clerk of Court and Comptroller, Gregory C. Harrell

Mr. Harrell is a member of the Florida Court Clerks and Comptroller’s (FCCC) statewide Executive Committee and presently serves as its Treasurer. He is also the Chair of FCCC’s Budget and Finance Committee, Chair of its Conference Subcommittee, Vice Chair of its Education Committee, and a member of its Legislative, Strategic Planning, Best Practices, and Communications Committees. Mr. Harrell was awarded FCCC’s Legislative Collaboration Award in 2022 and its Key Contributor Award in 2023.

Locally, Mr. Harrell is the Immediate Past Chair of the Board of Directors for the United Way of Marion County, a member of the Board of Directors for the Ocala/Marion County Chamber & Economic Partnership (CEP), a District Committee member for the Boys Scouts of America, North Florida Council, West District, and a Troop Committee member for Troop 72 Ocala. In 2021, he was the Honoree for the North Florida Council’s Marion County American Values Dinner.

Mr. Harrell has served as President of the Marion County Bar Association, Vice President of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Marion County, Senior Warden for Grace Episcopal Church of Ocala, Chair of The Florida Bar’s Grievance Committee for the Fifth Judicial Circuit, Board Member for the Public Education Foundation of Marion County, Board Member for the Munroe Regional Medical Center Foundation, Executive Committee Member for the UF Law Alumni Council, as a member of FCCC’s Best Practices Workgroup, Rule 2.420 Quick Response Teams, and Legal Panel, and as Cubmaster and Den Leader for Cub Scout Pack 194 Ocala. He is also a graduate of Leadership Ocala/Marion (Class XXXI) and Leadership Ocala Youth (Class I).

Mr. Harrell lives in Ocala with his wife, Stephanie, a local pediatrician, and their two teenage children, Walker and Shealy Grace.

Here to serve and protect the public trust

“Everyone can be great, because everyone can serve.” -Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.