Hawkins in line to become Bar president
West Palm Beach attorney Scott G. Hawkins has become president-elect designate of The Florida Bar after Coral Gables attorney Ervin A. Gonzalez withdrew from the race. Hawkins will become the Bar’s 2010-11 president-elect when he is sworn in at the Bar’s Annual Convention in June. Gonzalez is one of the lead plaintiffs’ attorneys in the class action lawsuits over defective Chinese drywall used to build thousands of homes in Florida and other parts of the country. He said his duties to his clients had a greater claim on his time.
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Josefsberg wins Simon Pro Bono Service Award
To explain how he ended up center stage at the Florida Supreme Court to receive the state’s highest public service award, 71-year-old Robert Josefsberg reached back a century to his grandfather’s three-bedroom apartment in Brooklyn. Within its walls, for a decade, grandfather Jake invited hundreds of refugees from Russia and Germany to stay with him when they first arrived in America. “My father, his two brothers, and sister never knew who would be sleeping on the floor or on a cot next to them when they woke up in the morning.
Lawyers line up to assist Haiti
Florida lawyers seeking ways to contribute to Haitian earthquake relief efforts can do so directly through The Florida Bar’s Web site. The Bar — working in concert with the International Law Section — has set up links at www.floridabar.org. . .