Nanci Landy,of Landy & Asselta, P.A. in North Miami Beach, has been elected president of the National Association of Women Business Owners, Ft. Lauderdale/Broward County Chapter.

Michael Hoefges of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill recently published a co-authored article titled “Privacy Rights Versus Disclosure Policy: The ‘Uses and Effects’ Double Standard in Access to Personally Identifiable Information in Government Records” in the William and Mary Bill of Rights Journal, and also presented “The Constitutionality of the National Do-Not-Call Registry: Analysis and Implications for Point-to-Point Marketing Communications” at the 2004 Marketing and Public Policy Conference sponsored by the American Marketing Association.

Dennis J. Wall of Orlando had published an article entitled “Recent Expert Witness Opinions in Property Insurance Cases.” The article was published by the ABA in the September, 2004 issue of Property Insurance Newsletter of the Torts and Insurance Practice Section.

Seth Marmor of Greenspoon, Marder, Hirshfeld, Rafkin, Ross & Berger in Ft. Lauderdale spoke on asset protection at the Broward County Estate Planning Council’s dinner meeting.

Stephen M. Barbas, of Barbas, Koenig, Nunez, Sanders, and Butler, P.L., in Tampa, has been appointed to the board of trustees of Loyola University, New Orleans, LA.

Christopher M. Shulman of Christopher M. Shulman, P.A., Alternative Dispute Resolution Services in Tampa, joined the panel of mediators for the Florida Conflict Resolution Consortium.

Christopher Bopst of Sacher, Zelman, Van Sant, Paul, Beiley, Hartman, Rolnick & Waldman, P.A., in Miami presented his paper “Machiavelli and Modern Business: Realist Thought in Contemporary Corporate Leadership Manuals,” at The Oxford Centre for Social Values in Education and Business’ Tenth Conference, in Oxford, England.

Rafael Suarez-Rivas, of the Miami City Attorney’s Office, has been appointed as a hearing officer for procurement matters by the Broward County Board of County Commissioners.

David Pratt of Pratt & Bucher, LLP, in Boca Raton spoke at the Joint Meeting of the Tax and Real Property, Probate and Trust Law sections of the ABA in Boston; his topic was “The Anatomy of the (New) Federal Gift Tax Return.”

Dean Colson of Colson Hicks Eidson in Coral Gables was elected chair of the Florida Supreme Court Judicial Nominating Commission.

David Aronberg of Greenspoon, Marder, Hirschfeld, Rafkin, Ross & Berger in Ft. Lauderdale received a Legislative Recognition Award for his work on behalf of the Real Property, Probate, and Trust Law Section of The Florida Bar.

Burton Landy of Akerman Senterfitt in Miami was elected to a three-year term on the board of directors of the Beacon Council economic development organization.

Elizabeth Ricci of Rambana & Ricci, P.A., in Tallahassee was appointed chair of the American Immigration Lawyers Association Central Florida Chapter’s Essay Contest Committee.

Ira Leesfield of Leesfield Leighton Rubio Boyers in Miami was elected as an officer to the Melvin Belli Society. Leesfield received the Melvin Belli Jurisprudence Award. Additionally, Leesfield received the Al J. Cone Lifetime Achievement Award at The Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers Founder’s Luncheon.

Jim Atkins of Longwood will serve as an instructor for the Consultants’ Training Institute of the National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts. Atkins also taught “Effective Report Writing in Litigation” in Boston, and “Advanced Commercial Damages” in Chicago for the Institute.

Robert D. Peltz of McIntosh, Sawran, Peltz, Cartaya & Petrucelli, P.A., co-wrote the two-volume book Florida Pretrial Practice, published by the James Publishing Company.

Joseph Jackson, professor at the Levin College of Law at the University of Florida in Gainesville, was named 2004 Outstanding Advocate for the Homeless at the 2004 annual meeting of the Florida Coalition for the Homeless in Tampa.

Bruce A. Blitman of Ft. Lauderdale was certified by the State of Florida’s Division of Florida Land Sales, Condominiums and Mobile Homes as a mediator in the area of community association operations.

Scott Mager of Mager Law Group, P.A., in Ft. Lauderdale addressed a seminar on “Developing Themes for Litigation” at the Defense Research Institute’s Nursing Home and Assisted Living Facility Litigation Seminar in Boston.

Danielle Brewer of Becker & Poliakoff in West Palm Beach was recognized by the Federal Bar Association for her outstanding service as chair of the Federal Bar Association’s labor and employment section at their recent national meeting in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Gary Resnick of Weiss, Serota, Helfman, Pastoriza, Guedes, Cole & Boniske, presented on local governmental management of the public rights-of-way at the annual Conference of the National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors.

Nancy J. Van Sant of Sacher, Zelman, Van Sant, Paul, Beiley, Hartman, Rolnick & Waldman, P.A., in Miami participated in a panel discussion at the 10th Annual Securities Litigation and Regulatory Practice Seminar in Atlanta.

Robby Birnbaum of Greenspoon, Marder, Hirschfeld, Rafkin, Ross & Berger in Ft. Lauderdale has been appointed to the American Resort Developer Association’s (ARDA) Privacy Committee.

Margaret Ioannides of Jacksonville and Austin, TX spoke at the Center for Global Outsourcing’s Third Annual International Outsourcing Conference in Dallas, TX. She presented a speech titled “Legal Issues in Offshore Outsourcing – An Immigration Perspective.”

Michael T. Haire and Francis X. Rapprich with Fisher, Rushmer, Werrenwrath, Dickson, Talley & Dunlap, P.A., spoke at a Lorman seminar on the topic of Florida’s New Construction Claims Statute; Ch. 558.

Antoinette Theodossakos presented a seminar entitled, “Don’t Shred Those Documents! Basic Record Keeping and Retention Requirements for Employers” hosted by the American Electronics Association.

Joan Nelson Hook of New Port Richey was installed as president of the West Pasco County Bar Association.

Barbara Perez of Aronovitz Trial Lawyers in Miami was elected to serve as president of the University of Miami’s Law Alumni Association for the 2005-2006 term.

David Pratt of Pratt & Bucher, LLP, spoke at the Planned Giving Council of Palm Beach County meeting; his topic was “Charitable Lead Trusts Funded With Family Limited Partnership Interests.”

Cynthia Lane of Bradenton published an article on restructuring the U.S. Supreme Court in the ABA Journal E-Report.

Jody Collins and Paul Ranis of Ruden McClosky in Ft. Lauderdale were selected to participate as instructors in a three-day seminar sponsored by the National Institute of Trial Advocacy at Nova Southeastern Shepard Broad Law Center.

Jennifer E. Zakin of Pratt & Bucher, LLP, spoke at the Greater Delray Beach Estate Planning Council meeting; her topic was “The Anatomy of the New Federal Gift Tax Return.”

Quentin E. Morgan of Brinkley, McNerney, Morgan, Solomon & Tatum in Ft. Lauderdale, has been appointed to the Broward County Parks and Recreation Advisory Board.

Suzanne A. Perez of EFC Holdings was elected as a member of the board of directors for the University of Miami Alumni Association. Perez will serve a three-year term.

Leonard Lubart of Greenspoon, Marder, Hirshfeld, Rafkin, Ross & Berger in Ft. Lauderdale spoke at the ABA’s Section of Taxation and Section of Real Property, Probate & Trust Law joint fall CLE program in Boston. Lubart spoke on “Investing in Resort, Time Share or Condominium Projects: A Due Diligence Approach.”

Neil Rambana of Rambana & Ricci, P.A. in Tallahassee was elected to the Refuge House board of directors.

Audrey McKibbin Moran of Jacksonville has been appointed to be one of seven members of the board of trustees for the Jessie Ball Dupont fund.

Kat Silverglate of Weston was appointed to the faculty of The Knowledge College.

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