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The Florida Bar News
November 1, 2009
News and Notes
Jacqueline Hartt of Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed in Orlando has been elected secretary of the executive board of the National Association of Patent Practitioners.
Charles R. Gallagher III of Gallagher & Associates in Tampa presented a lecture on “Bad Faith Insurance Claims Handling” at a National Business Institute Seminar in Tampa.
Jin Liu of Carlton Fields in St. Petersburg was elected a co-vice chair of the International Investment in Real Estate Committee of the Real Property, Probate & Trust Section of the ABA.
Erika T. Mariz of Gallagher & Associatees in Tampa presented a lecture on estate planning and probate to the City of St. Petersburg’s Police Department.
Melissa Gross-Arnold of Lewis, Longman & Walker in Jacksonville presented a session on “Local Initiatives and Requirements to Address Climate Change and Sustainability” at the Sustainability for Jacksonville’s Future Environment Symposium.
Jim Matulis of Conwell Kirkpatrick has been appointed co-chair of the Hillsborough County Bar Intellectual Property Committee.
Theodore (Ted) W. Small, Jr., of DeLand was appointed to the ABA standing committee on Pro Bono and Public Services and elected as president-elect of the board of directors of Florida Legal Services.
Tanya Reed of Gunster, Attorneys at Law, in West Palm Beach has joined the board of directors for the Urban League of Palm Beach County.
Carter Andersen of Bush Ross in Tampa was elected president of the University of Florida’s Law Alumni Council.
Frances P. Allegra, chief executive officer of Our Kids of Miami-Dade/Monroe, Inc., has been named as a 2009 Angel in Adoption by the Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute.
Christopher Lunny of Radey Thomas Yon & Clark of Tallahassee spoke at a meeting of the Club Spa and Fitness Association on “Staffing & the Law: Employee v. Independent Contractor Status.”
Mindi M. Richter of Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick in Tampa has joined the Development Committee of the Humane Society of Tampa Bay.
Charles Reynolds of Butler Pappas in Tampa has earn the LEED Green Associate Accreditation.
Rhea F. Law of Fowler White Boggs has been selected by Tampa Bay’s Business Professional Women as its 2009 Woman of the Year.
Mercedes Gonzalez Hale of Steele + Hale, P.A., in Tampa has been appointed to the board of directors of the New Tampa Family YMCA.
Steven M. Berman of Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick in Tampa served as a panelist at the San Diego Bankruptcy Forum’s Auto Mega Case Program.
Bridget Hefferna Labutta of Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist in Orlando has been appointed to the Young Practitioners Committee of the International Trademark Association.
Ivelisse Berio LeBeau of Sugarman & Susskind in Coral Gables has become a co-chair of the Board of Senior Editors for the legal publication Employee Benefits Law, published by the ABA’s Section of Labor and Employment Law.
James D. Moriarty of Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith in Tampa presented “Back to Basics” at the Florida Assisted Living Association’s Annual Conference in Ft. Myers.
Karen Koster Burr of Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist in Orlando served on a panel for the Jacksonville Bar CLE seminar, “To Click or Not to Click” pertaining to domain name and Internet issues.
Susan Trevarthen of Weiss Serota Helfman Pastoriza Cole & Boniske,addressed the policy implications of the constitutional challenges to SB 360 during a Florida Online Academy Webinar on planning and growth topics.
Joel Levine of Miami, Leonor M. Lagomasino of Carlton Fields in Miami, and James W. Lampkin II of Alford, Clausen & McDonald in Mobile presented “Winning at Mediation: A ‘Mock’ Mock Mediation,” reflecting plaintiff/insured’s and insurance companies’ concerns and positions in mediations of difficult cases at the International Claim Association Annual Conference on Marco Island.
Stefanie C. Moon, an assistant U.S. attorney in Ft. Lauderdale, has been named to the advisory board for the Broward County Chapter of the Federal Bar.
Kimberly McCorkle Tatum was awarded tenure and promotion at the University of West Florida. She is now an associate professor of legal studies in the School of Justice Studies and Social Work.
Benjamine Reid of Carlton Fields Miami was recently appointed co-chair of the Legal Services Training Committee of the Litigation Section of the ABA.
Marian Pearlman Nease of Berger Singerman in Boca Raton has been reelected to the board of directors of the Retirement Housing Council.
Jerald David August of Fox Rothschild in West Palm Beach moderated “Offshore and International Tax Evasion: Lawyers as Gatekeepers,” an ALI-ABA live video Webcast.
Eric D. Schurger, assistant regional counsel for the Florida Department of Children & Families in Pensacola, was named “Arbitrator of the Year” by the Better Business Bureau of Northwest Florida.
Nellie L. King of West Palm Beach has been elected vice president of the Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. King has also been elected to the board of directors of Father Flanagan’s Boys Town Florida.
Alexander I. Tachmes of Shutts & Bowen has been appointed to the executive committee of the board of governors of the Miami Beach Chamber of Commerce.
Jeanne Trudeau Tate of Tampa was honored as the recipient of the Voices of Children 2009 Guardian Angel Award.
Rachel Blechman, a retired Holland & Knight senior partner in Miami, was elected chair of the Florida Humanities Council Board.
Gene Crick of Broad and Cassel in Orlando has been appointed chair of the Orange County Bar’s Tax Law Section.
Michele Leo Hintson of Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick in Tampa has been appointed to serve on the Stetson Lawyers Advisory Council.
Samuel King of Dellecker, Wilson, King, Mc-Kenna & Ruffier in Orlando spoke on wrongful death and related actions at The Probate Team 2009 seminar for attorneys, paralegals, court officials, and corporate fiduciaries in Tampa, presented by the Florida Legal Education Association.
Mario M. Ramos of Nashville was recognized by the American Immigration Lawyers Association for his immigration advocacy at its annual convention in Las Vegas.
Rebecca C. Morgan, a Stetson University College of Law elder law scholar professor, has been awarded the Treat Award for Excellence by the National College of Probate Judges.
Mark P. Rankin of Carlton Fields in St. Petersburg was recently elected to the PARC Board of Directors.
Howard M. Rosenblatt of Howard M. Rosenblatt in Gainesville spoke to the Estate Planning Council of Ocala on “Illusions and Illustrations” in Ocala.
Joel Hirschhorn of Hirschhorn & Bieber, P.A. in Miami has been elected for fellowship in the Litigation Counsel of America.
Mitchell Stone of Jacksonville lectured on closing arguments in DUI jury trials at the Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers's “Blood, Breath, and Tears XVI” DUI seminar in Orlando.
Edward L. Larsen of Edward L. Larsen, P.A., in Naples has been named as the Legal Aid Service of Collier County’s Pro Bono “Attorney of the Month” for September.
Alice Reiter Feld of Tamarac spoke on “The Elder Journey” at the Florida Society of Oncology Social Workers Annual Conference in Ft. Lauderdale.
Lee Peters of the Third Judicial Circuit Public Defender’s office won the Craig Stewart Barnard Award for distinguished service by the Florida Public Defender Association.
Kathleen S. McLeroy of Carlton Fields in Tampa spoke on the “Nuts and Bolts of Commercial Foreclosures” at the Through the Looking Glass: Foreclosure Litigation From a Lender’s Perspective seminar in St. Petersburg.
Edward H. Davis Jr., of Astigarraga Davis in Miami spoke on "The Magic of 28 U.S.C. 1782: How to Obtain Evidence in the U.S. for Use in Your Domestic Proceedings” at the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States Bar Association’s Annual Law Fair in Dominica. Davis also co-chaired a panel, titled “Perspectives from the Bench on Threats to Judicial Independence.”
Joseph Englander of Shutts & Bowen in Miami has been appointed to the Anti-Counterfeiting Committee of the International Trademark Association. Englander was appointed for the 2010-2011 term.
Timothy L. Finkenbinder of the Law Office of Timothy L. Finkenbinder, P.A., was recently elected secretary and treasurer of the Osceola County Bar. He also serves on the board of directors for the Kissimmee/Osceola Chamber of Commerce Small Business Council and as president of the Downtown Kissimmee Leads Group.
Brian Gart of Berger Singerman in Ft. Lauderdale discussed problems with the solicitation process, including the different rules and statutes that apply to different clients, to the ABA’s Business Bankruptcy Committee in Las Vegas.
Stephen Vogelsang of Gunster, Attorneys at Law, in West Palm Beach, has been named to the board of directors for the South Florida Science Museum.
John L. Moore and Kimberly Page Walker of Williams Parker in Sarasota presented at the Gulf Coast Chapter of Professional Association of Health Care Office Management Seminar. Moore spoke on the topic of “Negotiating Managed Healthcare Contracts,” and Walker provided an employment law update.
George Barford, of counsel with Carlton Fields in St. Petersburg, moderated a panel discussion on the Employee Free Choice Act before the Academy of Florida Management Attorneys in Palm Beach.
[Revised: 01-02-2012]
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