June 1, 2007 News and Notes
News and Notes
Gregory K. Showers of Kwall, Showers, Coleman & Barack of Clearwater has become president of the Clearwater Bar Association, making him the first African-American to lead the group in its 70-plus year history.
S.C. “Chase” Adams of the Adams Law Firm in Ft. Lauderdale recently spoke to the Association of Financial Advisors on the topic of “Earn More by Showing Your Clients How to Purchase a Second Home With No Out of Pocket and No Payments.”
Kevin T. Lamb of Gunster, Yoakley & Stewart in West Palm Beach was appointed to the Palm Beach Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors.
Y. Lisa Colon of Becker & Poliakoff’s Ft. Lauderdale office was awarded the ABA Forum on the Construction Industry Women and Minority Fellowship.
B’nai B’rith Justice Unit #5207 appointed Holly Krulik of Krupnick Campbell Malone Buser Slama Hancock Liberman & McKee as a vice president of Tikkun Olam.
Karen A. Benson of Jorden Burt passed the certification examination for the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists.
Marc A. Wites spoke on insurance class actions at the Florida Justice Association’s Insurance Bad Faith Seminar in Tampa.
Deputy Chief Assistant Statewide Prosecutor Jim Cobb spoke on “Practicing with Professionalism” to a professional responsibility class at Nova Southeastern University in Ft. Lauderdale.
Lilly Ann Sanchez of Fowler White Burnett’s Miami office was appointed to the Third District Court of Appeal Judicial Nominating Commission.
Brad Sprayberry of Gunster, Yoakley & Stewart’s West Palm Beach office was elected to National Association for Law Placement’s nominating committee.
Ted Leopold of Ricci Leopold in Palm Beach Gardens presented “Bad Faith in the Managed Care Context” at Florida Justice Association seminars in West Palm Beach and Tampa.
Roshawn Banks of The All Law Center in Ft. Lauderdale joined the Broward County ACLU’s board.
Denise Bleau of Buckingham Doolittle and Burroughs moderated a human resources workshop titled “A Toolkit for Managing the FMLA” for the Council on Education in Management. Bleau, Jeffrey Pheterson and Sally Still, also of Buckingham Doolittle and Burroughs’ Boca Raton office, spoke on FMLA topics such as health conditions, intermittent leave, and the FMLA’s relationship to other leave laws.
Gary Betensky of Richman Greer’s West Palm Beach office was awarded a Bronze-level commendation by The Legal Aid Society for his 2006 pro bono work.
Michael F. Nuechterlein of Carlton Fields’ Tampa office presented “Lessons Learned: Agreements Outside the Contract Documents that Facilitate a Successful Project” at the ABA’s Forum on the Construction Industry’s annual meeting in Puerto Rico.
Steven Sloane Newburgh of Fowler White Burnett gave a presentation on DJ engagement contracts at a meeting of the American Disc Jockey Association of South Florida in Davie.
Tommy Boroughs of Holland & Knight’s Orlando office was named chair of the Florida Energy Commission by the president of the Florida Senate and the speaker of the House of Representatives.
Patrick J. Lannon of White & Case’s Miami office presented “Domicile Planning — Don’t Take it for Granted” to the Estate Planning Council of Broward County.
Howard S. Krooks of Elder Law Associates in Boca Raton presented “Health Care Directives,” “Advanced Medicaid Planning Part I,” “Advanced Medicaid Planning Part II,” and “Case Studies: Bringing it All Together,” at the American Law Institute-ABA Elder Law program in Chicago.
Robert M. Todd of Robert M. Todd, P.A., and Family Law Solutions served as a panelist for the St. Petersburg Bar’s “Mediation and ADR: From ‘Alternative’ to ‘Mainstream’” seminar.
Fredrick “Rick” Freedman of Gordon & Doner has become vice president of the Miami Chapter of the Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.
Bill McFarlane of McFarlane & Dolan has been awarded the 2007 Small Business Leader Award by the Coral Spring Chamber of Commerce.
William Ruffier and Anthony Sos of Dellecker, Wilson, King, McKenna & Ruffier’s Orlando office served as faculty presenters for the National Business Institute’s seminar on “Automobile Litigation: Strategic Issues and Answer” in Orlando.
James A. Gale of Feldman Gale served as an intellectual property panelist at the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association’s 2007 Southeast Regional Conference on Miami Beach.
Richman, Greer, Weil, Brumbaugh, Mirabito & Christensen was awarded the Law Firm of the Year Award by the pro bono program of the Legal Aid Society of Palm Beach County.
Hal Lewis of Pathman Lewis in Miami was honored by the Realtor Association of Greater Miami and the Beaches.
Donna J. Ernest of Palm City Law was elected to serve as the finance vice president of the Junior League of Martin County.
Suzanne Judas of Holland & Knight’s Jacksonville office chaired the Federal Magistrate Judge Merit selection panel by Chief United States District Judge Patricia C. Fawcett.
Ann Young Black of Jorden Burt was elected to the National Association for Fixed Annuities’ board of directors for a three-year term at the association’s annual meeting.
Charles H. Egerton of Dean Mead was appointed to serve on a task force established by the ABA Tax Section to study the growing problem of patenting of tax strategies.
Scott C. Davis of the Law Firm of Scott C. Davis has been certified by the Florida Supreme Court as a circuit court mediator.
Kevin J. Napper of Carlton Fields was named vice president of the Tampa Bay Chapter of the Federal Bar Association.
Howard A. Spier of Rossman, Baumberger, Reboso & Spier in Miami was elected treasurer of the Academy of Rail Labor Attorneys.
John W. Robinson IV of Fowler White Boggs Banker was elected as trustee for the 11th Circuit by the American Inns of Court.
Kenneth M. Kaleel of Kaleel & Crozier was re-elected mayor of the Town of Ocean Ridge.
Jonathan Louis of Kluger Peretz Kaplan & Berlin received the 2007 James and Marjorie Baer Outstanding Young Leadership Award.
Nisah D. Waranch of Fowler White Boggs Banker was elected to the South Asian Bar Association of Florida’s Board of Directors.
Larry B. Alexander of Jones, Foster, Johnston & Stubbs was a featured speaker at the 20th Annual Law Firm Management and Economics Conference in Washington, D.C.
Diana Santa Maria addressed members of the American Justice Association on “Connective Tissue Disorder” in Miami. Santa Maria also spoke on defense medical exams at the Florida Justice Assocation’s annual Workhorse Seminar.
Michael Rosenberg of Packman, Neuwahl & Rosenberg recently co-chaired the 25th Annual International Tax Conference and spoke on “Recognizing Key Pre-Immigration, Post-Mortem and Spousal Issues when Dealing with the International Tax Client” in Miami.
John F. Bradley co-chaired the Ninth Annual Legal Symposium on the World of Music, Film, and Television at the Diplomat Hotel in Hollywood.
Daniel B. Bass of Mediar, Inc., in Ft. Lauderdale presented “The Mediation Advantage” to the Park City Board of Realtors.
G. Mark Shalloway of Shalloway & Shalloway in West Palm Beach was elected a fellow of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys for his years of distinguished work on behalf of the elderly. Shalloway also delivered the opening speech to the North Carolina Bar’s Annual Elder Law Symposium in Cary, NC, on “Special Needs Trusts: Care Giving and Budgeting Considerations.”
