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50-year members of The Florida Bar 1965-2015

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50-year members of The Florida Bar 1965-2015

Congratulations to The Florida Bar’s 50-year Members — Class of 1965. The members of the Bar celebrate your service to the profession and your communities.

First Circuit

C. Ledon Anchors, Jr.
Ft. Walton Beach

Joe Ladon Dewrell
Shalimar

Anthony F. Mielczarski, Jr.
Pensacola

Henry Clay Mitchell, Jr.
Pensacola

H. Edward Moore, Jr.
Pensacola

Robert Leslie Stone
Pensacola

William Stephen Westermann
Destin

Second Circuit

Judge Donald R. Alexander
Tallahassee

John R. Beranek
Tallahassee

Ralph C. Datillio
Tallahassee

Robert R. Feagin III
Tallahassee

William Guy McKenzie, Jr.
Tallahassee

John Shaffner Slye
Tallahassee

Third Circuit

Thomas W. Brown
Lake City

William James Roberts, Jr.
Lake City

Fourth Circuit

John Warren Caven, Jr.
Jacksonville

Thomas M. Donahoo
Jacksonville

William Joseph Joos
Jacksonville

John Kopelousos
Orange Park

Gene Thomas Moss
Jacksonville

William Nussbaum
Jacksonville

Judge Harvey E. Schlesinger
Jacksonville

Harry L. Shorstein
Jacksonville

Silas T. Tygart, Jr.
Jacksonville

Fifth Circuit

W. E. Bishop, Jr.
Ocala

Dana P. Brigham
Mount Dora

William August Harmening
The Villages

John Patrick McElroy, Jr.
Hernando

Earle W. Peterson, Jr.
The Villages

Sixth Circuit

James Daniel Eckert
St. Petersburg

David Thomas Henniger
St. Petersburg

Homer Clyde Hobby
New Port Richey

Carl Martin Kuttler, Jr.
Clearwater

Bernard J. Lechner
Clearwater

Robert Donald Mastry
St. Petersburg

Robert Bruce McManus
Largo

Gerard Joseph O’Brien
Largo

George Marshall Osborne, Jr.
Clearwater

Thomas Warren Ruggles
Clearwater

Judge David Seth Walker
St. Petersburg

Edmund Stuart Whitson, Jr.
Clearwater

Seventh Circuit
Robert Abraham
Daytona Beach

Walter Helion Alford
Ponte Vedra Beach

Bob Burkhalter
New Smyrna Beach

Edward E. Hedstrom
Palatka

Merritt Harber Powell
Daytona Beach

Owen Douglas Wolfe, Jr.
St. Augustine

Eighth Circuit

Bennett H. Brummer
Gainesville

Chester Burt Chance
Gainesville

Charles Irvine Holden, Jr.
Gainesville

Michael J. Minerva
Macclenny

James R. Pierce
Micanopy

Ninth Circuit

William Frederick Beemer
Orlando

Lawrence W. Carroll, Jr.
Maitland

Charles R. Fawsett
Orlando

Louis Elton Feinberg
Maitland

John Edwin Fisher
Orlando

Robert Norwood Gay III
Orlando

Frank N. Kaney
Orlando

David B. King
Orlando

Karl O. Koepke
Orlando

Erik Christian Larsen
Winter Park

Michael Charles Maher
Winter Park

Bruce McEwan
Orlando

John W. Rodgers
Windermere

Judge Chester George Senf, Jr.
Orlando

John Louis Thomas II
Winter Park

William Rogers Turner
Winter Park

Charles Talley Wells
Orlando

10th Circuit

Raymond Albert Goodwill, Jr.
Winter Haven
Victor Patton Kee
Auburndale

11th Circuit

Alfonso Leo Adderly
Miami

Stephen J. Avrach
Aventura

Richard Alan Beiley
Miami

Donald I. Bierman
Miami

Simon H. Bloom, Jr.
Miami

Stephen Herschel Butter
Aventura

Edward Carhart
Miami

Jeffrey Michael Cohen
Miami

Norman Alan Coll
Miami

James F. Crowder, Jr.
Miami

Claude Dorsy
Miami

Sheppard Faber
Miami

Joseph Z. Fleming
Miami

Howard Nathaniel Galbut
Miami

Stephen Gary Hertz
Miami Beach

Judge Paul Courtney Huck
Miami

J. Bruce Irving
Miami Beach

Maurice Jay Kutner
Miami

Richard C. Lewis
Miami

Mitchell John Lipcon
Miami

Judge Jose E. Martinez
Miami

Richard Benjamin Marx
Miami

Lewis DeBlois Milledge, Jr.
Coral Gables

Elliot L. Miller
Miami Beach

Charles O. Morgan, Jr.
Coral Gables

Nicholas J. Pisaris
Miami

Warren M. Salomon
Miami

Thomas Gaylord Schultz
Miami

Barry N. Semet
Miami

Howard Anthony Setlin
Miami Beach

Sky Elliot Smith
Miami

Ronald I. Strauss
Miami

Sydney S. Traum
Coral Gables

12th Circuit

David S. Band
Sarasota

Robert Maurice Johnson
Sarasota

Anne Godsey Stinnett
Sarasota

Arthur D. Vandroff
Sarasota

Clyde Herbert Wilson, Jr.
Sarasota

13th Circuit

Thomas Michael Foster
Tampa

William Charles Frye
Tampa

Robert H. MacKenzie
Tampa

David A. Maney
Tampa

Albert C. O’Neill, Jr.
Tampa

Judge Joseph Rogers Padgett, Jr.
Riverview

Albert M. Salem, Jr.
Tampa

Charles Fargo Sansone
Tampa

Delano S. Stewart
Tampa

Stella Ferguson Thayer
Tampa

John I. Van Voris
Tampa

Judge Thomas G. Wilson
Tampa

14th Circuit

John F. Law, Jr.
Panama City

15th Circuit

Theodore Babbitt
West Palm Beach

David Howard Bludworth
West Palm Beach

Wade R. Byrd
Wellington

Walter N. Colbath, Jr.
Palm Beach Gardens

John F. Flanigan
North Palm Beach

Michael H. Gora
Boca Raton

Richard Leslie Horn
Palm Beach Gardens

Ronald Edward Jones
West Palm Beach

Charles Jay Kane
Boca Raton

B. Wayne Olivie
Delray Beach

Gerald Frederick Richman
West Palm Beach

Thomas E. Rossin
West Palm Beach

Michael Bruce Small
Palm Beach

Dennis Michael Solomon
West Palm Beach

16th Circuit

Thomas J. Dowdell III
Marathon

17th Circuit

Scott Robin Anselmo
Ft. Lauderdale

James Joseph Blosser
Ft. Lauderdale

Richard F. Burns
Pembroke Pines

Alexander A. Dow
Ft. Lauderdale

Rhea Pincus Grossman
Ft. Lauderdale

Rohan Kelley
Ft. Lauderdale

Jerome F. Pollock
Hollywood

Ronald Rosen
Hollywood

Myron Sandler
Hollywood

Thomas R. Shahady
Ft. Lauderdale

Philip S. Shailer
Hollywood

Louis S. St. Laurent
Coral Springs

18th Circuit

Stanley R. Andrews
Titusville

Thomas Gene Freeman, Jr.
Lake Mary

Malcolm R. Kirschenbaum
Melbourne

Arthur John Kutsche
Viera

Richard A. Lawrence, Jr.
Melbourne

William Calvin Potter
Melbourne

19th Circuit

Phillip G. Newcomm
Stuart

20th Circuit

Patrick Campbell Coughlan
Naples

James T. Humphrey, Jr.
Ft. Myers

Lafayette N. Ingram III
Naples

George Philip Langford
Naples

Kevin More Lyons
Bonita Springs

Alan Jay Rubinstein
Ft. Myers

Judge Hugh Ewing Starnes
Ft. Myers

50-Year Senior Counselors

Theodore Rogers Baumgardner
Winter Park

Robert J. Cotton
Westborough, MA

Caesar J. Naples
Sarasota

Ronald J. Schwartz
Bellerose, NY

Charles R.L. White
Jupiter

Out-of-State

Frederick L. Bergert
Oakton, VA

John Milton Bovis
Atlanta, GA

Russell Parsons Chubb
Thomasville, GA

Victor M. Comolli
San Juan, PR

Charles Raymond Cuddy
Riverhead, NY

Harold J. Datz
Reston, VA

Robert K. Downs
Chicago, IL

Steven Englander
San Francisco, CA

Harvey George Friedman
Washington, DC

Richard Nathan Friedman
Beverly Hills, CA

Carole Ann Gardiner
Asheville, NC

Barth Howard Goldberg
Chicago, IL

John Van Antwerp Holmes
Breckenridge, CO

Steve C. Horowitz
Charlotte, NC

John Charles Kersten
Waynesville, NC

Richard Martin Klein
Northport, NY

Richard Lee Kuersteiner
Hillsborough, CA

Gary S. Laser
Chicago, IL

Ronald Lovitt
San Francisco, CA

Eric Francis Matthies
San Francisco, CA

Ruby Burrows McZier
Washington, DC

Bernard Paul Pettie, Jr.
Malvern, OH

Jay Jeffrey Press
Parsippany, NJ

Michael Andrew Reilly
San Diego, CA

Gary Monroe Sams
Atlanta, GA

Nathan R. Silverstein
Newark, NJ

William Edward Straub
Orchard Park, NY

John Kenneth Tomlinson
Columbia, SC

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