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The Architecture of Belonging: Building a Bar with a Seat for Everyone
Belonging is one of those words we think we understand until we try to build it. We recognize it when...
“A Seat for Everyone”
This issue of our Journal centers on a simple but powerful idea: A Seat for Everyone. It reflects my vision...
Building a Sustainable Bar for the Next Generation: A Jurist’s View on the Future of the Legal Profession
The legal profession has never been a static institution. It adapts, recalibrates, and evolves alongside the society it serves. In...
Florida Bar Corporate Counsel: Seeing, Serving, and Giving a Voice to In-House Counsel
The newly launched Florida Bar Corporate Counsel Committee is more than just another line on the Bar’s committee roster. It...
A Table Built for Everyone: How the Leadership Academy Expands Leadership Across the Bar
The Wm. Reece Smith, Jr., Leadership Academy (Leadership Academy) is a multi-session training program designed to help selected lawyers become...
Rethinking the Multiplier: Correcting the Categorical Ban in FDUTPA Cases
In a meaningful opinion arising from the fallout of Bernie Madoff’s Ponzi scheme, a well-respected jurist explained a phenomenon that...
Nullius in Verba? A Multidisciplinary Assessment of the Assertion, “Eyewitness Testimony Is Inherently Unreliable”
Nullius in verba, which is Latin for “take nobody’s word for it,” is the motto adopted in 1662 by The...
Florida’s Evolving Transportation Funding Mechanisms — An Attempt To Introduce Sanity to the Method of Charging for and Utilizing Transportation Fees
During the 2024 Florida Legislative Session, I had the privilege of sponsoring House Bill 479, which passed and was signed...
Invisible Wounds, Legal Battles: First Responders’ PTSD and the Workers’ Compensation System
The intent of Florida’s Workers’ Compensation Law is to “assure the quick and efficient delivery of disability and medical benefits...
A New Year. A Clear Purpose.
January marks the opening of our legal year, and with it comes a renewed sense of purpose, passion, and power....
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