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When you think about it, calling something the “Project Directors Association” could apply to a group of dam-building engineers or a middle-management business planning group. The executive directors of legal aid offices around Florida decided their rather prosaic-sounding volunteer organization needed a better name, as well as a more formal status. So last year, the…

The Board of Legal Specialization and Education congratulates the 60 lawyers who recently earned Florida Bar board certification, which recognizes attorneys’ special knowledge, skills, and proficiency in various areas of law and professionalism and ethics in practice. Board certified lawyers are “Evaluated for Professionalism and Tested for Expertise.” Only about 7% of Florida’s more than 107,000 lawyers have earned…

Alexandre Silva, the 17th Judicial Circuit’s network communications manager, participated in the Freedom 4 Miler Run on the Fourth of July. The annual event benefits “Believe With Me,” a national foundation that supports the Gold Star families of fallen soldiers. Silva, a 43-year-old native of Brazil, said this year’s event was conducted “virtually.” Runners were…

Gov. Ron DeSantis July 2 made 75 appointments and reappointments to Florida’s Judicial Nominating Commissions. Florida Supreme Court Judicial Nominating Commission Harout Samra, of Coral Gables, is an associate at DLA Piper. He received his bachelor’s degree and law degree from the University of Miami. Samra is reappointed for a term ending July 1, 2024….