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Michael J. Corso of Ft. Myers is the recipient of the 2022 Justice Harry Lee Anstead Award for The Florida Bar Board Certified Lawyer of the Year. The Board of Legal Specialization and Education created the award to recognize exemplary professionalism, excellence, character, and commitment to the certification program. Chief Justice Charles Canady presented this…

Francisco-Javier P. (“Frank”) Digon-Greer is the latest recipient of the Marshall R. Cassedy, Sr., Award for his “extraordinary efforts” to advance pro bono service. In making the announcement at the 2022 Annual Convention, outgoing President Mike Tanner cited Digon-Greer’s service to The Florida Bar’s Pro Bono Committee, to the Supreme Court of Florida’s Commission on…

Judge Suzanne Van Wyk, an administrative law judge with the Florida Division of Administrative Hearings, takes office July 1 as president of The Florida Bar Foundation. Van Wyk, a judge since 2012, graduated with honors from Florida State University College of Law in 1994 and has a master’s degree in urban and regional planning also…

Chief Justice Charles Canady symbolically passed the gavel to Chief Justice-elect Carlos G. Muñiz in a ceremony for court staff June 29. Surrounded by fellow justices and staff in the Supreme Court Rotunda in Tallahassee, Canady gripped an oversized gavel that he jokingly referred to as  a “mallet.” “I’m delighted to present this to [Chief]…