Volume 100, No. 2 March/April 2026
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...
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...
“A Seat for Everyone”
This issue of our Journal centers on a simple but powerful idea: A Seat for Everyone. It reflects my vision...
Florida’s Taxation of Lease Contracts: What’s Left After the Commercial Lease Tax is Gone?
The big story in Florida taxation during and after the 2025 legislative session was the abolishment of Florida’s tax on...
Lost and Found Pets
The Florida Constitution provides: “The humane treatment of animals is a fundamental value of the people of the state of...
Navigating the Evolving Legal Apparatus Regulating Tipped Employees
The legal framework governing tipped employees in the U.S. has undergone notable transformation shaped by administrative rulemaking, judicial recalibration, and...
Post-Death Planning in Marital Agreements: A Primer and a Call for Collaboration
In most cases, the primary purpose of a marital agreement, whether it be in the form of a premarital agreement...
Pull Up a Chair: The Role of Embedded Appellate Counsel in the Trial Court
Every coach knows that teamwork wins games. In the usual sense, that means each player mastering a set position through...
When Management Rolls Over: Proxy Disclosure, Fiduciary Conflict, and Florida Counsel’s Playbook
Rollover equity has become a defining feature of modern mergers and acquisitions, especially in private-equity backed transactions in which management...
Expanding the Reach: New Opportunities for Mitigation Bank Credits
In 2025, the most consequential updates to Florida’s wetland mitigation banking framework occurred after more than two decades since it’s...
