February 1, 2024 News and Notes
Gary A. Forster of ForsterBoughman presented, “Structuring and Funding the LLC: Advanced Asset Protection Strategies,” for the National Business Institute.
Leslie A. Share of Packman, Neuwahl & Rosenberg presented, “Boosting Asset Protection: Lessons From Recent Case Law,” for the National Business Institute’s Advanced Trust Drafting webinar.
Eric C. Boughman of ForsterBoughman presented, “Managed Care Contracting,” on a live national webinar.
Robert A. Shimberg of Hill Ward Henderson in Tampa was elected to the National Association of Dealer Counsel Board of Directors at its Fall Conference in Chicago.
Dain de Souza of Bast Amron has been honored by the ABA’s Business Bankruptcy Committee with the Kathryn R. Heidt Memorial Award.
Theodore S. Kypreos of Jones Foster in West Palm Beach has been elected a fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel.
Maria Sachs was voted mayor of the Palm Beach County Commission.
Laurie Spector of Compass Real Estate in Ft. Lauderdale was appointed Florida Realtors State Director.
Hayley Harrison of Bast Amron will serve as a 2024-2025 director-at-large of IWIRC Florida.
Ivan Parron of Parron Law moderated a panel on Artificial Intelligence in Sports, “Scouting the Future: Leveraging AI in Sports Recruiting and Drafting,” at the Sports Lawyers Association Symposium in Vancouver, Canada. He also joined a panel, “Let’s Play Ball: Sports in the 305!,” at the Step Miami Private Wealth Summit in Key Biscayne.
Mary Wood Bridgman of Kingsley Lake, has been named to the Audit and Compliance Committee of Baptist Health System in Jacksonville. She also serves as chair of the Clay County Planning Commission.
John H. (Jack) Hickey of Hickey Law Firm lectured on, “Preparing for and Defeating Frequent Defenses in TBI Cases,” during a live webinar for Trial Guides.
Rebecca Falk and Andrea Greenblatt published, “CMS Dispute Resolution Makes Some Progress, but Lacks Teeth,” in Bloomberg Law.
Tami Wolfe of Kalis, Kleiman & Wolfe in Davie has been certified as a Florida Supreme Court Certified Circuit Mediator.
Becky Greenfield of Wolfe Pincavage presented, “No Surprise Act’s Independent Dispute Resolution ‘IDR’ Process,” to the Healthcare Financial Management Association’s (HFMA) Metro NY Chapter.
Eric L. Leach of Milton, Leach, Whitman, D’Andrea & Eslinger in Jacksonville was named its “Trial Lawyer of the Year” by the Jacksonville Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates.
Dominique Sciullo of Brinkley Morgan in Boca Raton ran on the South Palm Beach County Bar Association and SPBC FAWL’s joint team in the Every Boob Counts 5K in support of breast cancer awareness.
Joe Eagleton of Brannock Berman & Seider participated in a panel discussion at the HCBA’s Appellate Practice Section luncheon on, “Practicing Before the Florida Supreme Court.”
Kenneth Gordon of Brinkley Morgan in Ft. Lauderdale served as a celebrity waiter at this year’s Broward Partnership Breakfast for Champions of the Homeless.
Steve Zack of Boies Schiller Flexner was honored by the Miami-Dade Chapter of the Florida Association for Women Lawyers with its Ted Klein Award.
Jeffrey Schneider of Levine Kellogg Lehman Schneider + Grossman in Miami was featured in a Q&A, “Why Florida Persists as a Ponzi Scheme Paradise,” published in South Florida Business & Wealth Magazine.
Anitra Raiford Clement has become president of the Tampa Bay Chapter of the Federal Bar Association.
Uriel A. Mendieta of Hunton Andrews Kurth was appointed to the Spain-U.S. Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors.
Stephanie Reed Traband of Levine Kellogg Lehman Schneider + Grossman in Miami received the Rainmaker Award at the Ms. Esquire Holiday Gala for the Miami Chapter 2.
Chase Stoecker, of counsel to McGlinchey Stafford in Ft. Lauderdale, has been named membership vice-chair of the AB’s Cannabis Law and Policy General Committee.
Frank W. McDermott of McDermott Law Firm has become president of the Pinellas County Trial Lawyer’s Association.
Thomas J. Ansbro has been appointed City Attorney for the City of Ft. Lauderdale.
Harold E. Kaplan of Kaplan Arbitration in Fairview, North Carolina, was the guest speaker on the podcast Legal Tenzer: Causal Conversations on Noteworthy Legal Topics. He spoke on ADR.
Sarah L. “Sally” McArthur founded Facilitating Learning for Youth, Inc., a nonprofit charity which gives books to children in low income areas in order to improve educational outcomes, job prospects, and create more enriched and vibrant communities.
Adriana Perez of Hunton Andrews Kurth in Miami was appointed co-chair of the National Association of Women Lawyers’ Women in Insurance Practice Area Affinity Group.
Joseph “JB” Bensmihen of Apollo Mediation Group participated in an Elder Law Panel at a meeting of the Palm Beach County Bar Association. The panel also featured Heather Boyer Samuels of Samuels Wood.
Dr. Amy D. Ronner, professor of law emeritus of St. Thomas University Benjamin L. Crump College of Law, presented her paper, “Dostoevsky and the Self-Annihilation of Russia’s Panhuman, Universal Ideal,” and chaired a session, “Intermedialities: Face, Body, and Dance,” at the 55th Annual Convention of the Association for Slavic, East European, & Eurasian Studies in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
J. Christopher Lombardo of Woodward, Pires & Lombardo presented, “The Good, The Bad & The Ugly,” on the intersection of estate planning and family law at the Collier County Bar Association.
Becky Greenfield of Wolfe Pincavage presented, “No Surprise Act’s Independent Dispute Resolution ‘IDR’ Process,” to the Healthcare Financial Management Association’s (HFMA) Metro NY Chapter.
Zachary W. Lombardo of Woodward, Pires & Lombardo was appointed city attorney for Everglades City. He was also appointed chair of Community Service and Pro Bono by the Lee County Bar Young Lawyers Division.
Yvette H. Ayala of Rogero Law in Miami was appointed to the Miami-Dade County Commission for Women.
Chris Anderson and Umberto Bonavita of Robert Allen Law participated in panels on Registered Length & LOA and Closing & Escrow, respectively, during the International Yacht Brokers Association’s Superyacht Law Summit at the Monaco Yacht Show.
Cynthia Crofoot Rignanese joined the board of directors of Females Advancing Business (FAB). She also appeared on Blog Talk Radio delivering, “Mama Wants Less Drama: Benefits of a Corporate Trustee.”
Nick Zeher of Robert Allen Law moderated the panel on Yacht Insurance at the Marine Money Superyacht Finance Forum during the Monaco Yacht Show.
Iman Zekri of Henderson, Franklin, Starnes & Holt has become vice president of the Association of Family Law Professionals Board of Directors.
Ruben Gotlieb of Greenspoon Marder and Seth Entin of Greenberg Traurig presented at the STEPS Miami Summit where they discussed the practical future of FATCA after Belgium’s recent court ruling, as well as other developments on how the U.S. is cooperating with other countries under tax information agreements.
Valerie M. Lamb of Marshall Dennehey has been accepted into the Leadership Academy of the Hillsborough Association for Women Lawyers.
Col. (Ret) Kip O. Lassner of Cole, Scott & Kissane was honored with the Distinguished Alumni Award from the United States War College for his many accomplishments and excellence in community service, including his ongoing commitment to supporting veterans and other charitable organizations.
Amy Brigham Boulris of Gunster has been elected to the American Law Institute.
Mark D. Hobson of Halloran Farkas + Kittila participated in a Webinar presentation before the Wyoming State Bar on, “Learning to Love the Corporate Transparency Act.”
Michelle Otero Valdés has become a fellow of the Federal Bar Association Foundation.
Mike Freed of Gunster has been accepted into the Litigation Counsel of America’s fellowship program.
Rebecca Falk and Andrea Greenblatt published, “CMS Dispute Resolution Makes Some Progress, but Lacks Teeth,” in Bloomberg Law.
Barbara Markley has joined the board of Prevent Gun Violence Florida, a not-for-profit organization advocating for meaningful gun law reform for a safer Florida.
Elisabeth Salvadore and Salvatore A. Polidoro of Brinkley Morgan in Boca Raton wrote an article, “Blended Families, Remarriages and Estate Planning,” published by Wealth Management.
