July 1, 2021 News and Notes
Brendan Aloysius Barry of Shutts & Bowen in Ft. Lauderdale was appointed to the Board of Pilot Commissioners.
Judge Robert G. Fegers debut book, “Grant Justice, the untold story of the finest attorney of a generation,” received honorable mention recognition in the 2021 Los Angeles Book Festival.
V. Lynn Whitfield was awarded the Legacy Award from the F. Malcolm Cunningham Bar Association at their 20th Annual William Holland Scholarship Celebration.
Harold E. Kaplan of Kaplan Dispute Resolution in Fairview, North Carolina, served as a presiding judge for the North Carolina Mock Trial Program’s regionals and finals.
Barry M. Snyder of The Law Office of Barry M. Snyder, P.A., in North Miami Beach has been elected to the Florida Justice Associations Board of Directors.
Kelly A. Gardner of Jones Foster co-chaired the Palm Beach County Bar virtual Bench Bar Conference Probate and Guardianship session.
Paul Buckley of Buckley Mediation has been certified by the Supreme Court as a circuit mediator.
Giovanna Abreu O’Connor of RMO LLP has been elected to the Miami-Dade Florida Association for Women Lawyers Board of Directors.
Jay W. Small of Mateer & Harbert in Orlando co-presented, “Development Exactions Updated” to the Greater Orlando Builders Association Developers Council.
Joseph M. Percopoof Mateer & Harbert in Orlando presented, “Tax Law Changes on the Horizon,” for the Citrus Club Health, Wealthy, & Wise Luncheon.
Christopher B. Spuches of Agentis Law served as a panelist at the Dade County Bar Association’s annual “Bench & Bar Conference: Surviving in 2020 & Thriving in 2021” in a conversation on evidentiary hearings in the Zoom era.
Cathleen M. Winter of The Rebecca L. Palmer Law Group has been appointed to the Greater Orlando Asian American Bar Association Board of Directors.
Jennifer Diaz of Diaz Trade Law has been appointed to the Florida Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association, Inc., Board of Directors.
Diego Weiner of the Law Offices of Jeffrey S. Weiner in Miami was elected to the board of directors of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.
Dennis Wall contributed chapters including claims handling, exclusions, and Social Security Insurance, Medicare, Medicaid, and the judicial status of the Affordable Care Act to the co-authored book published by Thomson Reuters West, “Catastrophe Claims: Insurance Coverage for Natural and Man-Made Disasters.”
John P. Cardillo of Cardillo, Keith & Bonaquist in Naples has been awarded the 2020 Platinum Compleat Lawyer Award by his alma mater, the University of South Carolina School of Law.
Harold “Ed” Patricoff of Shutts & Bowen, has been appointed to the Miami Technology Council.
Kathryn P. Jones and Teresa N. Phillips of ForsterBoughman presented, “Business and Incapacity: Protecting Small Businesses and Trust Assets from Guardianship Issues.”
Grace Robson of Markowitz Ringel Trusty + Hartog in Miami and Ft. Lauderdale served as a panelist on a program titled, “Diversity in Insolvency: Continuing the Conversation for Inclusivity of Insolvency Professionals,” as part of the American Bankruptcy Institute’s Annual Spring Meeting.
Stacey D. Mullins of GrayRobinson in Boca Raton was elected to serve on the board of the South Palm Beach County Bar Association.
Michael Corso of Henderson, Franklin, Starnes & Holt discussed what’s new and coming from NASA and shared information on the United States Space Force at the Rotary Club of Naples.
Jerry M. Markowitz of Markowitz Ringel Trusty + Hartog in Miami and Ft. Lauderdale has been elected vice president of membership of the American Bankruptcy Institute.
Juliet Murphy Roulhac with Florida Power & Light company in Plantation was appointed by the Broward County Commission to represent the Broward Workshop on the Broward County Racial Equity Task Force.
Joseline Hardrick, a WMU-Cooley Law School professor, was presented with the George Edgecomb Bar Association’s 2021 Delano Stewart Award for Diversity.
George Metcalfe of Day Pitney in Miami received the firm’s 2021 Coleman Awards, which recognizes recipients for their dedication to pro bono service.
Russ Snyder of Venice was awarded the Judge John M. Scheb Professionalism Award.
Adam R. Artigliere of Burr & Forman in Greenville, SC, has been elected to the board of directors of the Palmetto Land Title Association.
Eric C. Boughman of ForsterBoughman had his most recent article, “5 Things Medical Professionals Should Know About Law,” published by Medical Professionals Magazine.
Jerry P. Brodsky of Peckar & Abramson in Miami presented during “Impacts of COVID-19 Pandemic on Project Lifecycle,” Episode 1 of Construlegal’s Knowledge Exchange Series.
Gary A. Forster and J. Brian Page of ForsterBoughman presented, “Pre-Immigration Planning.”
Elizabeth Ricci of Rambana & Ricci in Tallahassee presented, “Immigration and the Administrative Procedure Act,” to the Florida Government Bar Association.
Salesia Smith-Gordon of the Law Office of Salesia Smith-Gordon served as a panelist for the Palm Beach County COVID-19 Town Hall discussion on registration and safety concerns by citizens.
Lan Kennedy-Davis of RumbergerKirk joins the board of directors for the Global Virus Network.
Robert W. Wilkins of Jones Foster served as a panelist at the Association of Corporate Counsel South Florida 11th Annual Conference on “This Side of Litigation Paradise: What Should In-House Counsel Be Considering in 2021?”
Kristin Drecktrah Paz and Diana C. Mendez of Shutts & Bowen in Miami have been elected officers of the Miami-Dade Chapter of the Florida Association for Women Lawyers.
Jaret Davis of Greenberg Traurig in Miami has been appointed to the City National Bank of Florida Board of Directors.
Blake Sando of Cole, Scott & Kissane presented as a panel speaker for the Academy of Insurance for their webinar, “Insurance Agent Errors & Omissions: From the Tower to the Trenches.”
Craig T. Smith been named “Honorary Consul of Spain” in South Carolina.
Danielle A. Sherriff of the 15th Judicial Circuit State Attorney’s Office has become the first Black president in the history of the Palm Beach County Chapter of the Florida Association for Women Lawyers.
Marcia S. Cohen of Marcia S. Cohen, P.A., in St. Petersburg was elected to the board of directors of St. Petersburg in the World, sponsors of the St. Petersburg Conference on World Affairs.
Brenna Malouf Durden of Lewis, Longman & Walker in Jacksonville has been certified by the Florida Supreme Court as a circuit mediator.
Roy L. Weinfeld presented a complimentary seminar on “Florida Replevin Law,” a Zoom webinar.
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