March 1, 2009 News and Notes
News and Notes
E. John Wagner II led a panel discussion on “Planning Strategies for Loss Recognition and in Debtor-Creditor Transactions” at the ABA Taxation Section Midyear Meeting in New Orleans.
Barry A. Nelson, of Nelson & Nelson in North Miami Beach, presented estate planning and special needs topics at the 43rd Annual Heckerling Institute on Estate Planning in Orlando.
Adam Rabin of McCabe Rabin in West Palm Beach has been appointed to serve as an attorney delegate to the 2009 11th Circuit Judicial Conference in Birmingham, Alabama.
Michael Gongora with Becker & Poliakoff in Miami was recently re-elected as chair of the Miami Beach Latin Chamber of Commerce Advisory Board of Directors for 2009.
Luis A. “Tony” Cabassa recently moderated a diversity luncheon for the Hillsborough County Bar with local corporate counsel.
Fred Cunningham of Slawson Cunningham Whalen & Gaspari in Palm Beach Gardens was named president of the Palm Beach County Justice Association.
Blaine C. Dickenson has been appointed to the Southatlantic Fishery Management Council Snapper/Grouper Advisory Board and was elected president of the Palm Beach County Coastal Conservation Association Chapter.
Mark Eiglarsh of Miami emceed the Big Brothers Big Sisters Volunteer Appreciation Luncheon in Miami.
Terry Lewis, Brenna Durden, Erin Deady, and John Fumero of Lewis, Longman & Walker participated in the Florida Chamber’s 25th Annual Growth Management, Energy, Climate Change and Environmental Short Course in Daytona Beach.
Art Garcia was sworn in as the 2009 president-elect of the Miami Dade Justice Association and was honored by the association with the Art Garcia Public Service Award.
Richard N. Friedman of Miami has been commissioned a “Kentucky Colonel” by Gov. Steven L. Beshear.
John L. Lambros, a partner with Brinkley, Morgan, Solomon, Tatum, Stanley & Lunny, has been appointed to Broward County’s Animal Care Advisory Committee.
David W. Henry of Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist presented “Big Bombs Need Long Fuses: Preparing for Effective Mediation” for the Orange County Bar Young Lawyers Section.
Diana Santa Maria was recently installed as secretary of the American Board of Trial Advocates Board of Directors, Ft. Lauderdale Chapter.
Rod Max of Upchurch Watson White & Max in Daytona Beach presented “Ten Key Steps to a Successful Mediation: Preparation, Presentation and Negotiation” to the Florida Justice Association Workhorse Seminar.
Scott P. Chitoff of Brinkley, Morgan, Solomon, Tatum, Stanley & Lunny, has been named a member of the Broward County Courthouse Task Force.
Trenton H. Cotney of Glenn Rasmussen Fogarty & Hooker in Tampa received the Byron Curry Award from the West Coast Roofing Contractors’ Association for his dedication to the industry and association.
Suzanne Singer of Rumberger, Kirk & Caldwell in Miami was the keynote speaker at a Coral Gables Chamber of Commerce luncheon, where she addressed “Employment Issues that Impact Your Business.”
Shelly Wald of Shutts & Bowen in West Palm Beach spoke at a National Business Institute Seminar on “The Probate Process From Start to Finish.”
Ethan F. Kominsky of Rosenthal, Levy & Simon in West Palm Beach was elected to the board of directors of the Palm Beach County Justice Association.
Thomas A. Dye of Carlton Fields in West Palm Beach has been appointed to the Palm Beach Chamber of Commerce Board of Trustees.
Sylvia H. Walbolt of Carlton Fields in St. Petersburg was awarded the 2009 Heroes Among Us Service Award by the St. Petersburg Bar Foundation Board of Trustees.
Jonathan T. Levy of Rosenthal, Levy & Simon in West Palm Beach has become president-elect of the Palm Beach County Justice Association.
Gregorio “Greg” Francis of Morgan & Morgan has been appointed to the Ninth Circuit Judicial Nominating Commission.
Avery A. Dial of Seiden, Alder, Matthewman, & Bloch in Boca Raton has been elected vice chair of the City of Ft. Lauderdale Community Services Advisory Board.
R. Lawrence “Larry” Heinkel has been elected chair of Cure on Wheels, Inc., which conducts a bicycle ride in May to raise funds for cancer research.
Manuel L. Dobrinsky of Freidin • Dobrinsky in Miami was sworn in as president of the Miami-Dade Justice Association.
Michelle M. Gallardo, with Ford Motor Company, was appointed by the president of the ABA to leadership positions on the Council for the Fund for Justice and Education and the Presidential Advisory Council on Diversity in the Profession.
Christian Petersen of Gunster in Ft. Lauderdale has been named volunteer of the year by the YMCA of Broward County.
Danialle Riggins of Riggins Law Firm in Ocala spoke on “How to Avoid Being Sued by Your Employees” to Tri County Health Alliance in Chiefland.
Gary A. Forster of Pohl & Short spoke to the Central Florida financial representatives of MetLife in Orlando on the topic of asset protection in Florida.
Barry Nelson of Nelson & Nelson spoke at the ACTEC Summer Meeting; the 34th Annual Notre Dame Tax and Estate Planning Institute; and the FICPA Florida Institute on Federal Taxation Conference in 2008, and participated in the Time-Lapse Vision Initiative Retreat for the Weizmann Institute of Science.
Keith W. Bricklemyer of Bricklemyer Smolker & Bolves was a faculty member at the November Florida Wetlands Conference sponsored by CLE International. He spoke on legal issues related to “Local Government Wetland Regulations.”
Susan L. Trevarthen and Nancy M. Stuparich of Weiss Serota Helfman Pastoriza Cole & Boniske in Ft. Lauderale spoke at a seminar titled “A Planner’s Guide to Law and Ethics” held at Florida Atlantic University’s Downtown Ft. Lauderdale Campus. Trevarthen presented “A Planner’s Guide to Successfully Regulating First Amendment-related Land Uses” and Stuparich presented “Sustaining Our Community Without Compromising Our Ethics.”
Ephraim Roy Hess of Ft. Lauderdale has been appointed by Gov. Crist to the State of Florida Diabetes Advisory Council.
Michele Leo Hintson of Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick in Tampa spoke at an NBI seminar titled “Winning Your First Civil Trial” in Tampa about avoiding common ethical pitfalls.
Eduardo Suarez-Solar of Integrated Employer Resources and of counsel with Harper Gerlach in Tampa spoke at the Southwest Florida Utility Contractors Association-Naples on “Current Labor and Employment Issues.” He also presented “Developing HR Measurables” to the 2008 HR Florida State Conference and Expo in Orlando.
Edith Osman of Carlton Fields in Miami has been appointed to the Commonwealth Institute’s South Florida Board of Advisors.
Patricia H. Thompson of Carlton Fields in Miami was recognized by the Florida Immigrant Advocacy Center for her pro bono work for and in support of FIAC.
Gregory C. Yadley of Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick in Tampa co-chaired the 27th Annual Institute on Federal Securities in Miami.
Peggy S. Bush of Cabaniss, Smith, Toole & Wiggins in Orlando was appointed to the DRI Food Liability Specialized Litigation Group of the Product Liability Committee.
Larry D. Smith of Cabaniss, Smith, Toole & Wiggins in Orlando will co-chair the Diversity Subcommittee of the ABA’s Ethics and Professionalism Committee.
Judge Charles Kahn of the First District Court of Appeal recently made a presentation at the Records Seminar of the Florida Association of Court Clerks and Comptrollers in Sandestin on the topic of Management of Judicial Branch Records. Judge Kahn chairs the Supreme Court’s Judicial Branch Records Management Committee.
Michael D. Crosbie of Carlton Fields in Orlando was recently named to the Ronald McDonald House Charities Board of Directors
Alvin Lindsay and Brian Lerner of Hogan & Hartson in Miami wrote the Florida chapter of Business Torts: A Fifty-State Guide 2009 Edition recently published by Aspen.
Dustin D.P. Delaney of Clarke Gittens Farmer in Barbados received a certificate in anti-money laundering and counter financial terrorism after participation in the Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Conference and Risk Assessment Workshop presented by the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force and the Central Bank of Barbados.
John M. Kamins with Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn was recently elected secretary and council member of the State Bar of Michigan’s Arts, Communications, Entertainment & Sports Section.
Jack Bovay of Bovay & Cook in Gainesville presented “The State of Estate Planning” to the North Central Florida Estate Planning Council at its January meeting.
Larry D. Smith of Cabaniss, Smith, Toole & Wiggins has been appointed to the International Association of Defense Counsel’s Diversity Committee.
Quentin E. Morgan, associate with the Ft. Lauderdale firm of Brinkley, Morgan, Solomon, Tatum, Stanley & Lunny, has been re-elected chairman of the Broward County Parks & Recreation Advisory Board.
Alvin Lindsay and Kristen Foslid, with Hogan and Hartson in Miami, each wrote chapters of a newly published book titled Trade Secrets and Agreements Not to Compete: A State-by-State Compendium. The two also authored the Florida chapter of the forthcoming 2009 edition of the Products Liability Desk Reference, published by Aspen.
Amy D. Ronner, professor at St. Thomas University School of Law, has published an article, “The Learned-Helpless Lawyer: Clinical Legal Education and Therapeutic Jurisprudence as Antidotes to Bartleby Syndrome,” in Touro Law Review. She will present this paper at the 2009 International Association of Law and Mental Health Conference in New York.
Glenn E. Thomas and James W. Linn, of Lewis, Longman, & Walker presented “Joining FRS and Other Strategies for Containing Pension Costs” at the Florida Public Employer Labor Relations Association Annual Meeting.
