August 1, 2019 News and Notes
David S. Nelson of La Cava & Jacobson presented “Avoiding Litigation” to the Department of Surgery at Tampa General Hospital.
Gary A. Forster and J. Brian Page of ForsterBoughman presented “2019 Asset Protection Update” and “The Taxation of Foreign Trusts” to the FICPA Volusia Chapter at the LPGA International in Daytona Beach.
Marcus Susen of Parafinczuk Wolf Susen presented at the 2019 Mass Torts Made Perfect conference in Las Vegas on “Essure Discontinued: Where do we go from here?”
Jerry M. Markowitz of Markowitz Ringel Trusty + Hartog spoke on “Leading Issues in Ethics and Civility, in and out of the Courtroom” at the Annual Spring Meeting of the American Bankruptcy Institute in Washington, D.C.
Eric C. Boughman and Teresa N. Phillips of ForsterBoughman presented on Medical Technology and Privacy, including the internet-of-things, and a variety of health privacy topics for the National Business Institute in Minneapolis.
J. Jeffrey Deery of Winderweedle, Haines, Ward & Woodman has been named chair of the board of trustees of ELEVATE Orlando.
Grasford W. Smith of Jones Foster has been re-elected to the Palm Beach County Bar Association’s Board of Directors.
Glenn Burhans, Jr., of Stearns Weaver presented, “Dark Money and Florida Political Committees,” for the Masters Program of Applied American Politics and Policy at Florida State University.
Richard Shuster of Shuster & Saben in Satellite Beach was recognized by Brevard County Legal Aid as the “Pro Bono Attorney of the Year.”
Kelly A. O’Keefe of Stearns Weaver presented “Women and Wealth — Through the Stages of Life,” at the Professional Women’s Forum.
Adam Yormack of Escalante Yormack in Coral Gables moderated “Getting in the Zone: How to get your gains involved in Opportunity Zones” at the Opportunity Zone Expo in Los Angles.
Andrew J. Markus of Carlton Fields in Miami has been appointed by the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Bulgaria as the “Honorary Consul of the Republic of Bulgaria.” His consular jurisdiction is the state of Florida, with the seat of the Consulate in Miami.
Kelly Ruane Melchiondo of Stearns Weaver presented “Tech Tips for Law Firm Data Security and Client Privacy,” at the DCBA & YLS’ Annual Bench & Bar & Judicial Reception.
Professor Roza Pati presented on “The Role of Nurses in Combatting Human Trafficking” at the symposium titled Connecting Nursing Education to Practice: Catalyzing Transformational Global Nursing Leaders, Lifelong Learning and Evidence-Based Practice through Collaboration at St. Thomas University.
Dale Appell presented at the Hillsborough County Bar’s Senior Counsel Section Luncheon on the topic of “Understanding Macroeconomics to Better Micromanage Your Legal Career.”
Roy L. Weinfeld of Miami presented “Bankruptcy & Real Estate: Implications and Opportunities” to NAI Miami commercial brokerage.
Patrick H. Neale has been recognized with the Collier County Bar Foundation Service Award.
Destinie Baker Sutton of the Palm Beach County Attorney’s Office lectured on “Keys and Tips to Effective and Persuasive Legal Writing” at the F. Malcolm Cunningham, Sr., Bar Association’s Third Annual Young Lawyers Boot Camp.
Judge J. Leonard Fleet (retired) of Lake Mary presented “Oysters and the Constitution: A Survey of the U.S. Supreme Court” at Oakmont Retirement Community as part of Law Day.
Morgan Ben-David of AXS Law Group in Wynwood spoke at the International Franchise Association’s annual Legal Symposium in Washington, D.C., about “Enforcement and Risks of Buy‐backs and Step‐in Rights.”
Grace Robson of Markowitz Ringel Trusty + Hartog in Ft. Lauderdale spoke at the ABA Business Law Section Spring Meeting held in Vancouver, British Columbia of “Obtaining a Discharge in Individual Chapter 11 Cases.”
Charles G. De Leo of De Leo & Kuylenstierna in Miami was elected at the spring meeting to the Maritime Law Association of the United States Board of Directors.
Jennifer Diaz and Denise Calle of Diaz Trade Law spoke at a seminar in partnership with the Organization of Women in International Trade for Compliance Professionals on “CBP Compliance & Enforcement.”
J. Gigi Soliman of the City of Miami City Attorney’s Office spoke on the issues of networking, professionalism, and ethics in the context of how to be successful in the legal community at the Dade County Bar Association’s Bench and Bar 2019 Conference.
Jason Havens of Holland & Knight in Jacksonville and Tallahassee has been elected a fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel.
Ben J. Whitman of Clark, Fountain, La Vista, Prather & Littky-Rubin in West Palm Beach presented “Electrocution Cases: Liability Theories and Litigation Strategies” to the Broward County Trial Lawyers Association.
Kenneth Cutler of Cutler Rader, PL, in Deerfield Beach was honored by “In Jacobs Shoes” with its Community Leadership Award.
Gregory M. Yaffa of Domnick Cunningham & Whalen was a presenter on the Florida Justice Association Boot Camp Webinar series on “Insurance & Bad Faith: It’s Tricky.”
Steven E. Hitchcock of Hitchcock Law Group presented “The A, B, C’s and 1, 2, 3’s of Special Needs Trusts for Guardians” at the Guardian Association of Pinellas County’s luncheon.
Charles C. Whittington of Grant Fridkin Pearson has been elected to the 2019-2020 Collier County Bar Association Board of Directors.
Gail E. Farb, Jamie E. Koepsel, and Michael J. Wilson of Williams Parker presented to the Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants Gulf Coast Chapter. Topics included the U.S. Department of Labor’s recently proposed overtime rules and pending minimum wage legislation, Global Intangible Low-Tax Income under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, and Section 199A regulations.
Sandy Karlan of the Center for Conflict Resolution in Miami won the Outstanding Champion for Children Award from Florida’s Children First.
Ralph A. DeMeo of Baker Donelson in Tallahassee spoke at the 2019 Florida Environmental Health & Safety Roundtable in Lakeland on the topic of “environmental leadership.”
Michael J. Napoleone of Day Pitney has been appointed vice-mayor of the Village of Wellington.
Douglas M. McIntosh of McIntosh Sawran & Cartaya spoke at the 2019 Annual Meeting of the American College of Coverage Counsel in Chicago about “How Great Minds Can Differ: Policyholder, Primary, and Excess Insurer Interests in Multi-State Litigation.”
Reuben Doupé of Coleman, Hazzard, Taylor, Klaus, Doupé & Diaz was appointed treasurer for the Florida Chapter of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers.
John Gihon of Shorstein, Lasnetski and Gihon in Orlando appeared on a panel hosted by the Immigration and Naturalization Committee of the Orange County Bar titled, “Removal Defense: Finding Your Happy Place & Happy Hour.”
Edward Larsen has been elected as the secretary of the Collier County Bar Association.
Mark A. Sessums was elected president-elect at the annual meeting of the Florida Chapter of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers in Orlando.
Michelle Otero Valdes of Chalos & Co., in Miami has joined the American Caribbean Maritime Foundation Board of Directors.
Jeffery Q. Jonasen of Gunster has been elected chair of the Central Florida Foundation.
Jessica M. Marra was appointed board director of Broward County Hispanic Bar Association.
Jeff E. Rubin of Talianoff Rubin & Rubin in Miami was elected president-elect of the Orange Bowl Committee.
Adam Yormack of Coral Gables moderated “Investor Types, Learning More About Individual Investors, Family Offices and Investment Banks” at the Opportunity Zone Expo in Las Vegas.
Marilyn Holifield of Holland & Knight received the 2019 David W. Dyer Professionalism Award, the highest award given by the Dade County Bar Association.
Mindi L. Wells of Wells Law in Columbus, Ohio, conducted a presentation on “Top 10 Must Haves for Contracts & Agreements” at the International Association of Professional Security Consultants Annual Conference in Miami and was a panelist for “Before an Active Aggressor | Workplace Violence Prevention Panel” for the American Society for Industrial Security Annual Seminar in Columbus.
Paul M. May of Kelley Kronenberg has been elected to the Broward County Bar Association’s Young Lawyers Section Board of Directors.
Doreen Yaffa of Yaffa & Associates in Boca Raton was appointed to the board of the Faulk Center for Counseling.
Neal I. Sklar of Peckar and Abramson in Miami has been selected as a fellow of the Construction Lawyers Society of America.
Bruce J. Berman and Peter D. Webster of Carlton Fields published a new edition of the book “Berman’s Florida Civil Procedure,” 2019 ed. (Vol. 4., Florida Practice Series™) (Thomson Reuters).
Matthew F. Hall of Hill Ward Henderson has been elected to the Ybor City Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors.
Bonnie Polk of Sarasota was awarded the Judge John M. Scheb Professionalism Award by the Judge John M. Scheb American Inn of Court.
Edward Beshara of Beshara Global Migration Law Firm in Orlando won the Invest in the USA 2019 Award for Economic Advancement “Innovator Award.”
Charlie Bailey and Michele B. Grimes of Williams Parker were recently honored by the Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce as recipients of its 2019 Celebrate Outstanding Leadership Awards.
Lacey Corona of Nelson Mullins Broad and Cassel in Orlando presented “Getting Served: Legalities and Risks of Airport Contractual Agreements,” a national webinar put on by the Transportation Research Board.
Steven D. Brownlee of Williams Parker was selected to participate in the Gulf Coast Community Foundation 2019 Leadership Institute.
Ceci Berman of Brannock & Humphries presented a “Discussion About Florida’s Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) Act” at Shutts & Bowen Annual Credit Union Round Table.
Brian Seymour of Gunster received the 2019 “Community Leader of the Year” award given by the Palm Beach North Chamber of Commerce.
Maegen P. Luka of Brannock & Humphries presented “Changing Trends in PFS Law-What you need to know about what has (and has not!) changed” for the Florida Justice Association’s Proposals for Settlement webinar.
Steve Greenberg of Icard Merrill in Sarasota has been selected by the Realtor Association of Sarasota and Manatee as an instructor for its “Introduction to Contracts” course.
Robert J. Sniffen of Sniffen & Spellman co-presented “The Ever Expanding Universe of Wage and Hour Claims” at the Annual Employment Practices Liability Insurance ExecuSummit in Clearwater Beach.
Brett D. Lieberman of Edelboim Lieberman Revah Oshinsky was elected president of the Bankruptcy Bar Association for the Southern District of Florida.
Emil R. Infante of Holland & Knight was appointed to the Pan American Development Foundation board of trustees.
Daniel B. Harris of ShuffieldLowman was elected vice-chair of the Central Florida Hillel, Inc.
Richard A. Ryles of Rosenthal, Levy, Simon & Ryles was elected City Commissioner, District 3, in West Palm Beach.
Linda Wagner Farrell of Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin in Jacksonville spoke on “Insurance Law & Updates: Opioids…The Not So New Epidemic” and served as a panelist for a discussion on “Alternative Treatments to Opioids” at the Northeast Florida Disability Management Forum.
Sandra G. Sheets of GrayRobinson in Lakeland was elected to the GiveWell board of directors.
