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The Florida Bar set to honor it’s 50-Year Members and Senior Counselors at Friday luncheon

Edward Blumberg

The Florida Bar will honor more than 700 attorneys and senior counselors for 50 years of dedication to the practice of law during a luncheon at the convention on June 27 in Boca Raton.

Miles A. McGrane III

Former Florida Bar Presidents Edward R. Blumberg and Miles A. McGrane III will be the featured speakers at the annual 50-Year Member and Senior Counselor Luncheon beginning at 12:30 p.m. at the Boca Raton Resort. Blumberg and McGrane are both 50-year members this year.

Outgoing Florida Bar President Roland Sanchez-Medina, Jr., will open the event, Sterling Hill will sing the National Anthem, 50-year honoree Julius “Jay” Zschau will lead the Pledge of Allegiance, and Leroy Smith, director of Professional Development at The Florida Bar, will give the invocation.

Blumberg is president of the Miami trial law firm of Deutsch Blumberg & Caballero with a statewide practice in the areas of medical malpractice, products liability, and catastrophic personal injury cases. He has served as Bar president in 1997-98. He also serves as a member of the Board of Governors, a member of the board of directors of The Florida Bar Foundation, and as a member of the House of Delegates of the ABA. He is past chair of the board of the National Judicial College and served on its board of trustees.

McGrane served as Bar president in 2003-04, is a mediator for Salmon & Dulberg Dispute Resolution and principal of McGrane Law Firm in Ft. Lauderdale. During his term as Bar president, he championed the legal needs of children, funding for state courts and civil legal services, and protection of the judiciary as an independent Third Branch of government. McGrane's many years of involvement in Florida's legal profession include serving on the Florida Board of Bar Examiners, as chair of the Judicial Qualifications Commission, and as a member of the House of Delegates of the ABA.

The honorees include:

• Barry Alexander Abbott
• Richard Abramowitz
• Richard L. Adams
• Augustus Davis Aikens, Jr.
• Edward Akel
• Matthew David Alexander III
• Chris William Altenbernd
• Carlos Alvarez
• James Walter Anderson
• Kathryn Klein Anderson
• Christine Hovey Andriacchi
• Eric Lee Ansel
• Jan Appel
• Joel M. Aresty
• Norman B. Arnoff
• Richard Alan Arnold
• William W. Atterbury III
• George Nathan Aylesworth
• Paul Lawrence Backman
• Barry Christopher Balonek
• Rex Martin Barbas
• John M. Barkett
• James Albert Barks
• Chalmers Horne Barnes
• Gary Wayne Barrick
• Baron Lynn Bartlett
• James Ellwood Bartlett III
• James Manly Barton II
• Michael Basile
• Abraham L. Bassie
• William Parker Battaglia
• James D. Beach
• James Koger Beckham
• Mitchell Jay Beers
• Laurel G. Bellows
• Barry Wayne Bennett
• Carlton Frank Bennett
• Donald H. Benson
• Sally Sue Simons Benson
• Michael Beraha
• Zelma L. Berger
• Steven Bennett Berger
• William Joseph Berger
• William J. Bernstein
• Mary-Anne Bestebreurtje
• Marvin Wecker Bingham, Jr.
• Bruce Beuford Blackwell
• Richard Raymond Blakeman
• Richard Beirn Blanchard
• Jorge E. Blanco
• Fishel Philip Blank
• William Samuel Blatt
• Edward David Bloom
• Harold Bluestein
• Edward Robert Blumberg
• Thomas Lee Boll
• Robert J. Bondi
• Ray Michael Bourgeois
• Neal Dwight Bowen
• Charles Everett Boyd
• Wayne J. Boyer
• James Scott Bramnick
• Randy Robert Briggs
• Daniel Cramer Brown
• Michael Bernard Brown
• Wanda Leigh Brown
• Jeff Brown
• Catherine M. W. Brunson
• Graf Buckenmaier, Jr.
• Thomas Michael Burke
• Wallace Lockwood Burt
• David Arlin Burt
• Franklin G. Burt
• William Carl Burton
• Ronald Edmund Cabaniss
• James W. Cammack
• John William Campbell
• Leonardo A. Canton
• Walter Raymond Carfora
• Robert B. Carney III
• Joseph Penn Carolan III
• Robert Michael Carr
• George E. Carr
• John Richard Carrigan
• Ramon Carrion
• Francis Lewis Carter
• Edward C. Castagna, Jr.
• Robert John Castellanos
• Drake Edward Chandler
• James Ryan Chandler III
• Wilbur V. Chaney
• Alan R. Chase
• Dean F. Chatlain, Jr.
• Michael B. Chavies
• Thomas Joel Chawk
• George W. Chesrow
• Charles P. Chritton
• Charles J. B. Cino
• Ronald L. Clark
• James D. Clark
• John Owen Clark
• Howard Allen Cohen
• Stewart Ira Cohen
• Harry S. Colburn, Jr.
• Richard John Cole II
• Stephen Overstreet Cole
• Michael Byrley Colgan
• Paul Roland Comeau
• Howard Lawrence Conklin
• Bernard Andrew Conko
• Andrew Samuel Connell
• Thomas Connick, Jr.
• James T. Connolly
• William Robert Connor III
• Anne Callaghan Conway
• Albert Ray Cook
• Kathy Sherman Cook
• John C. Cooper
• Marc Cooper
• James Craig Corbett
• Peter Reed Corbin
• Martin Lewis Cordell
• Ware Cornell, Jr.
• Lloyd Mcclure Costley
• Mary Young Cousar
• Richard Earl Cox, Jr.
• Glenn Alvin Craig
• Joyce Krutick Craig
• Jeffrey Allen Cramer
• William Gentry Crawford, Jr.
• Michael Joseph Corso
• Timothy George Crowley
• John Bradford Culverhouse
• Hugh Franklin Culverhouse, Jr.
• John Patrick Cunningham
• Jerald Robert Cureton
• Dennis L. Curran
• Michael A. Currea
• Wayne Alan Cypen
• Jerry M. Dale
• Thomas Alan Daniel
• George Pernon Mose Daniels
• Terrence Theodore Dariotis
• Ronald A. David
• Michael H. Davidson
• Jonathan Joseph Davis
• Joseph Ray Davis
• William Earl Davis
• James Bevington Davis
• Ted Day, Jr.
• Isaac Henry Dean
• Rafael Gregory de Armas
• Charles August Dehlinger
• Emilio De La Cal
• Cosme J. De La Torriente
• Susan Smotherman Demers
• Stephen Joseph deMontmollin
• James P. Denvir III
• Carlos de Zayas
• John Forth Dickinson
• Russell K. Dickson, Jr.
• Philip A. Digati
• Larry Lippert Dillahunty
• Martin R. Dishowitz
• John Christopher Donahue
• Richard T. Donelan, Jr.
• James Matthew Donohue
• Kenneth Frank Dornbush
• Joseph Warren Downs III
• Robert Eugene Doyle, Jr.
• Charles Bernard Draper
• Michael Allen Dribin
• Samuel Swain Duffey
• Scott T. Eber
• Leonard Leigh Elias
• Howard Elisofon
• Michael Virgil Elsberry
• Marsha Barbanel Elser
• Leonard Selig Englander
• Joseph Erdman
• Martha S. Eskuchen
• Arturo Estrada, Jr.
• Howard Stephen Evans
• Ralph L. Evans
• Robert Wayne Gordon Evans
• Elliot Arne Fabric
• Charles M. Fahlbusch
• David Robert Farbstein
• Robert Alan Farrance
• Andrew J. Fawbush
• Stephen M. Feidelman
• Lawrence D. Felder
• James Ball Fensom
• Jordan I. Fields
• Stephen H. Finkelstein
• Carey M. Fischer
• Gregory Harrison Fisher
• Joe W. Fixel
• Norman Flitt
• Wayne Edwin Flowers
• Charles William Flynn III
• Alan Sutherland Fogg, Jr.
• Robert Glenn Forbes
• Bennett R. Ford, Jr.
• Richard James Fowler
• Lanning Fox
• Neil G. Frank
• Warren Locke Franz
• Joaquin Fraxedas
• David Elwood French
• Pedro Armando Freyre
• Dennis Duane Frick
• Bruce Merlin Fried
• Martin Scott Friedman
• Richard Allan Friend
• David Joel Frisch
• Scott Jeffrey Fuerst
• William Patrick Fulford
• Gregory V. Gadarian
• Edward B. Galante
• William Joseph Gallwey III
• David Steven Gamsey
• Judith Boyers Gee
• Gladys Gerson
• Martin J. Gersten
• David Michael Gersten
• John Charles Gesch
• Marshal David Gibson
• John R. Gierach
• Richard Ira Gilbert
• Rees Bowen Gillespie III
• Stephen Bernard Gillman
• Joseph Alan Ginsburg
• William D. Givens
• Victor Allen Gold
• Theodore M. Goldberg
• James Theopolis Golden
• William Lewis Goldman, Jr.
• Paul Joseph Goldstein
• Bruce S. Goldstein
• Richard Marc Goldstein
• Steven William Gomberg
• Thomas Martin Gonzalez
• David Lee Goodrich
• Samuel Stuart Goren
• Stephen Lindsey Gorman
• Karen Marcia Gottlieb
• Karl Lawrence Gragg
• Peter Drew Graham
• Bernard Florian Grall, Jr.
• Richard Douglas Green
• William Howard Green
• John M. Greenfield
• Valory Toni Greenfield
• Michael John Griffith
• William A. Grimm
• Robert Harold Grizzard II
• William Mark Grodnick
• Richard Wilson Gross
• Robert Carl Gross
• Jon H. I. Grouf
• Gary David Grunder
• Albert W. Guffanti
• Dennis E. Guidi
• Steven Jay Gutter
• Jeannette Mary Haag
• Mitchell B. Haigler, Jr.
• Barry David Halpern
• Kelly David Hancock
• Charles Leslie Handlin III
• Robert Jay Hantman
• Paul Michael Harden
• Charles Miner Harrell
• Jeffrey Mark Harris
• Robert M. Harris
• Kim Patrick Hart
• Douglas C. Hartman
• Jay Lancaster Havice
• James Michael Haygood
• Robert A. Heekin
• John Paul Heil
• Devo Anton Heller
• Larry Stephen Helms
• Samuel Judson Henderson III
• Richard William Hennings
• Edmund Taylor Henry III
• John Edward Herndon, Jr.
• Richard Edward Herring
• Mark Herron
• Larry Stewart Hersch
• Robert David Hertzberg
• Daniel A. Hess
• Robert B. Heyward
• Samuel Logan Higginbottom, Jr.
• James Albert Hightower, Jr.
• Robert Stephen Hightower
• Alan F. Hilfiker
• Brian Donovan Hill
• Eleanore Jean Hill
• Edward Arthur Hill
• Charles R. Hilleboe
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• Samuel R. Hillman
• Douglas Hindmarsh
• Harry Michael Hipler
• Jeffrey Allan Hirsch
• Jeffrey Stephen Hirsh
• Richard A. Hoel
• Fredric Alan Hoffman
• David A. Hoines
• David L. Holbrook
• John David Holder
• Edmund Whyte Holt
• Leonard Jackson Holton
• Keith E. Hope
• William N. Horowitz
• Victor Lawson Hulslander
• Roger Carlton Hurd
• Robert Michael Hustead
• Thomas Newcomb Hyde
• Malka Isaak
• William S. Isenberg
• Woodson Isom, Jr.
• Claudia Rickert Isom
• Bernard A. Jackvony
• Melanie Coleman Jacobson
• Vicki Jan Jay
• Bradford Lee Jefferson
• Hal Johnson
• Terry Michael Jones
• Kenneth Austin Jones
• Roy W. Jordan, Jr.
• Elise F. Judelle
• Thomas Norbert Julius
• Joseph Thomas Jurkowski, Jr.
• John James Kabboord, Jr.
• George Kagan
• Martin Kalb
• Paul B. Kanarek
• Thomas G. Kane
• Keith J. Kanouse
• Frederick Dennis Kanter
• Abbey L. Kaplan
• James N. Karahalios
• Anthony J. Karrat
• Bruce Raymond Kaster
• Kerry John Katsorhis
• John Frederick Kattman
• Paul Katz
• Richard Lee Katz
• Judith Deborah Katzenelson
• Joan Bradbury Kayser
• James Madison Joseph Keefe, Jr.
• James Walter Kelly
• William James Kelly
• Margaret-Ray T. Kemper
• Patricia A. Kerwin
• David Benjamin Kesler
• Joel Kessler
• Kenneth F. Kielbania
• Bruce Jeffrey Kirsch
• Kenneth Kirschenbaum
• Karl N. Klockars
• Janisse Faith Klotchman
• Alan Jay Kluger
• Douglas Bradford Kniskern
• Luis Sergio Konski
• Paul Maury Korchin
• Mitchell Lawrence Korder
• Edward F. Koren
• Gary Alan Korn
• Gerald Israel Kornreich
• John Wesley Kozyak
• Kenneth D. Kranz
• Albert C. Kreischer, Jr.
• Steven Paul Kronenberg
• David Hildreth Kropp
• Michael Henry Krul
• Joseph Kuharcik
• Diane Kaminsky Kuker
• Bruce Howard Kusens
• William Kuypers
• Jean Hayden Kwall
• Charles Allen Kynes, Jr.
• Ronald A. Labasky
• Morton Laitner
• Roger Clayton Lambert
• David M. Landis
• Frederick Edgar Landt III
• Mark Gene Langer
• James David Langford
• Pamela Saylor Lannon
• Russell William LaPeer
• Richard Corper Laskey
• Norman Peter Laskey
• Byron Lassin
• Joel Richard Lavender
• James Ray Lavigne
• John Edward Lawlor III
• Parker Lawrence II
• Rose Newrick Lazoritz
• Thomas L. Lehman
• Stuart Mark Lerner
• Allan M. Lerner
• Brian Hal Leslie
• Paul Arthur Lester
• Lawrence Allen Levine
• Jack A. Levine
• Jeffrey A. Levine
• Mark E. Levitt
• John Davis Lewis III
• Carl Howard Lida
• Mark Lewis Lieberman
• Arnold Lewis Lieberman
• James G. Lindquist
• Blucher B. Lines
• Robert James Link
• Richard B. Liss
• Joseph W. Little
• Lawrence William Livoti
• John S. Lodge
• Robert Frederick Long, Jr.
• Franklyn Louderback
• Arthur Edward Luman
• Joel Lumer
• Craig William Lusthoff
• Henry Roger Lutz
• Theodore Erwin Mack
• Stephen Lukens Mackey
• John Finlay MacLennan
• Marsha Gerre Madorsky
• David Lawrence Magidson
• James Leslie Main
• Robert Cary Maland
• Ramon Malca
• David Mark Maloney
• Richard Louis Mamele
• Richard E. Mandell
• Richard Henry Maney
• Norman Elliott Marcus
• Patrick Francis Maroney
• Frank Marriott, Jr.
• Steven Arthur Mason
• James Corban Massie
• Stephen Michael Masterson
• Richard Brian Mateer
• Norman J. Mattar
• Sidney Lewis Matthew
• Cari Matthews
• James Steven Maxwell
• Charles Chester Mays
• John F. McCarthy III
• William Gregg McCaulie
• William Thomas McCluan
• Guyte Pierce McCord III
• Michael King McFadden
• Rodney D’Wayne McGalliard
• Miles Ambrose McGrane III
• Terrence J. McGuire
• Patrick Mayes McLain
• John Joseph McLaughlin
• Harold A. McLean
• Paul Joseph McMahon
• Sandra Kabboush McSorley
• Robert Lee Mellen III
• Cord C. Mellor
• Richard D. Melson
• James Russell Merola
• Steven D. Merryday
• Robert Lewis Meyer
• Rosemary J. Michael
• Mark D. Michelson
• Thomas Mihok
• Martin Stuart Miller
• Howard Steven Miller
• James Michael Miller
• Peter Anthony Miller
• Ronald Lewis Miller
• Michael Allen Miller
• Ronald H. Mills
• Marcia J. Mills
• Dominick F. Miniaci
• Andrew Joseph Mirabito
• Salvatore Dennis Mollica
• Geoffrey S. Mombach
• Leonard Elliot Mondschein
• William W. Montjoy
• Michael T. Moore
• Michael Patrick Morgan
• Paul Morris
• Patrice B. Morrison
• Thomas Kevin Morrison
• Charles B. Morton, Jr.
• Grover Morris Moscowitz III
• Richard Alan Murdoch
• Dennis Dailey Murphy
• Joseph A. Murphy III
• Peter H. Murphy
• Claudette R. M. Musarra
• Anthony Charles Musto
• Frank Louis Natter
• Arthur Guy Neff, Jr.
• Paul G. Nemiroff
• Alan Samuel Neufeld
• David Harold Nevel
• Stanley J. Niego
• Susan Potter Norton
• Jay H. Novick
• Samuel Joseph Nuccio
• William R. Nunno
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• Daniel Thomas O’Connell
• Gerald David O’Leary
• Rock O’Neal
• John K. Olson
• Richard Bruce Oole
• Mark Orr
• Leonard Oshinsky
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• Ronald Ira Ostrow
• Donald Mark Papy
• Richard R. Parker
• Eugene Parrs
• O. Partain III
• Mitchell C. Pasin
• Steven Michael Pavsner
• Alan B. Pearl
• Robert Lee Pegg
• Barry Allan Pemsler
• Richard Perlini
• Jeffrey M. Perlow
• Philip E. Perrey
• Barbara L. Petras
• William C. Phillippi
• Robert Patrick Phillips
• John H. Piccin
• Robert J. Pierce
• Raymond Ronald Pines
• Anthony P. Pires, Jr.
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• Kevin J. Plunkett
• Steven Michael Polisar
• Robert Pondolfi
• Toby Poznanski
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• Arthur Douglas Prior, Jr.
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• Ronald L. Pritts
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• Russell Mccauley Smiley III
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• Tito Steven Smith
• Philip John Snyderburn
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• John Maloney Spottswood, Jr.
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• Barry Joel Stein
• Robert Sorrell Steinberg
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• Gene Franklin Stern
• Harold S. Stevens
• Gregory Thomas Stewart
• Clark A. Stillwell
• Joseph Edward St. Onge
• Richard Alan Strickland
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• Xavier L. Suarez
• Fred Wilson Suggs, Jr.
• Robert Payne Summers
• Daniel Yates Sumner
• Marc Aaron Sussman
• Jeffrey Carl Sweet
• Howard Marc Swerbilow
• Stephen Eugene Tanner
• Norman E. Taplin
• Christine Petersen Tatum
• Michael Stuart Teal
• Omer Stephen Thacker II
• Eugene Thigpen
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• Daniel H. Thompson
• Kenneth E. Thornton
• James B. Tilghman, Jr.
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• Michael Anthony Tonelli
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• James Turner
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• Frank D. Upchurch III
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• George Volsky
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• Stephen Alan Walker
• Daniel Steven Wallace
• Laurence Alan Wanshel
• Joseph Edward Warnock
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• Russell Earl Webb III
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• Arthur Charles Weinshank
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• Beth Carol Weitzner
• Jeffrey Michael Wells
• Samuel Grier Wells
• Sidney Werner
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• Dale Gregory Westling
• Christopher Adams White
• Larry Kay White
• Cynthia Ruth White
• Richard M. White, Jr.
• John Louis Whiteman
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• Peter William Wildman
• Nancy Ellen Wilkins
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• Gloria J. Dawson Willingham
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• Geoffrey Marc Woods
• Gregory Charles Yadley
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• Linda Achor Young
• Paul H. Zacks
• Richard Scott Zaifert
• Edward P. Zimmer
• Ronald Kenneth Zimmet
• Julius James Zschau