Navigation Pursuant to Rule 3-7.10, Omar Javier Arcia has petitioned the Supreme Court of Florida for Bar reinstatement. Arcia was suspended from the practice of law for 91-days effective February 10, 2024. Arcia engaged in a pattern of representing both co-lenders and borrowers in foreclosure matters without disclosing the potential conflict of interest and obtaining a […]
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Measures on judicial sales, stalking, and boating safety introduced
A handful of bills have been filed ahead of the Legislature’s March 2025 session, in addition to 17 claims bills that were filed this summer on behalf of severely injured victims seeking compensation for government negligence. Sen. Ileana Garcia, a Miami Republican who chairs the Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice, filed five bills […]
Supreme Court rounds out the Trial Court Budget Commission
Judge Michael T. McHugh Twentieth Circuit Judge Charles McHugh, who ended an eight-year tenure as chief judge last year, has been appointed by the Florida Supreme Court to the Trial Court Budget Commission. In a November 20 Administrative Order, In Re Trial Court Budget Commission, AOSC24-123, Chief Justice Carlos Muñiz appointed McHugh to replace a […]
Governor appoints retired Judge Belvin Perry, Jr., to Florida A&M Board of Trustees
Belvin Perry Gov. Ron DeSantis on November 11 appointed retired Ninth Circuit Chief Judge Belvin Perry, Jr., to the Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU) Board of Trustees. Perry, a former personal injury attorney with Morgan & Morgan, has held leadership roles such as chairing the Trial Court Budget Commission, leading the Florida Innocence Commission, […]
Nominating petitions sought for two Board of Governors vacancies
Executive Director Joshua E. Doyle has announced two vacancies on the Board of Governors of The Florida Bar due to the resignations of Fourth Circuit board member Michael Fox Orr and 17th Circuit board member Hilary Creary. Both board positions are for the remainder of two-year terms. The offices commence on June 27, 2025, and […]