Navigation Florida has the fastest growing lawyer population, with the number of active, resident lawyers increasing 17% in the past decade. This figure from the American Bar Institute’s 2023-2026 National Lawyer Population Survey was included in the ABA’s 2024 Profile of the Legal Profession, released in November. According to the survey, there are more than 1.3 […]
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Judge Michael A. Robinson honored with the Justice Peggy A. Quince Judicial Excellence Award
Judge Michael Robinson Seventeenth Circuit Judge Michael A. Robinson has been awarded the Peggy A. Quince Judicial Excellence Award, which is given in recognition of outstanding service and significant contribution to the fair administration of justice for all people. “I am very honored and humbled to receive this award. Members of the judiciary must follow […]
Governor makes 17th Circuit judicial appointment
Johnathan Lott Gov. Ron DeSantis on November 25 appointed Johnathan D. Lott to the 17th Circuit bench. Originally from Pensacola, Lott is a 2014 graduate of the University of Chicago Law School and a member of The Florida Bar Young Lawyers Division. The Ft. Lauderdale resident has worked for the U.S. Attorney’s Office for four […]
Justice Meredith Sasso and former Justice Kenneth Bell to lead free professionalism CLE
Florida Supreme Court Justice Meredith Sasso and former Supreme Court Justice Kenneth Bell will headline a free CLE later this week, “Perspectives on Professionalism — From Your Office to Tallahassee.” Streaming live via Zoom from noon to 1 p.m. on December 5, the seminar is sponsored by the Standing Committee on Technology and the Henry […]
Florida’s John Tomasino elected to executive committee of the National Conference of Appellate Court Clerks
John A. Tomasino John A. Tomasino, clerk of the Florida Supreme Court, was elected to the executive committee of the National Conference of Appellate Court Clerks (NCACC) during the organization’s recent annual meeting in Burlington, Vermont. A graduate of the University of South Florida and the Florida State University School of Law, Tomasino was appointed […]