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LSF Miami Bridge Youth & Family Services Announces New Advisory Board
LSF Miami Bridge Youth & Family Services announced its new advisory board on October 23. The board includes Marco Lopez, Audit Manager at ZOMMA Group; Yaneth Baez, assistant state attorney with the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office; Vivian Z. Chavez, chief operating officer of Legal Services of Greater Miami; and Gussie Flynn. “We are incredibly grateful […]
2025 ABA Difference Maker Awards recognize Alfreda Coward and Wendy Weiner
Floridians Alfreda Coward and Wendi Weiner were two of five 2025 Difference Makers Awards recipients from across the country honored during the American Bar Association Solo, Small Firm and General Practice Division’s 2025 GPSolo Fall Meeting. Coward and Weiner each received the “Making a Difference through Service to the Profession Award,” which honors attorneys who make a […]
November 1, 2025, In Memoriam
Laura Allen, Ft. Myers Admitted 1980; Died May 4, 2025 Marc Berson, Millburn, NJ Click Here To Read The Full Article
State ethics staff says it’s OK for former state attorneys to represent new defendants
Former Palm Beach State Attorney Dave Aronberg will not violate ethics laws if, as a private attorney, he defends clients being prosecuted by his former office, Florida Ethics Commission staff have concluded. At issue is whether a state attorney qualifies as a public “employee,” something the commission will decide for the first time when it […]