Navigation The FBI has issued an alert June 24 saying cyber-criminals posing as lawyers are contacting scam victims and offering their services to recover their losses. The FBI said the emerging criminal tactic is used to further defraud cryptocurrency scam victims. “Using social media or other messaging platforms, fraudsters posing as lawyers representing fictitious law firms […]
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Honoring a legacy: Judge Stanford Blake receives 2024 Selig I. Goldin Memorial Award
Judge Stanford Blake: “Being a public defender was the best job I ever had until I became a judge. What you do as prosecutors, public defenders, it’s so important. Being here, seeing all of you, it’s just very, very special.” Before he presented the 2024 Selig I. Goldin Memorial Award to retired Miami Circuit Judge […]
Court rules St. Johns County judge’s ‘Conservative’ voicemail did not breach ethics rules
The Florida Supreme Court has determined that a St. Johns County judge who identified herself as “conservative” in a campaign voicemail did not violate ethics rules that prohibit “inappropriate political activity.” The June 20 ruling stems from a Judicial Qualifications Commission disciplinary case regarding St. Johns County Judge Casey Woolsey’s 2022 election campaign. Justices were […]
Westheimer presents President’s Awards of Merit
Paige Greenlee and Scott Westheimer During the General Assembly June 21 at The Florida Bar Annual Convention in Orlando, outgoing President Scott Westheimer honored the following lawyers with President’s Awards of Merit: Paige A. Greenlee, a member of the Board of Governors from Tampa, in recognition of her constant service to the Bar, the Board […]
Rep. Traci Koster honored with Florida Bar President’s Legislative Award
Rep. Traci Koster and immediate past Bar President Scott Westheimer Outgoing President Scott Westheimer presented Republican Rep. Traci Koster, a Tampa attorney, with The Florida Bar President’s Legislative Award at the 2024 Annual Convention in Orlando. Westheimer noted that while many Bar members have served in the Legislature, it’s uncommon to find a Florida lawyer […]