Navigation With the arrival of hurricane season, The Florida Bar is providing consumer resources, educating the public, preparing to assist Bar members, and has reactivated its Disciplinary Hotline to address resident concerns over possible professional misconduct and unlawful solicitation by lawyers in any storms’ aftermath. Floridians who encounter such issues may report them by calling the […]
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Charles Rehwinkel named ‘Consumer Protection Lawyer of the Year’
Charles J. Rehwinkel, deputy public counsel of the Florida Office of Public Counsel, has been honored with the Consumer Protection Lawyer of the Year Award by The Florida Bar’s Consumer Protection Law Committee. The accolade, recognizes Rehwinkel’s “excellence, character, and unwavering commitment to the field of consumer protection law.” “Nominated for his outstanding advocacy representing […]
Deadline extended to apply to sit on the state’s JNCs
The Florida Bar Board of Governors is seeking applicants for to fill Judicial Nominating Commission vacancies. Judicial Nominating Commissions: The Florida Bar has the opportunity to nominate three attorneys for each Judicial Nominating Commission to the governor for his appointment. Judicial Nominating Commission vacancies: Sixth DCA (one seat), 1st Judicial Circuit (two seats), Second Judicial […]
Florida Bar YLD wraps up record-breaking year under President Anisha Patel’s leadership
Anisha Patel: “The goal this year was really to reach as many people as possible. It was really trying to get people engaged with the Bar, and it was a goal of mine to really highlight professionalism.” Unfailingly polite and perpetually upbeat, Florida Bar Young Lawyers Division President Anisha Patel is wrapping up a year […]
Put Something Back Pro Bono Project honors its volunteers
Dade Legal Aid’s Put Something Back Pro Bono Project in Miami recently presented pro bono awards to volunteer attorneys at the annual its annual Nuts and Bolts of Family Law seminar. This year’s honorees include an attorney who handled a case for a human trafficking teen for years and attorneys who handled complex family cases […]