Navigation Robert “Bob” Shillinger, Jr., and Roland Sanchez-Medina, Jr. Robert “Bob” Shillinger, Jr., the Monroe County Attorney, is the recipient of the 2025 Claude Pepper Outstanding Government Lawyer Award. The award recognizes Florida lawyers who have made exemplary contributions as practicing government lawyers. It is named after Claude Pepper, a Florida attorney, U.S. senator, and congressman, […]
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Judge Edwin Scales elected chief judge of Florida’s Third DCA
Chief Judge Edwin A. Scales III Judge Edwin Scales III has been elected chief judge of the Third District Court of Appeal, effective July 1. Judge Scales was appointed to the court in December 2013, by Gov. Rick Scott, making Scales the first Monroe County resident appointed to the court. Before his appointment, Judge Scales […]
Judgments and decrees interest rate set
The Office of the Chief Financial Officer has set the quarterly rate of interest payable on judgments and decrees beginning July 1, 2025, at 8.90% per annum or 0243836% per day. F.S. §55.03(1) requires the CFO to set the rate of interest payable on judgments and decrees on December 1, March 1, June 1, and […]
Arti Hirani sworn in as YLD president, launches ‘Open for Opportunity’ initiative
Arti Hirani, center left, the new president of the Young Lawyers Division, is passed the gavel by the division’s immediate past president, Ashlea Edwards, while former YLD presidents look on. Hirani’s theme for the year is “Open for Opportunity” — a call to action grounded in the belief that licensure alone doesn’t guarantee success, but […]
July 1, 2025 Letters
Lack of Jurisdiction? The answer to the questions posed in the “Lack of Jurisdiction?” letter to the editor in the June News is: “money.” The government of the United States does not own jails. The federal government has penitentiaries. The State of Florida operates prisons. The counties have jails.