Local Law News

Florida Bar Association

January 3, 2022

January 1, 2022 Disciplinary Actions

The Florida Supreme Court in recent court orders disciplined 30 attorneys, disbarring six, suspending 11, admonishing two, reprimanding...

Read More →

Florida Bar Association

January 3, 2022

Panel works on e-filing, e-signature procedural rules

A procedural rule that would allow handwritten electronic signatures in electronic court filings is being circulated to various...

Read More →

Florida Bar Association

January 3, 2022

Court extends deadline for most clerks to begin PDF/A electronic storage

A new Supreme Court administrative order has extended the time for most county clerks of court to comply...

Read More →

Florida Bar Association

January 3, 2022

Veteran Journal & News Senior Editor Gary Blankenship calls it a career

Gary Blankenship Gary Blankenship, a dogged reporter, precision wordsmith, and Bar News fixture for three decades, will retire...

Read More →

Florida Bar Association

January 1, 2022

January 1, 2022 On the Move

Joseph “Joel” Brown II has become executive director of the Heart of Florida Legal Aid Society in Bartow....

Read More →