Navigation With a health-care executive and a medical malpractice defense attorney cheering him on, Gov. Ron DeSantis appeared Thursday in Southwest Florida to announce his veto of HB 6017. The measure would have repealed a 30-year-old provision of Florida’s Wrongful Death Act that makes survivors of adult children and their parents ineligible for non-economic damages in […]
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June 1, 2025 Letters
The Rule of Law Lawyers should honor the law and the rule of law. Is there any doubt in that statement? I sure hope not. Unfortunately, I am prone to wonder. Poll after poll finds that authoritarianism is being accepted in our nation. While lawyers should be expressing themselves in uniformity against authoritarianism, instead teams […]
June 1, 2025 On the Move
Justin T. Patak joined ZinnLaw. Chioma Deere joined Schwartz Sladkus Reich Greenberg Atlas in Boca Raton as senior counsel. Lisa Lipman and Geena Kandel joined FisherBroyles in Naples. Click Here To Read The Full Article
June 1, 2025 In Memoriam
Paul Cavonis, Seminole Admitted 1994; Died March 28, 2025 James Crowder, Jr., Miami Click Here To Read The Full Article
Members traveling to the Annual Florida Bar Convention get special Brightline savings
There’s good news for Florida Bar members attending the Annual Florida Bar Convention — Brightline train service is offering special savings for members booking now through June 29 for travel June 24–29 between Orlando and Boca Raton: up to 35% off SMART Business Class and up to 15% off PREMIUM First Class. You must book […]