Navigation Eric Shane of Leesfield & Partners helped judge and coach law students with the University of Miami to ready them for the Irving R. Kaufman Memorial Securities Law Moot Court Competition. Elizabeth Schwartz of Miami presented at the ABA Family Law Section on international surrogacy. John J. Campo of Jones Foster has been selected to […]
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JEAC opinion draws line between education and advocacy in domestic violence roles
A judge can be assigned to unified family court, hearing civil interpersonal violence injunction cases, and interact on an ad hoc basis with a local domestic violence fatality response team (DVFRT) for the limited purposes of offering recommendations and insights from a judicial perspective. However, in response to the question, “May a judge who presides […]
Bar leaders set to gather in Charlotte Harbor for high-tech, high-impact 2025 VBLC
Bar leaders from across Florida will converge July 11–12 at the newly opened Sunseeker Resort in Charlotte Harbor for the 2025 Voluntary Bar Leaders Conference (VBLC), an annual event that promises to blend technology, leadership training, and community support under this year’s theme, “Tech Trek.” “Tech Trek,” organizers say, highlights the importance of embracing new […]
Group Professionalism Award goes to the Stetson Inns
The Florida Bar’s Standing Committee on Professionalism will present its Group Professionalism Award to the Stetson Inns at the Stetson University College of Law at the Annual Florida Bar Convention in June. The award honors one program instituted and coordinated by a bar association, judicial organization, Inn of Court, or law school organization aimed at […]
Lainey W. Francisco leads the St. Lucie Bar Association
Lainey Francisco, from left, with Law Day Dinner keynote speaker Justice Meredith Sasso of the Florida Supreme Court, and Judge Lillian B. Ewen. (Provided by SLBA) Lainey W. Francisco has become president of the St. Lucie Bar Association (SLBA) for the 2025–2026 term at the SLBA’s annual Law Day Dinner. “As a lifelong resident of […]