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Florida Bar Association

February 3, 2021

Bar’s Citizens Advisory Committee makes it easier for nonlawyers to volunteer for appointments

To involve more Floridians in the state’s legal and justice systems, The Florida Bar’s Citizens Advisory Committee has...

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Florida Bar Association

February 2, 2021

DeSantis makes two Ninth Circuit judicial appointments

Gov. Ron DeSantis recently appointed Gisela Laurent and Joshua Mize to the Ninth Circuit bench. Judge Laurent of Winter...

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Florida Bar Association

February 2, 2021

Bills promote the use of mediation in residential eviction cases

Rep. Fentrice Driskell Citing the COVID-19 pandemic and its economic fallout, some Southwest Florida lawmakers are calling for...

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Florida Bar Association

February 2, 2021

Board debates rule that would provide a resentencing option

By a slim majority, the Board of Governors has voted to endorse a Criminal Procedure Rules Committee proposal...

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Florida Bar Association

February 2, 2021

Hatchett presented Historical Society’s Lifetime Achievement Award

Joseph Hatchett Former Florida Supreme Court Justice and retired 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Chief Judge Joseph...

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