Navigation Roland Potts (left) with Legal Services of Greater Miami CEO Monica Vigues-Pitan, and Richard Davis (right) accepting the 2025 Equal Justice Pro Bono Large Firm Award on behalf of Foley & Lardner at the 2025 Pro Bono Awards Celebration, held October 23 in commemoration of National Pro Bono Week. The Legal Services of Greater Miami […]
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The Florida Bar’s first 55-year employee, Wallace Saunders
WALLACE SAUNDERS, a senior A/V specialist with 55 years of Bar service and no plans to retire, works with duplication machines that produce around 220 CLE DVDs and CDs for members each month. “After school, nights, weekends — as much as I could work,” said Saunders, who started with the Bar when he was 15. […]
Bill would gradually increase sovereign immunity limits for government liability
Rep. Fiona McFarland A Southwest Florida lawmaker is reviving an attempt to reform Florida’s “sovereign immunity” laws that limit damage awards for victims of government negligence. Rep. Fiona McFarland, R-Sarasota, filed HB 145 earlier this month. Click Here To Read The Full Article
Conrad & Scherer’s ‘Book Buddies’ Program promotes children’s literacy with Visit to Deerfield Beach Elementary School
Wanda Robinson, from left, with Denise Horland, Janine McGuire, and Veronica Hazard, Lori Canning, Spencer Hall, David Gunion, and Principal Michelle Griffiths at Deerfield Beach Elementary School for the October 24 Book Buddies reading event to promote childhood literacy. Conrad & Scherer attorneys read to 4th- and 5th-graders and gifted 215 signed copies of the […]
Deadline extended to apply for appointment to Florida Realtor-Attorney Joint Committee, Second DCA seat
The Florida Bar Board of Governors has extended the deadline to apply for the second state appellate district vacancy on the Florida Realtor-Attorney Joint Committee. The vacancy – a two-year term commencing January 1, 2026 – will be filled during the December 5 meeting of the Board of Governors. Applicants must be members of The […]