Navigation Attorney General Ashley Moody’s Cyber Fraud Enforcement Unit is announcing the shutdown of six separate cyber schemes in the last three months. Beginning in October 2024, Attorney General Moody’s CFEU stopped seven cybercriminals in six different cases, ranging from grandparent scammers to identity thieves. Three of the schemes targeted Florida seniors. Over the course of […]
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Supreme Court Disciplines 15 Attorneys
Summaries of orders issued from August 19, 2024, to December 27, 2024 The Florida Bar, the state’s guardian for the integrity of the legal profession, announces that the Florida Supreme Court in recent court orders disciplined 15 attorneys, disbarring three, suspending 11 and reprimanding one. The Florida Supreme Court, The Florida Bar and its Division […]
Family Law Section funds four FFLA Civil Legal Aid Summer Fellows
The Family Law Section has donated $39,600 to FFLA to fund four 2025 Civil Legal Aid Summer Fellows. FFLA’s Civil Legal Aid Summer Fellowship program provides stipends for second- and third-year law students to spend 10 weeks working at an FFLA-funded legal aid organization. Christopher W. Rumbold
Be an Action-Oriented Lawyer
Jim Vickaryous The steel barrels looked cold in the late January dusk as I stared down the working end of a double-barrel shotgun. The man with his finger on the trigger smiled. “Give me one reason why I shouldn’t kill you?” he asked. He had the element of surprise, but I couldn’t just give up. […]
This week’s Florida Bar News Briefs is ready for download
The latest edition of Florida Bar News Briefs, a weekly podcast dedicated to what’s happening in the legal profession, is now available with stories including: The Florida Bar posting its new “Guide to Getting Started with AI.” The invitation-only ABOTA Ft. Lauderdale chapter reminding Florida lawyers about a free webinar on the Supreme Court’s civil litigation […]