Navigation 17th Circuit Judge Florence Taylor Barner has been named judicial liaison to the newly formed Bernice Gaines Dorn Black Women Lawyers Association of Broward County. A Tallahassee native, Bernice Gaines Dorn became the first Black women member of The Florida Bar in 1958, after graduating from Florida A&M College of Law. A few years ago, […]
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Kluger, Kaplan, Silverman, Katzen & Levine award 2024 H.T. Smith Legal Studies Scholarship
As law firms across the nation take steps to boost minority representation in the legal profession, South Florida-based Kluger, Kaplan, Silverman, Katzen & Levine P.L. is expanding its own focus on diversity. In September, the firm awarded second-year University of Florida law school student Manoach Deliscar its H.T. Smith Legal Studies Scholarship for the 2024-25 […]
Karen J. Lapekas takes the reins as president of the Legal Services of Greater Miami’s board
Monica Vigues-Pitan, Legal Services of Greater Miami CEO, from the left, with new board officers Karen Lapekas, Arya Attari Li, and Aleida Martinez-Molina, who were sworn in by Judge Vivianne Del Rio. Legal Services of Greater Miami (Legal Services) recently elected a new slate of officers and welcomed four new board members for 2024-2025. Karen […]
Judge cuts extraordinary attorney fees in failed Big Lots class action
A notorious class action lawyer is on the hook for nearly $150,000 in attorney fees after bringing a case that had no chance of winning. In a September 25 order, U.S. District Judge Gregory A. Prennell granted Big Lots’ motion that New York attorney Spencer Sheehan and plaintiff Peggy Durant are liable for $144,047 for […]
October 1, 2024 Disciplinary Actions
The Florida Supreme Court in recent court orders disciplined six attorneys, disbarring one, suspending three, emergency suspending one, and revoking the license of one. Johnny Euell DuBose, Jr., 1432 Newbridge Lane, Orlando, disciplinary revocation without leave to seek readmission effectively immediately following a September 5 order. (Admitted to practice: 1988) While DuBose was ineligible to […]