Navigation Former U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales with former President George W. Bush. Gonzales and Justice John D. Couriel are set to headline A Supreme Evening 2024 on January 18 in Tallahassee. Justice John D. Couriel will moderate a fireside chat with former United States Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales as part of “A Supreme Evening […]
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May judicial candidates wear clothes emblazoned with their campaign website address?
A “bare majority” of the Judicial Ethics Advisory Committee says it’s permissible for a judicial candidate to wear a shirt, hat, or other apparel that shows the website address maintained by the candidate’s committee which includes options to donate and to endorse the campaign. That is, so long as the candidate does not personally solicit […]
Gomez petitions for Bar readmission
Marcelo Gomez of Delray Beach was subject to disciplinary revocation from the practice of law in Florida, which is tantamount to disbarment, pursuant to the Supreme Court’s order of June 28, 2018, Case No. SC18-817. His license to practice law was revoked under allegations that he had accepted payment from a cooperating defendant who owned […]
Supreme Court makes judgeship recommendations ahead of upcoming legislative session
The Florida Supreme Court on November 30 certified the need for additional judges: one in the 20th Judicial Circuit, two in Hillsborough County, and three in Orange County. The court also recommended a decrease of one judge in Alachua and Brevard counties, which three justices opposed, and legislation for fewer statutorily authorized judgeships in the […]
December 1, 2023 Disciplinary Actions
The Florida Supreme Court in recent court orders disciplined eight attorneys, disbarring one, revoking the license of one, suspending five and reprimanding one. Leon Menas Boyajan, II, 2303 Highway 44 W., Inverness, suspended for one year, effective 30 days following a November 2 court order. (Admitted to practice: 1983) Boyajan engaged in a pattern of […]