Navigation As a young girl, Supreme Court Justice Meredith Sasso would spend afternoons in the Florida Capitol, writing pretend bills to present to her father, a legislative analyst. “So, I very much grew up ingrained in government,” Sasso recalls. The Tallahassee native discusses an otherwise typical childhood, extraordinary career, and deep commitment public service in the […]
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YLD Nomination Petition 2024
YLD Nomination Petition 2024
CABA human rights conference focuses on Cuba
Candice Balmori, from the left, Florida Supreme Court Justice John D. Couriel, and Justice Jorge Labarga talked about the importance of an impartial judiciary at the Cuban American Bar Association’s October 6 one-day human rights conference “International Human Rights & Legal Advocacy: The Cuba Case.” Danilo Maldonado Machado El Sexto, a Cuban graffiti artist, participated […]
Governor makes three judicial appointments
Gov. Ron DeSantis announces three judicial appointments October 19, one to the Second Judicial Circuit Court and one each to the Duval and Polk county courts. Lance Neff of Tallahassee to serve as judge on the Second Judicial Circuit Court Neff has served as the general counsel for the Florida Department of Corrections since 2020. […]
New required professionalism course should be ready by year’s end
The Henry Latimer Center for Professionalism is working to create a new two-hour continuing legal education course as part of a July Florida Supreme Court order. The center will tentatively begin filming the course in December, and the goal is to complete it by the end of the year, said center Director Rebecca Bandy. Bandy […]