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Holland & Knight packs food for needy families
Volunteers from Holland & Knight’s Tampa office recently gathered at the Yuengling Center on the University of South Florida’s campus to pack approximately 270,000 meals for needy families in the Tampa Bay area for Feeding Tampa Bay. Feeding Tampa Bay, part of the national Feeding America network, focuses on providing food to about one million […]
Pro Bono Legal Services Committee hears first judicial report on Florida obstacles to services
Judge Pat Seitz The Pro Bono Legal Services Committee on Wednesday contemplated how to increase access to free services across the state considering a lack of funding, of attorneys handling cases, and of understanding on behalf of low-income people who find themselves in court on when to hire a lawyer. U.S. Southern District Judge Patricia […]
Bar Cybersecurity Panel Considers Data Privacy Certification Course
The Cybersecurity & Privacy Law Committee has agreed to sponsor an intensive, two-day training seminar that would help Florida lawyers become internationally certified in data privacy. Meeting virtually on October 18 at the Bar’s Fall Meeting, the committee voted unanimously to begin negotiating with “Privacy Ref,” a Boynton Beach firm that trains candidates to become […]
Francis ceremonially sworn in as a justice of the Florida Supreme Court
Justice Renatha Francis takes the oath of office at her ceremonial investiture in Tallahassee. Former Justice Alan Lawson administered the oath while Francis’ mom, Hyacinth, and sons Matt and Josh, assist with the Bible. Francis is the first Caribbean-American, second Black female, and only the sixth woman to sit on the Florida Supreme Court since […]