Navigation The Board of Governors has formed a workgroup to determine if and how The Florida Bar should respond to an ongoing study that is considering if some of Florida’s 20 judicial circuits should be consolidated. At a September 8 meeting, President Scott Westheimer asked the workgroup and the Bar’s Legislation Committee to study the issue […]
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U.S. Middle District of Florida needs a magistrate judge for the Jacksonville Division
The Middle District of Florida will appoint a full-time magistrate judge for the Jacksonville Division. The annual salary is $213,992. The term of office is eight years. The magistrate judge’s residence and duty station will be in the Jacksonville Division, but the magistrate judge maybe called upon to assist in the Ocala and Orlando Divisions. The […]
Solo and Small Firm Section launches book club; inaugural meeting on ‘Profit First’ open to all
Liz McCausland The Solo & Small Firm Section is rolling out a new, virtual book club as a section-member benefit and the September 21 inaugural session is open to everyone, even non-section members. Kellye Brubaker, a CPA, will lead a discussion on “Profit First: Transform Your Business from a Cash-Eating Monster to a Money-Making Machine” […]
Governor appoints Brad King to the bench
Gov. Ron DeSantis September 12 appointed Brad King of Ocala to serve as judge on the Fifth Judicial Circuit Court. King served as the state attorney for the Fifth Circuit from 1989 to 2020. He earned both his bachelor’s degree and his juris doctor from the University of Florida. King fills the judicial vacancy created […]
From Prudhoe Bay to Key West, Orlando’s Tom Wert takes the ride of a lifetime
Work-life balance for Orlando attorney Tom Wert has meant climbing Mt. Reinier, hiking the Continental Trail, or pedaling a bicycle across Death Valley. “All my life, I have done adventure trips,” Wert said. “I get a lot of satisfaction out of completing a task that is very hard to do, that few people would even […]