Navigation A judge may serve as an unpaid member of the board of directors of the National Coalition of 100 Black Women, according to the Judicial Ethics Advisory Committee. Acting August 24 in Opinion Number: 2023-07, the advisory panel was responding to an inquiry asking if a judge may serve as an unpaid member of the […]
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Walsh petitions for Bar reinstatement
Pursuant to Rule 3-7.10, Michael Dennis Walsh of Boca Raton has petitioned the Supreme Court for Bar reinstatement. By order of the Supreme Court of Florida dated September 8, 2022, petitioner was suspended for a period of six months. In multiple cases, Walsh failed to appear at court hearings and/or failed to adequately communicate with […]
Cuban American Bar Association celebrates Hispanic women judges
Ryan T. Thornton, Jenea M. Reed, Robert S. Turk, Jason P. Hernandez, Giselle Gutierrez, Thomas C. Raine, Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle, Morgan A. McDonough, Ivette Delgado attended CABA’s recent Judicial Forum and Luncheon in Coconut Grove. The event celebrated Florida’s Hispanic women judges and their “service to the judiciary, commitment to justice, and […]
Board of Governors sets agenda for its September 8 meeting
When it meets September 8, the Board of Governors is scheduled to consider a host of proposed rule amendments, some prompted by a recent Supreme Court order revising minimum CLE requirements. Another set of proposed amendments would scrub so-called “Z” words – “zeal,” “zealous,” and “zealously,” — from the Bar rule book. Among a host […]
Governor appoints two to the bench
Gov. Ron DeSantis made two judicial appointments August 22, one to the 11th Judicial Circuit court and one to the Miami-Dade County bench. Laura Gonzalez-Marques of Coral Gables to serve as judge on the 11th Judicial Circuit Court Gonzalez-Marques has served as a judge on the Miami-Dade County Court since her appointment by DeSantis in […]