Navigation The ABA’s Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility released a formal opinion July 12 that provides guidance on how attorneys can share offices and staff resources with an unaffiliated attorney. In Formal Opinion 507, the ABA opined that office sharing is permissible under the ABA’s Model Rules of Professional Conduct so long as attorneys […]
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Stetson Law welcomes Dean D. Benjamin Barros
Dean D. Benjamin Barros D. Benjamin Barros has begun serving in the role of dean of the Stetson University College of Law. He brings years of “effective leadership experience and a long list of successes that align well with the values, strategic initiatives, and aspirations most critical Stetson Law and to the greater Tampa Bay […]
Packed agenda awaits the Board of Governors at the end of July
Newly sworn President Scott Westheimer will be on his home turf in Sarasota on July 28 when he presides over his first Board of Governors meeting. Westheimer and the board will begin the Bar year with a packed agenda. High on the agenda are proposals to streamline the rule- development process and to create a […]
Paetra Brownlee appointed to the Sixth DCA
Judge Paetra Brownlee Gov. Ron DeSantis July 12 appointed Paetra Brownlee of Winter Park to serve as judge on the Sixth District Court of Appeal Brownlee has served as a judge on the Ninth Judicial Circuit Court since her appointment by DeSantis in 2020. Previously, she was a partner at The Brownlee Law Firm, P.A. She […]
UM Law captures 50th Annual YLD Robert Orseck Memorial Moot Court Competition
YLD Moot Court Committee Co-Chair Rachel Butler, from the left in the front row, University of Miami Coach Freddi Mack, UM Law champions Gabrielle Argimon and Joely Arai, and Co-Chair Joseph Coleman standing in front of the Florida Supreme Court, who judged the final round of the Robert Orseck Memorial Moot Court Competition in Boca […]