Navigation Tampa-based labor and employment law firm Johnson Jackson is offering a new scholarship aimed at supporting the professional growth of law students who have overcome adversity. The Courage to Grow Scholarship, to be given each academic year, will award $5,000 to a law student who identifies as being from a historically underrepresented background in the […]
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Former CABA president appointed a U.S. Bankruptcy Judge
Judge Corali Lopez-Castro Corali Lopez-Castro was recently sworn in as a bankruptcy judge for the Southern District of Florida’s Miami Division. She fills the seat vacated by Judge Jay Cristol following his retirement earlier this year. Judge Lopez-Castro was appointed by the United States Court of Appeals of the 11th Circuit which appoints all bankruptcy […]
Richard A. Sicking American Inn of Court pay tribute to its namesake
The Miami-Dade Workers’ Compensation Bar worked diligently to create and support the Richard A. Sicking American Inn of Court, dedicated to practitioner Richard A. Sicking, who has practiced more than 50 years as a member of The Florida Bar. It would be difficult to find anyone who has had a more profound impact on Florida […]
Amendments may lead to all e-voting in Bar elections
The Florida Supreme Court has approved proposed bylaw amendments that could one day pave the way for a shift to all-electronic balloting in Bar elections. The June 1 opinion, In Re: Amendments to Rules Regulating The Florida Bar — Bylaws 2-3.6 and 2-4.6, (Case No. SC-2023-0007), initially notes a technical change, the addition of the words […]
Bill to enhance penalties for threatening court personnel sent to the governor
Rep. Mike Gottlieb Gov. Ron DeSantis is expected to act soon on a bill that would make it a crime to threaten a justice, judicial assistant, and other court personnel with death or “serious bodily injury.” The House voted 114-0 on April 27 to approve HB 67 by Rep. Michael Gottlieb, D-Plantation. The Senate voted […]