Navigation Laura Boeckman Laura Boeckman and Katie Fackler hqv been appointed to The Florida Bar Foundation Board of Directoris. Boeckman, assistant general counsel for the city of Jacksonville, was appointed by the Florida Supreme Court. Fackler, associate general counsel with Baptist Health System, was appointed by The Florida Bar Board of Governors.
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Governor elevates Judge Bandín
Judge Christine Bandín Gov. Ron DeSantis May 29 elevated Christine Bandín of Miami to the 11th Circuit Court. Bandín has served as a judge on the Miami-Dade County Court since her appointment in 2019. Previously, she was a partner at Shutts & Bowen. She earned her bachelor’s degree from Florida International University and her juris […]
Bar mentorship efforts go high tech with state of the art matching and communications technology
Florida Bar President Gary Lesser said when he was sworn in almost a year ago that he wanted The Florida Bar to have “the best mentorship program in the country,” and Bar leaders have been working toward making that a reality since. Gary Lesser Mentorship is integral to any field, but especially to the development […]
A new Florida Bar News Briefs is ready to download
The latest edition of Florida Bar News Briefs, a weekly podcast dedicated to what’s happening in the legal profession, is now available with stories including: Chief Judge Meredith Sasso of the Sixth District Court of Appeal being elevated to the Florida Supreme Court. Sasso is the seventh woman to serve on the Supreme Court and with […]
YLD plans free ‘Navigating the Shift: Unpacking Florida’s Tort Reform for Young Lawyers’ program
Brandon Sapp Two months after Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the most sweeping civil litigation reforms in decades, the Young Lawyers Division is sponsoring a free CLE, “Navigating the Shift: Unpacking Florida’s Tort Reform for Young Lawyers.” “The goal is to go beyond the surface layer of just providing some information about tort reform and to […]