Navigation Members of the public are invited to volunteer on or before April 7, 2023, for one vacancy on the Florida Board of Bar Examiners. A joint screening committee of Florida Bar Board of Governors members and Board of Bar Examiners members will recommend three nominees for the vacancy to the Supreme Court of Florida. The […]
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Sabrina Vora-Puglisi, Karl Klein, and Eric Meeks capture seats on The Florida Bar Board of Governors
Sabrina Vora-Puglisi Sabrina Vora-Puglisi and Karl Klein of Miami, and Eric Meeks of Cincinnati have won seats on The Florida Bar Board of Governors after balloting in Bar elections ended March 21. Tiffany-Ashley Disney of Miami and Brittany Dix of Tampa also prevailed in their contests for seats on the Bar’s Young Lawyers Division Board of […]
Measure providing stiffer penalties for fentanyl dealers moves
Sen. Jason Brodeur The measure to make it easier for prosecutors to indict drug dealers for murder or attempted murder when customers overdose received a favorable vote in the Senate Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice Committee March 21. Lake Mary Republican Sen. Jason Brodeur said under current law those who provide controlled substance […]
Governor makes two judicial appointments
Gov. Ron DeSantis made two judicial appointments March 20 — one to the First Judicial Circuit and one to the Lake County court. Steven Warrick of Gulf Breeze to serve as judge on the First Judicial Circuit Court Warrick has been a partner at Brooks, Warrick & Associates since 2008. Previously, he was an associate […]
A new Florida Bar News Briefs is ready for 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: Civil litigation reforms moving quickly through the Legislature, A warning from Attorney General Ashley Moody about tax identity theft,