Navigation With the 2022 midterm elections in the rearview mirror, Florida’s House and Senate leaders are gearing up for 2023 Legislative Session slated to begin at noon on March 7, 2023. The Legislature will gather at the Florida Capitol November 22 to hold an organizational session, the first formal day of the legislative term. The organizational […]
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Legal Services Corporation holds first executive directors conference in 10 years.
LSC conference participants from Florida pictured in the foreground are, from the left, Jeff Harvey, CEO of Community Legal Services of Mid-Florida, Monica Vigues-Pitan, executive director of Legal Services of Greater Miami, and Lisa Goldberg, executive director of Coast-to-Coast Legal Aid of South Florida. Behind them are John Levi, LSC chair, U.S. Attorney General Merrick […]
Inventory attorneys may soon be eligible for ‘reasonable’ fees
Bar Seal Following a Supreme Court ruling earlier this year, Florida lawyers could soon receive a “reasonable” fee for serving as “inventory attorneys.” An inventory attorney steps in and helps wind down the practice of a lawyer who dies, disappears, gets suspended or disbarred, or is otherwise unable to practice law.
The Future of Civility
Isabella Roman-Secor, right, interviews Erika Harold. Civility is a core component of attorney professionalism.[i] An attorney has the obligation to be civil and courteous in all situations to ensure that the rule of law is upheld. Yet, there has been a drastic increase in incivility in the legal profession. Over 93% of Americans identify incivility […]
Proposed amendments to the Rules of Civil Procedure For Involuntary Commitment of Sexually Violent Predators
Proposed amendments to the Rules of Civil Procedure For Involuntary Commitment of Sexually Violent Predators