Navigation The Animal Law Section recently presented the Tallahassee Memorial Hospital Foundation with a $2,500 check to towards the foundation’s Rikki SuperPups program, which provides sick and injured children with a stuffed animal in the likeness of Rikki, Florida’s first courtroom therapy dog. Now when recovering from surgery, children can hug the plush Rikki. Clinical staff […]
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The YLD Council of Affiliates meets Wednesday
Affiliates assemble! The Florida Bar Young Lawyers Division is hosting its Council of Affiliates (COA) Fall Meeting Wednesday at 4 p.m. Formed last summer, the COA helps to nurture greater collaboration between the YLD and all of Florida’s voluntary bar associations by expanding the reach of their combined community service. Wednesday’s meeting will highlight what […]
Mitchell petitions for Bar reinstatement
Pursuant to Rule 3-7.10, Raymond B. Mitchell of Cape Coral has petitioned the Supreme Court for Bar reinstatement. By order of the Supreme Court of Florida dated March 28, 2022, petitioner was suspended for a period of 91 days for conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice and for making disparaging statements which impugned the […]
Governor appoints 36 to District Courts of Appeal JNCs
Legislation creating the new Sixth District Court of Appeal also terminated “the terms of all members of the judicial nominating commissions of the First District Court of Appeal, the Second District Court of Appeal, and the Fifth District Court of Appeal” to account for the change in boundaries caused by the creation of the Sixth DCA. […]
Chief Justice proclaims September Opioid and Stimulant Epidemics Awareness Month
Chief Justice Carlos Muniz The opioid crisis has now reached epidemic proportions in the United States. According to the National Institute of Health, the number of drug overdose deaths now exceeds 70,000 per year nationwide. That’s more deaths than automobile accidents or firearms. While Florida’s reform efforts have led to a significant reduction in the […]