Navigation The Florida Bar Board of Governors is seeking applicants for the following vacancy: ABA House of Delegates: Applications are being accepted for one under 36 delegate to serve two-year terms commencing August 2022, at the conclusion of the ABA Annual Meeting. Applicants must have been admitted to practice in his or her first bar within […]
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Chief Justice Canady: ‘We weathered the storm of the pandemic, and we have come back strong’
Chief Justice Canady Chief Justice Charles Canady, addressing hundreds of judges and lawyers at the 2022 Annual Convention, said the court system is “strong” and well on the road to recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. “I’m happy to report that the state of Florida’s judiciary is strong,” Canady said. “We weathered the storm of the […]
Tanner: Support for the profession’s core values is ‘wide and strong’
Mike Tanner From proposals to experiment with nonlawyer ownership of firms to fee sharing with nonlawyers to constitutional challenges to the unified bar system itself, the Board of Governors dealt with an array of serious and difficult issues this year. But in navigating those and other challenges, the Board of Governors always looked to the […]
DeSantis vetoes bill to allow businesses sue local governments for reduced profits
Gov. Ron DeSantis has vetoed a measure that would have let businesses sue a local government if a new ordinance reduced profits by 15% or more. Dubbed the “Local Business Protection Act,” SB 620 by Sen. Travis Hutson, R-Palm Coast, cleared the Senate 22-14 on January 27. It cleared the House 69-45 on March 9. […]
Senate President Simpson presented the Bar’s 2022 Legislative Award
Senate President Wilton Simpson and Chief Justice Charles Canady at the Bar’s Annual Convention in Orlando. Chief Justice Charles Canady presents Senate President Wilton Simpson, R-Trilby, with The Florida Bar Legislative Award at the 2022 Annual Convention in Orlando. “In recognition of all of his service to the people of Florida, and his support for […]