The Florida Supreme Court has amended Bar rules to permit not-for-profit legal service providers to organize as a corporation and to permit nonlawyers to serve on the boards of directors of not-for-profit legal service providers. The court, on its own motion, amended Rule 4-5.4 (Professional Independence of a Lawyer) June 2 in Case No. SC22-607, […]

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David Behrend, M.ED., director of Career Planning Services for Lawyers in Ardmore, Pennsylvania, and Florida Lawyers Assistance, will offer a free career counseling program for lawyers via computer or telephone from the privacy of your home or office. The next session is on Wednesday, June 8 11 at 12 p.m. The meetings will be held […]

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The First Judicial Circuit will host a Driver’s License Clinic in Okaloosa County to assist individuals whose licenses have been revoked, suspended, or cancelled. The event will be held at the Okaloosa County Courthouse Annex Extension in Ft. Walton Beach on October 14. Staff from the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, Okaloosa […]

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G.C. Murray II The ABA’s Center for Professional Responsibility and the ABA Young Lawyer Division selected Florida Bar member G.C. Murray II as the 2022 Rosner & Rosner Young Lawyer Professionalism Award recipient. The annual award honors a young lawyer’s commitment to legal and judicial ethics, lawyer professionalism, client protection, and professional regulation.

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Nikki Day and Amanda Coffey Nikki C. Day has been awarded the 2022 Chair Service Award by the City, County, and Local Government Law Section. “In a section full of volunteers, this year’s Chair Service Award recipient, Nikki Day, stands out as going above and beyond for the section, volunteering to work on projects, coordinating […]

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