Navigation The Bar’s annual fee season is underway with the traditional first option of paying online by signing into the Member Portal at member.floridabar.org and clicking the “Pay My Fees” button. It is the quickest and easiest way to pay your annual fees, elect voluntary section memberships, and stay in compliance with Bar rules for trust accounting and […]
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Finizio Bascombe leads the Broward County Bar Association
Jamie Finizio Bascombe of Ft. Lauderdale was sworn in as the 79th president and the 10th female president of the Broward County Bar Association. She was introduced by Fourth DCA Judge Melanie May and took the oath presented by 17th Circuit Chief Judge Jack Tuter at the Annual BCBA Installation held at the Ritz Carlton […]
WMU-Cooley holds spring commencement for tampa bay campus graduates
WMU-Cooley Law School graduate Karen Smithman was chosen by her peers to present the valedictory remarks during the commencement ceremony for the law school’s Tampa Bay campus. Graduates of WMU-Cooley Law School’s Tampa Bay campus were honored during a graduation ceremony on May 14 at the University of South Florida Oval Theater. During the commencement, […]
160 corporate general counsel support Legal Services Corporation budget request
General counsel from 161 large corporations sent a letter urging Congress to approve at least the $700 million the President’s Budget for FY 2023 recommends for the Legal Services Corporation. “The pandemic has only exacerbated the level of unmet legal need experienced by low-income Americans,” said National Legal Aid and Defender Association President April Frazier […]
Canady: Florida’s court system one of the ‘leanest’ in the nation
Chief Justice Canady Florida courts used remote technology and aggressive case management to successfully navigate the COVID-19 pandemic, Chief Justice Charles Canady told the Economic Club of Florida. Addressing a crowd of business and civic leaders at the FSU Alumni Center on May 17, Canady stressed that the courts never stopped functioning.