Navigation Members of the public are invited to volunteer on or before March 21 for one vacancy on the Florida Board of Bar Examiners. A joint screening committee will recommend three nominees for the vacancy to the Supreme Court of Florida. The Supreme Court will appoint one public member to serve on the Florida Board of […]
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Bar Examiners applicants needed
The Board of Governors is seeking applicants for the following position to be filled at its May meeting. Florida Board of Bar Examiners Vacancies: Lawyer applicants are being sought to fill two vacancies on the Florida Board of Bar Examiners. A joint screening committee of Florida Bar Board of Governors members and Board of Bar […]
February 1, 2022 Letters
Civil Cases I read, with interest, the article in the January Bar News regarding the Supreme Court considering wide-ranging changes aimed at streamlining civil cases. I have now practiced law for 42 years and tried my share of cases. I have been a board certified civil trial lawyer since 1993. In my early years, civil […]
Dade Legal Aid/Put Something Back and the Miami Dade Bar host “You Be the Judge” event
The Dade Legal Aid/Put Something Back and the Miami Dade Bar Association Probate & Guardianship Committee recently held its first seminar of 2022, featuring Probate Division Administrative Judge Yvonne Colodny, Elizabeth A. Hughes, Stacy B. Rubel, Candis D. Trusty, Richard C. Milstein, William H. Glasko, Dale Noll, Erin F. Finlen, Marva L. Wiley, Daniela Pretus, […]
Ethics opinion addresses responding to online criticism from nonclients
Florida lawyers now have guidance on how to respond to negative online reviews posted by those who are not current or former clients — keep it brief, factual, and don’t reveal information concerning a client’s representation without the client’s informed consent. That’s the advice from recently approved Ethics Opinion 21-1 that was adopted by the […]