Navigation Rep. Traci Koster Lawmakers are poised this year to pass a measure that would implement part of a 2018 constitutional amendment that bars judges and justices from lobbying for six years after leaving the bench. The measure, PCB PIE 22-02, would implement a portion of Amendment 12, a government ethics measure proposed by the Constitution […]
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Coy leads Hillsborough State Attorney’s Conviction Review Unit
Theresa Jean-Pierre Coy Hillsborough State Attorney Andrew Warren hired Theresa Jean-Pierre Coy January 10 as supervising attorney for the office’s Conviction Review Unit. Warren founded the Conviction Review Unit in November 2018 to identify, remedy, and prevent wrongful convictions.
Guardianship Improvement Task Force posts its final report
The Guardianship Improvement Task Force has released a final report, complete with 10 recommendations, ranked by priority. The 184-page report is posted on the task force webpage, https://guardianshipimprovementtaskforce.com/, and is the culmination of work that began when the Florida Court Clerks & Comptrollers assembled the panel last summer. “This Task Force intends for the State […]
Board details its opposition to special committee’s proposals
Mike Tanner Proposals to test allowing nonlawyer ownership in law firms, fee splitting with nonlawyers, and broadly expanding the work paralegals could perform “would be so profoundly transformative of the practice of law in Florida that they should not be allowed, even on a test basis, without clear and compelling empirical data that they will […]
Governor makes four judicial appointments
Gov. Ron DeSantis January 7 appointed one judge to the Fifth Circuit court, one to the Sixth Circuit, one to the 18th Circuit, and one to the Okaloosa County court. Jason Nimeth of Mount Dora to serve as a judge on the Fifth Judicial Circuit Court Nimeth has served as a judge on the Lake […]