Navigation In late December, the Miami-Dade Bar closed on a $3 million loan to renovate its headquarters located on N.W, 1st Avenue in Downtown Miami. From the left seated are Scott Stephens and Sabrina Puglisi, MDB president. From left in the back are Carlos Garcia; Jane Muir, MDB’s immediate past president; Jorge Rawitz, Charise Morgan-Joseph, MDB […]
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The Florida Bar’s Winter Meeting will be held virtually
In consideration for the safety of Florida Bar members and staff during the pandemic, all the individual meetings scheduled during the Bar’s Winter Meeting will be held virtually. Originally slated for January 26-29 at the Rosen Shingle Creek in Orlando, the Winter Meeting is being re-tooled so that scheduled events can be held virtually or remotely. […]
Cutler solves the mystery of Justice George W. Macrae
A South Florida personal injury lawyer turned history detective has solved one of the Florida Supreme Court’s most enduring mysteries – who was Justice George W. Macrae? For decades, almost nothing was known about Florida’s fourth justice, other than his abbreviated court tenure in 1847, and appointment by President John Tyler as U.S. attorney for […]
May, McCoun inducted into Stetson Law Hall of Fame
Stetson University College of Law recently inducted Paul Marshall May and Thomas Bullitt McCoun III into into its Hall of Fame. For the past 17 years, Stetson Law has honored distinguished luminaries in the legal and academic arenas at its annual Hall of Fame event. Previous inductees include Charles A. Dana, William R. Eleazer, and Dolly Hand. […]
Chief Justice Canady to address the Board of Governors January 21
Chief Justice Charles Canady When it meets January 21 in Tallahassee, the Board of Governors will hear remarks from Chief Justice Charles Canady, and, among other things, weigh a Disciplinary Procedure Committee proposal for suspending lawyers who face felony charges. Justice Canady’s appearance comes after the chair of a Judicial Management Council workgroup recently told […]