Navigation John A. Schifino Tampa attorney John A. Schifino has been elected to the Bar Board of Governors from the 13th Circuit after incumbent board member Kenneth G. Turkel withdrew from the race. Schifino was certified as a board member-elect on January 3. Aside from the Bar president-elect contest between board members Lorna Brown-Burton and Scott […]
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Special Board of Governors Nominating Petition for the 12th Circuit
Special BOG Nominating Petition
January 1, 2022 Disciplinary Actions
The Florida Supreme Court in recent court orders disciplined 30 attorneys, disbarring six, suspending 11, admonishing two, reprimanding six, and revoking the licenses of five. One attorney was placed on probation. Douglas James Barnard, 76 4th St. N., Unit 1023, St. Petersburg, disbarred effective immediately following a December 16 court order. (Admitted to practice: 1992) […]
Panel works on e-filing, e-signature procedural rules
A procedural rule that would allow handwritten electronic signatures in electronic court filings is being circulated to various procedural rules committees by a subcommittee of the Rules of General Practice and Judicial Administration Committee. The subcommittee, chaired by Justin Horan, the chief legal officer for the Clay County Clerk of Court, is working to overhaul […]
Court extends deadline for most clerks to begin PDF/A electronic storage
A new Supreme Court administrative order has extended the time for most county clerks of court to comply with an administrative order to use Portable Document Formatting for Archiving — or PDF/A — to store electronic court records. The order affects more than 50 counties and sets compliance deadlines between June 1 and November 30, […]