Navigation A mother serving as a guardian for her paraplegic daughter used money earmarked for her daughter’s continuing medical care to pay for lavish family vacations and late fees for missed mortgage payments. In another case, a guardian without court permission sold her ward’s property at an estate-type sale managed by her husband and failed to […]
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Parson leads Solo & Small Firm Section
Jacina Parson Senior Assistant Pinellas County Attorney Jacina Parson has been elected to serve as 2021-2022 chair of the Solo & Small Firm Section. Parson is a former director and assistant director of The Florida Bar Henry Latimer Center for Professionalism and has served on the Solo & Small Firm Section’s Executive Council since 2018.
Tallahassee’s Pittman named National Bar Association’s general counsel
Sean Pittman Veteran Tallahassee attorney and lobbyist Sean Pittman is continuing a long tradition of Florida lawyers serving in the upper echelons of the National Bar Association. The Washington, D.C.-based organization of predominantly Black lawyers and judges announced last week at its Annual Convention that its Board of Governors had unanimously selected Pittman to serve […]
New moratorium delays expected spike in eviction filings
MIAMI-DADE EVICTIONS AND THE COVID-19 CRISIS 14,037 EVICTIONS HAVE BEEN FILED SINCE THE PANDEMIC BEGAN (MAR. 12, 2020 – JUL. 30, 2021)
Criminal Law Section advocates for greater use of remote court proceedings
Jason Blank The 2,500-member Criminal Law Section is lending its voice to a growing chorus calling for greater use of remote court proceedings as the deadly COVID-19 pandemic continues to surge. In an August 4 letter to Chief Justice Charles Canady and the chief judges of all 20 circuits, CLS Chair Jason Blank urges the […]