Navigation Shawn Wolf The Florida Bar Tax Section Nominating Committee has nominated Shawn P. Wolf of Miami to serve as the 2022-2023 chair-elect. Wolf is a partner with Bilzin Sumberg and concentrates on tax and private wealth planning. Wolf earned B.B.A. degrees in Business Law and International Finance and Marketing and his LL.M. degree in Taxation […]
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Florida’s King leads the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
Nellie King Nellie L. King of West Palm Beach was sworn in as president-elect of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers at the association’s annual meeting July 24. The owner of The Law Offices of Nellie L. King, exclusively practices criminal defense and has served in numerous state and national leadership roles with the […]
SCAM ALERT: FAKE EMAILS PURPORT TO BE FROM THE BAR’S LAWYER REGULATION STAFF
Beware, another email scam is making the rounds. This time it’s fraudulent emails from spoofed email accounts designed to look like they are from The Florida Bar. The contents of the email say a complaint has been filed against the member and direct the lawyer to open an attachment or click on a link.
Justice Couriel: ‘At the end of the day, lawyers have judgment’
Justice John Couriel Florida Supreme Court Justice John D. Couriel, a former federal prosecutor and American history aficionado, is reminding Florida Bar members that judgment is critical to the legal profession. Addressing a July 23 board meeting in Miami Beach, Couriel referred to Alexander Hamilton’s remarks in Federalist No. 78, that the judiciary “have neither […]
Guardianship Improvement Task Force wants better info, discusses priorities
Better information about all phases of guardianships in Florida should be a top priority of a special task force looking at providing recommendations for the 2022 legislative session. Other issues on the group’s agenda should include guardian and attorney fees, finding alternatives to a full guardianship, and protecting the privacy of guardianship wards, according to […]