Ryan NicolFebruary 7, 2020
5min1900
The complaint alleges two instances where Gaetz violated House rules.
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Ryan NicolFebruary 7, 2020Ryan NicolDecember 11, 2018
7min508
State Sen. Perry Thurston has filed a new bill (SB 138) which would alter the makeup of judicial nominating commissions (JNC) starting in 2019. The bill would reduce the Governor’s control over the commissions, reverting the nominating process to the one that existed before 2002. Currently, the Governor is allowed to make five appointments to […]
Michael MolineAugust 31, 2018
6min207
Proponents of the Constitution Revision Commission’s victims’ rights proposal have filed the first written arguments in a Florida Supreme Court case testing whether the ballot language would mislead the voters. The brief appeared shortly after the high court accepted a request by the Criminal Law Section of the Florida Bar to file a friend-of-the-court brief on behalf of the proposed […]
Drew WilsonMay 22, 2018
3min367
According to newly filed compensation reports, the seven-member team at Dean Mead brought in up half a million dollars in lobbying fees during the first quarter of 2018. The first-quarter roster of French Brown, Michael Dobson, Peter Dunbar, Martha Edenfield, Brittany Finkbeiner, Michael Minton and Cari Roth were retained by 29 clients for legislative lobbying […]
Jim RosicaApril 10, 2017
4min798
How low can we go: The number of first-time Florida Bar takers who pass the February administration of the exam has plummeted to its lowest level in eight years. Of 751 first-time takers, 433 passed the bar, or 57.7 percent, according to a Monday release from the state’s Board of Bar Examiners. That’s down from the high […]
A.G. GancarskiSeptember 10, 2016
4min816
It’s good to have friends in high places, and if you’re Florida attorney Christopher Chestnut, you likely need them these days. The Florida Bar wants Chestnut suspended and disbarred. Chestnut has already been the subject of nine different bar disciplinary issues, as WJXT reports, including a May complaint charging “egregious conduct involving … lack of competence, candor, […]
Martin DyckmanJune 10, 2016
8min446
Assume that Pam Bondi were a judge. That’s a dismal prospect but bear with it. Assume further that she asked for a campaign contribution from a big shot businessman who was being sued in her court — and that after getting the money, she dismissed the case. If she was a judge, instead of Florida’s […]
Associated PressDecember 30, 2015
2min233
A Florida Bar panel is investigating two Jacksonville prosecutors for possible misconduct. The Florida Times-Union reports the nine-member panel is reviewing complaints against assistant state attorneys Peter Overstreet and Erin Wolfson. They handled the case of a man who spent 19 months in jail despite questions about his guilt that were raised more than a […]
Associated PressDecember 21, 2015
1min217
Miami attorney Michael J. Higer has been chosen to become president of the Florida Bar in 2017. Bar officials say Higer’s term will begin after Tampa lawyer William J. Schifino Jr. serves in the post next year. Both will be sworn in at the Florida Bar convention in June 2016. Higer has been a member […]
Janelle Irwin TaylorOctober 27, 2015
4min316
Every 20 years, a group convenes to review the Florida Constitution and recommend changes to go before voters for approval. The LeRoy Collins Institute is launching an education and outreach effort aimed at getting ready for that process. The 2017-2018 Constitution Revision Commission will consist of 37 appointees. In all, 18 groups from across the […]