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Peter SchorschApril 11, 2018

Jacksonville state Rep. Jay Fant knocked former judge Ashley Moody in a Tuesday email for campaign contributions she’s received from trial lawyers. Fant and Moody, along with Dover Rep. Ross Spano and Pensacola Rep. Frank White, are competing in the Republican primary to replace termed out Attorney General Pam Bondi in the fall. “Ashley Moody, […]

A.G. GancarskiFebruary 1, 2018

As the race to succeed Pam Bondi for Attorney General heats up on the Republican side, a political committee associated with a candidate (Pensacola Rep. Frank White) is dishing dirt about the candidate, Ashley Moody, endorsed by Bondi. United Conservatives, a committee that has received $50,000 from White’s employer (“Sansing Holdings”) and spent money in December with Data Targeting, […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 31, 2017

Retired Hillsborough County Judge Ashley Moody, by many reckonings, is the front-runner in the Republican primary for Attorney General. And with that front-runner status comes front-runner scrutiny — including Moody’s past as a registered Democrat … something that may not play well with the GOP die-hards who will vote in the primary next year. Moody’s father […]

Jim RosicaJuly 5, 2017

The new president of The Florida Bar says the organization is standing by to offer “technical legal” support to the Constitution Revision Commission as it readies to amend the state’s governing document, which could include changes affecting the judicial branch. But Michael J. Higer, a partner in Berger Singerman’s Miami office, won’t say which public […]

Staff ReportsJune 6, 2017

Joshua E. Doyle, a Tallahassee-based special agent for the FBI, will be taking the reins from John F. “Jack” Harkness, Jr. as the next executive director of The Florida Bar, according to a Tuesday press release. Harkness, who’s been with the Bar for 37 years, will shift to an “ongoing consulting role.” They’ll start a six-month transition in […]

Jim RosicaJanuary 31, 2017

The upcoming Constitution Revision Commission will likely take on the state’s judicial branch, and “the focus will not be on strengthening it,” the former president of the American Bar Association said Tuesday. Rather, retired Florida lawyer Martha Barnett, who was a Holland & Knight senior partner, said she expects an effort to “restrict, narrow and […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 6, 2016

A storm may be coming to Jacksonville, but on the other side of Florida’s 5th Congressional District, Democratic nominee Al Lawson has a fundraiser planned at Tallahassee’s Governor’s Club on the evening of Oct. 6. The host committee is impressive, including Scott and Kay Dick, Barney Bishop, Doris and Rudy Maloy, Ron Sachs, Doug Bell, Doug Mannheimer, Eli Nortelus, […]

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Email insights: Jay Fant chides Ashley Moody over trial lawyer support

AG race attack: Frank White committee targets ‘liberal judge’ Ashley Moody

Ashley Moody’s Democratic past may raise questions in GOP primary for AG

Florida Bar will focus on ‘protecting the courts’ during constitutional revision process

Personnel note: Joshua E. Doyle selected as head of Florida Bar

Former ABA head warns of possible danger to judiciary from constitutional panel

Al Lawson to hold Tallahassee fundraiser Oct. 6