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Staff ReportsOctober 17, 2017

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With most Floridians not knowing what the Constitution Revision Commission is or does, The Florida Bar is trying to change that. The Bar launched “Protect Florida Democracy: Our Constitution, Our Rights, Our Courts,” a statewide public education program to fill the void in Floridians’ awareness of constitution revision and engage Floridians in this critical process, according […]

Jim RosicaSeptember 29, 2017

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Veteran journalist Jim Ash will join the Florida Bar Journal & News staff as its new senior editor, Editor Mark D. Killian announced Friday. Ash’s first day is next Monday at the Bar’s Tallahassee headquarters. He replaces Senior Editor Jan Pudlow, who is retiring at the end of the year. Ash, a member of Florida’s Capitol Press […]

Staff ReportsAugust 10, 2017

The Florida Bar is looking for nominations for its 28th annual Reporters’ Workshop, to be held in Tallahassee this Oct. 16-17. “Nominations must be made by editors, publishers or news directors and include the journalist’s background, current assignments and contact information,” a Thursday press release said. Nominations need to be received by 5 p.m. Friday, Aug. 25 […]

Staff ReportsJuly 11, 2017

Five new members have joined The Florida Bar‘s Citizens Advisory Committee, including recently retired St. Petersburg College president Bill Law, the organization announced Tuesday. Law had been the state college’s leader since 2010. Before that, he was a college president in Springfield, Illinois; The Woodlands, Texas; and in Tallahassee, as head of Tallahassee Community College. The committee is “an […]

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 ReportsJuly 3, 2017

We’ve beat up on them before, but we have nothing but praise for the tenacious and relentless reporting of the Tallahassee Democrat as it digs into the percolating scandal surrounding the city’s Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA). To recap, the FBI and U.S. Attorney’s Office in north Florida has issued subpoenas seeking information on redevelopment projects that involve the […]

Jim RosicaJune 29, 2017

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Attorney and former state Rep. Phillip J. Brutus, the first Haitian-American elected to the Legislature, has been suspended from practicing law for one year, The Florida Bar announced Thursday. The suspension became effective June 3. Brutus, of Lauderdale Lakes, also will be on probation for two years after his reinstatement, according to a disciplinary order by the Florida […]

Staff ReportsJune 19, 2017

The Florida Bar‘s Annual Convention begins Wednesday at the Boca Raton Resort & Club, with “a focus on the future of the legal profession and the challenges lawyers face,” the organization said in a news release. On Friday, Miami attorney Michael J. Higer will be sworn in as the Bar’s 69th president, and West Palm Beach attorney Michelle […]

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 RosicaMay 16, 2017

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George Sheldon, a former Florida official now facing an ethics inquiry as director of Illinois’ Department of Children and Family Services, also ran into a spot of trouble at home this week. Property records show Sheldon, secretary of Florida’s Department of Children and Families in 2008-11, claimed a homestead exemption on his Tallahassee house while […]

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Florida Bar aims to engage Floridians in constitutional review

Personnel note: Jim Ash joins Florida Bar News

Florida Bar gearing up for Reporters’ Workshop

Personnel note: Five join Florida Bar’s Citizens Advisory Committee

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

Let us now praise a famous (and good) newspaper

Former South Florida lawmaker suspended from practicing law

Florida Bar holds annual convention this week

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

George Sheldon, under fire in Illinois, also faces questions at home