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1953
Anthony Battaglia, of Battaglia, Ross, Dicus
& Wein, received the Jack Edmonds Award for Civility
and Professionalism in the practice of criminal law,
presented by the Goldberg Inns of Court.
1956
Louie N. Adcock, Jr., along with three
others, was honored by the St. Petersburg Bar Foundation
at the “Heroes Among Us” dinner based on
their substantial contributions through community service
activities.
ladcock@fishersauls.com
1962
Charlie Gray, of GrayRobinson in Orlando,
was ranked #19 in the “50 Most Powerful People”
survey published in Orlando Magazine.
1963
Robert R. Hendry, of Hendry, Stoner,
DeLancett & Brown in Orlando, was re-elected to
the National Steering Committee of the District Export
Councils.
1967
Eric Smith is the town attorney for
Baldwin, Fla.
1970
Mercer K. "Bud" Clarke is
serving a one-year term as chair of the Drug, Device
and Biotech Committee of the International Association
of Defense Counsel. He is founding principal and president
of Clarke, Silverglate & Campbell in Miami.
Ronald Y. Schram, principal of the F&R Group and Flagler Bank in South Florida, welcomed his third child, Jonathan Richard, in February. Jonathan joins Harrison Spencer (3 1/2) and Lauren Alyssa (10 months).
1972
G. Carson McEachern, partner in the
Naples office of Roetzel & Andress, attended the
“Annual Meeting of the Fund 25” where only
25 agents from the top 25 insurance firms are invited
each year. McEachern is Florida Bar certified in real
estate law and wills, trusts, and estates law.
Jake Schickel,
partner at Coker, Meyer, Schickel, Sorenson & Green
in Jacksonville, was elected to The Florida Bar’s
Board of Governers for the 4th Circuit. Schickel is
a board-certified trial lawyer who represents personal
injury and workers’ compensation cases.
jschickel@cokerlaw.com
1973
The Florida Bar’s Family Law Section honored Circuit Judge Raymond T. McNeal of Ocala with
the Chair’s Visionary Award for his years of work
in family law, including developing the statewide model
family court structure.
Arthur J. Smith is chair of the real estate section of the Allegheny Bar Association in Pennsylvania.
1974
Gov. Jeb Bush reappointed Fred Leonhardt,
of GrayRobinson in Orlando, to the board of governors
for Enterprise Florida, Inc.
Leslie J. Lott,
founding partner of Lott & Friedland in Coral Gables,
presented at the Law Education Institute’s National
CLE Conference, in Aspen, Colo., on the latest developments
in trademark and trade dress law and recent federal
district and circuit court decisions. She and David
K. Freidland (JD 88) also announced the opening
of an office in Ft. Lauderdale of their Coral Gables,
intellectual property-based firm Lott & Freidland.
1975
Carlton F. Bennett, a partner with
Bennett and Zydron in Virginia Beach, is board-certified
in civil practice by the National Board of Trial Advocacy
and was recognized by the American Trial Lawyers Association
for pro bono representation of Sept. 11th victims.
R. Terry Rigsby joined the Tallahassee office of Carlton Fields Law firm as a shareholder in the Government Law and Consulting Program.
1976
Mark P. Buell is chair-elect of the
Trial Lawyers Section of The Florida Bar and will become
chair in June 2005.
1977
Nathaniel Doliner, a shareholder in
Carlton Fields in Tampa, moderated a corporate governance
program in Paris, France, entitled “The Impact
of Converging Business Legal Issues in the World’s
Two Largest Markets: Greater Europe and the United States.”
Kim O’Connor was elected supervisor of Ochlocknee River Soil and Water Conservation, District 3, in Tallahassee.
1978
Dennis M. Campbell was recognized as
one of Florida's top business and business litigation
lawyers. He concentrates his practice on the representation
of financial institutions and other sophisticated business
enterprises on creditors' rights, bankruptcy and litigation
matters.
Robert E. Gordon, a member of Gordon & Doner, has been appointed to the board of directors for the Brain Injury Association of America after serving on the board of the Florida Brain Injury Association for the past six years.
John D. Owsen has joined the Dallas office of Glast, Phillips & Murray, where he practices in the ERISA & Employee Benefits Section, Taxation Section and Estate Planning Section.
1979
Cheryl L. Gordon was elected to a two-year
term as managing shareholder in Abel Band Russell Collier
Pitchford & Gordon Chartered in Sarasota.
BTI Consulting Firm honored Linda Y. Kelso, a partner in the Jacksonville firm Foley & Lardner, for client service skills.
1980
Philippe Jeck will be participating
in the King’s Trial Triathlon in Maui, Hawaii,
a fundraiser for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.
His participation will be in honor of his father, Lester
Jeck, who died of leukemia.
Sharon Strayer Learch, formerly a partner at Holland and Knight in Jacksonville, opened a private practice in May 2003 and specializes in residential real estate matters.
Douglas Molloy recently returned from Brazil, where he was part of a commission studying global slavery and related crimes. Molloy interviewed and taught Brazilian federal police, law enforcement officers and judges about U.S. and Brazilian efforts to stop sex slavery, indentured servitude and domestic servitude. He traveled to Sao Paulo, Belo Horizonte and Rio de Janeiro.
1981
Luis A. Abreu was chosen as one of
Virginia’s “Legal Elite” and has received
this honor for three consecutive years, recognizing
him as one of Virginia’s top attorneys in the
area of family and domestic relations. labreu@ccbk.com
Wilbur Brewton, partner in charge of the Tallahassee office of Roetzel & Andress, was elected president of the Governor’s Club for 2005 for a one-year term. Brewton’s practice focuses on administrative law, appellate law, corporate and business services, public and finance, and government relations.
Richard B. Comiter, founding partner of Comiter & Singer in Palm Beach and Palm Beach Gardens, recently addressed the Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants on “Effectively Using Limited Liability for Tax and Asset Protection Planning.”
Jonathan Marcus is a partner with Holland & Knight in Ft. Lauderdale and practices real estate law, primarily representing residential developers.
Gov. Jeb Bush appointed Joyce Henderson Williams an Escambia County Court judge after serving as an assistant city attorney for more than 10 years.
1982
Terence Delahunty, Jr., of Foley &
Lardner in Orlando, was named to the board of governors
of the Orlando Regional Chamber of Commerce.
Susan Maulucci was selected by the chief judge to serve as a general magistrate in the 12th Judicial Circuit. susan.maulucci@co.manatee.fl.us
Richard A. Jacobson, shareholder in Fowler White Boggs Banker in Tampa, has been elected to the International Programs advisory board at the Levin College of Law.
William Merlin, Jr., of The Merlin Law Group in Tampa, co-chaired the Sixth Annual Windstorm Insurance Conference. Merlin presented a workshop titled “Unlicensed Practice of Law and Unlicensed Public Adjusting,” which dealt with how adjusters, public adjusters, contractors and others involved with a claim sometimes unknowingly engage in the unauthorized practice of law. Merlin also served on an expert panel discussion titled “What We Learned for the 2004 Hurricanes.”
Judge Charles E. Williams was honored by the United Negro College Fund (Sarasota-Manatee campaign) for his achievements and community involvement.
1983
The International Society of Primerus Law Firms welcomed
the law firm of Fuller, Holsonbeck, Bivins, and Malloy
to their organization. The firm’s four founding
partners are all UF law alums, John P. Holsonback (JD 83), Jeffery Fuller (JD 84), Robert
W. Bivins (JD 85), and Timothy Malloy (JD 87). The firm is a commercial transaction and general
litigation firm with a scope of practice emphasizing
corporate securities law, real estate and lending law,
complex commercial litigation, insurance defense, and
estate planning.
1984
John Attaway was promoted to senior
vice president and general counsel of Publix and has
worked with the company since 1997.
Lawrence Marraffino is in private practice in Gainesville specializing in personal injury, bankruptcy, and commercial litigation, and is an adjunct faculty member at Levin College of Law, teaching law office management and practical skills.
David C. Willis, partner at Rumberger, Kirk & Caldwell, was appointed to The Florida Bar Business Committee, which oversees all applications for Business Law Certification and prepares the certification exam.
1985
P. Campbell Ford currently lives in
Atlantic Beach, N.C., with his family, and is practicing
commercial and construction litigation at Ford, Miller
& Wainer law firm in Jacksonville, N.C.
Taso Milonas is a board certified tax lawyer in Sarasota and advises individuals and businesses on estate planning and related matters.
Edward Tancer, of Florida Power and Light Group, was appointed vice president and general counsel after 17 years at various legal posts within the company.
1986
P. Richard Game, formerly of Bondurant
Mixson & Elmore in Atlanta, has left the active
practice of law to pursue ordination as a priest in
the Episcopal Church. He is currently enrolled in the
Master of Divinity program at The Candler School of
Theology at Emory University.
William E. Ruffier, a board-certified civil trial lawyer with Dellecker Wilson & King, received recertification by The Florida Bar for a five-year period extending through 2009 and is now a partner with the firm practicing in personal injury, wrongful death, medical negligence, nursing home litigation and civil rights.
Fred Werdine, of Fowler White Boggs Banker, was selected to participate in the 2005 Class of Leadership in Tampa Bay.
1987
David Bowen has joined Mayer, Brown,
Rowe & Maw as partner in the transfer pricing practice.
He also is an adjunct professor at George Washington
University, where he teaches international litigation
and dispute resolution in the L.L.M program.
David B. Honig, of Hall, Render, Killian, Heath & Lyman in Indianapolis, Ind., was co-author of “Prolific Plaintiffs or Rabid Relators? Recent Developments in False Claims Act Litigation.” The article appears in Indiana Health Law Review.
Joe Kern, associate general counsel with Darden Restaurants, was elected chair of the state board of directors of Easter Seals Florida.
Jack Miller was appointed the Weldon Schimke Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of Idaho College of Law.
1988
David P. Browne, partner with Bond,
Schoeneck & King in Bonita Springs, was recently
elected to chairman of the Bonita Springs Community
Foundation and is one of only 350 Florida Bar board
certified wills, trusts and estates lawyers.
Charles Carver,
shareholder in Ward Rovell, has been elected to a second
term as vice president of public affairs for the Florida
Chapter of the National Association of Industrial and
Office Properties (NAIOP), and elected first vice president
of NAIOP’s Tampa Bay chapter.
ccarver@wardrovell.com
Teri Donaldson has joined Tew Cardenas, and will serve as the managing partner of the firm's environment, energy and resources practice group. Before joining Tew Cardenas, Teri served for five years in Gov. Jeb Bush’s administration as general counsel for the Florida Department of Environmental Protection.
David K. Freidland and Leslie J. Lott (JD 74) announced the opening of an office in Ft. Lauderdale of their Coral Gables, intellectual property-based firm Lott & Freidland.
Christopher Hanna served as visiting professor at the Levin College of Law during the Spring 2005 semester. Hanna, whose expertise is in tax accounting, international tax, corporate tax and individual taxation, holds a University Distinguished Teaching Professorship at Southern Methodist University. He is the founder and director of SMU's Center for Pacific Rim Legal Studies, and has served since 1995 as director of the Academy of International Taxation in Taipei, Taiwan.
Cathryn A. Mitchell, of MillerMitchell, was recently appointed president and secretary to the Princeton Bar Association’s board of trustees.
Russell Silverglate has become the director of community life and small group pastor at Spanish River Church in Boca Raton since receiving his M.Div. from the Reformed Theological Seminary in 2004. rsilverglate@spanishriver.com
Spencer H. Silverglate was recognized as one the Florida's top civil trial lawyers and is the managing shareholder of Clarke, Silverglate & Campbell. He concentrates his practice on representing corporations in complex commercial and employment litigation matters.
1989
Andrew Fisher and his wife, Serena,
welcomed their son, Michael Dignan Fisher, in December
2004.
Mike Ferguson spoke at the 13th Annual Georgia Southern Sports Conference in Savannah, Ga., and is currently on UF’s Board of Trustees.
Linda Gemind has joined the Cleveland, OH, law firm of Schottenstein Zox & Dunn and practices commercial litigation regarding immigration law and counsels businesses on strategies for employing foreign nationals.
John T. Leadbeater became a shareholder in Ausley & McMullen P.A. in Tallahassee, where he practices business law, state & federal taxation.
Sheree Martin received her Ph.D. in mass communications in December 2004 from the University of Alabama and is currently assistant professor at Oklahoma State University.
Dana J. McElroy,
of Gordon Hargrove & James in Ft. Lauderdale, has
been appointed to the Board of Trustees of the First
Amendment Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated
to preserving and advancing freedom of speech and of
the press.
dmcelroy@ghj.com
Michael Shapiro, vice president of Smith Barney in Boca Raton, works with clients in the areas of wealth management and estate planning strategies.
Charles D. Tobin,
a partner with Holland & Knight in Washington D.C.,
practices litigation and media law on behalf of the
nation's largest broadcasters and publishers. He also
serves as editor-in-chief of the ABA magazine Litigation,
is a governing committee member of the ABA Forum on
Communications Law, and chairs the D.C. Bar Media Law
Committee. He, his wife Nancy, and their two boys live
in northern Virginia.
charles.tobin@hklaw.com
1990
Janice Matson Rickert, of Fowler White
Boggs Banker, was selected to participate in the 2005
Class of Leadership Tampa Bay.
Cynthia Crofoot Rignanese and J. Lenora Bressler of J. Kelly Kennedy in Winter Haven, presented a live, call-in radio show on “Laws You Need to Know Following the Hurricanes” on Florida Talks AM 1570.
1991
The 2005 South Florida Legal Guide named Kenneth
Spiegelman, a new member with Dimond Kaplan
& Rubenstein, to the “Top Up and Comers”
list.
John V. Tucker, of Anderson & Tucker in St. Petersburg, presented a seminar entitled “Social Security, Long Term Disability Insurance and Other Disability Benefit Issues,” sponsored by the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Mid-Florida Chapter.
1992
Thomas Bishop of Holland & Knight
was elected president of the Jacksonville chapter of
The Florida Bar Association.
D. Bruce Hoffman is vice-chair of the Firmwide Antitrust Practice with
Hunton & Williams in Miami, where he was formerly
deputy director of the FTC’s Bureau of Competition.
bhoffman@hunton.com
Frank M. Petosa, of Petosa & Associates, in Boca Raton, was a featured speaker at the 2004 Fall Advanced Trial Skills Seminar sponsored by the Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers. Petosa’s topic was titled “Beware of the Arbitration Clause.”
1993
Cecilia Redding Boyd and her husband,
James, celebrated the births of their daughter, Fisher
Evelyn Boyd, in 2003, and son, James Alton Boyd, in
2004.
Bruce M. Harris, founding partner of Harris, Harris Bauerle & Sharma in Orlando, has been admitted to the Million Dollar Advocates Forum for achieving a verdict in the amount of $1 million dollars or more.
Christopher P. Tessitore, former partner of Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed, has joined Commercial Net Lease Reality, Inc., as senior vice president and assistant general counsel.
Tri Thornhill received Florida Board certification in civil trial law.
1994
Lisa Bisagni opened her own office
in Ft. Lauderdale, specializing in real estate closings,
real estate legal services, title insurance and civil
litigation.
Steven Diebenow has been appointed chief of staff for Mayor John Peyton in Jacksonville, Fla.
Lawrence B. Lambert was named partner with Lash & Goldberg in Miami, and practices commercial litigation, health care, franchise litigation and contract and employee disputes.
Kenneth J. McKenna became a partner at Dellecker, Wilson & King in Orlando and practices in medical malpractice and insurance bad faith.
Lance D. Reich became a partner in the newly formed Atlanta office of Carlton Fields.
Robert W. Vale was recently elected partner at Shutts & Bowen and handles commercial and residential real estate transactions for a variety of clients.
1995
The Class of 1995 is leading the way on binding ties
with law school classmates by hosting a website and
planning a weekend reunion during UF Homecoming festivities
in October. The reunion includes a tour of the law school’s
new facilities (where lunch will be served), and a lunch,
brunch and party. For more information go to http://www.PaulSRooy.com/UFReunion.aspx or call Raul Rooy at 386-258-5008.
Tim Cerio has been selected by Gov. Jeb Bush to serve as general counsel for Florida’s Department of Health, where he will oversee all legal issues. Cerio is taking a leave of absence from GrayRobinson in Tampa, where he focused on governmental law.
Alison Danaceau became a partner in the Atlanta office of Carlton Fields.
J. Andrew Meyer, a former partner at Carlton Fields, has joined James, Hoyer, Newcomer & Smiljanich, and works on class actions and civil litigation.
Niels P. Murphy co-founded a new firm, Murphy & Anderson, in Jacksonville.
The firm’s practice will emphasize litigation
in complex commercial and construction litigation, product
and professional liabilities, securities litigation
and arbitration, intellectual property and personal
injury.
nmurphy@murphyandandersonlaw.com
U.S. Secretary of the Interior
Gale A. Norton appointed Daniel T. O’Keefe to a four-year term on the Wekiva River System Advisory
Management Committee. He also is a member of the board
of the East Central Florida Regional Planning Council,
appointed by Gov. Jeb Bush.
dokeefe@schutts-law.com
Richard E. Thompson
II (Chip) was selected as one of the “Top
20 Attorneys Under Age 40 in the City of Atlanta”
by the Fulton County Daily Report, the Georgia division
of American Lawyer Media. Thompson also heads the international
practice group for the Atlanta-based law firm Troutman
Sanders LLP, which has seven domestic offices as well
as offices in London and Hong Kong.
richard.thompson@troutmansanders.com
1996
Tina Bird has become a member at FagelHaber
in Chicago and will continue to represent contractors,
designers and builders in contract drafting and negotiation,
payment disputes, delay damage claims, defective work
claims and other construction disputes.
Eula Robinson Clarke was featured in the Martin County Bar Association’s newsletter for her pro-bono work on behalf of the community.
Juan Carlos Ferrucho has joined Berkowitz Dick Pollack & Brant Certified
Public Accountants & Consultants in Miami as a manager
in the international tax services department.
jferrucho@bdpb.com
Brian J. Gausie has joined the Ft. Lauderdale office of Greenberg Taurig as a shareholder, and practices in the corporate and securities section.
Jason K. Greene was named counsel with Powell Goldstein in Atlanta, and practices in business transactions and tax.
Richard A. Hujber,
former immigration attorney-advisor to the U.S. Department
of Justice, Miami Immigration Court, and the Board of
Immigration Appeals, opened his new immigration law
office in Boca Raton. He represents clients in all types
of immigration matters. Hujber also is the chairman
of the Immigration Committee for the South Palm Beach
County Bar Association.|
richardhujber@yahoo.com
James F. Johnston, of the Orlando office of GrayRobinson, focuses his practice on land use, state and local government law, and utilities in the firm's public law department.
Jennifer D. Odom was named partner with Powell Goldstein in Atlanta, where she practices securities and corporate litigation, and is a member of the firm’s Special Matters and Investigations Team.
Jeremy M. Sensenig, former lead attorney of the Legal Aid Society of Palm Beach, opened Sensenig Law Firm in Sarasota.
Kathryn Williams, partner with Holland & Knight, was selected to participate in the Rising Stars Class of 2005, a year-long leadership and intensive economic program developed by the firm for women attorneys.
1997
Geddes D. Anderson, Jr. co-founded
a new firm, Murphy & Anderson, in Jacksonville.
The firm’s practice will emphasize litigation
in complex commercial and construction litigation, product
and professional liabilities, securities litigation
and arbitration, intellectual property and personal
injury.
ganderson@murphyandandersonlaw.com
C. Todd Burbank of Helms Mulliss & Wicker in Charlotte, N.C., was promoted to member and specializes in commercial real estate and finance.
Joaquin Ferrao has become senior advisor to U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Roger Noriega, and resides in Virginia with his wife and two daughters.
Scott R. Lilly, of the Tampa office of GrayRobinson, concentrates his practice in the areas of real property litigation, commercial litigation, creditors' rights, and bankruptcy litigation.
James W. Pimentel,
formerly an assistant state attorney in the 4th Judicial
Circuit, has become office legal advisor for the Clay
County Sheriff’s Office.
jpimentel@claysherriff.com
J. Cater Randolph II, partner with the Palm Beach law firm Mettler, Shelton, Randolph & Marek, has been selected as a member of the Board of Directors of the Palm Beach Chamber of Commerce.
Tammie Rattray has been named a partner with the national labor and employment law firm Ford & Harrison in Tampa and practices in all areas of employment litigation.
Todd B. Reinstein joined the Washington law firm of Pepper Hamilton as an associate in their tax department.
1998
Cristin A. Conley, of Carlton Fields
in Tampa, co-wrote the second chapter in the first edition
of Limited Liability Companies in Florida, titled, “Comparative
Analysis: When and Why L.L.C.’s are a Better Alternative.”
Rick Ellsley, a civil trial attorney with the Ft. Lauderdale firm of Krupnick Campbell Malone Buser Slama Hancock Liberman & McKee, is a frequent lecturer and has published articles on trial techniques in personal injury and wrongful death cases.
Fabienne Leconte Fahnestock and her husband, Kyle, celebrated the birth of their first child, Isabella Grace.
Maria M. Hinds is the general magistrate for the 9th Judicial Circuit Court of Florida.
M. Scott Noble has become a shareholder at Head, Moss, Fulton & Noble P.A., with offices in Orange Park and Ponte Vedra Beach.
Bill Ramanos, III, published a chapter on e-commerce in the Florida Small Business Practice Manual 2004.
1999
Derek Acree, a member of The Florida
Bar, joined Nason, Yeager, Gerson, White & Lioce
as an associate and practices real estate law.
R. Bradley Adams joined the law firm of Littler Mendelson in Atlanta and practices labor and employment law.
Ryan E. Davis, of Winderweedle, Haines, Ward & Woodman, was elected to the Board of Directors of the Central Florida Bankruptcy Law Association.
Aubrey Ducker, Jr. was selected for Strathsmore’s Who’s Who 2004-2005.
Q. Scott Kaye was recently elected partner at McDermont Will &
Emery and is a member of the firm’s corporate
department in Los Angeles.
qskaye@mwe.com
Antony Kolenc was promoted to the rank
of major and is teaching undergraduate law classes as
an assistant professor at the U.S. Air Force Academy
in Colorado Springs, Colo.
Brian Leebrick has become a shareholder in the Panama City firm Barron, Redding, Hughes, Fite, Fensom, Sanborn & Kiehn and practices in the areas of real estate transactions, development and finance, real estate litigation and general commercial law.
William R. Schilling has opened his own law firm as a general practitioner in Carolina Beach, N.C., a small island just south of Wilmington.
Brian P. Trauman,
a domestic and international tax controversy associate
with the Washington, D.C. and New York offices of Mayer,
Brown, Rowe & Maw, has been appointed chair of the
ABA Tax Section’s Pro Bono Committee. He also
serves as the ABA Young Lawyers Division’s Liaison
to the ABA Tax Section.
BPTrauman@mayerbrownroew.com
Jeannine Smith Williams,
of the St. Petersburg Legal Department, was elected
president of the Fred G. Minnis Sr. Bar Association.
jnine96@yahoo.com
2000
Julie Imanuel Brown is the assistant
city attorney for the city of Tampa and is acquiring
several UPS stores in the Tampa Bay area with her husband
Hank.
Richard Hornsby has opened his own practice, Richard E. Hornsby, in Orlando and concentrates primarily on trial practice, limiting his work to criminal defense and personal injury representation.
Brian Mulligan was married to fellow classmate Elizabeth Lynch (JD 01) in September 2004.
2001
Peter Boyd founded PaperStreet Web
Design a company that creates web sites for lawyers.
peteboyd@paperstreet.com
Rocky Cabagnot was honored at the first Fellow and Leadership Conference, and is an Equal Justice Works Fellow with Three Rivers Legal Services in Gainesville, where he works with partner organizations to provide legal services to four of the poorest rural counties in northcentral Florida.
Christine Donoghue, of GrayRobinson in Tampa, was elected to serve on the Florida Defense Lawyers Association Board of Directors for 2004-2005.
Loren Fender recently joined Rumberger, Kirk, & Caldwell as an associate in the Miami office, practicing in the areas of insurance defense matters and products liability.
Lydia R. Hanley was appointed associate director of career services for the Ralph R. Papitto School of Law at Roger Williams University, a newly created position in which she will manage publications and technology in the office, counsel students and develop programs.
Laura Giuffrida Herzog,
formerly an associate for Holland & Knight in Jacksonville,
is now director of career services at Florida Coastal
School of Law in Jacksonville.
lgiuffrida@fcsl.edu
Jay P. Lechner published an article, “The New FLSA White Collar Regulations: Analysis of Changes,” in the February 2005 Florida Bar Journal. He practices labor and employment law representing management in the Tampa firm of Zinober & McCrea.
2002
Erin Ackor joined the Miami law firm
of Moore and Co. and will specialize in all aspects
of marine and aviation law.
Amanda Arnold completed a clerkship with U.S. District Court Judge Susan C. Buckles, and will begin a clerkship with U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Charles Wilson, 11th Circuit.
Shelbi Day was honored at the first Fellow and Leadership Conference and is an Equal Justice Works fellow with Southern Legal Counsel in Gainesville, where she works to address civil rights abuses that result from the criminalization of homelessness in Florida.
Robert J. Robbins joined Learch Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins
in Boca Raton as an associate focusing on securities
and consumer fraud litigation.
rrobbins@lerachlaw.com
Glory Ross joined Ackerman Link & Sartory in West Palm Beach
and practices in the areas of business and commercial
litigation. Previously she clerked for Judge Fred Hazouri
of the 4th District Court of Appeals.
gross@alslaw.com
2003
Tamra Carsten has joined James, Hoyer,
Newcomer & Smiljanich and works on civil appeals,
class actions and general civil litigation.
Arturo J. Fernandez joined the Miami office of Hunton & Williams and will focus on labor and employment. afernandez@hunton.com
S. Allister Fisher joined Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed as an associate practicing in developments of regional impact, land use & zoning, real estate transactions, and development & finance.
Steven Gold completed his clerkship with Florida Supreme Court Justice Charles Wells, and has accepted a position as a deputy solicitor general.
Kristen Lentz was honored at the first Fellows Reunion and Leadership Conference, and is an Equal Justice Works fellow at Florida Institutional Legal Services in Gainesville, where she addresses the legal needs of men involuntarily detained and committed under Florida’s sex offender civil commitment statute.
Carlo A. Rodriguez joined the law firm of Hunton & Williams’
Miami office and will concentrate on civil litigation,
with a focus on the petroleum and real estate industry.
crodriguez@hunton.com
S. David Selznick joined Bridger Commercial Funding as vice president of the Midwest and will head its Midwest relationship management efforts.
Dexter Smith was hired by the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) as director of legislative services. He oversees all legislative actions to ensure that they are handled systematically, and is liaison to various NAIA councils.
Anthony F. Sos has joined the Orlando firm of Dellecker Wilson & King as an associate after clerking with the firm in 2000 and 2002.
Tim Stevens was honored at the first Fellows Reunion and Leadership Conference, and is an Equal Justice Works fellow at the Legal Aid Society of Palm Beach County, Inc. in West Palm Beach, Fla., where he works to address the multiple needs of both grandparent caregivers and the grandchildren they are raising.
J. Samantha Vacciana was honored at the first Fellows Reunion and Leadership Conference and is an Equal Justice Works fellow with the Legal Aid Society of Palm Beach County, Inc. in West Palm Beach, Fla., where she works in the Immigration Unit on behalf of domestic violence survivors who are not U.S. citizens.
2004
Ashley N. Calhoun has joined the law
firm GrayRobinson in Lakeland and focuses her practice
in the areas of taxation, corporate, wealth transfer,
estate planning, and trusts and estate administration.
Michael Kurth has joined Neil, Griffin, Tierney, Neill & Marquis in Fort Lauderdale as an associate attorney.
Nicholas Palmer joined the law firm of Foley & Lardner in Orlando as an associate in the Business Law Department and is a member of the Real Estate Practice Group.
Obituaries
George F. Baughman (JD LW 1967)
Clarence Alexander Boswell, Sr. (JD 1924)
Lester E. Gilbert (LLB 1954)
Christopher Herrick (JD 1986)
Richard T. “Rick” Leavengood (JD 1978)
Donald McGetrick (JD 1988)
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