MILTON, FLORIDA – A recent court case highlights the fact that attorneys have higher rates of substance abuse and mental illness than many other professionals.
The traditional way of billing for legal services may not be working for the growing number of people who would rather represent themselves in state courthouses across the country because the cost of retaining a lawyer is too high.
TALLAHASSEE -- The Florida Supreme Court has suspended Maria Elena Perez, the Coral Gables lawyer who represented Nevin Shapiro in his Ponzi scheme case, for ethics violations of the rules regulating the Florida Bar.
TALLAHASSEE -- An associate from Colling Gilbert Wright & Carter has been named as a recipient of The Florida Bar's exceptional pro bono service award.
Cristina Sanchez, President of the Brevard County Association for Women Lawyers, won a three-way race for circuit judge in Seminole and Brevard counties, according to an August 30 article in the Orlando Sentinel. Since no one won more than 50 percent, Sanchez and Stephen Henderson will face off in a run-off November 8.
TALLAHASSEE – In the upcoming November elections, Florida voters will get to choose whether or not to retain three state Supreme Court justices and 28 appeal court judges in five districts
JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA – Passing Florida’s bar exam can be a daunting task, and one law school dean recently expressed his frustration at the entire law school admissions process after a high number of students at his school failed the exam.
TALLAHASSEE – Five lawyers from the Radey Law Firm were named in the 2016 edition of the Florida Super Lawyers list: David Yon, Donna Blanton, Christopher Lunny, Rex Ware and Harry Thomas.
TALLAHASSEE -- The Florida Supreme Court has accepted a request for disciplinary revocation of license to practice law belonging to attorney Stephen M. Newman.
ORLANDO -- Attorney Samuel Harker Lanier was suspended indefinitely by the Florida Bar Association in June. The ruling stems from charges and subsequent guilty verdict of several criminal infractions--both misdemeanor and felony--committed by the lawyer in January.
TALLAHASSEE -- The Florida Supreme Court ruled in June to permanently disbar attorney Cory Matthew Meltzer after he was brought up on several disciplinary charges.
TALLAHASSEE – Justice Barbara J. Pariente and F. James Robinson recently wrote an
article for the May 2016 issue of the Florida Bar Journal that addressed how merit-based selection and retention is affected by partisan attacks.
TALLAHASSEE – The May 2016 issue of the Florida Bar Journal addressed multiple angles of civic education and ways to create a more trusting relationship between the people and the legal system.
TALLAHASSEE – The Florida Supreme Court ruled on July 14 to publicly reprimand Paul Aaron Herman, an attorney operating out of Delray Beach, after he pleaded guilty to misconduct.
DALLAS – A Florida attorney is on the other end of a lawsuit, facing allegations that he and a Dallas City Council member illegally solicited a woman in a wrongful death case – a crime known as ambulance chasing.
