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Miami attorney Yara Lorenzo reappointed to The Florida Bar Foundation board
by Nancy Kinnally July 2014 MAITLAND, Fla. — Miami attorney Yara Lorenzo has been appointed by the Florida Supreme Court to the board of The…
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Tampa attorney Hala Sandridge reappointed to Florida Bar Foundation board
by Nancy Kinnally July 2014 MAITLAND, Fla. —Tampa attorney Hala Sandridge has been reappointed to a three-year term on the board of The Florida…
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Business Law Section makes $50,000 gift to the Foundation
by Nancy Kinnally July 2014 MAITLAND, Fla. —The Florida Bar Business Law Section has made a $50,000 gift to The Florida Bar Foundation…
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Statement of Florida Bar Foundation President John Patterson on petition to amend the rules regulating The Florida Bar regarding membership fees
June 12, 2014 The Foundation board declined to take a position on the petition because the consensus was that, while the need for expanding access to justice has never been…
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Bruce B. Blackwell named executive director
May 19, 2014 MAITLAND, Fla. — Orlando, Fla., attorney Bruce B. Blackwell has been named executive director of The Florida Bar Foundation, a…
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Bob Butterworth to receive the 2014 Medal of Honor Award
Florida’s longest-serving attorney general, Robert A. Butterworth, has been selected to receive The Florida…
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Maria E. Henderson to serve as immediate past president of The Florida Bar Foundation
by Nancy Kinnally July 2013 ORLANDO, Fla. — Maria E. Henderson, an insurance consultant at the law firm of Akerman Senterfitt, took office July…
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Robert C. Josefsberg receives 2013 Medal of Honor at Florida Bar Foundation annual dinner
ORLANDO, Fla. — Robert C. Josefsberg, a Miami attorney known for his half century of counsel…
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Temporary Unlimited FDIC Insurance Coverage for IOTA and Non-Interest-Bearing Accounts Expired December 31, 2012
A special recession-prompted program that offered unlimited FDIC protection for lawyers’ trust accounts and other bank deposits ended December 31, 2012. Effective January 1, 2013, FDIC coverage is now…
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Florida Legal Services receives Goldstein Award for Excellence
by Nancy Kinnally Florida Legal Services staff attorneys Kathy Grunewald, left, and Cindy Huddleston, right, accepted the 2012 Steven…
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Henry M. Coxe III receives 2012 Medal of Honor at Florida Bar Foundation annual dinner
Hank M. Coxe, III receives the 2012 Medal of Honor Award from 2011-12 Foundation President Michele Kane Cummings…
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Attorney Jewel White reappointed to board of The Florida Bar Foundation
by Nancy Kinnally July 2012 ORLANDO, Fla. — Attorney Jewel White has been reappointed to a three-year term on the board of The…
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