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Approved unanimously Oct. 26 by the Qualifications Review Committee, his nomination now must be approved by City Council.

Mayor Donna Deegan cast her support behind Randy DeFoor for general counsel, a powerful post in Jacksonvilles consolidated form of government.

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Kelli Lueckert, Penny Schmidt and judges Mark Mahon and Mose Floyd honored by the Jacksonville Bar Association.

JBA Executive Director Craig Shoup is liaison the board of governors in 2022-23.

The highest-ranking member of the Florida judiciary is scheduled to be the keynote speaker at the JBA member luncheon Feb. 16.

05:00 AM EST Share The theme of this year’s annual Law Day celebration declares that the rule of law is the “bedrock of American rights and liberties in times of calm and unrest alike.” Law Day is the annual opportunity to understand how the law contributes to freedom, justice and equality. In 1957, American Bar Association President Charles Rhyne proposed an observance to celebrate the legal system. A year later, President Dwight Eisenhower was the first to proclaim Law D...

05:00 AM EST Share He coordinated the system to help distribute money that was part of the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act. In recognition of his leadership when the Jacksonville Bar Association volunteered to administer financial aid appropriated by the city for residents facing eviction or foreclosure, Christian George is the 2021 Jacksonville Daily Record Lawyer of the Year. The award was presented by Daily Record Editor Karen Brune Mathis at the JBA...

A Jacksonville Bar Association panel discussed what happens when a complaint related to ethics or professional conduct is made against an attorney. Fourth Judicial Circuit Judge Waddell Wallace, chair of the JBA Professionalism Committee, moderated the March 29 panel discussion that included Jacksonville attorneys and Florida Bar board of governors members Braxton Gillam and Michael Fox Orr and Jim Fisher, Bar counsel for The Florida Bar. Gillam said when there’s a complaint against an attorn...