FLA’s online career counseling is set for October 11 David Behrend, M.ED., director of Career Planning Services for Lawyers in Ardmore, Pennsylvania, and Florida Lawyers Assistance, will offer a free career counseling program for lawyers via computer or telephone from the privacy of your home or office. The next session is Wednesday, October 11, at […]

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Fort Myers, Florida – United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that Mar’tavious Martel Brown (25, Lehigh Acres) today pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime. Brown faces a minimum mandatory penalty of five years, up to life, in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet […]

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YLD’s Virtual Summit ‘Mastering the Practice of Law’ has something for every young lawyer The November 2 event is a free half-day conference where attendees will be able to select from 30 different CLE options to attend throughout the day’ Anisha Patel Billed as its “biggest initiative of the year,” the Young Lawyers Division has […]

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Ocala, Florida – Senior United States District Judge John Antoon II has sentenced Dustin Shane Sandiford (31, Citrus Springs) to 30 years in federal prison for production of child sex abuse material. Sandiford had pleaded guilty on September 3, 2021. According to court documents and testimony, agents seized a cellphone from Sandiford on December 2, […]

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Free trust accounting software now available Nota’s financial management platform will help lawyers manage their trust accounts and avoid costly mistakes Scott Westheimer Florida lawyers now have free access to Nota – a financial platform designed to help small law firms and solo lawyers manage trust accounts and adhere to accounting requirements. Nota has been added […]

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Orlando, FL –United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the return of an indictment charging Katie Jeane Mahai (41, Ocala) with armed trespass, fleeing and eluding law enforcement officers, and unlawfully bringing a firearm onto Kennedy Space Center. If convicted on all counts, Mahai faces a maximum penalty of 15 years in federal prison.  According […]

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Ruling allows some divorcing couples to waive filing financial affidavits The Florida Supreme Court has approved a Family Law Rule Committee proposal that permits divorcing couples, under certain circumstances, to waive the filing of financial affidavits. The amendments to Rule 12.285, which take effect November 1, apply only to uncontested divorces. Parties will still be […]

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Sergey Karpushkin, 46, of Miami, a resident of the United States and a citizen of Belarus, pleaded guilty today to engaging in a scheme to violate U.S. sanctions and commit money laundering by conducting transactions for the purchase and acquisition of metal products valued at over $139 million from companies owned by Sergey Kurchenko, a […]

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Florida Bar News Briefs examines the Bar’s new free trust accounting software The latest edition of Florida Bar News Briefs, a weekly podcast dedicated to what’s happening in the legal profession, is now available with stories including: Florida lawyers having free access to Nota – a financial platform designed to help small firms and solo lawyers manage […]

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National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges selects 15th Circuit to participate in Implementation Sites Project The 15th Circuits’ Juvenile Division has been selected to participate in the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges’ (NCJFCJ) Implementation Sites Project. The NCJFCJ’s Implementation Sites Project, funded by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of […]

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