Fred Karlinsky elected president of the Florida Supreme Court Historical Society

Fred Karlinsky elected president of the Florida Supreme Court Historical Society

Fred Karlinsky

Fred Karlinsky of Ft. Lauderdale was elected president of the Florida Supreme Court Historical Society during the organization’s board meeting at the Annual Florida Bar Convention on June 20.

Karlinsky has served on the Historical Society’s board since 2021. A shareholder in Greenberg Traurig’s Ft. Lauderdale and Tallahassee offices, Karlinsky has more than 30 years of experience representing insurance companies, reinsurers, and a wide array of related entities on regulatory, transactional, corporate, and governmental affairs matters. He currently chairs the Florida Supreme Court Judicial Nominating Commission. Additionally, he is an adjunct professor at Florida State University College of Law, where he chairs the Board of Visitors.

Other officers and executive committee members include:

• First Vice President: Kara Rockenbach Link, Link & Rockenbach, West Palm Beach

• Second Vice President: William Schifino, Jr., Gunster, Tampa

• Secretary: Duval County Judge Gary Flower, Jacksonville

• Treasurer: Kimberly Berman, Marshall Dennehey, Ft. Lauderdale

• Immediate Past President: Timothy P. Chinaris, Chinaris Law, Rockledge

Executive committee members-at-large include newly elected Hala Sandridge, Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney of Tampa, and the following trustees who serve in addition to the elected officers:

• Mary E. Adkins, University of Florida Levin College of Law, Gainesville

• Howard C. Coker, Coker Law, Jacksonville

• Hank Coxe, Bedell, Dittmar, DeVault, Pillans & Coxe, Jacksonville

• Leonard Gilbert, Holland & Knight, Tampa

• Edward G. Guedes, Weiss Serota Helfman Cole & Bierman, Coral Gables

• Edith G. Osman, Carlton Fields, Miami

• Daryl D. Parks, Parks Law, Tallahassee

Newly elected Historical Society trustees include:

• Judge Meredith Charbula of the Fourth Circuit, Jacksonville

• Robert Clarke, Ausley McMullen, Tallahassee

• Jay Cohen, Cohen & Blostein, Ft. Lauderdale

• Judge Stephen Jewett of Orange County, Orlando

• Daniel Nordby, Shutts & Bowen, Tallahassee

• Judge George Odom, Jr., of the 17th Circuit, Ft. Lauderdale

• Judge Nina Richardson of Leon County, Tallahassee

• Thomas Ward, Heise Suarez Melville, Coral Gables

The mission of the Florida Supreme Court Historical Society is to preserve the history of Florida’s highest court and educate the public about the courts’ vital role in protecting personal rights and freedoms. The Historical Society supports education and outreach programs, publishes books chronicling the history of the Florida Supreme Court and the award-winning Historical Review magazine, and facilitates collecting and archiving historical documents and artifacts.