By: Lynn Welter Sherman, Trenam Law I caught up with Chief Judge Laurel M. Isicoff on President’s Day via Zoom. Although her virtual background was her official courtroom background, she confessed she was in her backyard working on “non-billable matters” (defined as anything other than official Bankruptcy Court business). On this particular afternoon, she was...Read More

International Women’s Day, March 8th, kicks off a global celebration of social, cultural, economic, and political achievements of women during the month of March, Women’s History Month. This day and month also provide a platform to reinforce the importance of gender equality and to accelerate gender parity. While the path to gender equality has been...Read More

By Shirley Palumbo, Greenspoon Marder, LLP Recently, we conducted a virtual interview of the Honorable Lori V. Vaughan. She was dressed casually, without the usual robe of justice, and sat in chambers at the George C. Young United States Federal Building and Courthouse. As a newly appointed bankruptcy judge, she has already captured the attention...Read More

All members were sent a survey earlier this week from the Corporations Securities and Financial Services Committee regarding choice of jurisdiction for forming for-profit corporations. If you have not yet had a chance to fill out this short survey, please do so now!Read More

Did  you miss the Leadership in the Bar program, presented live on February 25, 2021? View it now.Read More

By Christopher R. Thompson, Burr & Furman On January 26, 2021, Judge Stephan P. Mickle, Sr. died at the age of 76, having lived an extraordinary and historically significant life, by any definition. I did not have the honor of meeting Judge Mickle, but Judge Karen Specie (Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Florida)...Read More

By Michele G. Moss, Johnson Moss Law Introduction This article discusses just a few of the many skilled African American scientists, mathematicians, inventors and engineers whose inventions and achievements still touch our everyday lives. Despite their prodigious achievements, their names remain hidden and largely unknown by most Americans. These African Americans, and countless more, should...Read More

By Chief Judge Laurel M. Isicoff, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida We have long recognized that people who appear in court feel more comfortable if the person sitting on the bench is someone who looks like them. While in recent years more awareness has developed about diversifying the bench, that process...Read More

A profile on the Honorable Mary S. Scriven, U.S. District Court Judge for the Middle District of Florida Author: Utibe Ikpe, Meland Budwick Judge Mary S. Scriven’s mother forecasted her success. On the weekend Judge Scriven graduated from law school in 1987, her mother wrote her a letter, which expressed pride in her daughter’s accomplishments...Read More

February 1st marked the start of Black History Month, a month dedicated to pay tribute to the vast contributions African Americans have made to history and society and to acknowledge the challenges they faced in their diaspora. The Business Law Section remembers groundbreaking black lawyers such as Thurgood Marshall and his immeasurable strides for the...Read More