Message from the Chair Dear Business Law Section Members, It is a tremendous honor to serve as Chair of the Business Law Section for the coming year. I am grateful for the opportunity to work alongside such a talented and dedicated group of lawyers, judges, and professionals who continually make this Section one of...Read More

Happy Friday, BLS Members, Registration for the Judicial & Section Member Dinner has officially sold out! If you were unable to secure a spot, there is still a great opportunity to connect with fellow Section members by registering for the Thursday Luncheon featuring keynote speaker Dr. Rick Goodman. Dr. Goodman will present “The Solutions-Oriented Leader:...Read More

Woody currently serves as BLS Secretary and will be Treasurer for 2026/2027. Woodrow “Woody” Pollack is a partner in the Tampa office of Shutts & Bowen, where he is Co-Chair of the Intellectual Property Practice Group.  Woody is Board Certified in Intellectual Property Law by The Florida Bar.  He focuses his practice on litigating complex...Read More

It’s gonna be a great week Business Law Section! As you may recall, our Financial Literacy Task Force has been hard at work to build and launch our Senior$marts$ program. With Tara Trevorrow and Judge Lori Vaughan at the helm, this initiative has really taken off. Below you will find an article that appeared recently in the Orlando...Read More

I can’t believe the June meeting is a short 50 days away. Registration for the Judicial & Business Law Section dinner is open to all members of the Section and will be held at Season’s 52 again this year. Further, we have a new, dynamic speaker for our luncheon who will share his insights on...Read More

Happy St. Patty’s Day BLS, We are well on our way to closing out the third quarter of our Bar year. Sixty-three people attended the Executive Council Retreat in Iceland earlier this month. See the photos below. It was a great time, topped off with a Northern Lights spectacle! Last week we closed out the...Read More

Good morning Business Law Section, Our legislative session is in full swing, entering week seven (of nine) and our initiatives are moving through the process. Thank you to each one of you who have stepped up to review bills and provide technical guidance along the way. This week we are hosting one of our signature CLE programs...Read More

I am a Senior Partner in the Tampa Office of Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP., and have served as co-chair of the Corporate Practice Group and a member of the firm’s Executive Committee. My principal areas of practice are securities, governance, M&A and general corporate and business law. I am past Chair of the ABA...Read More

Bankruptcy Judge Mindy A. Mora Judge Mora is a bankruptcy judge who was appointed in 2018 to serve in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida, West Palm Beach Division.  Prior to being appointed to the bench, Judge Mora practiced law for over 36 years focusing on cases involving complex business bankruptcy,...Read More

Judges fill an integral role on our Executive Council. Meet one of them, Judge Delano. In 2008, after I had practiced bankruptcy and commercial law for 28 years, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals appointed me as a bankruptcy judge in the Middle District of Florida. I was appointed to a second 14-year term in...Read More