By: Amanda Finley In honor of Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day, the Business Law Section is interviewing a series of women judges to learn about their experiences, trials, tribulations, and advice for other women lawyers. I had the honor of interviewing Judge Walsh. Rise to the Bench Judge Walsh explained her journey as...Read More

By Gláucia Jones,  Ravago 1. What can you tell us about your journey as an attorney and your career path? The biggest irony is that I am a bankruptcy judge but I never took a bankruptcy class in law school. After my law school graduation, I moved to New York City and walked door to...Read More

By April Hosford, Agentis Law During the month of March, we celebrate and honor the contributions of women to history culture and society. As part of this celebration, the Business Law Section has decided to spotlight a few of the extraordinary women who serve as judges, including the accomplished Judge Mindy Mora. Judge Mora is...Read More

By Michael Kolcun, Adams and Reese, LLP For practitioners in the Eleventh Circuit, Barmapov v. Amuial, __ F.3d __, 2021 WL 359632 (11th Cir. 2021), should serve as both a cautionary tale and a guide to avoid the forbidden shotgun pleading. Attorneys well know that the ultimate penalty for filing a shotgun pleading in the...Read More

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

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

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