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» Miami-Dade Circuit Court Jorge J. Perez stepped down Nov. 1 to become a partner at Tew Cardenas in Miami.

» Transactional lawyer Keith Daw has been named partner at the Jacksonville law firm of Smith Hulsey & Busey.

» Hogan & Hartson’s Miami office has named real estate attorney Joseph M. Hernandez partner.

» Shutts & Bowen in Tampa has added E. Zachary Rans as a partner in its real estate department.

» Robert L. Parks, a former partner at Haggard, Parks & Lewis, has opened his own firm in Coral Gables.

» Akerman Senterfitt has named Silvia M. Alderman managing shareholder of the firm’s Tallahassee office.

» The South Florida law firm of Leser & Associates has become Leser, Hunter, Taubman & Taubman.

» Holland & Knight has established an endowed scholarship at Florida A&M University’s College of Law. The scholarship includes the chance to work at the firm as a summer associate.

» Theodore C. Taub, a partner in the Tampa office of Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, has stepped down as Temple Terrace’s city attorney after 39 years. Mark A. Connolly, another Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick partner, replaces Taub.