Legal Briefs - July 2006

Cynthia Barnett | 7/1/2006

» Henry M. "Hank" Coxe III of Jacksonville was sworn in last month as president of the 79,000-member Florida Bar. Coxe is a partner with Bedell, Dittmar, DeVault, Pillans & Coxe.

» José A. Fuentes, former attorney general of Puerto Rico, left Reed Smith to join Akerman Senterfitt's Washington, D.C., office, where he will advise clients on legislative and government affairs.

» Holland & Knight has hired Carrie Weintraub as director of attorney recruiting. She'll be based in Tampa.

» Commercial real estate lawyer Brendan A. Barry left Angelo, Barry & Banta to become a partner in Shutts & Bowen's Fort Lauderdale office.

» Longtime healthcare lawyer Tina Dunsford left Holland & Knight to join Fowler White Boggs Banker's healthcare practice in Tampa.

» Labor and employment lawyer Terence G. "Terry" Connor left Morgan Lewis after 20 years to help build up Hunton & Williams' labor and employment practice in Miami.

» Real estate lawyers Anthony Casareale and Mario Iglesias joined Akerman Senterfitt as shareholders in the Miami and Fort Lauderdale offices.

» James Purcell Jr., who specializes in real estate and commercial lending transactions, left Stoneburner, Berry & Simmons for Akerman Senterfitt's Jacksonville office.

» Carlos J. Abarca, who focuses on corporate, finance and international matters, joined the Miami office of Tew Cardenas as a partner.

» Missy Turra has been named executive partner at Holland & Knight's 50-lawyer Jacksonville office, where she practices real estate law.

» Longtime assistant U.S. attorney David M. Buckner joined Miami firm Kozyak Tropin & Throckmorton. Buckner will specialize in civil and complex commercial litigation.

» New legal blogs have popped up since our March column, 'Blawg' & Order. The latest is FloridaArbitrationLaw.com, founded by West Palm Beach lawyer Christopher Hopkins.

» Fowler White Boggs Banker has merged with Boca Raton's Robison & Folk. The merger is meant to augment the firms' statewide healthcare practice.

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