» George Powell, formerly the name partner of Powell Law, has been named a partner at Duane Morris. He will join the firm’s real estate practice group in Miami. His former firm will close.

» Gov. Charlie Crist has named Donald J. BeuttenmullerJr., managing partner of Gunster Yoakley, to the Judicial Nominating Committee for the 4th District Court of Appeals.

» Kimberly Leach Johnson, an attorney in Quarles & Brady’s Naples office, was named a board member at Camp Boggy Creek, a Lake County camp for seriously ill Florida children.

» Stetson University College of Law students Adriana Dinis and Shannon Tan have received 2007 Carlton Fields Diversity Fellowships.

» The West Palm Beach firm of Romano, Eriksen & Cronin has changed its name to the Romano Law Group.

» Jay G. White III, a partner at West Palm Beach law firm Richman Greer, is president-elect of the Florida Bar Association. White practices business law.