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eric s. Adams, a partner in
shutts & Bowen llP’s Tampa
office, has been appointed to the
Board of Directors of Pepin
Academies, a non-profit charter
school organization that serves
students with specific learning
and learning-related disabilities in
Hillsborough and Pasco counties.
lori Baggett - carlton Fields
is pleased to announce that Tampa
Office Managing Shareholder
lori Baggett is the recipient
of the Stetson Lawyers Alumni
Association Outstanding Alumni
Representative Award. The award
is presented annually to an
alumnus for their dedication and
service to the Stetson Lawyers
Alumni Association, as well as
their encouragement of further
fellow alumni involvement in local
association activities.
Brad F. Barrios, a shareholder
with Bajo cuva cohen turkel,
P.A., has been appointed a
Director of Feature Florida
Partnerships, a non-profit which
attracts domestic and international
motion picture projects to Florida
and provides resources for aspiring
Florida filmmakers and production
companies.
samantha Branda has joined
sessums Black caballero
Ficarrotta as an associate attorney.
Branda moved to the Tampa Bay
area in January 2020 from Naples,
where she has been practicing law
since she was admitted to The
Florida Bar in 2012.
Alex caballero of sessums
Black caballero Ficarrotta
presented “A 20/20 Perspective
on Alimony and Child Support”
with CPA Anthony Phillips at the
42nd Annual AAML Institute
hosted by the American Academy
of Matrimonial Lawyers (AAML)
Florida Chapter. In addition, he
was appointed by Florida Bar
President-Elect (now President)
Dori Foster-Morales to continue
serving on The Florida Bar
Professional Ethics Committee.
The committee is charged with
answering ethics inquiries from
members of the Bar concerning
attorneys’ proposed conduct, and
it publishes formal advisory
opinions to guide Bar members
in interpreting and applying the
ethics.
yvette everhart of the sass
law Firm moderated a segment
on practicing before the Florida
Department of Economic
Opportunity — Reemployment
Assistance, the agency responsible
for administering unemployment
benefits at the Practicing Before
State Labor & Employment
Agencies seminar in Tallahassee.
The seminar was sponsored by
the Labor and Employment Law
Section of The Florida Bar.
Jennifer Ficarrotta of
sessums Black caballero
Ficarrotta is serving as vice-chair
of the nine-member Florida Bar
Marital & Family Law Board
Certification Committee, which
reviews credentials for board
certification applicants in that
practice area, implements its
standards, and administers and
grades the Marital & Family Law
certification exams.
cristin conley Keane - The
Florida Bar Tax Section this fall
will honor former Tax Section
Chair cristin conley Keane
of carlton Fields in Tampa
with the 2019-2020 Gerald T. Hart
Outstanding Tax Attorney of
the Year Award. Recipients are
selected for their contributions to
the advancement of the practice
of tax law and their commitment
to the highest standards of
competence and integrity.
suzanne labrit - shutts &
Bowen llP congratulates
suzanne labrit, a partner in the
firm’s Tampa office and co-chair of
the firm’s Appellate Practice Group,
on her recent appointment to the
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