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Congratulations to the newly elected board of directors for Bay Area Legal Services . Judge Jessica Costello of the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit swore in the following officers for the 2021 year : Yohance A . Pettis , chairperson ; Andrew M . O ’ Malley , chairperson-elect ; Tori C . Simmons , treasurer ; and Sarah Lahlou-Amine , secretary . Chairperson Pettis is an Assistant U . S . Attorney with the United States Attorney ’ s Office for the Middle District of Florida .
Congratulations to Christopher Bentley , partner of Johnson Jackson PLLC , on being named board chair of the South Tampa Chamber of Commerce .
Ceci Berman and Joseph T . Eagleton of Brannock Humphries & Berman presented
“ The Unwritten Rules of Appellate Practice ” and “ Jurisdictional Traps ” for the Appellate Practice Section ’ s Hidden Essentials of Appellate Law seminar . Berman also presented “ Florida Family Law Civil Appeals ” for the 2021 Marital and Family Law Review Course .
Steven L . Brannock and Celene H . Humphries of Brannock Humphries & Berman presented “ Florida Civil Appellate Practice ” and “ Extraordinary Writs ” for the Appellate Practice Board Certification Boot Camp . Humphries also moderated a panel discussion on “ Ruth Bader Ginsburg : The ‘ Cataclysmic — Catalyst ’ Who Changed the Landscape for Lawyers , Citizens and Humanity — Understanding What RBG Did for You , Your Practice and Your Clients ,” at the Florida Justice Association ’ s Workhorse Seminar .
Welcome to Jennifer W . Corinis , who has joined Greenberg Traurig , P . A .’ s Tampa office as Of Counsel in its Labor & Employment Practice .
Guerra King is pleased to announce that Ailen Cruz has been appointed chair of its newly formed Diversity & Inclusion Committee .
David Jennis and Daniel Etlinger of Jennis Morse Etlinger recently spoke at St . Leo University on the topic of “ Re-Imagine Your Future Under Subchapter V : A Chapter 11 Survival Tool ,” and at Stetson University College of Law on
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