HCBA Lawyer Magazine No. 34, Issue 4 | Page 3

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THE HIllSBoroUGH CoUNTY Bar aSSoCIaTIoN

LAWYER

Mar - apr 2024 | Vol . 34 , No . 4

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For this issue , we are highlighting a courthouse on our cover that will soon rise in St . Petersburg — the Bernie McCabe Courthouse , which will be the new home of the Second District Court of Appeal . The Second District Court of Appeal hears appeals of circuit and county court decisions from three of Florida ’ s twenty judicial circuits in the Greater Tampa Bay area , representing nearly four million people . The circuits include the Sixth Judicial Circuit ( Pinellas and Pasco counties ), the Twelfth Judicial Circuit ( Manatee , Sarasota , and DeSoto counties ), and The Thirteenth Judicial Circuit ( Hillsborough County ).
The 2021 legislative session produced the approval and funding to build a new courthouse for the Second DCA in Pinellas County , The Bernie McCabe Courthouse , which is named for the late , longtime , and distinguished State Attorney for the Sixth Judicial Circuit . The Courthouse is in the final stages and the site and foundation work is beginning . Visit the Second DCA website for more information : https :// 2dca . flcourts . gov /. ( Thank you to the Second DCA for providing this image .)
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