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As the new Bar year begins , I am honored to begin my third year as the Editor of the Lawyer magazine . For those that are new to the Magazine or generally unfamiliar with me , my name is Jim Wimsatt , and I am a marital and family law attorney with Harris , Hunt & Derr , P . A . I have been a member of The Florida Bar since 2010 , and a member of the District of Columbia Bar since 2003 . I grew up as part of a large family in Kentucky . My
parents had thirteen children between them , and I was the youngest . I think my upbringing among such a wide variety of personalities provides me with a fairly unique perspective , and being the youngest , I learned to “ listen first and speak later ” at a young age ( mostly because it was hard to get a word in edgewise ).
This month in the Magazine , many of the new Section Chairs are
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