Two Members Inducted into Hall of Fame
hCba congratulates two of its members who were inducted in october into the stetson university College of Law hall of fame — Luis Prats and Leslie reicin stein . as a young trial lawyer , Prats won the case of Mason v . state of florida before the florida supreme Court , making law on whether a mentally impaired person can receive the death penalty . During the 1980s , he established a career as a top construction lawyer in the state . he won one of the biggest judgments in a construction case in the florida Panhandle . named among florida ’ s top 100
Lawyers by super Lawyers several times , Prats was inducted into the invitationonly american College of Construction Lawyers , and is listed among the best Lawyers in america , florida trend ’ s Legal elite , and in the Chambers usa guide to america ’ s Leading business Lawyers . Prats has served as a leader of several organizations , including habitat for humanity , the american bar association forum on Construction Law , the american College of Construction Lawyers , and the greater tampa Chamber of Commerce . Prats is a shareholder and the construction practice group leader at the Carlton fields law firm . after graduating from law school , stein was associate general counsel of the university of south florida , where she taught as a lecturer and instructor , and became president of the association of state university systems attorneys . in 1980 , she began a 24-year career at gte florida , negotiating the first nationwide collective bargaining unit contract and serving as an international technology lawyer . she also served as director of the Children ’ s home , chair of the City of tampa Civil service board , national vice chair of the national Conference of Christians and Jews , president of both the florida and hillsborough associations for women Lawyers , and as an adjunct faculty member at stetson Law where she taught for more than 20 years . she worked for special Data Processing Corporation as senior vice president for human resources and general counsel , at Publix as special projects counsel , and opened her own firm in 2009 . stein has received awards including florida ’ s outstanding Young woman of the Year , the hillsborough association for women Lawyers Leader in the Law , and the hCba ’ s outstanding Lawyer award .
Congratulations to both of these deserving members !
RPPTL Luncheon / CLE
on october 12 , the real Property , Probate and trust Law section held a CLe regarding resolving professionalism complaints . richard Martin and thomas newcomb hyde with the thirteenth Circuit Professionalism & ethics Committee spoke on a number of topics , including the florida rules of Professional Conduct and aba Model Code of Professional responsibility . the section would like to thank its luncheon sponsor :
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