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Local Legal trailblazers
honored at Luncheon
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“there are still many barriers to be broken, and hopefully
this will help inspire the next generation of lawyers.”
— u.s. magistrate Judge anthony porcelli
ampa’s civic and
That’s because — as was the
business leaders often
case in other cities in the
tout the city’s rich
segregated South — employment
ethnic heritage and
and economic opportunities for
cultural diversity.
minorities and women were non-
They remind us about the
existent, or were extremely limited.
influx of Cuban, Spanish, and
Tampa’s economic landscape —
Italian immigrants in the late
including the legal profession —
1800s who settled in the cigar-
continued to reflect this dreadful
centered neighborhood of Ybor
reality into the 1960s.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Julie Sneed and
City and the major influence they
In fact, it wasn’t until the
U.S. Magistrate Judge Anthony Porcelli
had in shaping Tampa’s future.
civil rights and women’s rights
And they note the city’s rapid economic growth as
movements in the 1960s that real progress began to occur.
Tampa moved into the 20th Century.
Over the years, there have been a number of local
Looking back, however, it’s abundantly clear that
attorneys who have helped break down barriers and
not everyone in the community shared in that
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newfound prosperity.
Local legal trailblazers recognized at luncheon.
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