arouNd tHe aSSoCiatioN
Bay Area legal Services -
Bay Area Legal Services (BALS)
is pleased to highlight their new
milestone in gender parity, by
swearing in all-female officers for
their board of directors. They were
sworn in by another female leader
in the Tampa Bay community,
Judge Marva L. Crenshaw - Second
District Court of Appeal, who
acknowledged the following new
officers: Chairperson: Dionne M.
Blaesing; Chair-Elect: Gwynne
A. young; Treasurer: leslie
Schulz-kin; and Secretary:
kathleen kloiber koch.
Steven M. Berman - The law
firm of Shumaker, loop &
kendrick, llP is pleased to
announce that Tampa partner
Steven M. Berman has been
elected to the American
Bankruptcy Institute Board of
Directors for a three-year term,
effective April 19, 2018. Berman
also was a guest lecturer at the
University of Florida College
of Law Advanced Problems in
Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor
Law seminar in April.
Steven l. Brannock & Ceci
C. Berman - Steven L. Brannock
and Ceci C. Berman of Brannock
& Humphries presented on
“Seeking Appellate Review of Land
Use Decisions” at The Florida Bar’s
41st Annual Local Government
Law in Florida seminar.
kristen Chittenden -
lykes Bros. Inc. announces the
appointment of Kristen Chittenden
to the new position of staff attorney
and corporate secretary. In this
new role, Chittenden will maintain
all corporate records of Lykes
Bros, provide legal representation
and serve as the liaison for
outside counsel.
to the College is by invitation only
upon nomination and election.
J. Ronald Denman - The
Bleakley Bavol Law Firm announces
that the firm will be now named
Bleakley Bavol & Denman,
reflecting J. Ronald Denman as
a named partner of the firm. Marshall Dennehey Warner
Coleman & Goggin - Marshall
Dennehey Warner Coleman &
Goggin, a civil defense litigation
firm has expanded its Florida
Casualty Practice with the additions
of Michael J. Bradford and
Julie A. Aiello in the firm’s
Tampa office. Bradford joins as a
shareholder and Aiello joins as
an associate.
Christine Derr - Harris,
Hunt & Derr, P.A. is pleased to
announce that Christine Derr has
joined Harris & Hunt, P.A. to form
Harris, Hunt & Derr, P.A. The
practice focuses exclusively on
marital and family law. Phelps Dunbar - Phelps
Dunbar has expanded its Tampa
business practice with the
appointment of Partner Elise
Batsel to Business Practice Group
Leader and recent recruitment of
Counsel Jennifer Murphy.
Matthew Hall - Hill Ward
Henderson is proud to announce
that attorney Matthew Hall has
been appointed chair of The
Florida Bar’s Federal Court
Practice Committee. Brent Steinberg - Swope,
Rodante P.A. is proud to announce
that attorney Brent Steinberg has
been promoted to partner. The
firm first welcomed Steinberg as a
law clerk in 2009 and then as an
associate attorney in 2010, after he
graduated from the University of
Florida Levin College of Law.
Celene Humphries - Celene
H. Humphries of Brannock &
Humphries presented a “2018
Case Law Update” at the 2018
Florida Justice Association Annual
Review Webinar: Legislative &
Case Law Update.
Jin liu - Carlton Fields is
pleased to announce that Tampa
Shareholder Jin Liu has been
admitted as a Fellow to the
American College of Mortgage
Attorneys (ACMA). Membership
Gregory C. yadley - Partner
in the Tampa office of Shumaker,
loop & kendrick, llP, Gregory
C. Yadley participated in the
"Basics of Private Equity Fund
Formation" presentation, which was
sponsored by the American Bar
Association Business Law Section,
Middle Market & Small Business
Committee, at the ABA’s Spring
Meeting in Orlando in April.
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