HCBA Lawyer Magazine Vol. 29, No. 5 | Page 73

AROUND THE ASSOCIATION Continued from page 70 Services and Real Estate practice groups. Raines handles commercial lending transactional matters as well as financial services litigation. Jacqueline Root – Pennington, P.A., is pleased to announce the expansion of its Tampa office with the addition of Partner Jacqueline R.A. Root. Root focuses her practice on the representation of hospitals, physicians, and other healthcare providers and facilities, defending against claims for medical malpractice at the trial and appellate levels. Bill Schifino – Gunster congratulates William J. Schifino, Jr., who has been appointed to the Judicial Qualifications Commission by The Florida Bar for a six-year term. The 15-member commission is authorized to investigate complaints against judges whose conduct demonstrates a present unfitness to hold office and recommends disciplinary action to the Supreme Court. The Florida Bar appoints two members to the commission, and the remaining members are appointed by the governor. Andre Sesler – Pennington, P.A., is pleased to announce that Andre Sesler has been elected to shareholder. Sesler will continue to focus his practice on the defense of claims involving premises liability, automobile negligence, property damage, and a variety of insurance coverage issues. Dennis Waggoner – Hill Ward Henderson congratulates share - SAVE the DATE holder Dennis Waggoner, who was recently inducted as a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. Waggoner is a shareholder in the firm’s Commercial Litigation Group. Wm. Cary Wright – Carlton Fields congratulates Tampa Shareholder Wm. Cary Wright, who was named a Fellow of the American College of Construction Lawyers (ACCL). Wright serves as co-chair of the firm’s Construction industry group and Construction Litigation practice group. The ACCL is a national organization of lawyers who have demonstrated skill, experience, and high standards of professional and ethical conduct in the practice, or in the teaching, of construction law and who have demonstrated a commitment to give back to the construction industry. hcba events May 2, 2019 1;0=*=18<96#=!8::<9=;6=63<=8465:= ;&%;=!50:650: June 6, 2019 :76;44;685:=5+=  =++8,<97=*=!89<,6597 ;6=23<76<9=<9"(75:=1;0=2<:6<9 May 8, 2019 1;0=!;#=<&<9738%=1(:,3<5:= ;6=63<=8465:=;&%;=!50:650: June 7, 2019 .. 2.='95+<7785:;487&=$<&8:;9 ;6=$6<675:=:8<9786#=2544<"<=5+=1;0= ;&%;=2;&%(7 May 29, 2019 <:6;4=<;463 <44:<77=50:3;44= ;6=23<76<9=<9"(75:=1;0=2<:6<9 June 14, 2019 1!=$6;6<=25(96=98;4=$<&8:;9= ;6=<59"<="<,5&=25(9635(7< 1<;9:=&59<=;5(6=2.=<<:67=;6=000/38447;9/,5&/= $.=22! 2 <: = - = 3 / , ; = 7 9 8 6 *==45+<=.<0:;1 8