HCBA Lawyer Magazine Vol. 30, No. 5 | Page 51

Managing Partners Roundtable hCBA hosted its first-ever managing partners roundtable on January 27, bringing together around 30 representatives from local law firms to discuss trends in the legal Continued from page 48 In addition to the Chief Judge, the Professionalism Committee is composed of at least 15 other circuit or county judges or quasi-judicial officers from the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit, the President of the HCBA, a representative from sections and divisions of the HCBA, a representative from virtually every voluntary bar association and Inn of Court within the circuit, a representative from the American Board of Trial Advocates and the Hillsborough County Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, a representative from Stetson University College of Law and Western Michigan University Cooley Law School, and a representative from the Attorney General’s Office, City Attorney’s Office, County Attorney’s Office, Public Defender’s Office, Regional Counsel’s Office, and the State Attorney’s Office. The Professionalism Committee is just one example of the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit’s commitment to professionalism, and it is in every sense consistent with the definition of professionalism set forth by the Florida Bar Standing Committee on Professionalism and the Henry Latimer Center for Professionalism. n industry. Cushman & Wakefield, a global real estate provider, presented its Bright insight symposium to the group, on behalf of their Legal sector Advisory group. the symposium provides a snapshot of the legal sector’s present and future benchmarks and trends, gathered from its annual national Legal sector Benchmark survey. See “Professionalism Handbook,” Florida Bar Standing Committee on Professionalism and Florida Bar Henry Latimer Center for Professionalism. 1 Author: Jaret J. Fuente - Carlton Fields M AY - J U N E 2 0 2 0 | HCBA LAWYER 49