If you're heading to Orlando for The Florida Bar Fall Meeting, make plans to join us for "Inside the Florida Legislature," a free, half-day, in-person CLE on October 30 in conjunction with the Fall Meeting. The legislative update is in-person only at the JW Marriott Orlando Bonnet Creek and includes lunch and a post-event reception. [...]
Florida Bar News Senior Editor Jim Ash wrote an excellent recap on Justice John Couriel’s presentation at our Criminal Law Update CLE during the Annual Florida Bar Convention. Read the full Bar News write-up here. In his “Supreme Court Update,” Justice Couriel reflected on his five years on the Florida Supreme Court and shared timely [...]
The Criminal Law Section has selected four young lawyers to participate in the section’s first-ever Fellowship Program, a new initiative designed to spur interest, retain, and foster participation in the section among the next generation of criminal law practitioners, while fostering leadership, mentorship, and professional development among its members. Read the full Bar News story [...]
Retired Florida Supreme Court Justice Peggy A. Quince has been selected to receive the Criminal Law Section’s 2025 Selig I. Goldin Memorial Award in recognition of her outstanding contributions to Florida’s criminal justice system and her enduring commitment to the practice of criminal law. Justice Quince will accept the award at the Selig I. Goldin [...]
Congratulations to the four Florida law students who received the Criminal Law Section’s 2024 Student Scholarship Awards. The Section’s 2023-2024 Chair, Joe Spataro, presented the awards during the Section’s Membership and Awards Ceremony at the Annual Florida Bar Convention in June. Congratulations to Sarah Tanner, Cooley Law School; Fabrizia Wade, Florida State University College of [...]
Retired Miami Circuit Judge Stanford Blake is the Criminal Law Section's 2024 Selig I. Goldin Memorial Award recipient. Former CLS Executive Council member Brian Tannebaum, Judge Blake's mentee and longtime friend, presented the award during the Annual Florida Bar Convention in June. Photo: (L-R) Former Florida Supreme Court Chief Judge Peggy Quince, Judge Stanford Blake, [...]
The Florida Bar Criminal Law Section's 2023 Selig I. Goldin Memorial Award recipient is James E. Felman of Kynes Markman & Felman, P.A. in Tampa. Felman is pictured with Michele and Morgan Stone, the daughter and granddaughter, respectively, of Selig Goldin. Read The Florida Bar News write-up here. From The Florida Bar News: Veteran Tampa attorney James [...]
Three Florida law students will receive the Criminal Law Section’s 2023 Student Scholarship Awards during a reception at the Annual Florida Bar Convention this month. Students Haley Kinart and Skyler Jackle of Stetson University College of Law and Victoria Thacker, Florida International University College of Law, will receive $2,500 cash scholarships. The June 22 reception [...]
The Criminal Law Section offers a strong catalog of CLE programming through Florida Bar InReach. Bookmark this link — bit.ly/CrimLaw_CLE — to go directly to the sort for upcoming CLE, online seminars (on-demand), and downloadable audio.
Dear Criminal Law Section Member, I hope that you are enjoying our move into the Spring season and the slow reopening of the Courts around the State. We wanted to let you know that our Section now has two Zoom backgrounds that you can use for any hearings or meetings you may be attending so [...]
