Category: Florida Supreme Court
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PR exec’s pushback on story about his lawyer friend’s death looks like crisis management for Florida Bar
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
A leader of a Tallahassee PR firm that’s paid to polish the Florida Bar’s image says embattled attorney Daniel Uhlfelder “completely concocted” a story about his father’s suicide to gain sympathy and, not coincidentally, harm the Bar. -
An attorney father’s last words to his son amid Florida Bar hellscape: ‘Don’t let the Bar & courts get you down’
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
Eminent Tallahassee lawyer and civic leader Steve Uhlfelder had to stand by while the Florida Bar hounded his son Daniel, like him a vocal critic of Gov. Ron DeSantis, about alleged ethical lapses. -
End of jail bail reform may cost Broward taxpayers an extra $16.7 million
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Broward’s exercise in bail reform, intended to end the unjust treatment of the poor and minorities, died quietly Jan. 1. It was 1 ½ years old. Cause of death: the state’s Republican powers that be – the Legislature, governor and Supreme Court. -
Florida Bar gives Trump’s tainted Broward counsel a pass but bedevils a lawyer on DeSantis’s blacklist
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
Florida Bar gives Trump’s tainted Broward counsel a pass but bedevils a lawyer on DeSantis’s shitlist. -
Cities, counties brace for Tallahassee to escalate war on home rule for local issues next session
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
The new year promises hopeful resolutions, healthier diets and, in the Florida state Capitol, more pounding away at the battered right of home rule. -
Florida bankers want Supreme Court to backtrack on big funding boost for legal aid to needy
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
A trailblazing, longstanding program that funnels interest from lawyers’ trust accounts to legal aid for low-income Floridians is drawing both positive and negative attention.
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