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UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA FREDRIC G. LEVIN COLLEGE OF LAW • FALL 2013
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The Maestro
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CONTENTS
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The maestro
UF Law Dean Robert Jerry is stepping
down after 11 years. He has orchestrated
more than you might realize.
16
16
70 An arc of excellence
Architects of our future
Futurist Richard Susskind says it’s
time that lawyers open their eyes to
a Brave New World.
A section devoted to UF Law’s
No. 1 public program and
contemporary issues in taxation.
DEPARTMENTS
4
DEAN’S MESSAGE
6
NEWS BRIEFS
• 50 years of right to counsel
• Judge Huck hosts professional development
• Coif Lecturer explains ‘covering’
• Florida beats Georgia in moot court
• E-Discovery curriculum cutting edge
• Justice Overton honored
•Panel features Anthony prosecutor,
Zimmerman attorney
7
9
Walking the line on national security
Cuban lawyers program wins award
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PARTNERS
• On the road, connecting with alumni
• Putting the international in ICAM
• Major gifts
• Welcome new Alumni Affairs staff
22 Not your father’s bar exam
24 CLASS NOTES
• 1935 grad turns 102
•
Farewell to Wilbert’s
•Alumni celebrate 40 years as law
partners
•In Memoriam: W. Dexter Douglass
39 ANNUAL REPORT
81 FACULTY
• New hires and promotions
• Media hits
• Scholarship splash
• Spotlight: Darren Hutchinson,
Grayson McCouch
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UP AND COMING
Marissa Fallica (3L)
Patrick Todd (2L)
Joshua Izaak (3L)
Kaylee Chabarek (3L)
WEB-XTRAS
Visit UF LAW online at www.law.ufl.edu/uflaw to view:
• The life and times of Maury Goldstein (JD 35)
• Wally Pope (JD 69) and Bruce Bokor (JD 72) look back on 40 years as law partners
• Sign up for the Florida Tax Institute
• Alumni deaths
• Congressional analysis of tax code reform
FOLLOW UF LAW
FROM THE DEAN
DEAN
ROBERT
JERRY
Levin Mabie
& Levin
Professor
of Law
4
What I learned
in 11 years
A
s most of you now know, in August I announced that
the current year (2013-14) will be my last year as
dean at the Levin College of Law. When I turn in my
“dean’s master key” on June 30, 2014, I will have
served 11 years as your law school’s dean. In the law dean
world, that’s a long time, even if for me these years have
passed extraordinarily quickly.
Since my August announcement, I’ve said on numerous
occasions that accepting the offer extended to me in 2003 to
serve as your college’s dean was one of the best decisions I
have ever made. I hope the consensus among alumni, faculty,
staff, and students is that all of us working together have taken an excellent college built by our predecessors and made it
stronger today than it has ever been. From my vantage point,
all credit is due to an outstanding administrative team with
which I have been privileged to work, a faculty dedicated to
providing a high-quality program for our students, a committed staff, and an alumni base with seemingly unbounded
willingness to give both time and financial resources to make
our law school better.
Although we have accomplished a great deal, much unfinished business remains. In 2002 as a dean candidate, I said
that in a state as dynamic and important as Florida, there is
a need for at least one law school to be regarded as one of
the five best public law schools in the nation. One reason for that is the need to keep Florida residents in
Florida to help build better communities, serve
our state, and be leaders in the professions, a
goal that is at risk if our Florida higher education institutions, including the law schools, are
not regarded as being among the very best. I said
that by implementing a differential tuition strategy (which at that time we lacked authority to do),
we could reach that goal — because we were
already very good, and unlike other
public law schools in other states,
we had not yet embarked on this
funding strategy. Much changed
around us as we obtained the
authority and went after that
goal, and it’s no small matter
that a Great Recession intervened. Yet the fact remains
that in 2014 we are not yet
in that highest tier of public
law schools. I believe that
goal remains attainable,
but the world in which we will continue to pursue it is dramatically different than it was in 2003.
At the top of the list of changes is the fact that the legal
profession is in a state of enormous flux and is changing in
profound and unprecedented ways. Almost all of us now have
an understanding, even if we have not fully internalized the
implications, of advancing technology, globalization, disaggregation of the lawyering process via project and workflow
management systems, and nonlawyers doing an increasing
amount of the work traditionally viewed as the domain of
practicing lawyers. Around the corner are limited license legal technicians (the rough equivalent of the nurse practitioner
in the medical world), consumers becoming aware of apps
(which already exist) that can draft a reasonably serviceable
contract or lease on a smartphone, decision-making software
replacing calls to counsel for business planning advice, computers and consumer-friendly websites replacing routine lawyer tasks, and artificial intelligence systems replacing some
analytical work that lawyers do. Eleven years ago, most of
these changes were unimaginable, but this is the new reality.
There is no single blueprint for how legal education
should address this changing environment. Rather than
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Jacob Moore (JD 12)
force all law schools to be cast in one image, law schools should
be empowered to experiment, innovate and reinvent their academic
programs. Law schools should strategically calculate how to take
advantage of their individual strengths and
respond to their individual constraints. UF
Law is doing that right now — in a process
that is also unfinished business (and, frankly,
will never be finished, because we must do this
continuously). Among our constraints is the
fact that UF Law is not located in a large metropolitan area. This means we need to involve
adjunct faculty in our program in innovative
ways, facilitate “semester away” opportunities
that enable students to extern and network in
larger urban areas where they intend to practice, and create more public service fellowship opportunities for students who wish to work in the government
offices that are typically located in urban areas, state capitols, and
Washington, D.C. Among our strengths is the fact that UF Law is
part of a major, comprehensive, AAU-member research university,
which gives us important advantages. For example, when we prepare students for specialized practice areas, we can take advantage
of the rich offerings of other disciplines represented at UF, and we
can design curricular tracks that use these offerings to add value to
the skills and knowledge that graduates bring to their first professional position. In an area like e-discovery,
where we have established arguably the best
set of programs of any law school in the nation, we can tap the expertise in the computer
engineering department to take our students
and programs to the highest level.
As the dean search process proceeds and
we prepare ourselves to welcome a new dean
in 2014, it is important, rather than talking
retrospectively about the last decade, to focus on the issues, problems, and opportunities currently facing legal education and the
legal profession. It has been a distinct honor
and privilege for me to serve as your college’s dean these past
years, but I look forward to working with all of you — from the
new vantage point I will have next year — to improve the educational experience for our students and prepare them to be future
leaders in our workplaces, our profession, our communities, and
our state and nation. Accepting the offer
extended to me
in 2003 to serve
as your college’s
dean was one of the
best decisions I have
ever made.
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NEWS BRIEFS
be vigilant and take charge of their own careers,” said Huck, a UF Law Center Association trustee.
The inaugural program — sponsored
by local trustees of the LCA — featured
networking opportunities for students with
UF Law alumni, including South Florida
practitioners, law clerks and federal judges. It also included two hourlong discussions about how to navigate law school and
the job market.
Coif lecturer explores
‘covering’ identity
Dean Robert Jerry congratulates UF Law Professor Emeritus Fletcher Baldwin as he was honored
for 50 years of teaching at UF Law during the Gideon v. Wainwright Symposium Sept. 19. Besides
influencing generations of UF Law students, Baldwin has taught all over the world, argued before
the Supreme Court and was an active promoter of diversity in the student and faculty population.
(Photo by Javier Edwards)
UF Law celebrates 50
years of right to counsel
U
F Law’s Criminal Justice Center
commemorated the 50th anniversary
of the Supreme Court’s landmark
decision in Gideon v. Wainwright, guaranteeing criminal defendants the right to
counsel. The symposium, held Sept.
19, featured the
winning attorney in
the case and Stetson University Dean
Emeritus Bruce Jacob (LLMT 95) as
the keynote speakJacob
er, along with Paul
Rashkind, supervisory assistant federal
public defender for the Southern District of
Florida.
The Supreme Court’s 1963 decision
overruled Betts v. Brady, ruling that the as-
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sistance of counsel, if desired by a defendant, was a fundamental right under the
U.S. Constitution.
“Fifty years have passed since the court
made its decision in Gideon, but have we
made 50 years of progress?” Jacob asked.
“The answer is a definite no. Under the current conditions, effective representation is
just not possible.”
Problems include extremely high case
loads, lack of public defenders and a shortage of time for proper investigations.
Huck hosts more than
85 UF Law students for
professional development
U
.S. District Court Judge Paul C. Huck
(JD 65) held an Aug. 1 professional
development program in the federal
courthouse in Miami for more than 85 UF
Law students. “The legal market is changing, and law students and new lawyers must
N
ew York University Law Professor
Kenji Yoshino explained that three out
of four workers, including more than
half of straight, white males, cover at least one
aspect of their identity in the workplace.
His presentation, “Uncovering Talent: A
New Model of Inclusion,” addressed
how people hide
disfavored aspects
of one’s identity in
the workplace to
avoid stereotypes.
His study found that
many workers say
they have “covered”
in some way, despite
Yoshino
ideals of diversity
and inclusion.
The Coif Distinguished Lecture at UF
Law on Sept. 25 was hosted by the UF Chapter of the Order of the Coif, with co-sponsors
including UF Law and the college’s Center
for the Study of Race and Race Relations,
and the Center on Children and Families.
The Coif Distinguished Visitor Program brings distinguished members of the
legal profession to Coif Chapter campuses.
UF Law is one of only three campuses in
the country to be selected for a Coif Distinguished Visitor lecture this year.
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Walking the line
Participants in the Poucher Lecture on national
security are, from left, former Florida Law Review
Editor in Chief Jon Philipson (JD 11), former CIA
operative James Olson, Former U.S. Sen. and Florida
Gov. Bob Graham, U.S. Army Gen. (Ret.) James T.
Hill and American University Law Professor Kenneth
Anderson. (Photo by Javier Edwards)
rity, transparency and privacy.
“What are the tools that the public is willing to accept and embrace and the tradeoffs
“That event occurred on Aug. 21, 2013, when that have to be in a democracy between liberty
a chemical weapon was used to kill over 1,400 and security in these areas?” Anderson asked.
Anderson and Hill, the retired Army genpeople in Syria.”
eral,
cautioned that Edward Snowden, a forGraham emphasized that the threat of
mer
NSA
contractor who has revealed many
biological and chemical weapons of mass deof
the
agency’s
information-collection practicstruction is very real, primarily because they
es, and Bradley Manning,
are extremely easy to aswho gave sensitive diplo“It might turn out
semble and are harder than
matic communications to
traditional weapons to dethat regimes make
WikiLeaks, are not whistle
fend against.
calculations in urban blowers as they have someAnderson, who spent
time in Iraq in the early counterinsurgency that times been portrayed in
’90s with Human Rights it’s actually an effective the media, but are serious
threats to national security.
Watch, fears that biological
weapon
for
them.
”
Ultimately, the paneland chemical weapons are
actually a “good” strategy —Former U.S. Sen. Bob Graham ists said that the future of
the United States and the
from a military standpoint
planet may hang on U.S.
for regimes callous enough to use them.
national
security
and
quality intelligence.
“It’s not just a terrorist weapon,” Graham
The Allen L. Poucher Legal Education
said. “It might turn out that regimes make calculations in urban counterinsurgency that it’s Series was established by Betty K. Poucher in
honor of her late husband, Allen L. Poucher
actually an effective weapon for them.”
Olson said that he has never seen America Sr. A humanitarian who lived a life dedicated
in as much peril domestically and overseas as to service, Allen Poucher graduated from UF
it is now. He said quality intelligence is ex- Law in 1942 and practiced law for more than
tremely important, but penetrating groups is 60 years. The Poucher Legal Education Severy difficult with such tight-knit cells of ter- ries seeks to provide a venue for prominent
rorists who often grew up in the same villages. legal, political and business leaders to disTurning to questions of privacy, panelists cuss important issues facing our nation and
struggled with the proper line between secu- world today.
Poucher lecture shines light on national security risks, rewards
B Y M AT T W A L K E R
S
ince 9/11, the issue of national security
has never been far from the national
spotlight and the Florida Law Review’s
Poucher Legal Education Series made that
clear. The ongoing threat of terrorist attacks,
chemical weapons use in Syria, the cycle of
controversies swirling around the National
Security Agency, and advancing technology
point to national security being as important
now as ever.
The Oct. 4 panel inside the Phillips Center
for the Performing Arts on the University of
Florida campus was sponsored by UF Law’s
Florida Law Review and featured former Florida Gov. and U.S. Sen. Bob Graham, former CIA
operative James Olson, U.S. Army Gen. (Ret.)
James T. Hill, and American University Law
Professor Kenneth Anderson. The panel discussion was moderated by former Florida Law Review Editor in Chief Jon Philipson (JD 11).
Graham, who chaired the Senate Intelligence Committee before and after 9/11, kicked
off the discussion with a bit of prescience from
his old Senate committee. He cited an investigation that predicted the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.
“Our first finding was that it was more
likely than not that a weapon of mass destruction would be used someplace on Earth before the end of the year 2013,” Graham said.
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tion means it will soon be impossible to
cling to paper documentation. Even now,
Ball said, 92 percent of all information is
born digitally.
UF Law class lectures
honor Justice Overton
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Florida Moot Court fall 2013 members in Jacksonville, from left, are Alex Kruzyk (3L), Dee Dee
Scheller (3L), Andrew Silvershein (2L), Heather Kruzyk (3L), faculty adviser Professor Mary Adkins,
Chelsey Clements (3L), Sam Spinner (2L), and Michael Sykes (2L).
Florida beats Georgia —
in the courtroom
T
he Florida Moot Court team of Heather Kruzyk (3L) and Andrew Silvershein (2L), coached by Dee Dee
Scheller (3L), beat the University of Georgia’s team in the 33rd annual Hulsey Gambrell Florida-Georgia Moot Court Competition on Nov. 1.
The competition in Jacksonville’s
federal courthouse traditionally is held
the day before the football game and
more often than not, the team that wins
the moot court competition ends up losing the football game. This year was no
exception.
A panel of five federal judges decided
the outcome. Preparation was the biggest
factor when it came to this year’s win, said
Mary Adkins (JD 91), a UF Law professor
and the team’s faculty adviser.
“They did not let any questions from
the judges distract them, they kept their
good demeanor toward the court and answered all the questions that were asked to
them and handled it in an extremely professional manner,” Adkins said. 8
Expert praises UF Law
e-discovery curriculum
as ‘cutting edge’
E
lectronic discovery expert Craig Ball
spoke in the Martin H. Levin Advocacy
Center courtroom to law students and
professors as part of UF Law’s International
Center for Automated Research e-Discovery
Project lecture series.
Ball said the digitization of information is
changing the procedure of pretrial discovery
— the paper trail is disappearing, replaced by a
stream of digital documentation.
Ball, who received his J.D. from the University of Texas at Austin, possesses proficiency in electronic discovery and computer forensics that has made him a sought-after expert.
Students from Professor William Hamilton’s
Electronic Discovery and Digital Evidence attended Ball’s Oct. 10 discussion where he extolled Hamilton’s curriculum as cutting-edge
and emphasized the importance of the material.
“What you’re doing here isn’t just making
you a better lawyer,” Ball said. “It’s making you
a better employee.”
The inexorable flow of digital informa-
our Florida Supreme Court justices lectured this fall in Professor Jon Mills’
Florida Constitutional Law course to
honor the late Justice Ben Overton’s (JD 52)
legal career and service as a professor at UF
Law. The lectures were the inaugural series in
the Overton Lectures in Florida Constitutional
Law, a new program initiated by friends and
colleagues of Overton.
Participating in the fall lectures were:
Justice Jorge Labarga (JD 79) on Sept. 23;
Justice Barbara Pariente on Sept. 30; Justice
Fred Lewis on Oct. 28; and Justice Charles
Canady on Nov. 18. In addition to UF Law
students who are enrolled in Florida Constitutional Law, the Overton Lectures were
open to UF Law faculty and students.
Panel features Anthony
prosecutor and
Zimmerman attorney
J
eff Ashton (JD 80), who prosecuted
Casey Anthony and published a book
about the case, and Mark O’Mara, who
defended George Zimmerman against seconddegree murder charges, spoke as guests in UF
Law’s Introduction to Lawyering class.
The other two panelists were Renee Roche
(JD 84) and Frederick Lauten, both circuit
court judges with Florida’s 9th Judicial Circuit.
UF Law Professor Jennifer Zedalis said
students asked questions about sensitivity to
racial issues in criminal cases, how to work
with opposing attorneys and how to handle
adverse public feelings toward clients.
“The students really wanted to know
about those difficult issues — issues that call
for courage,” she said.
She said the Oct. 23 presentation rewarded students’ probing questions with
frank answers that gave students insight into
what to expect in the workforce.
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The first class of 207 students
consisted
of more than 180 former Cuban
Associate Dean for Student Affairs
lawyers living in the greater Miami area
Rachel Inman accepts an award for
the college’s 1970s Cuba Lawyers
and included attorneys who had been
program during the 2013 Florida
judges and faculty at law schools in Cuba.
Bar Convention in Boca Raton.
The students ranged in age from mid-30s
Harley Herman (JD 78) is the bar’s
to mid-70s. One former judge, Adalberto
immediate past chair of the Equal
Opportunities Law Section.
Tosca, said he decided to resign from his
(Photo by Maggie Powers)
position in his homeland because judges
were told prior to their trials to impose
death and other sentences on defendants
charged with crimes against the revolution. The move to Florida was “absolutely
devastating” for some, said Herman, who
has researched the program in detail.
“They went from positions of prominence
where they got to use their intelligence to
only being able to find menial jobs.”
Jose Villalobos, now a partner at
Ackerman Senterfitt in Miami, worked
as a roofer in Miami for a decade before
the program was established. Herman said
Villalobos spoke of being called in for
questioning by the justices of the Supreme
Court of Cuba and being taken from the
court and beaten after he refused to swear
allegiance to the Castro government.
Association in 2010, said the UF program Completion of the Cuban Lawyer Program
was instrumental in shaping today’s law at UF Law allowed him to resume his
career as an attorney upon admission to
culture.
“I believe the program has paved the The Florida Bar.
Once the legal framework was in
way for this generation of lawyers to feel
place,
UF Law personnel developed the
accepted and valued in
curriculum and birthed
their new homeland,” he
a functioning program
“I
believe
the
program
wrote in an email. “Many
in a matter of months.
great lawyers came out
has paved the way
In addition to classes
of this program with
for
this
generation
of
in
Gainesville, organizers
warm feelings toward the
made
arrangements for
lawyers
to
feel
accepted
University of Florida and
UF
faculty
to fly to Mithe assistance it has given
and valued in their ami each week
to teach
them.”
new
homeland.
”
because
it
was
cheaper
to
Launched at UF in the
fly
the
instructors
down
—Stephen N. Zack (JD 71)
fall of 1973 and running
than to have hundreds of
until 1976, the program
students fly to Gaineswas one of two of its kind in the country,
and it bridged a growing culture gap in the ville. By 1975, the work had paid off, and
the first class of Cuban lawyers graduated
courts.
According to a 1973 Florida Supreme prepared to re-enter the field they prized.
“When you realize these people rose
Court opinion, “An increasing number
of cases in the courts of Florida involve above all that — came to the university
Cubans or Cuban Americans, and there are to study and sought admission to The
presently approximately only 40 attorneys Florida Bar — it’s really mind-boggling
fluent in the Spanish language to adequately with everything else they had to deal
represent the increased Spanish-speaking with,” Herman said. “They loved the law
so much.”
population.”
Justice for all
40-year-old Cuban lawyers program wins diversity award
BY KELCEE GRIFFIS (4JM)
O
ne judge resigned because he was
told what sentences to hand out before trials. Another attorney was
beaten for refusing to swear allegiance to
the government and turned to roofing work
for a decade.
Neither thought they could practice law
again once they fled Fidel Castro’s Cuba,
but UF Law changed that.
“Long before diversity was an objective
of The Florida Bar, UF helped diversify
the field through the Cuban lawyer law
school program,” said Harley Herman (JD
78), immediate past chair of the Equal
Opportunities Law Section of The Florida
Bar.
The program, which allowed about
200 lawyers to earn certifications to apply
for admission to The Florida Bar in the
’70s, recently won UF Law a diversity
award from The Florida Bar. The award
comes as UF Law plans a 40th anniversary
commemoration of the program in the next
school year.
Stephen N. Zack (JD 71), who spent
his formative years in Cuba and became
the first Hispanic president of The Florida
Bar in 1989 and of the American Bar
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THE
MAESTRO
UF Law Dean Robert Jerry
is stepping down after 11
years. He has orchestrated
more than you might realize.
T
eaching students the law
is one thing, publishing
scholarship is another,
keeping the facilities up
(including building new
ones on occasion), making
sure services run smoothly and raising money to support each of the
above. All are responsibilities of law school
deans. They lead faculty, staff, students and
alumni in pursuit of the college’s collective
goals. In other words, they get everyone to
act in harmony. You could compare it to an
10
Dean Jerry entertains guests
Jan. 30, 2011, during his
annual music night for
students, faculty and staff.
BY RICHARD GOLDSTEIN
orchestra performing a symphony; or, if you
happen to be UF Law Dean Robert Jerry, a
rock band belting out a guitar anthem.
Jerry announced Aug. 9 that 2014 would
be his last year as dean of UF Law. He has
served in the position since 2003, and when
he steps down and remains a member of the
faculty, he will have tied for the second-longest serving college dean among 15 deans in
105 years of college history.
During his tenure, Jerry reduced the
number of students at the law school in response to changing conditions in the legal
profession. This allowed UF Law to concentrate its resources before many other law
schools were forced into the same policy. He
oversaw millions of dollars in renovations
and reconstruction, including the Martin H.
Levin Advocacy Center. Five permanent
lecture series were created and annual giving increased as the endowment remained in
the top 10 among public law schools. He led
a revamping of the college’s admissions and
career services.
Jerry responded to a tough labor market by creating a post-graduate fellowship
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program, supported expansion of the pregraduate summer externship program, and
initiated a program to assist students seeking
judicial clerkships. This enabled UF Law to
rank 26th in the nation last year in the number of graduates obtaining federal judicial
clerkships. How did the UF Law dean realize his
long list of accomplishments? Well, he works
long hours, of course. On the day of an interview for this story, his new phone racked up
1,700 emails because he had been unable to
answer his usual 120 per day. Normally, he
said, only a few hundred are outstanding.
What a law dean does
A typical day consists of “strategy meetings – some of the days I’m traveling, on the
road meeting alums, and working with our
development team. There are new things that
come up every day.
“I like to listen to different ideas, because no chief executive of any organization
has all the ideas,” Jerry added. “I mean, I get
talked out of things I dream up all the time
and that’s good.”
He continues to maintain close touch
with scholarship and teaching, including his
own. In the fall semester, Jerry published a
journal article about social media with UF
Law Professor Lyrissa Lidsky.
Sharon Rush, associate dean for faculty
development, noted Jerry’s interest in the
particulars of faculty work. She said he is
quick to ask how he can help faculty do their
jobs better.
“He has provided tremendous support for
the faculty to go off and do research,” Rush
said. “He is very creative at coming up with
ways to help you do what you need to do.”
University of Tennessee Law Dean Doug
Blaze explains the responsibilities of the boss
of a law school like this: “You’ve got to keep
everybody happy, herd cats, deal with the
central administration bureaucracy and raise
money and somehow make it all seem effortless. And Bob makes it all seem effortless.”
Not only must Jerry get disparate parties
to work in harmony, he also looks to the future. Jerry has noted the sea change coming
in legal practice. In response, he is raising the
profile of e-discovery education and stresses
preparation for the technological and organizational upheaval in legal practice.
“The risk of institutions not adapting to
change is very real. If you don’t think about
Dean Robert leaves the stage
before a crowd in Ben Hill
Griffin Stadium when his
band, in crisis, played at the
2012 Gator Growl. (Photo by
UF Photography)
where things are going to be in five, 10, 15 or
Jerry plays Roland D-50 and Roland
20 years from now you’re just not going to Fantom keyboards for the ’60s and ’70s covbe ready to compete in the future,” Jerry said. er band named “in crisis,” which, in addition
As he saw the demand for lawyers to Jerry, includes six fellow University of
shrinking along with state support for higher Florida professors and administrators.
education, Jerry moved
For the third year in
to reduce the law school’s
a row his band was the
student body, concentrating
warm-up act for headlinthe same resources over a
ers at Gator Growl, the
smaller group of students.
Homecoming show in
“When the opportunity
Ben Hill Griffin Stadium
presents itself, you have to
where they played songs
recognize it and grab it,”
like “Rock and Roll All
Jerry said. “The (univerNite” for a crowd of about
sity) president was looking —Sharon Rush, associate dean 30,000.
for faculty development
for things that colleges on
This most musical of
this campus could do that
law deans also holds an
would be significant and transformative in annual music night for faculty, students and
responding to the financial stresses that were staff at his and wife Lisa Jerry’s home. Guests
just emerging.”
are admitted to these fetes for the price of a
The move proved prescient as others song in which faculty form kazoo lines, stuhave followed in UF Law’s footsteps.
dents strum a guitar or play the piano.
“That took a lot of courage because that
Musicality runs in his family. Jerry took
was a significant decline in tuition revenue. piano lessons for seven years growing up in
He just made a hard call and did the right Terre Haute, Ind., where his parents were
thing,” Blaze said. “A lot of law schools have professors at Indiana State. As a high school
followed suit. We’ve downsized. I think it senior, Jerry and his partner won the Indiana
was the only way to do it.
state debating tournament and made it to the
national high school tournament. The word
It’s only rock ’n’ roll
“jovial” comes to mind for those who know
But enough about administrative maneu- the dean, but Lisa Jerry also notes the highvers. Let’s go back to music.
flier within.
“He is very creative
at coming up with
ways to help you
do what you need
to do.”
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about teaching law. It’s also about building future leaders.
“Getting students to understand what is
expected of being a Gator lawyer. I think that
is very powerful. We have just great alumni to
model that,” he said.
In fact, the last four presidents of The Florida
Bar were Gator lawyers, and five presidents of
the American Bar Association since 1973 were
UF Law graduates. Jerry talks of the “holes in
the room” at fundraisers, in little league parents
meetings, inside religious organizations and all
kinds of community groups and service organizations without UF Law alumni.
“It’s not just being famous as a governor
or bar leader. It’s making a difference in communities,” Jerry said.
Cara Fraser
(3L) volunteers
during the fall
semester at Mill
Creek Farm for
Retired Horses in
Alachua County.
(Photo by Javier
Edwards)
“He’s a competitive achiever and he likes at UF Law. At the first Law Center Association Down on the farm
On a windswept field in rural Alachua
to do things well. He was a high school and col- board meeting after announcing his resignalege debater, and he likes to win debates,” Lisa tion, Jerry received a standing ovation from the County, a horse stamps a hoof as a law student
tries to grab it for cleaning. A group of nine stusaid. “He wants to do a good job and to make a assembled trustees.
place better because he’s been there.”
Lisa Jerry surely would have received one dents, first through third years, are grooming
After graduating from the University of had she been there. She works part-time as a and checking horses at Mill Creek Farm for ReMichigan and practicing law in Indianapolis, book editor and at least part-time putting to- tired Horses. Dean Jerry is on a fundraising trip
Jerry entered academia and became dean of the gether entertainment for members of the law in San Francisco this particular fall weekend,
University of Kansas at 35, a job he held for school community. For Lisa, the entertainment but the horse farm is a place where that commufive years. Looking back from age 60, he fig- means “getting to know the people, the play- nity spirit he talks about is under construction.
The volunteers are an outgrowth of a proures he got some bad advice
ers, whether it’s his staff
to begin with. Get to know
or alums. We had a student gram that Jerry started. During their first week
the dean’s office during the
event last night, and I think of law school, 1Ls spend a day performing
summer before classes start,
it’s always nice to see the community services aiding clients of Habitat
he heard at the University of
students. After all, the stu- for Humanity, helping abused children and
Kansas. But Jerry found out
dents are the core of the working with the humane society shelter.
“When students spend three hours together
that the thing to do is get to
college.”
know the people, especially
Oscar Sanchez (JD 82) painting a Habitat for Humanity house, they
alumni.
is vice chairman of Law get to know each other very well, very quickJim Theriac (JD 74) tells
Center Association board, ly,” Jerry observed. “It creates friendships and
—Dean Robert Jerry
the story of the day he and
and his daughter is a UF bonding and helps create a sense of community
son Jet came to the law camLaw 1L. He notes that all of within the college.” Cara Fraser (3L) and others have expanded
pus to look around as Jet was deciding where to this socializing helps to build something more
the
1L
community service day to encompass all
apply for law school. There was a man sitting in important.
the Marcia Whitney Schott Courtyard.
“Attending law school is difficult,” San- the law classes and to continue the community
“He had a box full of bagels; he was sit- chez said. “He’s made it so it’s a much more service throughout the school year.
“Community service is something that’s
ting at a table outside there in the courtyard,” welcoming place by being part of the larger
Theriac remembers. Dean Jerry introduced community and part of the law school family.” important to Dean Jerry,” Fraser said. “Hopehimself. After an hour, father and son were sold
The law school, Jerry says, is not only fully, this continues 20, 30 years.”
on UF Law, Theriac said. Jet Theriac graduated
in 2008 and now helps run a hedge fund in San Finding a new leader of UF Law. The search firm Korn/Ferry International has been employed
Francisco. As for his father, Jim gave $100,000 and a search committee formed to recommend a new dean. The search committee is comto the law school and now serves on the Law posed of UF Law faculty and staff and chaired by University of Florida College of Education
Center Association board.
Dean Glenn E. Good. The search committee makes a recommendation to University of Florida
Just one example of how Jerry seems to Provost Joseph Glover who, with UF President Bernie Machen, will choose the new UF Law
have done a good job of getting to know alumni dean. A decision is expected before the end of the spring semester.
“It’s not just being
famous as a
governor or bar
leader. It’s making a
difference in
communities,”
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D E V E LO P M E N T & A LU M N I A F FA I R S
PARTNERS
On the road, connecting with alumni
O
n a recent trip to Los
Angeles I found myself,
the small-town Gainesville girl, overwhelmed with the
traffic, the sights and the overall
pace of city life. I felt like a fish
out of water, until I saw a familiar sight: a University of Florida
Alumni Association Lifetime
member bumper sticker. Suddenly, I felt at home and realized
that the Gator Nation truly is everywhere. I wanted to give this
fellow Gator the “Gator chomp,”
but wasn’t sure if that was as acceptable in California as it is in
Florida!
The next day I proceeded to
my meetings with UF Law alumni and heard a familiar theme
throughout the day: the impact
of UF Law on their lives. Cheryl
Priest Ainsworth (JD 04), a successful lawyer in entertainment
litigation at a prestigious LA firm,
told me that her first two clients
in LA were law school classmates
who had litigation needs. Terri
Lubaroff (JD 96) told me that
when the economy went bad and
the entertainment industry was
adversely affected, she knew she
would need to shift her focus. She
thought back to her time at UF
Law and remembered thoroughly
enjoying her classes in alternative dispute resolution. She now
runs her own mediation practice, offering greater work-life
balance and the ability to spend
more time with her children.
As I made my way from Los
Angeles to San Francisco, I was
equally impressed with the highcaliber positions our alumni
hold at firms and companies in
the area. Sibel Owji (LMMT
00) is a partner who co-heads a
large global firm’s U.S. international tax practice.
Another is Debra
Grassgreen
(JD
91), a partner at
a successful boutique bankruptcy
firm. Again, no
matter what our
graduates are doing, UF Law has
impacted
their
lives. I began to
wonder how many more of our
alumni have stories like this to
share. How many are out there
representing UF Law by doing
great work that we don’t know
about?
We lose touch with many of
our alums as they move both
within and outside the state —
but we want to hear your stories
and where life has taken you
since your UF Law days. We
want to connect with you! If you
have been away for a few years,
you’ll find that the face of your
law school has changed substantially and will begin to see even
more changes.
As Dean Bob Jerry retires
June 30 and we welcome a new
dean, we will be getting on the
road to introduce him or her, and
most importantly to connect with
you, our alumni. In order to not
miss out on these opportunities, I
urge you to update your contact
information with us today. You
can email the alumni office at
development@law.ufl.edu or call
352-273-0640.
I look forward
to seeing you
all next year.
In the meantime, I want to
thank everyone
who contributed
to this year’s
record breaking
annual fund —
more important
than a new record is that your gifts
went to work immediately and are
helping today’s students. I can’t
help but imagine the day when we
reach our goal of raising $1 million annually! This is an attainable
goal: if each of our living alumni
gives $100 to the annual fund, we
would raise $1,984,600. Not only
would these funds impact the next
generation of Gator lawyers, they
would continue to strengthen and
grow your institution. Please consider making this a reality by donating today at www.uff.ufl.edu/
Appeals/LawAnnualFund.
How many are
out there
representing UF
Law by doing
great work that
we don’t know
about?
YOUR DONATION
MAKES A DIFFERENCE
See the Annual Report
section starting on Page
39. You’ll find a list of
donors and stories about
alumni who give. Their
generosity of time and
money are the keys to the
future of UF Law and its
students.
Go Gators!
Lauren Wilcox,
Senior Director of Development
and Alumni Affairs
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D E V E LO P M E N T & A LU M N I A F FA I R S
MAJOR GIFTS FOR UF LAW
T
hose committing $25,000 or
more from Oct. 1 through
Sept. 30 to UF Law include:
• W. Kelly Smith (JD 66) made
an additional $100,000 gift to
the W. Kelly and Ruth Smith
Law Endowment. He is a
partner with Smith MacKinnon,
P.A. in Orlando.
• Paul T. Jones II made a
$78,925 gift to the E. Thom
Rumberger Everglades
Fellowship. Jones is the
chairman of The Everglades
Foundation in Palmetto Bay,
Florida.
• Jill Carolyn White made an
additional gift of $25,000 to the
Walter Weyrauch Distinguished
Lecture Series in Family Law
Fund.
• Buddy Schulz (JD 73) and
Mrs. Mary Lou Schulz made a
gift of $25,000 to help establish
the Bill McBride Public Interest
Practice Fellowship. Buddy
Schulz is a partner at Holland
& Knight LLP in Jacksonville.
• Mary Lyn Barley made a
pledge of $25,000 to the E.
Thom Rumberger Everglades
Fellowship. Barley is vice
chairperson of The Everglades
Foundation in Palmetto Bay, Fla.
• Judge Karen Miller made a
$30,976 gift to establish the
Florida Constitutional Law
Endowment in Memory of
Justice Ben F. Overton (JD 52).
Judge Miller is an attorneyadviser for the college’s Office
of Career Development.
• The John Paul Stevens
Fellowship Foundation made
a pledge of $25,000 to establish
the Justice John Paul Stevens
Public Interest Fellowship
Program.
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From left are Professor George Dawson, Dane Ullian (2L), Eddy Palmer (JD 85), Alexis Leventhal (3L),
Julie deBruin (2L), and Phil Kegler (3L), representing UF Law at the Florida Vis Pre-Moot Arbitration
Competition in late February before moving on to the international competition in Vienna. The team
qualified for the final rounds at the competition in Vienna, which was held in March.
Putting the international in ICAM
Alum’s life experience drives support for commercial moot team
BY JENNA BOX (4JM)
E
duardo “Eddy” Palmer
(JD 85) was born in Havana and raised in New
York and Miami. Growing up
as a political refugee sensitized
him at an early age to geopolitics and how important the
rule of law is to preserve freedom around the world. Once
in law school, his interest in
international relations naturally
evolved into his fascination with
international law.
Palmer says one of his greatest passions is to make Florida a
leading jurisdiction in the world
for the practice of international
law. So when it comes to giving back to his alma mater, it
only makes sense that he would
invest in what he is passionate
about. When then-Dean Jon public university at a very reaMills approached Palmer more sonable price, and I want to do
than 10 years ago about the In- my part to give back and afford
ternational Commercial Arbitra- that same opportunity to othtion Moot team, it was an instant ers.”
Palmer has supported the
sell.
“I fell in love with the pro- team with financial donations for
more than a
gram because
it married two
“I was fortunate as decade and as
of my greatest
a Cuban refugee an adjunct coach
nine years.
passions: oral
to have obtained forEach
spring
advocacy and
an outstanding
the team cominternational
education ... and
petes
against
law,” he said.
I want to do my
groups from law
“I love giving back to the
part to give back.” schools around
the world at the
University of
Florida,” Palmer said. “I was Willem C. Vis International
very fortunate as a Cuban refu- Commercial Arbitration Moot
gee to be able to have obtained competition in Vienna and at a
an outstanding education at a pre-moot for that competition in
UF LAW
PARTNERS
Miami. The Vienna competition
is one of the most prestigious of
its kind and focuses on a problem
that is drawn from the United Nations Convention on Contracts for
the International Sale of Goods.
The team members present arguments and briefs for both sides of
the issue.
Palmer, with more than 25
years of experience in international litigation and arbitration matters, is a key component in getting
the team prepared to face off with
the competition in Vienna. His
financial donations, along with
the donations of The Florida Bar
International Law Section, keep
the team functioning and per-
forming at a high level. The team
is coached by UF Law Professors Jeffrey Harrison and George
Dawson. In the past few years, the
team has routinely finished in the
top quarter or above among nearly
300 international teams.
“Participation in an international competition — even with
a small team — is expensive,
and Eddy’s financial contribution to the team is important in
ensuring that we are able to take
a team to Vienna every year,”
Dawson said. “Beyond his financial contribution, the students on
the team each year get to know
a practitioner in the arbitration
field and understand how impor-
tant it is when an alumnus of the
college of law goes out of his
way to support our programs.”
The results of Palmer’s efforts
are shown not only in the team’s
stellar performances, but also in
the members’ appreciation.
“In both the Vienna and Miami
ICAM competitions, Eddy was
our biggest advocate,” said team
member Dane Ullian (3L), who
received an honorable mention
in the spring 2013 competition.
“Eddy introduced the team members to well-known practitioners
and offered practical tips based
on his extensive experience. We
were a much better team thanks
to Eddy’s contributions.”
If you wish to channel
a donation to a program
or area of the law
school you’re passionate
about, contact Lauren
Wilcox, senior director of
development and alumni
affairs, at 352-273-0640
or wilcox@law.ufl.edu.
Welcome New Alumni Affairs Staff Members
The Office of Development and Alumni Affairs has several new faces and others with new positions,
joining Senior Director Lauren Wilcox. The staff gathered behind the library for a photo this fall. From left,
standing, are Development Coordinator Missy Poole, Secretary Anne-Marie Kabia, Wilcox and Associate
Director Lindsay Farah. Sitting are Adrienne Campbell, Program Assistant, and Assistant Director Matthew
Hall. (Photo by Elise Giordano 4JM)
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Architects of
our future
As the legal establishment wrestles with transformation
of legal practice, futurist Richard Susskind says it’s time
that lawyers open their eyes to a Brave New World.
S
BY ANDREW STEADMAN (2L)
peaking to an audience of law students and professors at the Levin College of
Law, he calmly predicted the end of the legal profession as it is now constituted.
Rather than cries of outrage, those gathered in UF Law’s Chesterfield
Smith Ceremonial Classroom simply listened with rapt attention. To hear Richard Susskind tell it, the future looks mighty bleak for present
and prospective lawyers. At least at first glance. His predictions are filled
with yawning chasms of uncertainty broken only by more definite
indications of lawyers being replaced by modern technology. Even the
title of Susskind’s 2008 book — The End of Lawyers? Rethinking
the Nature of Legal Services — paints a less-than-rosy picture. However, as Susskind and other experts point out, change
may hurt the bottom line at big law firms, but the end result will
likely be beneficial to the public at large and to lawyers ready to
surf the coming waves of technological and organizational change. 16
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So clients are increasingly looking for alternatives to traditional
bill-by-the-hour, personalized legal advice. Websites like LegalSusskind traveled from his homeland in the United Zoom are already providing these consumers with tools, like stanKingdom to speak Sept. 12 before a receptive au- dardized forms, that allow them to handle basic legal matters on
dience at the Levin College of Law. Dean Robert their own. Companies like Axiom Law, which employ veteran lawJerry wants to incorporate technology and legal yers, offer clients alternatives to standard law firms and the freedom
futurism concepts into more law school classes, to pick and choose which tasks are handled by lawyers. Even onwhile Susskind’s own writings have been distribut- line auction site eBay is providing its customers with an electronic
ed among faculty and they are required reading in the means to sidestep traditional lawyers’ fees with its online dispute
new Introduction to Lawyering classes for 1Ls. The pivot resolution system. Susskind pointed to the United Kingdom’s Legal Services Act
toward the future is evident in technology-focused legal research
classes and in the Electronic Discovery Project and courses by Wil- of 2007 as an engine for change. The act, which allows nonlawyers
liam Hamilton, adjunct UF Law professor and partner at Quarles & to own and run legal businesses, means traditional law firms are
now forced to compete with companies that treat legal advice like
Brady LLP.
a commodity to be produced and sold more
Susskind commended UF Law for a prothan a personalized, individually tailored
gressive approach to legal education — addservice. Susskind believes similar change is
ing with a smile that including his books in
on the horizon for American lawyers.
the curriculum was key to successfully preDavid Vetter (JD 84), whose position as
paring students.
legal counsel for Florida-based Tech Data re“In many law schools, the law is taught
quires him to weigh the costs and benefits of
as it was in the 1970s,” Susskind said.
legal services offered to his firm, sees the difHe said taking the legal revolution in
ferences in the way associates are deployed.
stride requires law schools to focus on teach“Outside of the United States we find
ing students to be flexible rather than simply
more firms that tend to be open to that diaprepping them for traditional careers at law
logue,” Vetter said. firms. But leaders of The Florida Bar argue
In fact, the legal profession was well
there are good reasons for maintaining tight
represented during the all-day symposium
self-regulation and a ban on nonlawyers
as The Florida Bar also is taking Susskind’s
owning law firms, which has been one result
prophesies seriously. Florida Bar Executive
of the UK’s legal services liberalization.
Director Jack Harkness (JD 69) attended
Young said The Florida Bar’s current
with the immediate past president, current
—Eugene Pettis (JD 85)
rules on the unlicensed practice of law have
Florida Bar President
president and president-elect of The Florida
an impact on the implementation of new
Bar — Gwynne Young (JD 74), Eugene Pettechnologies and alternative legal services.
tis (JD 85) and Gregory Coleman.
“I’m not a person who says that you just need to throw out
Under Pettis, the bar is seeking to keep lawyers on the cutting
edge with its Vision 2016 Commission. The commission, composed regulation of lawyers,” Young said. “I also think regulation is best
of thought leaders in the bar, community and industry, will study done, as it is now, by the Supreme Court. That’s not to say that on a
four areas of law — technology, legal education, bar admission, and case-by-case basis we shouldn’t look at aspects of the regulation of
pro bono and legal services — with an eye to help the bar and its lawyers to see how they might need to be changed in order to better
members continue to meet the demands of clients with maximum serve the public.”
Young said The Florida Bar handles the discipline of lawyers
efficiency. Pettis said there will be opportunities for all Florida Bar
members to have input as well, through public hearings and other as well as providing the services that are offered by a professional
association. The bar’s focus, Young said, is to ensure clients get
means.
“It is critical for lawyers in The Florida Bar to be architects of the best service possible. This goal is complicated by nonlawyers
their future and not just reacting to it,” Pettis said. “We have to look who enter the legal arena and may be beyond the reach of the bar’s
disciplinary arm.
at the practice. What do we want it to look like going forward?”
Lack of disciplinary control may not be the only reason for the
hesitation to deregulation.
END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT?
Roger Blair, professor at the University of Florida’s Warrington
Susskind argues that today’s law firms handle many College of Business and an affiliate UF Law professor, said lawyers
tasks for clients that don’t actually require the ex- are feeling the pinch of a down economy just as much as other propertise of a bar-certified lawyer. Although lawyers fessions. Lean times mean lawyers are likely to cling to restrictions
are certainly required for complex legal issues and on competition that could result in even slimmer pickings.
“I think monopolies very rarely are going to give up their moadvocacy, firms waste billable hours on work that
nopoly power,” Blair said.
could easily be done by less costly laborers.
A RECEPTIVE AUDIENCE
“It is critical for
lawyers in The
Florida Bar to be
architects of their
future and not just
reacting to it. What
do we want it to
look like going
forward?”
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EFFICIENCY’S UPSIDE
Susskind said growing liberalization could have another positive effect on customers by lowering
the cost of legal services.
“The cost of lawyering has become too
high,” Susskind said. “Most people find it difficult to afford the services of lawyers.”
Susskind said future legal matters will be routinely broken into parts, with the basic, routine tasks handled
quickly and cheaply and only the most specialized areas still given individual attention by lawyers. “For any deal or dispute, we can analyze it and break it
down,” Susskind said. As for why firms are so hesitant to modernize their business
models, Susskind said it often comes down to pride. Law firms
have a monopoly on the market that they are unlikely to give up
without a fight. “It’s hard to convince a room full of millionaires that you’ve
got your business model wrong,” Susskind said.
Some of the technological and organizational efficiencies that
Susskind is talking about already are apparent in legal practice —
including in Gainesville.
Court reporting companies, which traditionally have provided
services firmly grounded in the ink-and-paper realm, are now offering higher-tech options allowing lawyers to increase their efficiency. Cynthia VanLandingham, of VanLandingham Durscher
& VanLandingham in downtown Gainesville, said the company
installed videoconferencing equipment about four years ago that
links lawyers with clients, witnesses and opposing counsel.
Phil Beverly (JD 83), a practicing Gainesville attorney, uses
VanLandingham’s videoconferencing to reduce costs for clients.
Legal futurist
Richard Susskind
spoke at UF Law in
the fall semester.
Instead of traveling for meetings, witness interviews and certain
depositions, which represent billable hours, he can go next door
inside the Seagle Building and engage in a videoconference.
However, Beverly said, there are other situations in which a
lawyer needs to be able to read a witness, from facial expressions
and tone of voice to body language — a skill Beverly referred to
as the lawyer’s “sixth sense.” Those readings are nearly impossible to do when the subject of a deposition is miles away.
The e-discovery edge at UF Law
T
he UF Law E-Discovery Project
strives to keep the law school
community abreast of the
advancements in legal technology with
free webinars, expert speakers and
the release of tools aimed at helping
attorneys navigate the treacherous
territory of e-discovery. Among recent
and upcoming programs are:
•International e-discovery expert
Craig Ball spoke about the future of
electronic discovery and its impact
on the legal profession at UF Law.
After the event, Ball met in small
groups with students to field questions about the intricacies of electronic discovery.
•Publication of a free beta version of its Random Sampler software. The software gives
attorneys the ability to test the results of
e-discovery searches in order to avoid
failing to find responsive documents.
•Jason Baron, partner with Drinker Biddle
and former director of litigation for the
National Archives and Records Administration, will visit in the spring to speak about
e-discovery.
•The annual E-Discovery Conference on
March 14, 2014, which will feature inperson and live-streaming webcast speakers. The 2013 E-Discovery Conference is
still available for CLE credit at www.law.
ufl.edu/academics/ediscovery-conference.
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“We’re in a people profession,” Beverly said. “A lot of it is
translating nonverbal communications.”
Beverly said current technology still can’t completely replace
face-to-face meetings, but the future could hold changes that seem
impossible now.
“If you told me 10 years ago there would be something like the
iPhone, I wouldn’t have believed you,” he said.
Experts say these shifts should not mean fewer jobs for those
educated in the law. Hamilton, UF Law’s e-discovery guru, argues
that lawyers with knowledge of technology and a willingness to
dive into new opportunities will continue to provide value to their
clients.
“Let’s not look at our skill set as only being relevant for working at a law firm or in-house counsel,” Hamilton said.
COURTROOM ALTERNATIVES
THE FUTURE IS NOW
Perhaps nowhere are the soaring costs of legal services more apparent than in the courtroom. Going
to trial is an extremely expensive option that simply is not available to a majority of the population. Judge Anthony Porcelli, federal magistrate
judge of the U.S. District Court for the Middle
District of Florida, said alternative dispute resolution,
which helps parties reach agreements without the time and money
expenditures associated with litigation, is slowly supplanting trial
litigation as the preferred method for settling disputes. Such alternatives to litigation would have an obvious impact on the demand
for the services of trial lawyers — and, by extension, judges.
“I joked when I met Richard that he should have named the
book The End of Judges?” Porcelli said.
Scary though they may be for lawyers and judges hoping for
job security, these changes represent an opportunity for Americans
to obtain legal aid in ways that were previously unavailable. The
model of civil law suit leading to judge or jury trial is shifting toward less costly alternative dispute resolutions.
Florida statutes, for example, require some civil suits, including medical malpractice and family law cases involving children,
to go to mediation before trial. Robin Davis, director of UF Law’s
Institute for Dispute Resolution, said most civil disputes will be
sent to mediation at some point in the legal process, and it is increasingly common for contracts to include clauses requiring mediation or arbitration of civil disputes.
UF Law, meanwhile, hosts a robust alternative dispute resolution
program that is ranked among the best by U.S. News & World Report
and which includes nationally recognized scholars such as Leonard
Riskin, who this year won the American Bar Association Section of
Dispute Resolution’s award for Outstanding Scholarly Work.
Susskind, himself, sees his predictions as presenting an exciting opportunity for the forwardthinking lawyer. During his Sept. 12 presentation, he showed slides illustrating how technology would revolutionize the way lawyers meet
and interact with clients. “The future has already arrived, it’s just not
equally distributed yet,” Susskind said, quoting science fiction author William Gibson. Improving technology, in particular, will drive down the costs
of legal work by allowing lawyers to focus on complex legal issues
while computers handle simpler tasks. Susskind cited Cisco’s Telepresence video conferencing system, which uses immersive highdefinition video to simulate an in-person meeting with a client who
could be on the other side of the globe.
“The table’s configured so you feel like you are in the same
room,” Susskind said. “You will very rarely see clients in person.”
Porcelli also predicted video conferencing technology would
continue to seep into courtrooms and depositions, areas that have
historically been limited to face-to-face interactions.
Susskind pointed to other ways in which technology-conscious
firms can embrace new innovations to maintain relevance. He pointed
to Google Flu Trends, a pandemic-tracking program that uses Google
searches for illness symptoms to pinpoint the geographic spread of
disease. Susskind hypothesized that similar monitoring could help
connect lawyers with potential clients. Likewise, social media networks are helping those in need of legal advice to find lawyers.
Firms that are unwilling to embrace these tools, Susskind said,
may be plagued with the problem of “irrational rejection.” He
spoke of partners at prestigious firms who scoff at the idea of using Twitter as a valid legal tool, despite the service’s 500 million
registered users.
Architects of the Future: Experts discussed the coming revolutions in legal practice during a UF Law symposium
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“Are you waiting for it to take off?” Susskind quipped, to
laughs from the audience. ”We’re living in some kind of La La
Land, it’s remarkable.”
At the Levin College of Law, embracing technology is not a new initiative. Professors at the school have worked to incorporate social networks into their classes.
For example, Professor Michelle Jacobs
utilizes the online world of Second Life as
a virtual classroom to teach criminal law
and illustrate legal concepts through the
program’s pixelated simulations of real
life. Meanwhile, Hamilton’s e-discovery
program has just produced its own software to assist document review.
The rate at which technology is advancing means the impact on the legal
profession is still hard to predict. Susskind cited the writings
of Ray Kurzweil, a proponent of Moore’s Law, which states
that the processing power of modern computers will continue to
grow exponentially.
“By 2020, the average desktop will have the processing
power of the human brain,” Susskind said.
“By 2050, the average desktop will have
more processing power than all of humanity put together.”
By leveraging this massive data processing power, Susskind said, law firms
will eventually eliminate the need to
spend clients’ money on routine but timeintensive tasks like legal research. One of Susskind’s predictions is
that not all of his predictions will come
true. But Susskind recalled that during the
’90s that he forecast email would become
a major mode of communication in the
legal profession. This bit of foresight was greeted with much
derision.
The rate at which
technology is
advancing means
the impact on the
legal profession is still
hard to predict.
Putting the future to work in your legal career
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awyers may be required to change their mindsets
about what it means to work with clients. Indeed,
they must adapt to new technology while still
managing day-to-day business.
Legal futurist Richard Susskind likened the problem
to “trying to change the wheel on a moving car.” Here is
his advice for bridging the divide:
•Take a “blank sheet” approach: Step back and try to
imagine how the legal profession would be if it were
created today;
•Chart a course for where you want your practice to
be in five years, taking into account technological
innovations and staying flexible about reaching your
goal;
•Embrace new technologies like Skype, videoconferencing and online legal services;
•Start using social networks such as Twitter and
LinkedIn; and
•Realize change will happen gradually, rather than as
a single “big bang” revolution of the legal profession.
Law students may be in a better position to evolve
and adapt with the changes than are practitioners.
Susskind said law schools should focus on teaching
students to be flexible rather than simply prepping them
for traditional careers at law firms.
“In many law schools, the law is taught as it was in
the 1970s,” Susskind said.
This, Susskind said, is where
the Levin College of Law sets itself
apart from many of its peers. He
commended UF Law for taking a
progressive approach to legal education
— including, he added with a laugh,
placing his books in the curriculum.
Ways law students can take the
legal revolution in stride and prepare
themselves to enter a new-look legal
profession, drawn from Susskind
and Michigan State Law Professor
Renee Knake include:
•Immersing themselves in the literature
projecting the profession’s future;
•Researching online to discover emerging technologies;
•Becoming conversant in new professional options
that interest the student;
•Leveraging a background in technology, business,
computer science or engineering as a selling point to
employers;
•Taking electives like project management or supply
chain management in the business school; and
•Reading books like Reid Hoffman’s The Start-up of
You and Daniel Pink’s To Sell Is Human to better understand the commoditization of the legal profession.
—Andrew Steadman (2L)
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‘Not your
father’s bar
exam’
BY KELCEE GRIFFIS (4JM)
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ranklin Harrison (JD 72) likened improving
the bar examination process to the time his
8-year-old granddaughter ran up to him and
asked excitedly: “Can you see anything
different about me?”
Harrison was perplexed until she told him.
“She was wearing deodorant,” he chuckled.
The anecdote illustrates ongoing changes in the bar exam.
“There really are things going on,” he said. “To the world it
looks the same, though.”
The bar examination process has the potential to make or
break the careers of budding lawyers, and for Harrison, it’s a
process that is constantly evolving.
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He is outgoing chairman of the National
Conference of Bar Examiners and an emeritus member of the Florida Board of Bar Examiners. During his years in the field, he’s
seen “a great improvement in the quality of
the bar exam,” but not the kind of thing that’s
always obvious to the casual observer.
The Florida board, on which Harrison
served for five years, is an arm of the Florida Supreme Court that administers the bar
exam. It acts as the gatekeeper determining
who should (and should not) be admitted to
practice in the state, and it investigates the
background of applicants in the process.
Harrison goes to hearings that vet applicants when fitness and character issues arise
during the application process. For students
seeking admission to the bar, he said honesty
is often their saving grace.
He said members of the Florida board
visit each law school in the
state each year to speak to
1Ls about remaining transparent throughout their
stints in law school.
“They emphasize if
you didn’t tell the truth on
your law school application, go and amend it,” he
said.
For example, he said
some students lie about or
don’t include details on
Harrison
law school applications
about minor incidents that
by themselves might never
block entrance to the bar,
such as a DUI citation,
misdemeanor arrests and
juvenile records. But if it’s
discovered that a student
was not candid on their
law school application or
bar application process, it
could be a cause for denial.
The August revision
Sasnett-Stauffer
of the board’s Beginning
Student Information guide, which encourages applicants to “err on the side of disclosure.” The national conference, which Harrison has chaired for the past year, produces
the Multistate Bar Exam (MBE). It also
produces multistate essay, performance, and availability of online help. The national conprofessional responsibility exams, which are ference is getting ready to roll out the fourth
used in every jurisdiction except Louisiana.
online practice exam — a real multistate bar
He noted a movement toward imple- exam that test-takers can use to focus their
menting the Uniform Bar
prep work at a modest
Exam, in which each
price.
jurisdiction agrees to
“I think in the
certain parameters for
future you’ll see
the exam. In turn, all
online bar exams
jurisdictions
would
— computerized
honor the scores apinstead of sitting
plicants receive on the
down with pen and
test.
paper,”
Harrison
Another area in
said. “I think somethe board examination
thing else we can
process receiving atlook to in the future
—Franklin Harrison (JD 72)
tention is how to test
is a legal research
would-be lawyers
test that you can
for legal research
do online — doing
and legal writreal, live research.”
ing skills — a
Although online tests present security
deficiency
some problems and can be expensive to implenew lawyers take flak for. ment, those are issues the national conferIn response, he said, the ence is actively looking into.
MultiState Bar Exam recently
Gail Sasnett-Stauffer, the outgoing
completed an extensive survey chairwoman of the Florida Board of Bar
of lawyers in their first three Examiners, confirmed that being forthcomyears of practice to determine ing about any discrepancy is the best path.
the nature of their practice as
“The Florida Supreme Court has held
well as the skills they tend to that candor is the most important quality for
use the most. Research and legal being an attorney,” said Sasnett-Stauffer,
writing were shown to be of high the former UF Law associate dean for stuimportance, which could foretell dents. “That is why it’s so important to be
a shift in the testing regime. But up-front with The Florida Board of Bar Exright now, this research is simply aminers.”
adding to a bank of knowledge
The August revision of the Florida
that will be aggregated over a Board of Bar Examiners’ Beginning Student
long period of time.
Information guide encourages applicants to
“You don’t change the “err on the side of disclosure” and advises
bar exam overnight,” he said. that “what may seem like an insignificant
“That’s years in the making.”
event can loom large in the bar applicaWhile changing the bar tion process if you are not candid with the
exam is a slow-moving process, board.”
Harrison pointed to improveBecause of the thorough vetting proments in its clarity during the cess, Harrison said lawyers already establast generation.
lished in the profession can rest assured that
“It’s not your father’s bar newly admitted lawyers will be a credit to the
exam, as they say. I think the bar exam of profession.
today is much more straightforward. The
“I think that lawyers should know that
questions are designed to find out if you un- bar admissions in Florida are in good hands,”
derstand a point of law, not to trick you.”
he said. “They’re in the hands of a board that
Another improvement is the increasing holds applicants to high standards.”
“I think in the future
you’ll see online bar
exams — computerized instead of sitting down with pen
and paper.”
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1954
Robert L. Trohn an attorney with GrayRobinson,
P.A. in Lakeland, is marking 30 years of board
certification with The Florida Bar this year. He is
board-certified in civil trial law.
1963
Larry S. Stewart has been appointed to the
executive committee of the American Law Institute. Stewart has also been appointed to the
board of the RAND Corporation’s new Center
for Catastrophic Risk Management and Compensation. The center will conduct research and
recommend policy alternatives to mitigate the
adverse effects of catastrophes and to provide
compensation to those suffering losses.
1964
Gerald F. Richman, president of Richman Greer,
P.A. in West Palm Beach, has been elected
treasurer of the Florida chapter of the American
Board of Trial Advocates. He was also named
Best Lawyers’ West Palm Beach litigation-construction “Lawyer of the Year” (2014).
1965
Sidney A. Stubbs, Jr., of Jones, Foster, Johnston & Stubbs, P.A. in West Palm Beach, was
listed on The Florida Bar’s “legal milestone”
list. The list is comprised of 221 members who
have maintained their board certification status
for 30 years. Stubbs has more than 40 years
of experience in the areas of commercial and
corporate litigation and law firm litigation. He
was also named in Super Lawyers for Florida
(2013).
1967
Robert Leslie Moore has received the Pillar of
the Community Award from the Kiwanis Club
of Venice, Fla. A member of the organization for
44 years, he has participated in international
service projects to improve the health of women
and children in underdeveloped countries.
1968
Don Slesnick, managing partner of Slesnick
& Casey, LLP in Coral Gables, was elected as
the 2013-2014 chairman of the Fellows of the
American Bar Foundation. Membership in the
nonprofit, which supports academic research,
is limited to one-third of 1 percent of the lawyer
population.
1969
Charles H. Egerton, one of the founding
shareholders of the law firm of Dean, Mead,
Egerton, Bloodworth, Capouano & Bozarth,
P.A. in Orlando, was recently recognized as
one of 221 Florida Bar members — and only
19 Orange County lawyers — who earned
legal board certification in civil trial or tax law
in 1983 and have remained certified for 30
years. Egerton has more than 40 years of experience as a tax and corporate attorney.
Bennie Lazzara Jr., of Wilkes and McHugh,
P.A. in Tampa, has been named in Florida
Super Lawyers magazine (2013).
Peter W. Zinober, with Greenberg Traurig, P.A.
in Tampa, has been named in the 100 Most
Powerful Labor and Employment Lawyers in
the United States by Law Dragon and the Society for Human Resources Management. It is
his fourth consecutive year receiving the title.
Additionally, he was recognized in The Best
Lawyers in America for labor and employment
law for the 24th consecutive year. He was also
named lawyer of the year for Tampa litigation,
labor and employment. In Chambers U.S.A.
Guide 2013, Zinober was designated as a
“Star Performer” in labor and employment
law for the sixth consecutive year. He is one
of only three Florida lawyers to receive that
designation.
1970
Rosemary Barkett recently announced she will
step down from the U.S. Court of Appeals for
the 11th Circuit to join the Iran-U.S. Claims
Tribunal at The Hague in the Netherlands.
After serving 20 years in the position, she
resigned in September and will become one of
three U.S. judges in the international arbitral
tribunal.
Joel H. Brown, former chief judge of Florida’s
11th Judicial Circuit, has joined the Miami
law firm of Freidin, Dobrinsky, Brown & Rosenblum P.A. Brown will practice all aspects
of family law matters with an emphasis on
divorce, multi-state and international jurisdictional issues.
William E. Williams, an attorney with GrayRobinson, P.A.’s Tallahassee office, has been
named to Florida Super Lawyers’ 2013 list in
the area of administrative law.
1971
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Stubbs 65
Slesnick 68
Egerton 69
Larry B. Alexander, of Jones, Foster, Johnston
& Stubbs, P.A. in West Palm Beach, has been
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Alexander 71
Ponce 73
Rosenthal 73
peer-selected for inclusion in the Best Lawyers
in America (2014) for real estate law. Additionally, he has been named West Palm Beach
“Lawyer of the Year” in real estate law.
John K. Vreeland, an attorney with GrayRobinson, P.A.’s Lakeland office, has been named to
Florida Super Lawyers’ list in the area of estate
planning and probate (2013).
Stephen N. Zack, of Boies, Schiller & Flexner
LLP in Miami, has been selected to chair the
Miami Beach Charter Review Board. Zack
previously chaired the board, which recommends changes to the City Charter, during the
only other two periods it operated, beginning in
1993 and 2003. He has also been appointed by
President Barack Obama as the alternate U.S.
public representative to the general assembly
of the U.N. Upon Senate confirmation, his title
will be U.S. State Department senior adviser to
the U.N.
1972
William H. Andrews, of GrayRobinson P.A. in
Jacksonville, has been named to the Chambers
USA list for notable achievements, client service
and excellence in the practice area of labor and
employment (2013). He also has been recognized on Florida Trend’s legal elite list (2013).
Carson McEachern, of Roetzel in Naples, has
been named in Florida Super Lawyers (2013).
Steven G. Wenzel, of Wenzel Fenton Cabassa
P.A. in Tampa, was listed in Super Lawyers in
employment litigation plaintiff (2013).
Gene K. Glasser, of GreenspoonMarder in Fort
Lauderdale, has been selected for inclusion in
the Best Lawyers in America (2014).
1973
Michael T. Callahan has been awarded the Joseph P. Milton Professionalism and Civility Award,
given by the Florida Chapters of the American
Board of Trial Advocates. He has 39 years of trial
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Lott 74
experience, including cases involving the Skyway
Bridge and Choctawatchee Bay Bridge accidents
and a lost Spanish galleon. His cases have
established precedents in medical malpractice,
landlord liability to tenants and insurance bad
faith.
John R. Crawford, an attorney with Marks Gray,
P.A. in Jacksonville, has been named to Florida
Super Lawyers in the area of estate planning and
probate (2013).
S. Daniel Ponce, a partner at Berger Singerman
LLP in Miami, has been appointed to serve on
the Judicial Nominating Commission established
by Sen. Bill Nelson and Sen. Marco Rubio. He
will serve a two-year term.
Wesley R. Poole, a partner with Poole & Poole in
Fernandina Beach, Fla., has been appointed to
the Nassau County Court by Gov. Rick Scott. He
previously served as an attorney with the City of
Fernandina Beach.
Pamela O. Price, an attorney with GrayRobinson, P.A. in Orlando, has been named to Florida
Super Lawyers in the area of estate planning and
probate (2013). She has also been recognized
on Florida Trend’s annual legal elite list (2013).
Ronald S. Reed, an attorney with GrayRobinson,
P.A.’s Tampa office, has been named to Florida
Super Lawyers in the area of family law (2013).
Gerald A. Rosenthal, senior shareholder with
Rosenthal, Levy, Simon & Ryles in Port St.
Lucie, has been included in the National Association of Workers’ Compensation Judiciary as
recognition for his commitment to the field. He
also spoke at the 68th Annual Workers’ Compensation Educational Conference, held Aug. 18
- 21 in Orlando.
of GrayRobinson’s policy board, Leonhardt has
supported the governor’s plan to promote the
state of Florida as a business destination. Additionally, he has been named one of Orlando’s
50 most powerful people by Orlando Magazine.
He was included in the Chambers USA 2013
list for notable achievements, client service and
excellence in the practice area of real estate:
zoning/land use. He has also been recognized
on Florida Trend’s annual legal elite list (2013).
Leslie Lott, a partner at Lott & Fischer in
Coral Gables, has been named in Florida Super Lawyers (2013) and the Best Lawyers in
America (2014). Lott was additionally ranked
among the top 50 women in the state by Super Lawyers. Managing Intellectual Property
magazine named her an “IP star” in its 2013 IP
Handbook. Additionally, Lott was named 2014
Miami copyright law lawyer of the year by Best
Lawyers.
Robert K. Rouse Jr. received The Florida Bar’s
William M. Hoeveler Judicial Award during the
organization’s annual conference June 27 in
Boca Raton. The award recognizes judges who
are dedicated to the ideals of justice and demonstrate diligence in inspiring others to professionalism. Rouse, a 7th Judicial Circuit judge
since 1995, currently presides over civil cases
at the Volusia County Courthouse in DeLand.
1975
Wayne E. Flowers, a Lewis, Longman & Walker
shareholder in Jacksonville, has been selected to
Florida Super Lawyer (2013) in the area of environmental litigation. Flowers shares this designation with 5 percent of attorneys statewide.
1976
Gary D. Fox has been named Plaintiff Trial
Lawyer of the Year by the Florida Chapters
American Board of Trial Advocates. He has
been involved in high-profile cases including the
Terri Schiavo medical malpractice case and the
Carnival Cruise Lines sexual assault case, which
resulted in an order requiring Carnival to report
data from sexual assaults occurring on its ships.
1974
Ronald Rowland (LLMT), of Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP in Columbus, Ohio, has
been named to the Best Lawyers in America
(2014) listing in the areas of tax law and trusts
and estates.
Frederick W. Leonhardt, of GrayRobinson, P.A.
in Orlando, recently joined Gov. Rick Scott and
other Florida business leaders to strengthen the
economic partnership with Chile. As chairman
Gerald W. Weedon, an attorney with Marks
Gray, P.A. in Jacksonville, has been named to
Florida Super Lawyers in the area of business
litigation (2013).
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1977
Nathaniel L. Doliner (LLMT), of Carlton Fields,
has been named by The Best Lawyers in America (2014) as Tampa corporate governance law
“Lawyer of the Year.”
Jeffrey S. Kannensohn, an attorney with Porter
Wright in Naples, has been named to Florida
Super Lawyers (2013).
Charles S. Modell, of Larkin Hoffman law
firm in Minneapolis, has been recognized by
Chambers USA in its 2013 listing of leading
individuals nationwide in franchising. He was
also selected for inclusion in the 20th edition
of The Best Lawyers in America in the practice
area of franchise law and was named Best Lawyer’s 2014 Minneapolis franchise law “Lawyer
of the Year.”
Linda Loomis Shelley, managing shareholder of
Fowler White Boggs’ Tallahassee office, has been
reappointed as chairwoman of the Northern District Federal Judicial Nominating Commission. The
commission recommends candidates to serve in
certain federal, judicial and law enforcement positions including U.S. district judge, U.S. attorney
and U.S. marshal in Florida.
Dennis J. Wall, an attorney in Winter Springs,
has recently published his third edition of Litigation and Prevention of Insurer Bad Faith.
The edition supplements his first two volumes.
He also had an article, “Lessons in Bad Faith,”
published in Claims Management Magazine.
He presented a webinar to the Clearwater Bar
Association titled “Forensic Examination of
Insurance Policies.” His presentation June 27
has been awarded the Continuing Legal Education Credit by The Florida Bar. In the spring, his
article series about the Affordable Care Act was
published, including, “What Are Health Insurance Exchanges? A First Look” and “Report
from the ACA Battlefront: Medicaid, the ACA,
and the United States Supreme Court.”
1978
William A. Boyles (JD 76, LLMT 78), an attorney with GrayRobinson, P.A., in Orlando, has
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been named to Florida Super Lawyers’ 2013 list
in the area of tax. He is also marking 30 years of
board certification with The Florida Bar this year.
Simon Ferro has joined the Miami office of Gunster as a shareholder. A member of the firm’s
environmental and land use practice, Ferro brings
more than 30 years of experience in the areas of
zoning, land use and governmental relations. Peter J. Gravina, of Pavese Law Firm in Ft. Myers, has been name to Florida Super Lawyers as
one of the top attorneys in the state for 2013.
Dale Swope, of Swope, Rodante P.A. in Tampa,
has been selected for inclusion in Best Lawyers
in America (2014) in recognition of his work in
personal injury litigation plaintiffs. Swope has
been listed in the publication since 2005.
Thomas J. Wilkes, an attorney with GrayRobinson, P.A.’s Orlando office, has been named
to Florida Super Lawyers (2013) in the area of
government/cities/municipalities. He has also
been recognized on Florida Trend’s legal elite list
(2013).
Richard M. Zabak, an attorney with GrayRobinson, P.A.’s Tampa office, has been named to
Florida Super Lawyers (2013) in the area of
business litigation.
1979
Larry D. Hardaway, a Lakeland attorney, was
inducted into the Polk County School District’s
hall of fame.
N. Diane Holmes, founder of N. Diane Holmes,
P.A. Family Law Group in Orlando, has been
named by The Florida Association for Women
Lawyers as a 2013 Leader in the Law for her
commitment to the Central Florida community
and dedication to advancing the cause of women.
She consistently ranks among Florida’s top attorneys and is actively involved in efforts to raise
money for breast cancer research, protect children and support the arts.
Jeff Scroggin (JD 77, LLMT 79), of Scroggin
& Company in Roswell, Ga., has recently been
published in several publications. His article “Tax
Complexity, History and Humor” appeared in
Leimberg Information Services Income Tax Planning Newsletter in April, and it was republished
in the NAEPC Journal of Estate and Tax Planning’s summer 2013 issue. His article “Where
is the Estate Planning Profession Going?” was
printed in the Leimberg Information Services
Estate Planning Newsletter in March and was
republished in NAEPC Journal of Estate and Tax
Planning and on the Society of Financial Services
Professionals’ website. Scroggin was quoted in
the New York Times on July 19 in an article titled
“A Public Debate of the Wisdom of Gandolfini’s
Will.” Additionally, he was named for the fifth
year in a row in Georgia Super Lawyers.
1980
Mary Wood Bridgman was elected chair of the
Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage
and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling in May. She was appointed to the board in
2004 by Gov. Jeb Bush.
Philippe Jeck, of Jeck, Harris, Raynor & Jones,
P.A. in Juno Beach, Fla., has received the Above
and Beyond Special Recognition award from the
Northern Palm Beach County Chamber of Commerce. The award from the Board of Directors acknowledged his years of service to the community
and the chamber as a past director and general
counsel.
Terence R. Perkins has been elected as chief
judge for the 7th Judicial Circuit, which covers
Flagler, Putnam, St. Johns and Volusia counties.
He was elected by the 42 judges in the circuit
and will have administrative supervision over the
circuit during his two-year term.
David L. Smith, an attorney with GrayRobinson,
P.A.’s Tampa office, has been named by Florida
Super Lawyers (2013) in the area of government/
cities/municipalities. He was additionally elected
chair of Tampa Downtown Partnership, an organization fostering vibrant neighborhoods throughout
downtown Tampa. Nicholas V. Pulignano Jr., an attorney with
Marks Gray, P.A. in Jacksonville, has been named
to Florida Super Lawyers (2013) in the area of
business litigation.
Jonathan C. Hollingshead, of Fisher, Rushmer,
Werrenrath, Dickson, Talley & Dunlap, P.A. in
Orlando, has been selected for inclusion in the
Best Lawyers in America (2014).
1981
Kimberly Leach Johnson, of Quarles & Brady
LLP in Naples, was appointed as chairwoman
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of the firm. The appointment marks the first
time in the firm’s history someone outside of
Wisconsin has led it. Additionally, she has been
named to Florida Trend’s legal elite list (2013),
Florida Super Lawyers (2013) and the publication’s “top 50 women” list.
Richard B. Comiter (LLMT), senior partner
at Comiter, Singer, Baseman & Braun, LLP in
Palm Beach Gardens, has recently been named
in Florida Trend (2013) and inducted into the
publication’s Florida Legal Elite 2013 hall of
fame. He was also listed in Florida Super Lawyers’ “Top 100” and in the top 100 attorneys
in Florida, as published in The Wall Street
Journal and Miami Magazine.
J. Mason Williams III, an attorney with GrayRobinson, P.A. in Melbourne, has been named
to Florida Super Lawyers (2013) in the area of
construction litigation.
1935 grad
turns 102
1982
One of UF Law’s 1935 graduates, Maurice “Maury” Goldstein, celebrated his 102nd
birthday this summer. He lives
in Jacksonville with his wife,
Hilda, of 73 years. Here is
Goldstein, left, walking down
the streets of Jacksonville
with with Herbert Panken,
deceased in 1999. Panken
was an attorney and around
the time of this photo they
were trying a case together.
For more on the life and times
of Maury Goldstein go to
www.goo.gl/w3y9HZ
Michael Havelin, of Asheville, N.C., has published his fourth mystery novel, Ben Bones and
the Galleon of Gold. It is his third genealogicaland legal-themed mystery series. He also runs
WNCMysterians.org, a mystery writers’ critique
group in Asheville.
Richard A. Jacobson, a shareholder with
Fowler White Boggs in Tampa, has been named
Best Lawyers’ “2014 Tampa’s international
trade and finance law lawyer of the year.”
His legal practice includes representation
of foreign clients seeking pre-residency tax
planning assistance; coordination of U.S.
tax and immigration planning; foreign
investors in U.S. real estate and other
business ventures. Mark K. Somerstein, of Greenspoon Marder in
Fort Lauderdale, has been selected for inclusion in the Best Lawyers in America (2014).
Charles E. Williams, 12th Judicial Circuit
judge, was the keynote speaker for the May
24 New College of Florida commencement.
Williams is chairman of The Sarasota Bar Association Diversity Committee and a judge
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member of the Central Division of the Mediator
Qualifications Board.
1983
Alan H. Daniels (JD 81, LLMT 83), a partner
in Roetzel’s Orlando office, was named in Best
Lawyers for tax law. He and about 60 others
received the distinction and he was one of four
recipients in Orlando.
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William F. Hamilton, an attorney with Quarles
& Brady LLP, has been selected for inclusion in
Florida Super Lawyers (2013).
Stephen L. Kussner, an attorney with
GrayRobinson, P.A.’s Tampa office, has been
named to Florida Super Lawyers (2013) list in
the area of real estate.
Louise B. Zeuli, of Louise B. Zeuli, P.A. and
Facilitative Arbitration & Dispute Resolution,
Inc., in Maitland, Fla., was one of the top
women lawyers in alternative dispute resolution
in Orlando Home & Leisure Magazine. She
was also listed among top area lawyers in the
June 26 edition of Orlando Life, which partnered with LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell to
share its list of local lawyers who have reached
the highest levels of ethical standards and
professional excellence.
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1984
Thomas R. Bolf, of GreenspoonMarder in Fort
Lauderdale, has been selected for inclusion in
the Best Lawyers in America (2014).
Cynthia C. Jackson, previously a Jacksonville
attorney with Smith Hulsey & Busey, has been
appointed as a judge to the U.S. Bankruptcy
Court for the middle district of Florida.
Mitchell E. Widom, a partner at Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod LLP in Miami,
has been selected to participate in Leadership
Florida’s upcoming 32nd class, an eightmonth training and development program that
connects leaders to work together for the longterm benefit of Florida.
Andrea E. Zelman, a shareholder with Fowler
White Boggs in Tampa, has been named Tampa litigation — land use and zoning “Lawyer
of the Year” by Best Lawyers (2014). Zelman concentrates her practice in land use
and environmental law, including zoning matters, developments of regional impact and
comprehensive land use plans.
1985
Amelia M. Campbell, a shareholder with
Fowler White Boggs in Tampa, has been elected president of the Athena Society. Founded in
1976, the Athena Society is dedicated to creating a forum for interaction and collaboration
and to improving the status of women through
equality. Campbell practices in the areas of
estate planning, estate and trust administration and business succession planning.
Amy J. Galloway, former director at Tripp
Scott’s Fort Lauderdale office, recently opened
her own law firm, Amy J. Galloway, P.A. The
new firm, also based in Fort Lauderdale,
emphasizes real estate and property rights
disputes.
Mark W. Klingensmith has been appointed
judge to the 4th District Court of Appeal by
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Gov. Rick Scott. Klingensmith served as
a judge for the 19th Judicial Circuit since
2011.
John Elliott Leighton, managing partner of
Leighton Law, P.A. in Miami and Orlando,
presented on alternative dispute resolution
and discovery and depositions at The Florida
Bar Basics seminar in Tampa. Leighton was
also selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America. He was voted as one of the
“Top Lawyers” in the South Florida Legal
Guide for the last 10 years, has been named
in Florida Super Lawyers and has been
designated a “legal elite” by Florida Trend
magazine.
William (Bill) J. Schifino, Jr., a partner in
the Tampa office of Burr & Forman LLP, has
been selected as “Lawyer of the Year” in litigation — securities for the Tampa market by
Best Lawyers. Schifino focuses his practice
on commercial litigation, including securities,
intellectual property and business tort litigation.
1986
Sheree Lancaster has become the first
woman to serve as county judge in Gilchrist
County. Lancaster was a longtime attorney for
the Gilchrist County School Board and also
represented the Levy County School Board.
Lancaster also served as a child support
hearing officer for the 8th Judicial Circuit in
Gilchrist and Levy counties for more than 14
years.
H. William Perry, managing shareholder at
Gunster, has been appointed to the Board of
Trustees of the Law Center Association Inc.,
at UF. His five-year term began in September.
William E. Ruffier, managing partner of Orlando-based Dellecker Wilson King McKenna
Ruffier & Sos, has recently received the NESA
Outstanding Eagle Scout Award. The award
was granted by the local council’s committee
to Eagle Scouts who have devoted a lifetime
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to their profession, vocation, community and
beliefs.
1987
Mayanne Downs, of GrayRobinson’s Orlando
office, has been selected as the 2013 recipient of the Champion for Justice Award
presented by the Barry University School of
Law. She also received the Rosemary Barkett
Outstanding Achievement Award, which is
the highest award given annually by the Central Florida Association for Women Lawyers.
She was additionally named one of Orlando’s
50 most powerful people by Orlando Magazine and selected to Florida Super Lawyers’
(2013) list. She has also been recognized
on Florida Trend’s annual 2013 “legal elite”
list. She was recently appointed to a six-year
term on the Judicial Qualifications Commission and is the city attorney for the City of
Orlando.
Bradley R. Johnson, a partner with Taylor,
Day, Grimm, Boyd & Johnson, was unanimously selected as the interim president
and head of Bolles School in Jacksonville. A
member of the Jacksonville Bar Association
and The Florida Bar Association, Johnson is
a master in the Chester Bedell Inns of Court
and is a former executive committee member
of the Jacksonville Urban League and The
Florida Bar Trial Lawyers’ Section.
1988
Jane Dunlap Callahan (JD 87, LLMT 88),
a shareholder of the Orlando-based law
firm of Dean, Mead, Egerton, Bloodworth,
Capouano & Bozarth, P.A., was recently
appointed to the Christian Service Center
(CSC) for Central Florida’s Board of Directors.
The CSC is a private nonprofit social service
agency that works with area businesses and
community organizations to combat poverty
and homelessness and to promote selfsufficiency.
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Spencer H. Silverglate, a managing shareholder and co-founder of Clarke Silverglate,
P.A., in Miami, has been named the 2015
International Association of Defense Counsel
Trial Academy Director. The Trial Academy is
held every year at Stanford Law School and
offers participatory education to young defense trial attorneys. “America’s Top 1000 Advisors: 2013 Stateby-State,” for the fifth consecutive year. The
“Barron’s Top 1000 Advisors” is a select
group of individuals who are screened on a
number of criteria. Among factors the survey
takes into consideration are assets under
management, revenue produced for the firm
and quality of service provided to clients.
Michael S. Singer (JD 87, LLMT 88), of
Comiter, Singer, Baseman & Braun, LLP in
Palm Beach Gardens, has been named to Florida Trend’s legal elite list (2013). He was also
named in Florida Super Lawyers (2013).
Mark Stein, a partner with Miami law firm
Higer Lichter & Givner, has been selected to
receive the 2013 Pro Bono “Innovative Project” award from the Dade County Bar Association and Dade Legal Aid’s “Put Something
Back” program. Stein received this award as
recognition of his leadership of the “Legal
Tune Ups for Non Profits” annual clinic that
this year engaged more than 40 attorneys
from the business and corporate community
to provide legal services to almost 60 nonprofit organizations.
Christi Underwood, a Winter Park mediator
and arbitrator, has been appointed to the 9th
Judicial Circuit Court by Gov. Rick Scott. She
has filled a vacancy created by the resignation of Judge Frederic Rand Wallis. A boardcertified construction lawyer, Underwood
previously practiced with Foley & Lardner as
a commercial and construction litigator and
with Maguire, Voorhis & Wells.
1989
C. Mark Fowler has been selected as the new
appellate bureau chief for the Legal Services
Division of the Montana Department of Justice. Fowler has been an assistant attorney
general in the Montana Department of Justice
since 1994, working in the Legal Services
Divisions’ Appellate Bureau and in the Gambling Control Division.
David A. Hallman, a Nassau County attorney,
has been appointed chair of The Florida Bar
Statewide Standing Committee on Professionalism for 2013-2014. Hallman was also
named a “Legal Elite” by Florida Trend Magazine (2013). Hallman is a board-certified
specialist in city, county and local government law and has served as Nassau County
attorney since 2007.
Michael J. Shapiro, a senior vice president
and wealth adviser in Morgan Stanley Private
Wealth Management’s Boca Raton office,
has been named to Barron’s annual list,
Charles D. Tobin, of Holland & Knight LLP in
Washington, D.C., was selected for inclusion
in Best Lawyers (2014) in First Amendment
law and litigation, First Amendment and media law. Tobin is the chairman of the National
Media Practice Team of Holland & Knight LLP
in Washington, D.C. He recently moderated
a “Council for Court Excellence” roundtable
between judges and the media discussing
journalism and the courts.
1990
Joseph L. Amos Jr., of Fisher, Rushmer, Werrenrath, Dickson, Talley & Dunlap, P.A. in
Orlando, has been selected for inclusion in
the Best Lawyers in America (2014).
Joseph T. Ducanis, Jr. has joined the Fort
Lauderdale office of GrayRobinson, P.A., as a
shareholder. He brings more than 22 years of
estate planning, probate and trust administration experience to the team.
June C. McKinney, an administrative law
judge for the state of Florida, was sworn in
as the 2013-2014 president of the National
Association of Administrative Law Judiciary
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on Sept. 18 in Chicago. She was sworn in by
Chief Judge Robert Cohen of Florida’s Division of Administrative Hearings. McKinney is
the first Florida female, first African-American
female and second judge from DOAH to serve
as the association’s president.
1991
Todd L. Bradley, a partner in the Naples office
of Cummings & Lockwood LLC, was listed in
Best Lawyers in America. He practices in the
area of trusts and estates and has been listed
since 2008. He was also selected for inclusion
in Florida Super Lawyers (2013).
Erin R. McCormick, a shareholder with
Fowler White Boggs in Tampa, will serve a
one-year term as the chair of United Way
Suncoast Women’s Leadership Steering Committee, a group that provides out-of-school
care and financial literacy programs for families.
Alan Pickert, of Jacksonville-based Terrell Hogan P.A., was recently recognized in
Florida Super Lawyers. He also was named
president of Healing Every Autistic Life, a
nonprofit that assists autistic children and
their families in North Florida. Additionally,
he was appointed to the Jacksonville Ethics Commission by Jacksonville Mayor Alvin
Brown and the Jacksonville City Council.
Steven Solomon, of GrayRobinson in Miami,
has been named in Chambers USA (2013)
for notable achievements, client service and
excellence in the practice area of bankruptcy/
restructuring.
1992
Courtney Kneece Grimm, of the Bedell Firm
in Jacksonville, was selected to serve as
secretary/treasurer of the trial lawyers section
for The Florida Bar. She has served on the
section’s executive council since 2007. She
was also re-appointed to serve on The Florida
Bar’s annual convention committee.
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boards. The webinar, titled “Collect More, and
Collect it More Easily: Best Practices for Condo/
HOA Debt Collection,” was hosted by HOALeader.com and had more than 60 attendees from
across the country.
Erik P. Shuman, an attorney with GrayRobinson, P.A. in Melbourne, has been named to
Florida Super Lawyers’ 2013 list in the area of
estate planning and probate.
Perry W. Doran II, of of Vorys, Sater, Seymour
and Pease LLP in Columbus, Ohio, has been
named to Best Lawyers in America (2014) in
the practice area of mass tort litigation/class
actions.
1994
Alumni celebrate 40 years as law partners
They both have UF Law degrees, are former editors of the Florida Law Review and are founding
partners at Johnson Pope Bokor Ruppel & Burns, LLP. While in law school, Wally Pope (JD 69),
left, and Bruce Bokor (JD 72) never imagined using their law degrees alongside each other because
they didn’t meet until years after their graduations. This year the firm they founded together celebrated its 40th anniversary. For more, go to Web Extras at https://www.law.ufl.edu/uflaw/.
Kim Bonder Rezanka has been selected as the
new managing shareholder of Dean, Mead,
Egerton, Bloodworth, Capouano & Bozarth,
P.A.’s Viera/Melbourne office. In her new role,
Rezanka oversees 22 attorneys, professionals
and administrative staff members. She joined
Dean Mead in 2001 and has been instrumental in growing the firm’s presence in Brevard
County.
Michael Schwartz (LLMT), of Vorys, Sater,
Seymour and Pease LLP in Columbus, Ohio,
has been named in the Best Lawyers of America (2014) listing in the practice area of commercial litigation, tax law, trusts and estates.
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1993
Paul D. Bain, of Trenam Kemker in Tampa, has
been elected as a shareholder at the firm. Bain
represents large and small land and business
owners.
Matthew K. Fenton, of Wenzel Fenton Cabassa,
P.A. in Tampa, was named in Super Lawyers in
employment and labor.
Jed L. Frankel, a shareholder at the community
association and real estate law firm of Eisinger,
Brown, Lewis, Frankel & Chaiet, P.A., recently
co-conducted a webinar for condo and HOA
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Keith Rizzardi, special counsel to Jones, Foster,
Johnston & Stubbs, P.A., and a law professor at
St. Thomas University, recently published his
article, “The Duty to Advise the Lorax: Environmental Advocacy and the Risk of Reform,” and
presented the paper at the University of Florida
Public Interest Environmental Conference in
Gainesville and the Seminar Group Endangered
Species Act conference in Atlanta. Rizzardi also
led policy discussions on fishery sustainability
at the Boston Seafood Show and on coastal development at the National Working Waterfronts
& Waterways Symposium in Tacoma, Wash.
Donna L. Longhouse (JD 93, LLMT 94) has
joined Allen Dell P.A. in Tampa as a shareholder. She practices in the areas of tax, trusts
and estates, business planning and tax-exempt
organizations. She was selected for inclusion
in Florida Super Lawyers (2013), was named
in The Best Lawyers in America since 2010 in
trusts and estates and was named in The Legal
500 United States (2013) in the area of tax,
domestic – East Coast.
Kevin D. Johnson, of Thompson, Sizemore,
Gonzalez & Hearing, P.A. in St. Petersburg, was
recently recognized in Florida Trend’s legal elite
list (2013). He was also selected for inclusion
in the Best Lawyers in America (2014).
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Paul Scheck, a partner in Shutts & Bowen
LLP’s Orlando office, has been elected president of the Orange County Bar Association.
Scheck, a partner in the firm’s Labor and Employment Practice Group, will focus on mentoring lawyers from basic skills training for new
bar members to expanding continuing legal
education offerings.
Marc A. Wites, of Wites & Kapetan, P.A., in
Lighthouse Point, Fla., recently announced
the online publication of the 2013 edition The
Florida Litigation Guide at FlaLitGuide.com.
The guide, published since 1997, lists the
elements of popular common law causes of
action, the citations for the most recent Florida
state and federal court cases that cite each
action’s elements followed by the applicable
statute of limitations and defenses.
Hetal H. Desai has recently joined Tallahassee
firm Sniffen & Spellman, P.A. Desai practices
in the areas of employment and civil rights,
ethics, public records, local government and
land use law. She served as assistant city attorney for the city of Tallahassee for almost
nine years.
1995
Caryn L. Bellus, a shareholder in Kubicki
Draper’s Miami office, was recently elected
chairwoman of the Appellate Practice Section.
She is a longtime active member of the Appellate Practice Section of The Florida Bar. She
also recently spoke at The Florida Bar’s Leadership Academy Program.
Bruce Jacob (LLMT), Stetson University dean
emeritus and professor of law, has received
the Delano S. Stewart Diversity Award. While
serving as Stetson’s dean, Jacob greatly
increased the number of minority full-time
faculty members. Additionally, he received the
Champion of Indigent Defense Award by the
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. In February, Jacob was named a Power
100 Advocate by On Being a Black Lawyer for
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his efforts to make the legal profession more
racially diverse.
Timothy M. Cerio has been appointed by Gov.
Rick Scott to the 1st District Court of Appeal Judicial Nominating Commission. The commission
is charged under the Florida Constitution with
the responsibility of submitting nominations to
the governor to fill vacancies on the 1st District
Court of Appeal.
1996
Suzanne E. Gilbert, a partner in the Orlando
office of Holland & Knight, has been elected as
a top officer of The 11th Circuit Historical Society Inc. Gilbert will serve as vice presidentFlorida and will be responsible for overseeing
the organization’s preservation efforts related
to the northern, middle and southern districts
of Florida. The purpose of the 11th Circuit
Historical Society is to keep a record of the
history of the courts of the 11th Circuit as
institutions and of the judges who have served
these courts. She has also been elected president of the Board of Directors of the Orlando
Shakespeare Theater. Gilbert joined the board
in 2003 and served as vice president during
the past year. Celebrating 25 seasons this year,
Orlando Shakespeare Theater features professional theater productions, develops new plays
and provides educational experiences to the
community.
Monica B. Mason, a shareholder with Fowler
White Boggs in Tampa, has been named in
Best Lawyers (2014) as Tampa trademark
law lawyer of the year. She has experience in
intellectual property law, including trademarks,
copyrights, cybersquatting and trade secrets.
Steven A. Lessne, an attorney with GrayRobinson, P.A.’s Fort Lauderdale office, has been
named to Florida Super Lawyers (2013) list in
the area of business litigation.
Cynthia S. Munkittrick was appointed by Gov.
Rick Scott to the Dixie County Court. Munkit-
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trick has been a solo practitioner since 1996.
From 1974-1976, she served in the U.S. Army
Reserves.
F. Scott Westheimer, a managing partner of the
Sarasota-based law firm Syprett Meshad, has
been named to Florida Trend magazine’s “legal
elite” list (2013). In March, Westheimer was
elected to The Florida Bar Board of Governors.
Westheimer was sworn into office on June 28
during The Florida Bar’s annual meeting in
Boca Raton.
Lisa Z. Hauser (JD 95, LLMT 96) an associate
at Comiter, Singer, Baseman & Braun in Palm
Beach Gardens, has been named in Florida
Super Lawyers (2013).
1997
Marve Ann Alaimo, a partner at Cummings &
Lockwood LLC, was selected for inclusion in
Florida Super Lawyers (2013). Alaimo focuses
her practice in the area of estate planning and
probate.
Darren D. Farfante (JD 96, LLMT 97) a shareholder with Fowler White Boggs, has been
elected to the firm’s Board of Directors. Farfante
concentrates his practice in the areas of bankruptcy, creditor’s rights, tax controversies and
commercial litigation.
Christopher C. Nash was appointed by Gov.
Rick Scott to the Hillsborough County Court,
which serves the Tampa area. Nash has practiced with Leavengood, Nash, Dauval, and
Boyle, P.A. since 2004.
Leslie Miller Tomczak, a shareholder in Akerman Senterfitt’s Fort Lauderdale office, has become board-certified by The Florida Bar in the
area of construction law. Tomczak represents
developers, contractors, subcontractors and design professionals in matters including shopping
centers, houses of worship and airport projects.
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1999
Michael Cavendish, of Gunster’s Jacksonville office, was appointed by Gov. Rick
Scott to the board of the Florida Humanities Council. The council was established
in 1973 and is dedicated to building strong
communities by exploring the heritage, traditions and stories of Florida. The nonprofit
is the state affiliate of the National Endowment for Humanities. Cavendish practices
litigation, trial and appellate law in the field
of complex business disputes.
Paul A. Giordano has joined Roetzel’s business and commercial litigation practice in
the Fort Myers office. Giordano has also
been selected to serve a one-year term
as the first president and chairman of the
board of the Bankruptcy Legal Education
Series Foundation, Inc. Giordano handles a
variety of business and commercial litigation
matters with a focus on bankruptcy - creditors’ rights, partnership disputes, commercial foreclosures, contract and corporate
disputes and general and professional liability lawsuits. Giordano has been named
a “Rising Star” by Florida Super Lawyers
(2013). Additionally, he has been named a
“Legal Elite” in bankruptcy and workout by
Florida Trend magazine.
James Matthew Colaw, who has served as
assistant state attorney in the 4th and 8th
Circuits since 1998, has been appointed
to the Alachua County Family Court to fill a
vacancy left by Judge Martha Ann Lott (JD
81). He will work in the Alachua Family
“DR2” division and will handle all family pro se and simplified dissolution cases
countywide.
Fabienne Fahnestock of Gunster’s Fort
Lauderdale office, has been certified by
the Florida Supreme Court as a civil circuit
mediator.
Richard E. “Rick” Mitchell was appointed
to the 5th District Court of Appeal Judicial
Nominating Commission by Gov. Rick Scott.
Mitchell’s term began in July and runs until 2016. He has also been recognized on
Florida Trend’s legal elite list (2013).
Harvey E. Oyer III, a partner at the West
Palm Beach office of Shutts & Bowen LLP,
was selected as the Florida Distinguished
Author for 2013. Each year, the Board of
Trustees of the Florida House recognizes one
Florida author and one Florida artist. His
books, The American Jungle, The Last Egret
and The Last Calusa, have won numerous
awards and are used widely by schools
throughout Florida.
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Jason Z. Jones, a partner at Bilzin Sumberg
Baena Price & Axelrod LLP, was honored as
pro bono bankruptcy attorney of the year by
the Dade County Bar Association and Dade
Legal Aid’s “Put Something Back” pro bono
program.
Kenneth H. Haney, a partner in Quarles
& Brady LLP Naples office, has received
the AV Preeminent peer review rating from
Martindale-Hubbell. Haney joins more than
180 Quarles & Brady attorneys who have
been rated by Martindale-Hubbell.
Laurel Moore Lee was appointed by Gov.
Rick Scott to the Circuit Court of the 13th
Judicial Circuit (Hillsborough County). She
currently presides in the domestic relations
division. Lee has been an assistant U.S.
attorney since 2007.
Brian K. Oblow, an attorney with GrayRobinson, P.A.’s Tampa office, has been named
to Florida Super Lawyers’ 2013 list in the
area of business litigation.
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Rhonda Peoples-Waters, the president/CEO
of Rhonda Peoples-Waters-PA, has been
named one of the “2013 Nation’s Best Advocates: 40 Lawyers Under 40” by IMPACT
and the National Bar Association. Butler
received the distinction during the association’s annual convention, held in Miami in
July.
Joel E. Roberts, an attorney with GrayRobinson, P.A.’s Orlando office, has been named
to Florida Super Lawyers (2013) in the area
of business litigation.
2000
Christopher R. D’Amico (LLMT) has joined
Roetzel’s business services group as a partner in the Orlando office. His practice focuses on representing companies and business
owners in all types of business and tax matters, including mergers and acquisitions.
Dianne Farb has been selected as the 2013
Woman of Distinction by Santa Fe College
in Gainesville for her creation of Climb for
Cancer, a foundation that financially assists
cancer patients who are children or belong
to low-income families.
Mindy Jones was recently elected to a
second term as president of the Broward
Domestic Violence Council and awarded
the 2013 Victim Advocate Professional of
the Year award from the Broward Victims’
Rights Coalition.
William Kratochvil of Henderson Franklin
has joined the firm as a stockholder in
the Tort and Insurance Litigation practice
area. Kratochvil concentrates his tort and
insurance defense practice in the areas of
personal injury, wrongful death, civil rights
and construction litigation. He also handles
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Trevor B. Arnold, an attorney with GrayRobinson, P.A.’s Orlando office, has been named
to Florida Super Lawyers’ 2013 list in the area
of construction litigation.
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Brad Gould, a shareholder at the law firm
of Dean, Mead, Minton & Zwemer, recently
served as the moderator for the Current Developments Program given by the S Corporation
Committee of the Section of Taxation of the
American Bar Association (ABA). The program
was given at the ABA Section of Taxation’s
annual meeting in May in Washington, D.C.
Gould led the panel discussion regarding
recent legislative, administrative and judicial
developments relating to S corporations.
Christine Marlewski, an attorney with GrayRobinson, P.A.’s Tampa office, has been named
a “Rising Star” by Florida Super Lawyers
(2013). She has also been recognized on
Florida Trend’s legal elite list (2013).
William W. Riley Jr. has joined the Miami office of GrayRobinson, P.A. as a shareholder in
the Public Law and Land Use Practice Group.
Prior to joining GrayRobinson, Riley served as
land use counsel to Variety Children’s Hospital for the expansion of Miami Children’s
Hospital. In addition, Riley was recognized by
Florida Super Lawyers and designated a “Rising Star” by the publication.
Larry B. “Ben” Alexander Jr., of Jones, Foster, Johnston & Stubbs, P.A. in West Palm
Beach, has been peer-selected for inclusion
in The Best Lawyers in America (2014) for
real estate law.
2002
T. Robert Bulloch, of Quarles & Brady LLP in
Naples, has received the AV Preeminent Peer
Review Rating from Martindale-Hubbell with
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Wilbert’s, the longtime
tradition for UF Law students
across the street from the law
school, closed its doors in
October. When UF Law moved
into the Holland Law Center
in 1969, Wilbert’s became a
thriving hub for students and
sold sandwiches, coffee and
even law books over the years.
Students relax outside Wilbert’s
in this 2003 photo.
a perfect overall 5.0 peer rating. He has also
been named a “Rising Star” by Florida Super Lawyers (2013).
Allen Winsor, previously a shareholder with
GrayRobinson’s Tallahassee office, was appointed as Florida’s solicitor general. Winsor
takes the place of Solicitor General Timothy
Osterhaus. During his time at UF Law, Windsor was editor-in-chief of the Florida Law
Review.
Nancy Cason, of Sarasota-based Syprett Meshad, was given an AV Preeminent rating in
real estate and litigation by the MartindaleHubbell Peer Review Ratings. Earlier this
year, she was selected as a Florida “Rising
Star” by Super Lawyers (2013).
Debra Deardourff Faulk recently presented
at The Florida Bar Business Law Section’s
annual retreat Aug. 30 to Sept. 2. Her presentation was titled “What’s All the Buzz
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About? Changes to USPTO; Rules for Professional Responsibility.” She has also been
designated a “Rising Star” by Florida Super
Lawyers (2013).
Steven D. Kramer, managing attorney of the
Kramer Law Firm, P.A., was appointed by
Gov. Rick Scott to the 18th Circuit Judicial
Nominating Commission.
Theodore S. Kypreos was elected president
of the Palm Beach County Bar Association
for 2013–2014.
Fradyn Suárez, of Hunton & Williams LLP
in Miami, has been named one of South
Florida Business Journal’s “influential business women of 2013.” Additionally, she
was named to the Daily Business Review’s
2013 “Rising Stars.” Recipients were judged
on their ability to be innovators within their
practice and their commitment to professional volunteer work.
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Kellye A. Shoemaker, a partner at Shoemaker
and Shoemaker, P.A., was a recipient of the Seminole County Bar Association’s Legal Aid Society
Pro Bono Service Award in December 2012. She
became a certified member of The Million Dollar
Advocates Forum in March 2013. She has also
been selected to serve as secretary of Florida
Workers’ Advocates after serving on the Board of
Directors for several years, and she spoke at the
FWA Educational Conference in June 2013. 2003
Salvatore Bochicchio (JD 02, LLMT 03), of
Meltzer, Lippe, Goldstein & Breitstone LLP, has
become of counsel in the firm’s Trusts & Estates
Practice, where he concentrates in sophisticated
tax and estate planning for partnerships, corporations, charities, tax-exempt organizations and
high-net-worth individuals.
Dwayne L. Dickerson, a shareholder with Fowler
White Boggs in Fort Lauderdale, has been appointed by the Supreme Court of Florida to
serve on the Standing Committee on Unlicensed
Practice of Law. Dickerson represents developers,
property owners and local governments seeking
development entitlements and environmental
permit approvals for their real estate projects. He
has also been elected to serve on the Board of
Directors for the Broward Partnership for the
Homeless, Inc.
Nicole “Nikki” Fried, of Colodny, Fass, Talenfeld,
Karlinsky Abate & Webb, was sworn in as a
member of The Florida Bar Young Lawyers Division’s Board of Governors in June. The board
is responsible for the general management and
affairs of the Young Lawyers Division and for providing a program of activities and projects for its
members.
Nicole C. Kibert, of counsel in Carlton Fields’
Tampa office, was selected by UF Law as a 2013
Outstanding Young Alumnus. Kibert was honored
with this award during UF’s Orange and Blue
breakfast on April 6. She was additionally elected
chairwoman of The Florida Bar’s Environmental
and Land Use Law Section. Kibert was sworn in
for the one-year term Aug. 9.
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L. J. Paul Lutz, general counsel for U.S. Security
Associates, Inc., has been named the 2013
outstanding general counsel - small legal department by the Atlanta Business Chronicle and the
Georgia Chapter of the Association of Corporate
Counsel. U.S. Security Associates is the fourthlargest security guard company in the U.S.
Lori L. Moore, of Roetzel in Ft. Myers, has recently been certified in real estate law by The
Florida Bar Board of Legal Specialization. She
has been selected as a “Rising Star” by Florida
Super Lawyers every year since 2010, including
2013.
Hale E. Sheppard (LLMT), of Chamberlain
Hrdlicka in Atlanta, was selected for inclusion in
the 2013 Thomson Reuters’ list of Super Lawyers for the area of tax litigation. Only 5 percent
of the state’s licensed active attorneys are selected to be Super Lawyers.
Melissa C. Pallett-Vasquez, of Bilzin Sumberg
Baena Price & Axelrod LLP in Miami, has been
appointed vice-chair of the Canada Committee of
the American Bar Association, international law
section for the 2013-2014 term. She handles
complex commercial litigation matters and international arbitration and representing clients from
Canada and South America. She was also named
one of the South Florida Business Journal’s “40
Under 40.”
2004
JaDawnya Butler, an assistant district attorney
in Fulton County, Ga., has been named one of
the “2013 Nation’s Best Advocates: 40 Lawyers
Under 40” by IMPACT and the National Bar
Association. Butler received the distinction during the association’s annual convention, held in
Miami in July.
Christine L. Derr, a Tampa attorney the Law
Office of Christine L. Derr, P.A., became Florida
board-certified in marital and family law. She
has been recognized by Florida Super Lawyers Magazine as a “Rising Star” in family
law (2013) and as Florida Trend’s legal elite
(2013).
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M. Travis Hayes, an attorney with Cummings &
Lockwood LLC in Naples, co-authored an article
published by The Florida Bar in its book about
Florida asset protection, titled “Relationship
Dissolution Planning.” Hayes was also recently
elected to the Board of Directors of the Collier
County Bar Association. Additionally, he has
been appointed as the vice-chairman of the
Probate Law and Procedure Committee for the
Real Property, Probate and Trust Law section of
The Florida Bar. He recently presented a lecture
at The Florida Bar 2013 Probate Law Seminar
titled “Planners on the Ground, Assets in the
Cloud: Estate Planning and Administration Issues in the Digital Domain.” He also authored
an article on the topic for The Florida Bar’s Actionline magazine.
Robert J. Luck, an assistant U.S. attorney of
North Miami Beach, has been appointed to the
11th Circuit Court in Miami-Dade County. Luck
previously served as a law clerk for Judge Ed
Carnes of the 11th U.S. Court of Appeals.
Michael McCabe has received the AV Preeminent rating by Martindale-Hubbell. Recipients
are rated on their legal knowledge, analytical
capabilities, judgment, communication ability
and legal experience. McCabe represents insurance carriers, third-party administrators and
employers in the defense of workers’ compensation claims.
Barbara Walker, an associate at Parks & Crump,
LLC, has been named one of the “2013 Nation’s Best Advocates: 40 Lawyers Under 40” by
IMPACT and the National Bar Association. She
received the distinction during the association’s
annual convention held in Miami in July.
James E. Walson, of Lowndes, Drosdick,
Doster, Kantor & Reed, P.A. in Orlando, has
earned an AV rating from Martindale-Hubbell.
He has litigated matters involving contracts, title
insurance liability, commercial landlord/tenant
matters, easements, fraud, deed warranties,
boundary disputes, adverse possession, lien
priority and access rights throughout the state
of Florida.
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CLASS NOTES
Weidenbruch 04
Winship 04
Brown 05
Daniel K. Weidenbruch, with Roetzel in Naples,
has been selected as one of Gulfshore Business
Magazine’s “40 Under 40.” Weidenbruch focuses
his practice on real estate law, and his clients
include buyers and sellers of commercial and
residential real estate.
Ashley Calhoun Winship (LLMT), of Rush, Marshall, Jones and Kelly, P.A. in Orlando, became a
shareholder in the firm. She is the chairwoman of
the firm’s trusts and estates department. In July,
she was recognized as a recipient of the 2013
“Leaders in the Law Award,” presented by the
Florida Association of Women Lawyers. In June,
Winship was sworn in as president-elect of the
Central Florida Association for Women Lawyers.
She will serve as the president of the organization
in 2014-2015. 2005
Andy V. Bardos (JD 04, LLMT 05), an attorney at
GrayRobinson, P.A., in Tallahassee, has been promoted to a shareholder within the firm.
Jill F. Bechtold, an attorney with Marks Gray, P.A.,
has been named a “Rising Star” by Florida Super
Lawyers (2013).
Benjamin B. Brown, an attorney with Quarles &
Brady, has been named a “Rising Star” by Florida
Super Lawyers (2013).
Kimberly Davis Bocelli, of Roetzel, has been
named a “Rising Star” by Florida Super Lawyers
(2013). The designation is for top attorneys who
are no more than 40 years old or who have been
practicing for no more than 10 years.
Christopher L. Carmody, an attorney with GrayRobinson in Orlando, has been appointed by Gov.
Rick Scott to the 9th Circuit Judicial Nominating
Commission. The commission selects nominees
for judicial vacancies in the 9th Circuit of Florida,
which serves Orange and Osceola counties. He
has also been reappointed to the City of Orlando
Certification Board. He was also selected as a
Florida Super Lawyers “rising star.”
Michael K. Gall (LLMT) has joined Cleveland law
firm Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP as a partner.
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Felipe Guerrero, an attorney with the law firm
of Dean, Mead, Egerton, Bloodworth, Capouano
& Bozarth, P.A. in Orlando, was selected as an
inaugural fellow in The Florida Bar Leadership
Academy. Guerrero was selected as one of 59
inductees out of hundreds of applicants from
throughout the state of Florida.
John M. Hemenway, of Bivins & Hemenway in
Valrico, Fla., was selected for inclusion in Super
Lawyers Florida “Rising Stars” list (2013).
Thomas J. Hunt, an associate with Fowler White
Boggs in Tampa, was recently selected for the
2014 class of Leadership Tampa Bay, a program
designed to better prepare a diverse group of
community, government, business and nonprofit
leaders to work collaboratively in addressing
regional issues.
Lindsay Patrick Lopez, of Trenam Kemker in
Tampa, has been elected as a shareholder in the
firm. Lopez serves clients involved in bankruptcy
and business reorganizations as well as commercial litigation matters.
Erin Houck-Toll (LLMT), of the Fort Myers law
firm Henderson, Franklin, Starnes & Holt, P.A.,
has been selected for inclusion in Florida Super
Lawyers (2013). Houck-Toll concentrates her
practice in the areas of federal and state taxation, including representing taxpayers before the
IRS and Florida Department of Revenue.
Adina L. Pollan has been awarded an AV Preeminent rating by Martindale-Hubbell. This
rating signifies the highest accolade an attorney
can receive for legal ability and adherence
to professional standards of conduct, ethics,
reliability and diligence. Pollan has also been
designated as a “Rising Star” by Florida Super
Lawyers (2013).
Aisha Salem, formerly of the U.S. Patent and
Trademark Office in Washington, D.C., is the
new intellectual property attaché for the Middle
East and North Africa based in various U.S.
embassies and consulates throughout that
region. She is responsible for promoting U.S.
government IP policy, securing strong IP provisions in international agreements and regional
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country laws and encouraging IP protection
and enforcement by U.S. trading partners in
the region for the benefit of U.S. rights holders.
Salem received her LL.M. in intellectual property
law from The George Washington Law School
in 2006.
Michael Tempkins, of Fishback Dominick in
Winter Park, has been promoted to senior associate. Tempkins focuses his practice on commercial litigation, motor vehicle law and mortgage
foreclosure defense. He was also re-appointed to
the Holocaust Memorial Resource and Education
Center of Florida’s Board of Directors.
2006
Steffan Alexander recently joined Markowitz,
Herbold, Glade & Mehlhaf PC. The Portlandbased firm specializes in high-stakes business
dispute cases, including intellectual property and
corporate governance.
Oshia G. Banks, an attorney with Clarke, Silverglate, P.A. in Miami, has been selected as
Legacy magazine’s “40 Under 40 Leaders of
Today and Tomorrow.” She specializes in state
and federal civil rights statutes.
Kelly Lyon Davis, an attorney with Quarles
& Brady, has been named a “Rising Star” by
Florida Super Lawyers (2013).
Kimberly A. Dillon (JD 05, LLMT 06), of Quarles & Brady LLP in Naples, has received the AV
Preeminent rating from Martindale-Hubbell. She
has also been named a “Rising Star” by Florida
Super Lawyers (2013).
Steven Hadjilogiou (JD 05, LLMT 06), of Baker
& McKenzie LLP in Miami, was selected as a
“Rising Star” by the Daily Business Review. He
was among the 40 young attorneys with the
highest ratings.
Justin B. Mazzara, of Hahn Loeser in Fort Myers, has been recognized in Super Lawyers
(2013). He litigates civil matters within the
firm’s Complex Commercial Litigation Group,
including business litigation, real estate litigation
and construction litigation.
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CLASS NOTES
2007
Neil W. Blackmon was recognized by the
Broward Association of Criminal Defense
Lawyers with two hat-trick awards for three
consecutive not-guilty verdicts. He will
receive the award again in 2014, having
achieved the feat a third time.
Christina Locke Faubel and husband, Harris Faubel, have just opened an eco-friendly
store in the Oaks Mall in Gainesville called
Bird & Bunny. The store sells “green” accessories and focuses on local artists.
Kate Mesic, of the Law Offices of Kate Mesic,
PA, was named the “2013 Up and Coming
Entrepreneur of the Year” by the Women
Business Owners North Florida. Hosted by
the Women Business Owners of North Florida, the annual Women In Business Awards
2013 event recognizes and honors women
who epitomize success in today’s business
world. Mesic serves on the executive boards
of the Jacksonville Women Lawyers Association and the University of North Florida
Pre-Law Board of Advisors. She is a board
member of the Women Business Owners organization in the City of Jacksonville.
Anastasia Protopapadakis, an attorney at
GrayRobinson, P.A. in Miami, has been promoted to senior associate within the firm.
2008
Kaleb Bell, of the law firm Rosen, P.A. in
Palm Beach Gardens, received the 2013
Bankruptcy Law Pro Bono Award from the
Legal Aid Society of Palm Beach County. Bell
was recognized for his involvement in his
firm’s representation of a homeowners association in its bankruptcy case.
Adam M. Bird, an attorney at GrayRobinson,
P.A., in Melbourne, has been promoted to
senior associate within the firm.
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Christopher B. Cortez, of Jones, Foster, Johnston & Stubbs, P.A., has been appointed as
General Counsel for Leadership Palm Beach
County, a nonprofit that focuses on connecting community leaders across sectors. He
previously served on the Board of Governors
of LPBC from 2012-2013 and is an active
member of the Alumni Relations Committee
and Civic Engagement Committee.
Luis J. Delgado, of Lesser, Lesser, Landy &
Smith, PLLC, has been inducted as president
of the Palm Beach County Hispanic Bar Association. Elected by his peers, Delgado will
serve a one-year term and is responsible
for working closely with his fellow officers
and Board of Directors. He was also elected
to serve on the Board of Governors for the
Young Lawyers Division of The Florida Bar.
He will represent the 15th Judicial Circuit
and will serve as co-chair for the Committee
for Diversity and Inclusion.
Liza Lugo, of El Paso, Texas, has been published in The Gainesville Sun. The newspaper printed her op-ed piece regarding
American reactions to the Zimmerman verdict. Additionally, a chapter she wrote titled
“Affirmative Action: Is it really necessary in
the 21st Century,” will soon be available
in the anthology Affirmative Action: Contemporary Perspectives. Her essay “Should
the Confederate flag be banned from public
places” was also selected for inclusion in the
American Mosaic Team database.
2009
Nico Apfelbaum, an attorney in the West
Palm Beach and Port Saint Lucie offices of
Greenspoon Marder, has received MartindaleHubbell’s AV Preeminent rating. It is the
highest accolade an attorney can receive from
their peers for legal ability and adherence to
professional standards of conduct, ethics,
reliability and diligence. He was also recently
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elected secretary of the Port Saint Lucie Bar
Association.
Marshall P. Bender, an attorney with Quarles
& Brady, has been named a “Rising Star” by
Florida Super Lawyers (2013).
Eric D. Nowak, of Tampa’s de la Parte & Gilbert, P.A., has been appointed to the Wheels of
Success Board of Directors. The organization is
Tampa Bay’s only 501(c)3 nonprofit dedicated
to providing personal transportation to keep
people working and sustain their independence.
Norwak joined the firm as an associate attorney
in 2009 and practices primarily in general civil
litigation.
Andrew R. Comiter (JD 08, LLMT 09), an
attorney at the Palm Beach Gardens tax law
firm Comiter, Singer, Baseman & Braun, spoke
on March 4 about “Partnership Workouts for
New Tax Lawyers” for The Florida Bar. His
lecture identified key issues facing debtor
partnerships and their partners in the current
economic environment. He also presented a
lecture on “Selected Recent Developments in
Federal Partnership Tax for the 2013 Ullman
Year in Review” at The Florida Bar Tax Section
Organizational Meeting on July 5. Additionally,
he was appointed co-director of the new tax
lawyer division of the tax section of The Florida
Bar. He also has been elected vice president of
membership for the Palm Beach County Estate
Planning Council. Natalie A. Peters joined Broad and Cassel
as an associate in the Construction Law and
Litigation Practice Group. She will work from
the firm’s Orlando office.
2010
Michael Beck, of Gary Roberts & Associates, P.A. in West Palm Beach, was recently
named to the Board of Directors of the Brain
Injury Association of Florida.
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IN MEMORIAM
Douglass a giant of Florida law, politics
W
hen prominent Florida attorney first client pro bono. The Tallahassee Elks
and gubernatorial adviser W. Lodge had accused Fred Wallace, a black
Dexter Douglass (JD 55) died janitor, of stealing $400. Douglass helped
Sept. 16 at his Tallahassee home, he left clear him of the charges.
As his practice matured, Douglass bebehind a unique imprint upon law and politics in his native Florida that was rooted at came an influential figure as a gubernatorial adviser and he successfully represented
UF Law.
Douglass, 83, was perhaps best known politicians who had gotten themselves into
as an attorney representing Vice Presi- hot water. Courtroom observers described
dent Al Gore during the 2000 presidential his tenacity, straightforward manner of
election recount. To former Gov. Lawton speaking and a powerful memory.
On the state level,
Chiles (JD 55), whom
he served as chairhe met when the two
man of the 1997-1998
attended UF Law toConstitutional
Revigether, he was a trusted
sion
Commission,
adviser. And Douglass’
which was responsible
example in the midst
for amendments that
of high-stakes litigadownsized the state
tion was an inspiration
Cabinet and gave more
to the generation who
power to the governor.
came after him.
He served as an adviser
“Dexter
Dougto Gov. Charlie Crist.
lass was the epitome
— UF Law Dean Emeritus
Douglass took on
of what I imagined a
Jon Mills (JD 72)
integral
leadership
lawyer to be when I
was growing up and first wanted to be a roles at UF Law, where he served on the
lawyer,” said Jon Mills (JD 72), director Law Center Association Board of Trustees
of the UF Law’s Center for Governmental and on University of Florida Foundation.
Responsibility, dean emeritus and former He made what was probably his last offer
speaker of the Florida House. “He believed of service to the college in a phone call
passionately in the highest principles of with Dean Robert Jerry in late August.
“In my last conversation with Dexter,
justice, and he had the personality, intellect and commitment to bring justice in the he was once again thinking about, as was
smallest case of a wronged individual and so typical of him, how he could be of seron the biggest stage like his chairmanship vice to others and what he could do for the
law school,” Jerry explained. “And so he
of constitutional revision.”
Douglass earned a bachelor’s degree in told me he would be willing to serve on
journalism at the University of Florida and the search committee to find a new dean
went on to attend UF Law. Douglass inter- for the college if that would be helpful to
rupted his education to serve in the Korean the provost.”
He is survived by his wife Terese,
War. He entered his legal practice the day
after he graduated UF Law and took on his three daughters, Lee Rice of Tallahassee,
“Dexter Douglass
was the epitome of
what I imagined a
lawyer to be when I
was growing up and
first wanted to be
a lawyer.”
Lacy Douglass of Tallahassee and Terese
Douglass of Grayslake, Ill., and numerous
grandchildren and great grandchildren. He
was predeceased by his son, William Dexter Douglass III.
For a list of alumni deaths reported to UF
Law since May 20, go to Web Extras at
www.law.ufl.edu/uflaw/.
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Jason A. Zimmerman, an associate at
GrayRobinson’s Orlando office, was recently sworn into The Florida Bar. He
joined GrayRobinson’s litigation practice in
December 2012.
2011
Jon M. Philipson recently completed a
judicial clerkship with Chief Judge Anne
C. Conway of the U.S. District Court for
the Middle District of Florida. He has now
joined the law firm of Carlton Fields, P.A.,
in Tampa.
Sasha Funk Granai recently joined Carlton
Fields as an associate in the firm’s Tampa
office. Granai works with the firm’s Real
Property Litigation Practice Group.
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Granai 11
2012 article entitled “Walking on Sunshine
Laws: How Florida’s Free Press History in
the U.S. Supreme Court Undermines Open
Government.”
William G. Smith (JD 10, LLMT 11), of
Jones, Foster, Johnston & Stubbs, P.A.,
was recently elected vice president of the
Kiwanis Club of West Palm Beach for the
remainder of the 2012-2013 term. An associate attorney, Smith is a native of West
Palm Beach who practices in the areas of
estate planning, taxation and corporate law.
Kathryn B. Rossmell has joined the firm
of Lewis, Longman & Walker, P.A.’s West
Palm Beach office as an associate. Rossmell’s practice focuses on land use, environmental and natural resources law. She
is a member of The Florida Bar’s Environmental and Land Use Law Section, City
County and Local Government Law Section
and Real Property Probate and Trust Law
Section. She is also a member of the Palm
Beach County Bar Association’s Young
Lawyers Section.
2012
2013
Joe Eagleton is the winner of the 2012
Florida Bar Journal Excellence in Writing Award for his published article in The
Florida Bar Journal – September/October
Wesley Maul has been selected to serve as
Gov. Rick Scott’s personal aide. He will replace Brad Piepenbrink, who is leaving to
work in the Department of Education. Maul
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Hillegonds 13
will assist Scott by handling day-to-day logistics and activities.
Hall Provence (LLMT) has recently joined
Smith Moore Leatherwood’s Greenville,
S.C. office as an associate in the Corporate
Practice Group. Provence will focus his
practice on the areas of tax, wealth transfer planning and business transactions. A
large portion of his practice is devoted to
estate, gift and generation-skipping transfer tax planning.
Alexis Segal (LLMELU) has received the
Guy Harvey Scholarship Award, a joint
$5,000 award she and Caitlin Pomerance
(3L) earned for conducting policy analyses
for MPA development in the Bahamas.
Thomas J. Hillegonds (LLMT) has joined McShane & Bowie, PLC as an associate attorney
with the Grand Rapids-based firm. In this
role, he provides legal solutions to clients in
areas related to business law, taxation, estate
planning and tax-exempt organizations. 20th Annual Public
Interest Environmental
Conference
Feeding the Future: Shrinking
Resources, Growing Population
and a Warming Planet
February 20-22, 2014
University of Florida Levin College of Law
Register now: http://reg.conferences.dce.ufl.edu/Basic/1400039652
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YOU HOLD THE KEYS TO UF LAW
UF LEVIN COLLEGE OF LAW ANNUAL REPORT 2012-2013
GIVING
... to trade secrets law
Third-year law student Steve
Medina (pictured left) received the
2013 Fall Book Award for Trade
Secret Law, which is sponsored
by donor Oscar Sanchez (JD 82).
Sanchez, an Akerman Senterfitt
shareholder, donates in the form
of unrestricted funds. He hopes
to give the dean and his staff the
ability to direct them in the way
that is best suited to enhance the
student experience.
Oscar Sanchez (JD 82),
right, greets trade secret book award winner
Steve Medina.
“As a graduate, I benefited from
the excellent legal education I
received here,” Sanchez said.
“It is my obligation to give back,
or ‘pay it forward,’ so that today’s students can get a top-notch legal
education, like I did, and become tomorrow’s leaders in government,
business and the law.“
—OSCAR SANCHEZ (JD 82)
Shareholder
Akerman Senterfitt, Miami
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Thank you to the many UF Law alumni and friends who have made
contributions of time, treasure and talent.
ALUMNI GIVING AT RECORD HIGH
GREETINGS, UF LAW ALUMNI!
Gator lawyers have a long and rich tradition of supporting our law
school. The law school’s capital campaign, which concluded during the
past year, raised almost $32 million from more than 4,800 donors. At
the same time, annual giving from
law alumni has remained at record
levels with more than $848,000
given last year to the Levin College
of Law’s Annual Fund.
Every Florida law graduate has
benefited greatly from the support
given to the law school by those
who graduated before them. A
law degree from the University of
Florida is a great buy. Our tuition
has always been and remains low.
The tuition and state support does
not cover all of the expenses of the
Levin College of Law. The balance of support comes from alumni gifts.
The alumni support is extremely important as it provides the extra
financial resources needed to attract and retain top professors and
students and to develop and sponsor programs and opportunities for
our law students that would not exist without the alumni support.
In this issue, we recognize the many alumni who have generously
given financial gifts to the Levin College of Law within the last year.
The alumni who give often characterize their gifts as “paying back a
debt” in gratitude for the legal education they received at the Levin
College of Law. Most alumni recognize that their legal education is
the foundation for the success they have achieved. Alumni give out
of a sense of loyalty, appreciation and a desire to help our law school
become even stronger.
It is particularly gratifying for the Levin College of Law to receive
gifts from our newest alumni. Last spring’s graduating class gave a
check as a class gift to the law school of $50,000 at their graduation.
Before they even earned their first paychecks as lawyers, these
graduating students were motivated to give generously to the law
school. Their contributions are a great reflection of how they viewed
their experiences at the University of Florida.
If you are an alumna and have not had the opportunity to
financially support our law school, I urge you to join your fellow alumni
by giving a gift in the upcoming year. Your gift is not only a thank-you
for your experience at the University of Florida but an investment in
the future of our great institution. Your support will make it possible
for the law school to provide an even-more-positive experience for
students of today and tomorrow.
I thank you for your generous support of the Levin College
of Law.
The past year serving as Law Alumni Council president
has been a wonderful experience due in large part not only to
your commitment to our law school but also as a result of the
enthusiasm that continues to thrive in our recent graduates.
Despite what still proves for many to be uncertain economic times,
you have answered the call, contributing financially to the college
of law and providing valuable resources to transform our college
into one of the premier law schools in the nation.
On behalf of the college of law and alumni everywhere,
I cannot thank you enough.
Establishing a culture of giving
among our alumni is critical
to our college’s continued
success in this ever-increasingly
competitive, global economy.
Due to the generosity of
dedicated alumni and friends
of the College of Law, we have
broken all annual fund records,
raising more than $848,000
in the most recent fiscal year.
Further, our recent graduating
class has clearly shown its
commitment to the culture of
giving through its amazing class gift, which totaled $50,000 in
pledges. Your record-breaking generosity in the face of a public
funding reduction has allowed our college of law to thrive.
We continue to attract top-notch students, educated by
distinguished faculty, and present world-class speakers and
programming in facilities that are the envy of our competition.
In short, one of Florida’s flagships continues to shine as bright
as ever.
With the close of my administration, however, brings the close
of one of the great chapters in UF Law’s history. It is with both
gratitude and admiration that I sincerely thank Dean Robert Jerry
for his unparalleled commitment to the University of Florida Levin
College of Law over the last decade. Without his leadership and
truly tireless efforts, executing precision and well-thought-out
plans that lead to exemplary results, I would not be here boasting
of our collective success this day. As alumni, Dean Jerry, we are
forever indebted to you. As Gators, we are proud to call you one
of our own. Thank you for everything.
I look forward to working with all of you in the future as we
continue our mission to strengthen the University of Florida Levin
College of Law and produce the best lawyers in the nation. All hail,
Florida, hail!
Ladd H. Fassett (JD 79), Chair, University of Florida
Law Center Association, Board of Trustees
Ian R. Leavengood (JD 00), President,
University of Florida Levin College of Law Alumni Council
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GIFTS RECEIVED July 1, 2012, through June 30, 2013
3,000,000
5,000,000
1,000,000
500,000
$3,987,787
$2,361,037
2,000,000
$1,257,450
3,000,000
$1,929,604
$1,864,202
4,000,000
$1,975,077
1,000,000
$2,589,457
1,500,000
$2,244,845
2,000,000
$2,838,067
2,500,000
$1,731,655
6,000,000
$3,159,262
3,500,000
$5,763,287
New Pledges
0
0
2008
2009
2010
FISCAL YEAR
2011 2012
2013
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012 2013
FISCAL YEAR
2008-2013: Includes new documented expectancies and new gifts for each fiscal year.
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Endowment Income
Interest
FY
Fund Balance
Transferred
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
UF Law Annual Fund
1,000,000
2011
2012 2013
$848,389
$834,053
2009
$836,460
2008
$729,295
$723,661
600,000
$737,018
800,000
$46,903,630$2,287,087
$52,975,580$1,582,204
$59,588,895$1,634,109
$67,250,539$2,004,200
$81,594,986$2,512,741
$83,571,816$2,929,866
$66,753,395$2,746,444
$72,624,762$2,319,036
$82,987,733$2,434,991
$81,852,018 $2,865,006
$86,501,927 $2,902,053
The UF Foundation Investment Company (UFICO)
carefully invests this fund to yield a dependable,
stable source of income in perpetuity. Approximately
4 percent of earned interest from the market value of
the fund was transferred and spent for uses specified by donors and college administrators for annual
operating and administrative costs (earned interest
above 4 percent is returned to the fund balance).
400,000
200,000
0
2010
FISCAL YEAR
2008-2013: Contributions received to
nonendowed, nonbuilding funds
4%
UF LAW ENDOWMENT
AT JUNE 30, 2013
3% 1% 1%
9%
21%
32%
29%
Chairs & Professorships 32%
Unrestricted 29%
Scholarships 21%
Academic Program Support 9%
Co-Curricular Student 4%
Activities
Endowed Lecture Series 3%
Other Student Support 1%
Other 1%
Grand Total: $86,501,927
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GIVING
… to promote law school
reform
… agronomists and
scientists a legal education
Jack Bovay and wife, Leslie, established
Michael Minton said he and his wife
a book award for his Advising the Entre-
pledged $100,000 toward the Michael
preneur class.
D. Minton and Mary P. Minton Scholar-
“Those whom we honored with this
award taught us to give back to our
community, with both time and treasure,
and this gift and the class are a small
effort to do so,” said Bovay, an adjunct
professor at UF Law.
Bovay said the class is just a small part
of a nationwide trend to revamp the
third-year law school curriculum. He said
it exposes third-year students to what an
office practice is like. Bovay, a shareholder in the Gainesville office of the Dean
Mead law firm, is board certified in both
tax law and wills, and trusts and estates.
—JACK BOVAY (JD 82, LLMT 88)
Shareholder
Dean Mead, Gainesville
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ship in Law to assist students graduating from the UF College of Agricultural
and Life Sciences who want to pursue a
law degree, and if desired, their LL.M.
in Taxation.
“It’s important to give back to students
who come from within the agriculture
industry,” said Minton, who serves as
the chair of Dean Mead’s Agribusiness
Industry Team. “We want to enhance
the breadth of experience these young
people receive by giving them the
opportunity to attend law school and
achieve a well-rounded education.”
—MICHAEL MINTON (JD 81, LLMT 82)
Shareholder
Dean Mead, Fort Pierce
UF LAW
Jack Bovay (JD 82, LLMT
88), left, and Michael Minton
(JD 81, LLMT 82).
The Endowed Fund. The Endowed Fund provides a permanent foundation for the
college and provides ongoing support for important programs and activities.
The donors recognized on these and the
following pages made cash gifts in the
2012-2013 fiscal year.
Richard B. Stephens Eminent Scholar
Chair in Federal Taxation
Harry S. Colburn, Jr.
CHAIRS & PROFESSORSHIPS
Richard E. Nelson Chair in Local
Government
Florida Municipal Attorney’s Association
Jane B. Nelson
David H. Levin Chair in Family Law
Lisa Levin Davidson Charitable Trust
Dennis A. Calfee Eminent Scholar Chair
in Federal Taxation
Dana M. Apfelbaum
Douglas J. & Macqueline M. Barrett
R. Mason & Amelia S. Blake
Darryl M. & Mary Bloodworth
Erik N. & Rachel E. Bonnett
William A. & Laura M. Boyles
Richard G. Cherry
Lauren Y. Detzel
Lee J. & Carlie S. Dixon
Charles H. & Karen C. Egerton
David H. & Kathryn E. Evaul
Paul D. Fitzpatrick & Mary J. Buckingham
Robin K. Froug
Ellen R. & Jim A. Gershow
Bradley R. & Vanessa R. Gould
William R. & Sylvia H. Lane
Joseph W. & Lucille A. Little
Stephen R. & Paige B. Looney
Brian M. Malec
Kateena E. & Robert C. Manners
Everett R. Moreland
Brian M. & Joan B. O’Connell
Pressly & Pressly
David S. & Mary Pressly
J. Grier & P. Kristen Pressly
James G. & Kathryn S. Pressly
John W. & Katherine A. Randolph
Rogers, Dempsey & Paladino
John J. & Lynn G. Scroggin
Christine L. Weingart
Guy E. & Ilene M. Whitesman
Richard I. Withers
James J. Freeland Eminent Scholar
Chair in Federal Taxation
Harry S. Colburn, Jr.
SCHOLARSHIPS
Benjamin H. Ayres Scholarship
Robert S. & Ellen G. Cross
Central Florida Women’s Leadership
Scholars
Anne C. Conway
Lauren Y. Detzel
John H. & Karen C. Dyer
Marjorie Bekaert & Bryan M. Thomas
Council & Patricia M. Wooten
E. Thom Rumberger Everglades
Fellowship
John Adornato III
Brian J. & Lori A. Baggot
Jeptha F. & Carol H. Barbour
Mary Lyn Barley
Michael & Cheryl Begey
Bruce B. & Julie M. Blackwell
Robert L. & Mari C. Blank
Broad & Cassel
Douglas & Sue W. Brown
Sharron A. Chapman
Colling, Gilbert, Wright & Carter
Charles P. & Amy B. Cook
Sally R. Culley
Manu L. Davidson
Dean, Ringers, Morgan & Lawton
Didier Law Firm
Leonard J. & Beth A. Dietzen
Drusilla Farwell Foundation
James A. Edwards
Russell D. & Linda Bond Edwards
Susan D. Ennis
Ernest H. Eubanks, Jr.
Everglades Foundation
David B. Flagg
Michael L. Forte
Manley K. Fuller III
Winston W. & Jerol M. Gardner
GrayRobinson
Ellis Green
Richard A. & Leigh A. Greenberg
Tom Harbert
Hill, Rugh, Keller & Main
Michael R. & Aixa M. Holt
LaShawnda K. Jackson
Paul T. & Sonia Jones
Scott A. Justice
Jacey Kaps
David B. & Marilyn M. King
John S. Kirk
William L. & Nancy C. Kirk
Steven I. Klein
David & Roberta F. Lawrence
Susan S. & Joshua D. Lerner
Michael R. & Judith N. Levin
Margaret Lezcano
Rita A. H. & John F. Lowndes
Gov. Kenneth H. “Buddy” &
Anne S. MacKay
The Maher Law Firm
Anthony M. Malone & Pegeen Hanrahan
Scott & Cynthia Maxwell
Darren K. & Vanessa L. McCartney
McDonald Toole Wiggins
William T. & Susan R. McKinley
Joel H. & Genean H. McKinnon
Tim Meenan
George A. & M. Yvonne Meier
Candy L. & Robert P. Messersmith, Jr.
Charles P. & Deborah A. Mitchell
Morgan & Morgan
Joseph Mule
C. Richard & Marcy J. Newsome
Orange Legal
Kenneth Orlowski
Overchuck & Byron
Gregory M. & Kimberly E. Palmer
Scott B. Peelen
W. Douglas & Gloria Pitts
James K. & Leslie R. Powers
Gregory A. & Cecelia B. Presnell
F. A. & Jeanie B. Raffa
Alzo J. & Elouise W. Reddick
Larry M. Roth
Rumberger, Kirk & Caldwell
Ron Sachs Communications
Scott M. & Michelle A. Sarason
Schwab Charitable Fund
Darren A. & Michelle L. Schwartz
David C. Schwartz
Searcy, Denny, Scarola,
Barnhart & Shipley
Monica C. Segura
Myron Shapiro & Lynda R. Colaizzi
David B. & Mary K. Shelton
Francis H. Sheppard
Suzanne A. Singer
Adelaide A. Sink
M. Stephen & Maureen T. Smith
Pamela D. Stolba
Parker & Vann W. Thomson
United States Sugar Corporation
Sylvia H. & Daniel R. Walbolt
James F. & Peggy H. Walsh
Charles T. & Linda F. Wells
Fowler C. West
William B. & Suzanne T. Wilson
Nicholas J. Wittner
Council & Patricia M. Wooten
Louise B. Zeuli
Gerald A. Williams Endowed Memorial
Scholarship Fund
Gerald A. Williams Legacy Foundation
Emerson R. & Geraldine F. Thompson
Goldstein Law Group Scholarship in
Honor of Assistant Dean of Admissions
Michael Patrick
Goldstein Law Group
Frank S. Goldstein
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ENDOWED FUND
Honor Roll
The Honor Roll includes the
names of all donors to the UF
Levin College of Law from July
1, 2012, to June 30, 2013. If your
name is not included and you
think it should be, one of the
following may be the reason it
is not:
•The gift was made before July
1, 2012, and was recognized
in a previous report or after
June 30, 2013, and will be
recognized in a future Honor
Roll.
•You made a pledge instead
of a gift and planned to fulfill
your commitment after June
30, 2013. (Only actual pledge
payments made between July
1, 2012, and June 30, 2013,
are listed.)
•A personal gift was made
using your company’s check
or letterhead or was made
through a foundation or other
giving organization. In this
case, look for your corporation
or the organization’s name in
the Honor Roll.
•We made a mistake. Despite
our best efforts, errors and
omissions occur. If so, please
accept our apologies and
notify the UF Levin College
of Law Office of Development & Alumni Affairs,
352-273-0640, or email Missy
Poole at poole@law.ufl.edu.
For more information on
making an endowed or
estate gift, please contact:
Lauren Wilcox, senior director
of Development & Alumni
Affairs, at 352-273-0640 or
wilcox@law.ufl.edu.
Honorable George L. and Gloria F.
Proctor Memorial Scholarship
Mark S. & Laurette S. Kessler
Michael D. and Mary P. Minton
Scholarship in Law
Michael D. & Mary P. Minton
Jim and Sharon Theriac Florida
Opportunity Scholarship in Law
Jonathan M. Blocker
Robert H. & Lisa Jerry
Professor Michael Gordon Scholarship
in Comparative Law
Jorge F. Ramirez Tubilla
Johnson S. “Buddy” and Mary Savary
Scholarship in Law
Anne L. Apt
Denise N. Barker
Robert J. & Kathryn Angell Carr
Laurence D. Connor
Arthur D. & Laurie S. Ginsburg
Cheryl L. & Scott E. Gordon
Darlene Hanson
John Alden Life Insurance Company
Wilfred F. & Barbara J. Lorry
Maglio, Christopher & Toale
The Nickles Group
Thomas R. Oliveri
Dorothy Scheurenbrand
T. Raymond Suplee
Williams Parker Harrison Dietz & Getzen
Patricia T. Wilson
Judge Ben Krentzman Scholarship
Martin Edmonds
Sarah M. Walker-Guthrie
Margaret M. Workman
Judge John M. McNatt Memorial
Scholarship
John M. McNatt, Jr.
Law School Faculty Scholarship
Edward N. Rauschkolb
Raymond W. and Catherine S. Royce
Law Scholarships
Raymond W. & Catherine S. Royce
Scott G. and Lisa V. Hawkins Character
and Leadership Scholarship Endowment
Scott G. & Lisa V. Hawkins
Terrye Coggin Proctor Memorial
Scholarship
Kim O’Connor
Warren M. Cason Florida Opportunity
Scholarship in Law
Bernie A. Barton, Jr.
Stacy D. Blank
Michael Chapman
John F. & Mary Ellen Germany
Robert J. & Laurel J. Grammig
Holland & Knight
Bradford D. & Cynthia M. Kimbro
William R. & Sylvia H. Lane
Michael M. Mills, Jr.
Patrick W. & Joanne M. Skelton
Wesley A. & Carly C. Todd
Douglas A. & Patricia J. Wright
Benjamin F. and Marilyn Overton
Endowment
Fletcher N. & Nancy T. Baldwin
Fisher & Sauls
Joseph W. & Joanne M. Fleece
Mandell & Joyce K. Glicksberg
Law School General Scholarship Fund
C. Joy L. Fortson
Andrea A. Ruff & John A. Webb
OTHER
Lewis “Lukie” Ansbacher Memorial
Scholarship
Richard S. Olson
Campbell Thornal Moot Court
Elizabeth A. Faist
Tyler John Hudson
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Kathy-Ann W. & Chris Marlin
Eric D. Nowak
Dwayne A. Robinson
Brian A. & Veronica T. Roof
Bradley M. & Denise H. Saxton
Gustav L. Schmidt & Erin M. Swick
Shawn M. Taylor
Charles and Linda Wells Judicial Process
Teaching and Research Fund
Stephen D. Gardner & Mary F. Voce
Charles T. & Linda F. Wells
Eugene Pettis Family BLSA Academic
Support Endowment
Eugene K. & Sheila L. Pettis
Florida Constitutional Law Book Award
Endowment by Alex Sink & Bob Bolt in
honor of Bill McBride
Robert S. Bolt
Adelaide A. Sink
Florida Moot Court Endowment
R. Craig Cooley
Matthew A. Crist
Dianne & Ronald G. Farb
Holly J. & D. Scott Greer
Cynthia A. Holloway & C. Todd Alley
Steven I. Klein
Kathy-Ann W. & Chris Marlin
Jeremy M. & Christine R. Sensenig
Elisa S. Worthington
Florida Water Law Endowment
John A. & Nancy B. Marshall
Waldman Trigoboff Hildebrandt Marx &
Calnan
Fredric G. and Marilyn Kapner
Levin Fund
Levin, Papantonio, Thomas, Mitchell,
Rafferty & Proctor
Gene K. Glasser and Elaine Glasser
Fund
Gene K. & Elaine A. Glasser
Sandra & Leon G. Gulden Private
Foundation
William E. Rosenberg Foundation
James D. and Suzanne W. Camp Fund
James D. & Suzanne W. Camp
Joseph P. Milton Professionalism Fund
Tony R. & Tiffany R. Otero
Law Review Endowment
Jeffrey W. & Amanda M. Abraham
Bill R. Abrams & Susan G. Goffman
Jolyon D. & Christine M. Acosta
Justin S. Alex
Jeffrey L. & Jamie L. Allen
Shelby M. Anderson
Thomas T. Ankersen & Maria C.
Gurucharri
Joseph E. Ankus
Dana M. & Nicolas A. Apfelbaum
Gregory S. Band & Alexandra
T. Reich-Band
Jeffrey A. Bekiares
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Cecilia M. Bidwell
David L. Bilsker
Will Blair
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Christopher B. Burton
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Andres C. Healy
Michael A. Hersh & Jacqueline E.
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Michael J. Hooi
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Steve E. Kelly
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James N. Knight
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Daniel R. & Kimberly E. Koslosky
Philip R. & Kathryn K. Lammens
Gretchen M. Lehman
Chauncey W. & Martha Z. Lever
Levin & Papantonio Family Foundation
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Robert E. & Kathryn E. Lewis
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Reed
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Jonathan L. Mann
Frank M. Mari
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Thomas M. & Shannon C. McAleavey
McKee/Crawford R2 Charitable Foundation
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Jamie L. & Philip J. Meola
Bonnie B. & Dixon M. Merkt
Kelly S. Meyers
Scott & Mindy S. Michelman
Daniel F. Molony
Michael T. Morlock
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Devin A. Moss
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James B. & Jane M. Murphy
Tara J. Nelson
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Brian M. & Joan B. O’Connell
John M. & Robyn L. Paglio
Darrell W. & Deborah J. Payne
Richard C. Pfenniger, Jr. & Gemma M.
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Bill Wagner
Mark E. & Karen D. Walker
Steven J. Wernick
Monica L. Wilson
Joan W. Zinober
Peter W. Zinober
LL.M. Tax Law Programs
Endowment Fund
Robert P. Babin, Jr.
John C. & Leslie Bovay
Scott A. & Meghann Hoskinson Bowman
Wendy C. Breinig
Thomas H. Carter, Jr.
Denise B. Cazobon
Wooje Choi
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Walter G. Clayton III
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Program
John P. & Ann S. Brumbaugh
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Donald J. & Paula M. Forman
Jonathan D. & Tracy L. Gerber
Gruman Lawyers of Tampa
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Perry G. Gruman
William V. & Eva G. Gruman
Robert A. & Gwen W. Lazenby
Benjamine Reid
Richman Greer
The Schifrin Foundation
Mark Schifrin
Michael A. & Betty M. Wolf
BEQUEST SOCIETY recognizes
those who have made a planned
gift to the college.
Anonymous
Leslie J. & Hope C. Barnett
Michael A. Bedke
Jean A. Bice
John C. & Tifi Bierley
Susan H. & Louis E. Black III
Bruce H. & Joanne K. Bokor
David E. & Mollie M. Bowers
Stephen J. & Sharon J.
Bozarth
James D. & Suzanne W. Camp
Martha L. Cochran
Charles E. & Victoria C.
Commander
James F. Conner II
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Debra A. Doherty
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Douglass
Andrew J. & Melinda W.
Fawbush
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Paul C. & Donna H. Huck
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Elizabeth A. Jenkins &
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Robert H. & Lisa Jerry
Richard A. & Irene Johnston
Jeffery Q. Jonasen
Becky Powhatan Kelley &
Mark Kelley
Peter T. & Karla D. Kirkwood
David T. & Carla C. Knight
Roger C. & Ellen J. Lambert
Frederick W. & Victoria C.
Leonhardt
Rebecca Jakubcin Labor &
Employment Law Book Award Fund
Fisher & Phillips
Douglas R. Sullenberger
Richard H. Simons Charitable Trust
Book Award in Taxation of Gratuitous
Transfers
Robert M. & Judith S. R. Kramer
Richard H. Simons Charitable Trust
Robert B. Cole Health Law
Endowment
Richard P. Cole
Fredric G. Levin
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Peterson-Roth
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LEGACY SOCIETY
Timothy C. Blake
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Endowment
W. Kelly Smith
Walter Weyrauch Distinguished
Lecture Series in Family Law
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GIVING ...
BOOK AWARDS honor top students in each course while providing unrestricted
Annual Fund support for UF Law students, student organizations, faculty and programs.
ADOPTION LAW
•Jeanne T. Tate, P.A.
ADVANCED BANKRUPTCY
•Jacksonville Bankruptcy Bar
Association, In Memory of the
Honorable George L. Proctor
Stichter, Riedel, Blain &
Prosser, P.A.
ADVANCED CONSTITUTIONAL
LAW
•Carter Andersen, Bush Ross,
In Honor of Professor Sharon
Rush
AGRICULTURAL LAW & POLICY
•Ernest A. Sellers
AMERICAN LEGAL THOUGHT
•In Memory of The Honorable
R. Grable Stoutamire
CORPORATE TAXATION (LL.M.)
•Jerald August, In Memory of
Professor James Jackson
Freeland
•Robert Glennon
CORPORATIONS
•Brian D. Burgoon
•Rahul Patel, Esq.
•W. Crit Smith
CREDITORS’ REMEDIES &
BANKRUPTCY
•Jeffrey W. Warren, Esq.
•Ian Leavengood, In
Memory of Richard T.
Leavengood, Esquire
CRIMINAL CLINIC – PUBLIC
DEFENDER CLINIC
•The Hon. W. Fred Turner
Memorial (Endowed)
APPELLATE ADVOCACY
CRIMINAL LAW
•Bruce S. Rogow, Esq./Rogow
•Bedell, Dittmar, DeVault,
Greenberg Foundation
Pillans & Coxe, P.A.
•Hicks, Porter, Ebenfeld & Stein,
•Thomas Edwards
P.A.
•Harris, Guidi, Rosner,
•Gary Lee Printy, Esq.
Dunlap & Rudolph P.A.
•George A. Vaka
CIVIL PROCEDURE
•Gwynne A. Young
•W. C. Gentry, Esq.
CIVIL TAX PROCEDURE (LL.M.)
•R. Lawrence Heinkel, Esq.
CONFLICT OF LAW
•Oscar A. Sanchez
CONSERVATION CLINIC
•Alton & Kathleen Lightsey
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW
•Patrick E. Geraghty, P.A.
•Kenneth Johnson & Kimberly
Leach Johnson
•Bruce S. Rogow, Esq./Rogow
Greenberg Foundation
CONSUMER LAW
•James, Hoyer, Newcomer,
Smiljanich & Yanchunis, P.A.
CONTRACTS
•Foley & Lardner, LLP
•Mark and Shari Somerstein In
Honor of George Dawson
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CRIMINAL PROCEDURES –
POLICE PRACTICES
•Warren W. Lindsey and Eileen
Forrester
DEFERRED COMPENSATION,
NON-QUALIFIED
ARRANGEMENTS (LL.M.)
•Andy & Lin Fawbush
Deferred Compensation,
Qualified Plans (LL.M.)
•Michael & Honi Abbott, In
Honor of Professor Michael A.
Oberst
EMPLOYMENT LAW
•Allen, Norton & Blue, P.A.
(Endowed)
•Scott G. Blews, Taylor English
Duma LLP
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
•Jack and Leslie Bovay, In Honor
of Chuck Bovay, W. Henry Barber
Jr. (JD 57) & Keith C. Austin (JD
52, LLMT 79)
ENVIRONMENTAL LAW
•Jesse W. Rigby, Clark
Partington Hart Larry Bond &
Stackhouse
ESTATE PLANNING
•Edward F. Koren, Esq.
(Endowed)
ESTATES AND TRUSTS
•Bruce H. Bokor
•Jones, Foster, Johnston &
Stubbs, P.A.
•Brian M. O’Connell (Endowed)
EVIDENCE
•Clarke Silverglate & Campbell,
P.A.
•GrayRobinson, P.A. (Endowed)
FEDERAL COURTS
•F. Wallace Pope, Jr., Esq.
FIDUCIARY ADMINISTRATION
•Pressly & Pressly, P.A.
FIRST AMENDMENT LAW
•Becky Powhatan Kelley
FLORIDA ADMINISTRATIVE LAW
•Cathy and Larry Sellers
FLORIDA CONSTITUTIONAL LAW
•Alex Sink & Bob Bolt, In Honor
of Bill McBride (Endowed)
IMMIGRATION LAW
•Mark Citrin, Esq.
INCOME TAXATION
•Law Offices of Mark L. Horwitz,
P.A.
•Harper Meyer LLP
INCOME TAXATION OF ESTATES
AND TRUSTS (LL.M.)
•Terrence Dariotis (LLM 03),
Heath Dedmond (LLM 02) &
Stacy Kenyon (LLM 02)
INSURANCE LAW
•Lee D. Gunn IV
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
LITIGATION
•Feldman Gale, P.A.
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
TRANSACTIONS
•John C. Bierley (Endowed)
INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL
CRIMES
•In Honor of Professor Fletcher
N. Baldwin by the 1966
UF Law Moot Court Team
JURISPRUDENCE
•Bill Hoppe, Esq.
LABOR LAW
•Fisher & Phillips, LLP, In
Memory of Rebecca Jakubcin
Memorial (Endowed)
LAND FINANCE
•Rick and Aase Thompson
LAND USE PLANNING &
CONTROL
•Lewis and Linda Shelley In
Honor of John DeGrove
LAW & ECONOMICS
•Taylor K. Rose, The West River
Group, Inc.
LAW & PSYCHIATRY
•Keefe Anchors and Gordon,
P.A.
LAW REVIEW
•Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster,
Kantor & Reed and Hal Kantor
(Endowed)
•Mandell & Joyce Glicksberg
and Brian & Joan O’Connell
(Endowed)
•Shook, Hardy & Bacon
(Endowed)
•Williams Parker Harrison Dietz
& Getzen & Mark O. Bagnall
(Endowed)
LEGAL DRAFTING
•Betsy E. Gallagher
MEDIA LAW
•Thomas & LoCicero PL
MEDIATION
•Theodore Deckert, In Memory
of Michael Thomas Deckert
MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY AND
THE LAW
•James E. Thomison
PARTNERSHIP TAXATION (LL.M.)
•Brett T. Hendee
PERSPECTIVES ON FAMILY LAW
LAB
•Raleigh “Lee” Greene
PRE-TRIAL PRACTICE LAW
•Rebeccca Brock
UF LAW
PROCEDURES IN TAX FRAUD
CASES (LL.M.)
•A. Brian Phillips
PROFESSIONAL
RESPONSIBILITY & THE LEGAL
PROFESSION
•Dean Mead, In Memory of
Andy Fredericks (Endowed)
•Hill, Ward & Henderson, P.A.
•Rush & Glassman
PROPERTY
•Michael A. Bedke & DLA
Piper
•Professor Emeritus Mandell
Glicksberg/Established by
Andrew C. Hall and James A.
Hauser (Endowed)
•Bruce M. Harris, Esq. and
Stumpy Harris, Esq.
REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS
•Jack and Mary Hackett
SECURED TRANSACTIONS IN
PERSONAL PROPERTY
•Avila Rodriguez Hernandez
Mena & Ferri LLP
SECURITIES REGULATION
•Daniel Aronson
STATE AND LOCAL TAXATION
(LL.M.)
•Ausley & McMullen, P.A.
TAXATION OF GRATUITOUS
TRANSFERS
•Richard H. Simons Charitable
Trust (Endowed)
TORTS
•R. Vinson Barrett
•Gerald D. Schackow,
Schackow
& Mercadante
TRADE SECRET LAW
•Oscar A. Sanchez, Esq.
TRADEMARK LAW
•Lott & Fischer, PL
TRIAL PRACTICE
•Bill Bone, Esq.
•Bush Ross, P.A.
•Coker, Schickel,
Sorenson and Posgay
•Constangy, Brooks & Smith
•Greg and Bettina Weiss
•Liles, Gavin & George, P.A.
•Mary Lou and Buddy
Schulz In Honor of Robert J.
Beckham (JD 55)
•Milton, Leach, Whitman,
D’Andrea & Eslinger, P.A.
•John T. Rogerson, II &
Timothy W. Volpe
•Monte J. Tillis Memorial
(Endowed)
•In Honor of E.G. “Dan”
Boone by Jeff Boone, Steve
Boone & Caroline Boone
UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS
ENTERPRISES
•William A. Weber
U.S. INTERNATIONAL TAX I
(LL.M.)
•Richard Jacobson
WATER LAW
•In Honor of Louis de la Parte, Jr.
WHITE COLLAR CRIME
•In Honor of Charles P. Pillans,
III (Endowed)
WORKERS’ COMPENSATION &
OTHER EMPLOYMENT RIGHTS
•Rosenthal, Levy & Simon, P.A.
Awards are sponsored for five
years with $2,500 annually or
endowed in perpetuity with
$50,000. For more information,
contact the Office of
Development & Alumni Affairs
at 352-273-0640.
ALUMNI RECEPTIONS are opportunities for alumni to connect with one
another and the college.
Fort Myers UF Law
Alumni & Friends Reception
September 12, 2012
SPONSORS
Mark J. Wolfson
FIRM SPONSORS
Henderson, Franklin, Starnes & Holt
UF Law Alumni & Friends
Rumberger Fellowship Reception
February 12, 2013
INDIVIDUAL SPONSORS
Guy E. & Ilene M. Whitesman
HOST AND SPONSOR
Rumberger, Kirk & Caldwell
Beat the Bulldogs Law Alumni
Reception
October 25, 2012
Law Alumni Council
West Palm Beach
Regional Event
April 18, 2013
FIRM SPONSORS
Bedell, Dittmar, DeVault, Pillans
& Coxe
Feldman Gale
Smith, Gambrell & Russell
LONGEVITY INDIVIDUAL
SPONSORS
W. C. Gentry
INDIVIDUAL SPONSORS
Charles E. Commander III
Kevin Jakab
Reunion, Class of 1982
November 10, 2012
HOST AND SPONSOR
Leopold Law
Law Alumni Council
Orlando Regional Event
May 16, 2013
HOST SPONSORS
Fisher, Rushmer, Werrenrath,
Dickson, Talley & Dunlap
Holland & Knight
GrayRobinson
Gator Club
FIRM SPONSORS
Rumberger, Kirk & Caldwell
INDIVIDUAL SPONSORS
Adam & Catherine Losey
Robert Davis
Leigh Anne Miller
Amanda Perry
FIRM SPONSORS
Bedell, Dittmar, DeVault, Pillans
& Coxe
GrayRobinson
Greenberg Traurig
UF Law Alumni &
Friends Reception in
Washington, D.C.
May 23, 2013
LONGEVITY INDIVIDUAL
SPONSORS
Mayanne Downs
Joseph C. Mellichamp, III
In Memory of Joseph P. Milton (d)
Jesse W. Rigby
William J. Schifino, Jr.
Larry & Cathy Sellers
W. Crit Smith
Marc A. Wites
Gwynne A. Young
FIRM SPONSORS
Arnold & Porter
Hogan Lovells
INDIVIDUAL SPONSORS
Marti Cochran
Richard C. Smith
Janet Studley
Taylor and Manjiri Rose
George Starke, Jr.
Florida Bar Annual Convention
June 27, 2013
LONGEVITY FIRM SPONSORS
Harris, Guidi, Rosner, Dunlap
& Rudolph
Proskauer Rose
INDIVIDUAL SPONSORS
Theodore A. Deckert
Edward Downey
John F. Harkness
Ben H. Hill, III
Margaret Mathews &
Scott Ilgenfritz
Oscar A. Sanchez
W. Kelly Smith
Wesley D. & Lara J. Tibbals
Stephen N. Zack
(d) denotes deceased
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GIVING
... to strengthen the Seventh Amendment
“The donation you are asking
about is my law firm’s book
award for Trial Practice. This
area was selected since my
law firm is a civil litigation and
trial firm that supports the
preservation and protection
of the Seventh Amendment of
the U. S. Constitution, which
guarantees a right to civil jury trials. Unfortunately, the judiciary and civil jury trials have been under attack for too long.
As attorneys, we cannot allow it to happen.
“I hope to help nurture the growth of the best law students
in Florida while also helping law students recognize the vital
importance of an independent judiciary and a strong civil jury
system.”
—MATTHEW POSGAY (JD 94)
Civil Trial Lawyer
Partner
Coker, Schickel, Sorenson & Posgay, Jacksonville
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UF LAW
Members of the 2013-2014 Florida Trial Team compete in the
Martin H. Levin Advocacy Center Courtroom. From left are
John Kelly (2L), Kingsley Nwamah (2L), Emily O’Keefe (2L)
and Gabriel Gonzalez (2L). (Photo by Javier Edwards)
Distinguished Donors are individuals, businesses and organizations contributing
at the following levels: Founders Society, Dean’s Council, 1909 Society, Trusler
Society, Enrichment Society and Loyalty Society.
(Due to space limitations and printing
costs, Loyalty Society members are
recognized in the online version of the
Annual Report). Note: The names in the
Honor Roll listing followed by an asterisk
(*) are members of the 1909 Society.
Those names followed by a star (H) are
Premium Charter Members of the
UF Law Young Alumni Society.
FOUNDERS SOCIETY PLATINUM
Anonymous
AT&T
Boies, Schiller & Flexner
James D. & Suzanne W. Camp
Marshall M. & Paula P. Criser*
John H. & Mary Lou D. Dasburg
Lisa Levin Davidson Charitable Trust
Jack C. Demetree
The Florida Bar
The Florida Bar Foundation
Ellen Bellet Gelberg
Fredric G. Levin
Teri Levin
Martin Z. Margulies
John M. McNatt, Jr.
National Center for Automated
Information Research
Jane B. Nelson
J. Quinton Rumph
Lewis M. Schott
The Lewis Schott Foundation
W. Kelly Smith
Stein/Gelberg Foundation
Stephen N. Zack
FOUNDERS SOCIETY - GOLD
Charles W. & Betty Jo E. Abbott*
Attorneys’ Title Insurance Fund
Robert S. & Mildred M. Baynard Trust
John C. & Tifi Bierley
E. G. (Dan) & Alfreda S. Boone*
David E. & Mollie M. Bowers*
Carol M. Brewer & Andrew J. Ogilvie
Walter G. & Lynn A. Campbell
Carlton Fields
Jack G. Clarke
Luther W. & Blanche Coggin
Coker, Schickel, Sorenson & Posgay
Howard C. Coker
Richard P. Cole
Daniel J. Collin
Community Foundation of Tampa Bay
Dean Mead
Edward & Julia B. Downey
The Dunspaugh-Dalton Foundation
Jessie Ball duPont Fund
Chancellor Ray Ferrero, Jr.
Fonvielle, Lewis, Foote & Messer
Michael K. & Jacqueline Friel
Betsy E. Gallagher*
W. C. & Susan R. Gentry
Peter J. Genz
Gene K. & Elaine A. Glasser
GrayRobinson
William V. & Eva G. Gruman
Andrew C. Hall & Gail S. Meyers
Scott G. & Lisa V. Hawkins
Inez A. Heath
Justin Hillenbrand
Wayne & Patricia R. Hogan
Edith E. Holiday & Terrance B. Adamson
Holland & Knight Charitable Foundation
Holland & Knight
Icard, Merrill, Cullis, Timm, Furen &
Ginsburg
Casey Johnson & Debra L. Donner
Justice Story Book Exchange
Robert G. Kerrigan
Kerrigan, Estess, Rankin & McLeod
The Kresge Foundation
Lane, Trohn, Bertrand & Vreeland
Levin & Papantonio Family Foundation
Stephen A. Lind
Lawrence A. Lokken & Mae M. Clark
Lake H. Lytal, Jr.
John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur
Foundation
MacFarlane, Ferguson & McMullen
Margaret MacLennan
Michael C. & Diane Maher
McLin Burnsed
Robert G. & Joelen K. Merkel
Mershon, Sawyer, Johnston,
Dunwody & Cole
Michael D. & Mary P. Minton
Montgomery Family Charitable Trust
Morgan & Morgan
John B. & Ultima D. Morgan
Motley Rice
James H. Nance
New York Life
Brian M. & Joan B. O’Connell
Whit & Diane F. Palmer
David H. & Cheryl R. Peek
Kitty & Philip B. Phillips
Fred W. & Christine R. Pope*
Allen L. Poucher, Jr. &
Dianne L. Larson
Betty K. Poucher
Stephen Presser & Diane Archer
Lynn B. Reeves
Justus W. & Phyllis C. Reid
Stephen H. & Elizabeth P. Reynolds
Mike M. & Linda L. Rollyson
William E. Rosenberg Foundation
Gerald A. & Ingrid M. Rosenthal
Rumberger, Kirk & Caldwell
Saliwanchik, Lloyd & Eisenschenk
Jake & Carol B. Schickel
T. Terrell Sessums, Sr.
Richard H. Simons Charitable Trust
Gerald & Phyllis C. Sohn
Steel, Hector & Davis
Sidney A. & Annette Stubbs
Glenn W. Sturm
Carl S. Swisher Foundation
The W. C. Gentry Family Foundation
James S. & Sharon L. Theriac
Robert L. & Doris M. Trohn*
United Way of Miami-Dade
Upchurch Watson White & Max
Philip E. & Valerie B. Von Burg
Jeffrey W. & Susan P. Warren*
Michael A. & Betty M. Wolf
Samuel J. & Evelyn
Wood Foundation
Frank Wotitzky
Yegelwel Family Foundation
Evan J. & Arlene S. Yegelwel
C. Steven Yerrid
Zimmerman, Kiser & Sutcliffe
Please report any corrections to
Missy Poole at poole@law.ufl.edu
or call 352-273-0647.
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DISTINGUISHED DONORS
Donor Level Descriptions
FOUNDERS SOCIETY
PLATINUM
Cumulative giving and five-year
pledges of $500,000 and up
ASSOCIATE
Annual gifts and five-year
pledges of $5,000-$9,999
1909 SOCIETY
GOLD
Cumulative giving and five-year
pledges of $100,000-$499,999
Annual gifts of $2,000 and up
See description on page 54.
SILVER
Cumulative giving and five-year
pledges of $50,000-$99,999
Annual gifts of $1,000-$4,999
DEAN’S COUNCIL
BARRISTER
Annual gifts and five-year
pledges of $25,000-$49,999
PARTNER
Annual gifts and five-year
pledges of $10,000-$24,999
FOUNDERS SOCIETY - SILVER
Anonymous
C. Wayne & Kethryn Alford
Allen, Norton & Blue
DuBose & Sallie M. Ausley*
David S. & Myrna L. Band
Barnett, Bolt, Kirkwood, Long & McBride
Bedell, Dittmar, Devault, Pillans & Coxe
Bruce H. & Joanne K. Bokor
Broad & Cassel
Bush Ross
Community Foundation of Central
Florida
Hugh F. & Eliza Culverhouse
Cynthia G. Edelman Family Foundation
Meredyth Anne Dasburg Foundation
George H. DeCarion
Dunwody, White & Landon
Philip I. & Barbara L. Emmer
Robert M. Ervin*
Everglades Foundation
Ladd H. & Renee M. Fassett
Henry A. Finkelstein Memorial
Fisher & Phillips
The Florida Bar Tax Section
Robert E. Glennon, Jr.*
Mandell & Joyce K. Glicksberg*
Ruth Goodmark
K. Lawrence & Maureen G. Gragg
Sandra & Leon G. Gulden Private
Foundation
Marie C. Hansen Trust
Stumpy Harris
James A. Hauser
Frederick A. Hazouri & Barbara J.
Pariente
Hill, Ward & Henderson
Corinne C. Hodak
Wayne & Patricia Hogan Family
Foundation
Elizabeth A. Jenkins & Charles E. Hudson
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TRUSLER SOCIETY
ENRICHMENT SOCIETY
Annual gifts of $100-$999
LOYALTY SOCIETY
Annual gifts of up to $99
Loyalty Society members
are recognized in the
online version of the
Annual Report.
Kenneth R. & Kimberly L. Johnson*
Richard A. & Irene Johnston
Paul T. & Sonia Jones
Hal H. Kantor
Edward C. & Patricia G. Kitchen
Edward F. & Louise P. Koren
Robert M. & Judith S. R. Kramer
Krome Realty
Paul R. Linder & A. Michelle Jernigan
Kevin A. & Jeannette Malone
Gene Moore III
Jon C. & Jean M. Moyle
Mark A. & Debra G. Nouss
Lindy L. Paull
A. Brian Phillips
James G. & Kathryn S. Pressly
Mark J. Proctor
Reid, Ricca & Rigell
David M. & Regina A. Richardson
Richman Greer
Richard M. & Gail M. Robinson
Raymond W. & Catherine S. Royce
Clifford A. Schulman
Buddy & Mary Lou Schulz*
Searcy, Denny, Scarola, Barnhart &
Shipley
Ernest A. & Norma M. Sellers*
Lawrence E. & Cathy M. Sellers
Shutts & Bowen
Benedict A. Silverman & Jayne E.
Bentzen
Stearns, Weaver, Miller, Weissler, Alhadeff
& Sitterson
Richard B. Stephens, Jr.
Hans G. & Deborah H. Tanzler
Terrell Hogan Ellis Yegelwel
John Thatcher
Samuel C. & Barbara A. Ullman
United States Sugar Corporation
A. Ward & Ruth S. Wagner
Glenn J. & Sheryl Waldman
Charles T. & Linda F. Wells
Scott L. & Lynda J. Whitaker
White & Case
Jill Carolyn White
J. J. & Susan L. Wicker
Winderweedle, Haines, Ward, &
Woodman
Susan S. Winn
Yerrid Foundation
BARRISTERS
Mary Lyn Barley
Martha L. Cochran
Feldman Gale
Jeffrey D. Feldman
James A. & Stacy S. Gale
Alan M. & Elizabeth D. Gerlach
John H. Haswell
Paul C. & Donna H. Huck
John Alden Life Insurance Company
John Paul Stevens Fellowship Foundation
Iain P. C. Moffat
Eugene K. & Sheila L. Pettis
Adelaide A. Sink
Vanguard Charitable Endowment
Program
Douglas A. & Patricia J. Wright
PARTNERS
Michael A. & Honi V. Abbott*
Michelle Anchors & Stephen A. Medina
J. Carter & Dana D. Andersen*
F. Eugene Atwood
Ausley & McMullen
Mark O. Bagnall & Maria I. Urbina-Bagnall
S. C. Battaglia Family Foundation
Michael A. & Rachelle D. Bedke
Stacy D. Blank
Scott G. & Shelly S. Blews*
Jeffery A. & Shirley L. Boone*
John C. & Leslie Bovay
William A. & Laura M. Boyles
Rebecca L. Brock
Brian D. Burgoon*
John W. & Mona P. Campbell*
Mark & Andrea H. Citrin
Clarke, Silverglate Attorneys at Law
Alan B. & Lauren K. Cohn
Comiter Singer Baseman & Braun
Anne C. Conway
Terrence T. & Jeanne E. Dariotis
The Deaver Phoenix Foundation
Theodore A. & Marie B. Deckert*
Heath K. Dedmond
de la Parte & Gilbert
Lauren Y. Detzel
Mark P. & Beverly J. Dikeman
DLA Piper
Mayanne Downs
Thomas L. & Christine F. Edwards
Robert S. Egerman*
Andrew J. & Melinda W. Fawbush*
Marco Ferri
Ronald L. & Marcia C. Fick
Foley & Lardner
W. Ray & Jacquelyn Fortner*
Asnardo & Mindi K. Garro
Gerald A. Williams Legacy Foundation
John N. & Ruth T. Giordano
Robert J. & Laurel J. Grammig
Raleigh W. & Beverly J. Greene
Stephen H. & Fay F. Grimes*
Gunn Law Group
Jack O. & Mary O. Hackett
Harper Meyer
Harris, Guidi, Rosner, Dunlap, & Rudolph
Baya M. Harrison III
R. Lawrence & Elizabeth E. Heinkel
Brett T. & Rhonda K. Hendee*
Eugenio Hernandez
Hopping, Green & Sams
Mark L. & Susan J. Horwitz*
James, Hoyer, Newcomer & Smiljanich
Jones, Foster, Johnston & Stubbs
Keefe Anchors & Gordon
Lawrence & Lynn M. Keefe
Becky Powhatan Kelley & Mark Kelley*
Stacy L. & David M. Kenyon
Bradford D. & Cynthia M. Kimbro
David M. & Theresa R. Layman*
Ian R. & Robin L. Leavengood*
Liles, Gavin & George
Warren W. Lindsey & Eileen C. Forrester
Lott & Fischer
Louis & Bessie Stein Foundation
Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor &
Reed
R. Neal Manners
Brian J. & Georgia McDonough
McIntosh Foundation
Robert W. Mead, Jr.*
Milton, Leach, Whitman, D’Andrea &
Eslinger
Jacquelyn E. Moorhead
Jon C. Moyle, Jr.
Louis & Janet Miller Nostro
Rahul & Swati R. Patel*
Matthew N. & Suzanne S. Posgay
Pressly & Pressly
David S. & Mary Pressly
J. Grier & P. Kristen Pressly
Pamela O. & Charles T. Price
Gary L. & Suzanne G. Printy*
Jorge F. Ramirez Tubilla
John W. & Katherine A. Randolph
John M. & Jennifer G. Rawicz
Gerald F. & Gwen Richman*
Jesse W. & Margo S. Rigby*
Rogers, Dempsey & Paladino
Rogow Greenberg Foundation
Bruce S. Rogow
Taylor K. & Manjiri S. Rose*
Rush & Glassman
Randolph J. & Sue N. Rush*
Oscar A. Sanchez & Lida R.
Rodriguez-Taseff*
Gerald D. & Joanne W. Schackow
Roger D. & Carol F. Schwenke
John J. & Lynn G. Scroggin
David M. & Rachel K. Seifer
Abraham M. & Joy M. Shashy*
Lewis E. & Linda L. Shelley
Shook, Hardy & Bacon Foundation
W. Crit & Dee Ann Smith*
Mark & Shari L. Somerstein
Mark T. & Jeanne T. Tate
Laura J. & Clarence L. Thacker*
Marjorie Bekaert & Bryan M. Thomas
George A. & Shaun Vaka*
Timothy W. & Roslyn B. Volpe
William A. & Kathleen M. Weber*
Gregory S. & Bettina W. Weiss*
K. Taylor White
Gwynne A. Young*
ASSOCIATES
T. W. & Margrette P. Ackert
Sidney F. Ansbacher
Leslie J. & Hope C. Barnett
David L. Bilsker
Robert S. Bolt
Chris W. & Kristine M. Boyett*
Maria C. Carantzas
J.P. & Lynn Carolan
Michael Chapman
Cobb Family Foundation
Kolleen P. Cobb
Robert D. & Amy K. Critton
UF LAW
DISTINGUISHED DONORS
Tad & Jeri Davis
Philip A. & Phyllis S. DeLaney
Nathaniel L. & Debra L. Doliner
Jeffrey R. & Donna Dollinger
A. J. & Maureen N. Donelson
John H. & Karen C. Dyer
Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund
Florida Chapter of American Board of
Trial Advocates
Patrick E. & Barbara H. Geraghty
Goldstein Law Group
Frank S. Goldstein
Phyllis P. & Raymond T. Harris
Hicks, Porter, Ebenfeld & Stein
Mark & Ann Hicks
Hobby Lobby Stores
D. Bruce & Trish A. Hoffman
Marie Hyman
Scott C. Ilgenfritz & Margaret D. Mathews
Yolanda C. Jackson
Randy Meg Kammer & Jeffry R. Wollitz
Peter T. & Karla D. Kirkwood
Peter M. MacNamara & M. Therese Vento
McKee/Crawford R2 Charitable
Foundation
Martin J. & Pamela S. McMahon
Julie C. Miller
Moore Family Foundation
Brenna E. Moorhead
Everett R. Moreland
C. Ryan & Kristin N. Morgan
Robert P. O’Linn
Darrell W. & Deborah J. Payne
Mark S. & Kathleen B. Peters
W. Douglas & Gloria Pitts
James C. & Gloria M. Rinaman
John T. & Leah A. Rogerson
Todd & Julie Rumberger
Barry S. & Carole N. Sinoff
Rodney W. & DeeDee C. Smith
George H. & Barbara M. Starke
Kelsey J. & Alan R. Veitengruber
Guy E. & Ilene M. Whitesman
Marc A. & Jennifer S. Wites
TRUSLER SOCIETY
Names followed by a diamond (♦) are life
members of the Trusler Society.
Herbert L. Allen♦
Anonymous
Richard C. & Robin G. Ausness
Mark A. Avera*
Baker & McKenzie
G. Thomas & Sharon E. Ball
BAR/BRI
James B. & Caroline V. Barnes
Douglas J. & Macqueline M. Barrett
David L. & Angela F. Benjamin
Bill Bone*
Brent F. Bradley
Norman Broad & Carol Salomon
Karen Meyer & Robert H. Buesing
Dennis A. & Peggy M. Calfee*
Campbell Law Firm
Dennis M. & Deborah D. Campbell
J. Thomas & Kathy A. Cardwell
Central Florida Gator Club®
Allan P. & Martha F. Clark
Colling, Gilbert, Wright & Carter
Dean C. Colson
Richard B. & Marilyn T. Comiter
Charles P. & Amy B. Cook
Susan E. Cook & Drew S. Fine*
R. Craig Cooley
Sarah Cortvriend
R. Scott & Monica O. Costantino
Raul A. & Mary L. Cuervo
David B. Mishael
Barry R. & Paula M. Davidson
George L. & Sally K. Dawson*
Drusilla Farwell Foundation
Harry M. Eisenberg
Kenneth C. & Mary B. Ellis
Michael T. & Paula S. Fay
Michael & Jane M. Ferguson
William H. Ferguson*
Fisher, Rushmer, Werrenrath, Dickson,
Talley & Dunlap
Florida Democratic Party
Donald J. & Paula M. Forman
Fowler, White, Boggs, Attorney at Law
Manley K. Fuller III
Claire M. Germain & Stuart M. Basefsky*
Ellen R. & Jim A. Gershow
Stephen B. & Clara J. Gillman
Irvin N. & Darlene Gleim
Lorie M. Gleim & Steven M. Fuhr
Greenberg Traurig
Leenetta B. & W. Sanderson Grizzard
Gruman Lawyers of Tampa
Eric S. Gruman
Perry G. Gruman
Daniel B. & Kathy E. Harrell
Bruce M. & Medea D. Harris*
Robert M. Harris & Paola Parra-Harris
Cynthia A. Holloway & C. Todd Alley
Steve C. & Maxine S. Horowitz
Roy Hunt*
Gary W. & Mary E. Huston
Wilton B. & Amanda B. Hyman
The Jelks Family Foundation
Allen N. Jelks, Jr.
Robert H. & Lisa Jerry*
Frederick W. & Patricia P. H. Jones
JustGive
Kaplan University
Kimberly R. Keravouri
William L. & Nancy C. Kirk
Donald S. & Marilynn Kohla*
Bruce D. & Elizabeth C. Landrum
Levin, Papantonio, Thomas, Mitchell,
Rafferty & Proctor
Jeffrey P. & Ghada S. Lieser
Robert R. & Cheryl K. Lindgren
Joseph W. & Lucille A. Little
Donna L. Longhouse
Gov. Kenneth H. “Buddy” &
Anne S. MacKay
The Maher Law Firm
Luis A. Maldonado*
Parker L. & Velma R. McDonald
William T. & Susan R. McKinley
Joseph C. Mellichamp III &
Barbara J. Staros*
Daniel F. Molony
James E. & Mari Moye
Peter P. & Christina S. Murnaghan*
James B. & Jane M. Murphy
Tara J. Nelson
C. Richard & Marcy J. Newsome
The Nickles Group
James B. & Jingli C. O’Neal
Orange Legal
Overchuck & Byron
Eduardo Palmer*
Barbara K. Perkins
Richard C. Pfenniger, Jr. &
Gemma M. Rosello*
Robert A. & Caryl G. Pierce
Kathleen Price*
Stacey A. Prince-Troutman
Proskauer Rose
Benjamine Reid
Harley E. & Posey C. Riedel
George W. & Brenda H. Rohe*
Ron Sachs Communications
William J. & Paola F. Schifino*
Stephen W. Seemer
John A. & Kari A. Shipley
M. Stephen & Maureen T. Smith
Michael W. Smith & Jodi L. Scheurenbrand
Smith, Gambrell & Russell
Charles L. Stake
Larry S. & Pat K. Stewart
Tate & Stacy C. Taylor
TECO Energy
Parker & Vann W. Thomson
United Jewish Foundation of Metro
Detroit
United Way of North Central Florida
David H. Vickrey & Gary R. Ensana
Bill Wagner
Waldman Trigoboff Hildebrandt Marx &
Calnan
Wal-Mart Foundation
Gregory F. & Susan K. Wilder
Richard H. & Shirley G. Wilson
William B. & Suzanne T. Wilson
Council & Patricia M. Wooten
Leighton D. & Phyllis H. Yates
ENRICHMENT SOCIETY
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Anonymous
Barry A. Abbott
F. Catfish Abbott
Jeffrey W. & Amanda M. Abraham
Bill R. Abrams & Susan G. Goffman
Lisa M. Acharekar & John E. Crowley
Jolyon D. & Christine M. Acosta
Steven J. & Samantha L. Adamczyk
Glenn A. & Stacey Y. Adams
Stephanie L. Adams
Louie N. & Mary S. Adcock
Marci & Moshe Adler
David J. & Jerrie L. Akins
Alachua County Republican
Committee of 100
Justin S. Alex
Ben & Katie V. Alexander
Larry B. & Susan M. Alexander
Mark G. & Beverly A. Alexander
Thomas J. & Mary B. Ali
Jeffrey L. & Jamie L. Allen
W. Reynolds & Louise B. Allen
Nicole S. Allison
James W. & Anne W. Almand
Ian M. & Lauren M. Alperstein
Joshua S. Altshuler
Alberto R. & Debra D. Amirin
Amanda K. Anderson
Shelby M. Anderson
Timothy G. & Carole W. Anderson
Thomas T. Ankersen & Maria C.
Gurucharri
Joseph E. Ankus
Michael R. & Carolyn S. Ansay
Dana M. Apfelbaum
Eric N. & Nadine M. Appleton
Alina Arbuthnot
Monica D. Armstrong
Rosemary E. Armstrong
Arnold & Porter
Cary O. Aronovitz
Jeffrey A. & Jill S. Aronsky
Daniel H. & Joanne F. Aronson
John B. Atkinson
Scott E. & Janet D. Atwood
Bruce D. & Melissa B. Austin
Christopher D. & Frances M. Baehman
Brian J. & Lori A. Baggot
Anthony L. Bajoczky, Jr.
Charles L. Balch III
Fletcher N. & Nancy T. Baldwin
Anderson L. & Anne M. Baldy
Haywood M. & Anne T. Ball
Gregory S. Band & Alexandra T. Reich-Band
Michael R. & Marice C. Band
Aleksas A. Barauskas
Jeptha F. & Carol H. Barbour
Harris H. & Sandra S. Barnes
Kevin D. Barr
Dwayne W. Barrett & Miriam L. Bliss
J. Victor & Candace A. Barrios
Bernie A. Barton, Jr.
Jonathan C. & Lacy L. Basford
Douglas D. & Julia B. Batchelor
George Z. Bateh
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Douglas A. & Lisa L. Bates
Robert B. & Jennifer Battista
Joseph W. & Geremy G. Beasley
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Michael & Cheryl Begey
Jeffrey A. Bekiares
John M. & Brannon B. Belcastro
Caryn L. Bellus
Dennis V. & Georgene M. Bender
Carlton F. & Sue Bennett
Bergen County United Way
Mitchell W. Berger
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Yahn W. & Nell E. Bernier
Nancy T. Bernstine
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Kaitlin C. & Jeremy D. Bingham
Nathan M. Bisk
Bruce B. & Julie M. Blackwell
Will Blair
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R. Mason & Amelia S. Blake
Robert G. & Marlene C. Blalock
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Robert L. & Mari C. Blank
William S. & Patricia A. Blizzard
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Jonathan M. Blocker
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Allan M. Blue
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Christina Bohannan & H. S. Udaykumar
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Bradley T. & Samantha L. Borden
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Robert J. & Alice H. Boylston
Stephen J. & Sharon J. Bozarth
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Howard W. & Katherine P. Brill
Penny H. Brill
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W. Bard & Kathryn W. Brockman
Theotis & Jeanelle G. Bronson
Andrew S. & Jennifer G. Brown
Douglas & Sue W. Brown
Nicholas A. Brown
P. Ause & Leveda Brown
Thomas R. & Margaret W. Brown
Usher L. & Lauren K. Brown
John M. Brumbaugh
Please report any corrections to
Missy Poole at poole@law.ufl.edu
or call 352-273-0647.
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DISTINGUISHED DONORS
John P. & Ann S. Brumbaugh
Virginia M. Buchanan &
Samuel A. Budnyk
Mark P. & Courtney R. Buell
Charles A. Buford
Bruce S. Bullock
Faye A. Burner
Malcolm B. Burns & Virginia C. Burris
Christopher B. Burton
David K. & Donna J. Cahoone
Lerenzo & Hope W. Calhoun
Jane D. Callahan
John R. & Dara M. Campbell
L. Kinder & Barbara S. Cannon
Daniel K. & Lare W. Capes
Robert A. Caplen
Tina L. & Luis N. Caraballo
Clay M. Carlton & Allison D. Sirica
Michael P. Carolan
Kristin E. Carpenter
Robert J. & Kathryn Angell Carr
Thomas H. Carter, Jr.
Kelly-Ann G. & Dexter B. Cartwright
Allan L. Casey
Nancy E. & Douglas W. Cason
Courtney B. & Justin M. Casp
David M. & Sandra G. Cayce
Denise B. Cazobon
Diana B. Chapman
Marc D. & Tracy D. Chapman
Sharron A. Chapman
Rick R. & Misty Taylor Chaves
Richard G. Cherry
Charles & Tiffany L. Chestnut
Wooje Choi
Thomas B. Christenson II
Russell P. Chubb
Marc A. & Inez Cianca
Paul C. & Jennifer Cipparone
Lisa & William F. Clasen
Walter G. Clayton III
Chester E. Clem, Jr.
Shawn M. Cline
Robert B. & Judith A. Cochonour
Mark W. Cochran
DaMorus A. Cohen
Jay P. Cohen & Christine K. Bilodeau
Stuart R. & Charna R. Cohn
Jean C. Coker
Harry S. Colburn, Jr.
Jonathan S. Coleman
Patrick P. & Melissa B. Coll
Kaye Collie
Collier County Democratic
John J. & Lynn M. Collins
Sarah Z. Collins
1909 Society
The 1909 Society commemorates
the founding year of the University
of Florida Levin College of Law,
while recognizing alumni and
friends who sustain and advance
the college with gifts to the annual
fund in the amount of $2,000
and up during a single fiscal year.
Support at this level improves
the quality and innovation of
programs for students, student
organizations, teaching and
research, academic programs and
services, and outreach efforts.
Gifts to the annual fund include
those designated to nonendowed,
nonbuilding funds.
Charles W. & Betty Jo E. Abbott
Michael A. & Honi V. Abbott
J. Carter & Dana D. Andersen
DuBose & Sallie M. Ausley
Mark A. & Lee V. Avera
Scott G. & Shelly S. Blews
Bill Bone
E. G. (Dan) & Alfreda S. Boone
Jeffery A. & Shirley L. Boone
David E. & Mollie M. Bowers
Chris W. & Kristine M. Boyett
Brian D. Burgoon
Dennis A. & Peggy M. Calfee
John W. & Mona P. Campbell
Susan E. Cook & Drew S. Fine
Marshall M. & Paula P. Criser
George L. & Sally K. Dawson
Theodore A. & Marie B. Deckert
Robert S. Egerman
Robert M. Ervin
Andrew J. & Melinda W. Fawbush
William H. Ferguson
W. Ray & Jacquelyn Fortner
Betsy E. Gallagher
Claire M. Germain &
Stuart M. Basefsky
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Robert E. Glennon, Jr.
Mandell & Joyce K. Glicksberg
Stephen H. & Fay F. Grimes
Bruce M. & Medea D. Harris
Brett T. & Rhonda K. Hendee
Mark L. & Susan J. Horwitz
Roy Hunt
Bob H. & Lisa Jerry
Kenneth R. & Kimberly L. Johnson
Becky Powhatan Kelley &
Mark Kelley
Donald S. & Marilynn Kohla
David M. & Theresa R. Layman
Ian R. & Robin L. Leavengood
Luis A. Maldonado
Robert W. Mead, Jr.
Joseph C. Mellichamp III &
Barbara J. Staros
Peter P. & Christina S. Murnaghan
Eduardo Palmer
Rahul & Swati R. Patel
Richard C. Pfenniger, Jr. &
Gemma M. Rosello
Fred W. & Christine R. Pope
Kathleen Price
Gary L. & Suzanne G. Printy
Gerald F. & Gwen Richman
Jesse W. & Margo S. Rigby
George W. & Brenda H. Rohe
Taylor K. & Manjiri S. Rose
Randolph J. & Sue N. Rush
Oscar A. Sanchez & Lida R.
Rodriguez-Taseff
William J. & Paola F. Schifino
Buddy & Mary Lou Schulz
Ernest A. & Norma M. Sellers
Abraham M. & Joy M. Shashy
W. Crit & Dee Ann Smith
Laura J. & Clarence L. Thacker
Robert L. & Doris M. Trohn
George A. & Shaun Vaka
Jeffrey W. & Susan P. Warren
William A. & Kathleen M. Weber
Gregory S. & Bettina W. Weiss
Gwynne A. Young
R. Gregory Colvin
Charles E. & Victoria C. Commander
Community Foundation of
Greater Lakeland
Kraig A. & Heather L. Conn
Dabney L. & Beverly O. Conner
Laurence D. Connor
Charles L. & Greta Cooper
Ryan M. & Arianne M. Corbett
Stephen L. & Debra M. Cordell
Denise M. & Andrew J. Cordes
Christopher B. & Christina C. Cortez
Patrick S. & Kaydene Roberts Cousins
Christine A. Covington
Derrick E. & Stacey D. Cox
Frederick C. Craig, Jr.
David M. Crane
Thomas P. Crapps & Ana C. Martinez
Ashley N. Crispin
Matthew A. Crist
Kent B. Cronquist
Robert S. & Ellen G. Cross
Mary C. Crotty & Daniel S. Livingstone
Patrick C. Crowell
Frank & Melissa I. Cruz-Alvarez
Sally R. Culley
Paul M. & Jolie M. Cummings
J. Edward & Janice S. Curren
Joshua D. Curry
William L. & Dorothy H. Curry
Bonnie C. Daboll
Mark H. & Kimberly C. Dahlmeier
Willem A. & Carmody G. Daman
Kelly M. & Eric P. Damerow
Paul W. & Georgia R. Danahy
James N. & Linnea J. Daniel
Alan H. & Leslie E. Daniels
Alys N. & Steven L. Daniels
H. Vernon Davids
James L. Davidson
Manu L. Davidson
Clay S. & Anita G. Davis
Robert W. Davis, Jr.
Robin K. & Jeffrey D. Davis
Jeanne Dawes Crenshaw
Paul E. De Hart H
Dean, Ringers, Morgan & Lawton
Katie L. & Daniel C. Dearing
Gregory J. & Belkis G. DeChurch
George R. & Gloria L. Dekle
John T. & Jamie L. Dekle
Blake J. Delaney & Jennifer M. Voss
Neil A. DeLeon
Kevin E. & Barbara L. Dembinski
Susan S. & David A. Demers
Anthony E. & Tina A. Denapoli
V. Robert Denham, Jr.
Joseph M. Depew
Christopher A. Detzel
John A. & Sue S. DeVault
Alexander D. DeVitis
Benjamin F. & Christina I. Diamond
Sandra Diamond
Didier Law Firm
John R. & Lavinia J. Dierking
George A. & Frances Dietz
Leonard J. & Beth A. Dietzen
Lee J. & Carlie S. Dixon
Burns A. & Jeanne L. Dobbins
Sally A. Dorn
Michael S. Dorris & Carrie R. McDonald
Joanna D. & David Dosik
Lawrence J. Dougherty
Charles T. Douglas, Jr.
W. Dexter (d) & Terese V. Douglass
James O. & Lila S. Driscoll
W. Ford & Freda Duane
F. Joseph & Sally A. DuBray
Stephanie Ducheine
Aubrey H. Ducker, Jr. & Laurie K.
Weatherford
Stephen B. Duke
Kelly G. Dunberg
Canon Kurt H. & Cathleen B. Dunkle
George S. & Mary Dunn
Thomas C. & Victoria K. Dunn
Stephen M. & Brenna M. Durden
Robert V. & Winfield R. Duss
Harolyn H. & Amitava K. Dutt
Donald A. & Gene S. Dvornik
David A. & Josefa M. Eaton
Deborah S. Eaton & Tomas P. Schonbek
James E. Eaton, Jr.
Daniel D. & Virginia A. Eckert
Nathaniel M. Edenfield
Martin Edmonds
Hunter S. & Ashley A. Edwards
James A. Edwards
Russell D. & Linda Bond Edwards
Charles H. & Karen C. Egerton
Santiago Eljaiek III
Jeffrey R. & Linda R. Elkin
Steven & Stacey P. Ellison
Eric M. & Tara Z. Ellsley
Patrick C. Emans
Guy S. & Annette L. Emerich
Wendy R. & Gregory J. England
Susan D. Ennis
Theodore A. Erck III
Ernest H. Eubanks, Jr.
William A. & Carol D. Evans
David H. & Kathryn E. Evaul
Michael J. Faehner
Elizabeth A. Faist
Dianne & Ronald G. Farb
Christina L. Faubel
Brandon P. & Melissa R. Faulkner
Peter T. & Pat Fay
Christopher M. & Carol D. Fear
Ashley K. Feasley
Dyanne E. Feinberg & Tim D. Henkel
Joel R. & Allison D. Feldman
Jonathan A. & Jenifer Feldman
Anthony P. Felice
Eduardo J. Fernandez
Gregg H. & Jessica Fierman
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Jack J. & Cherie H. Fine
Dina S. Finkel
Fisher & Sauls
Andrew D. Fisher
Jacob & Letty K. Fishman
Brian T. & Ariadne M. Fitzgerald
Paul D. Fitzpatrick & Mary J. Buckingham
Florida Municipal Attorney’s Association
Byron D. Flagg & Whitney M. Untiedt
David B. Flagg
Megan E. Flatt
Joseph E. & Connie B. Fluet
Stephen E. Fogel
Foley & Lardner
P. Campbell Ford
Michael L. Forte
C. Joy L. Fortson
Kenneth R. & Tamara W. Fountain
M. Lanning & Jane P. Fox
Larry C. & Clara M. Frarey
Thomas J. Fraser, Jr.
Nathaniel A. Frazier
S. Katherine Frazier & John Harrison IV
Michael K. Freedman
Steve A. & Denise J. Freedman
Jonathan E. Freidin
Adam N. & Sierra D. Frisch
Elizabeth B. Frock
Jennifer J. Frydrychowicz
Richard D. Fultz & Patricia L.
Burquest-Fultz
Jessica Furst Johnson
W. Scott & Jane W. Gabrielson
Ronald M. & Melissa Gache
Jeffrey A. & Pamela C. Gadboys
Charles V. & Kathryn M. Gagliardi
Robert P. Gaines
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DISTINGUISHED DONORS
J. Seth Galloway
Melinda Penney & Albert J. Gamot, Jr.
Stephen D. Gardner & Mary F. Voce
Winston W. & Jerol M. Gardner
Alan S. & Marcia Gassman
Robert T. & Eve B. Geis
Michael J. Gelfand & Mary C. Arpe
Christian P. & Whitney N. George
Jonathan D. & Tracy L. Gerber
John F. & Mary Ellen Germany
Stephen F. & Alice D. Gertzman
Linda R. Getzen
Rev. Robert C. Gibbons
Robin & Jean H. Gibson
Robert W. Gidel
Henry N. & Jacqueline L. Gillman
Daniel J. Glassman
Garry M. Glickman
Steven T. & Katie G. Gold
Mitchell W. Goldberg
Robert I. & Barbara C. Goldfarb
Goldman Sachs Gives
James F. Goldsmith
Kenneth B. Goldsmith
Rick T. Goldstein
Mildred Gomez
Anne N. Gonzalez
David M. & Dorothy M. Gonzalez
Jose A. Gonzalez, Jr. & Mary S. Copeland
Don H. Goode & Patrice D.
Pendino-Goode
Freddie L. Goode
Robert F. & Karen Goodrich
Brent A. Gordon
Cheryl L. & Scott E. Gordon
Jonathan C. Gordon
Robert E. & Leesa Gordon
Michael L. & Tracy L. Gore
Robert B. & Clara B. Gough
Bradley R. & Vanessa R. Gould
Bryan S. & Barbara Gowdy
Mary L. Grable
Lucy T. Graetz
Peter J. & Amy S. Gravina
J. Charles & Saundra H. Gray
Ellis Green
Richard A. & Leigh A. Greenberg
Bruce W. & Evelyn L. Greer
Holly J. & D. Scott Greer
Adam D. Griffin
Bradley C. & Candace Grossenburg
Dennis C. Gucciardo
Natalie F. Guerra-Valdes &
Manuel A. Valdes
Frank B. & Susan G. Gummey
William J. Gundlach
Kimberly J. Gustafson
H. Wynne James
Alexander Hadjilogiou
Gregory S. & Gina M. Hagopian
John E. & Shirley W. Hale
Roger D. & Shelly Hall
Wallace H. & Tracy L. Hall
John F. & Nancy P. Halula
Tiffany Hamil & James D. Mackey
James C. Hamilton
Linda C. Hankins
Amy L. Hanna
Michael V. & Holly L. Hargett
John F. & Jere A. Harkness
Virginia Harrell
Christy F. & Martha C. Harris
Corey & Suzanne C. Harris
William T. Harrison, Jr.
Shane A. & Jennifer B. Hart
Cecile B. Hartigan
Pamela Jo Hatley & John S. Olmstead
Cynthia A. Hawkins
Michael S. Hawley & Katherine J. Pierce
Jonathan L. & Teresa G. Hay
Diana L. & Clinton M. Hayes
Michael P. Haymans
Jeffrey M. & Joan M. Hazen
Maureen M. & James E. Hazen, Jr.
Kenneth P. Hazouri
William J. & Sara E. Hazzard
Robert J. & Elizabeth M. Head
Andres C. Healy
Robert A. & Mary L. Heekin
Lauren M. Heggestad
Phares M. & Linda A. Heindl
Jeanette K. Helfrich & John D. Rayner
Henderson, Franklin, Starnes & Holt
Dorsey F. Henderson, Jr.
William L. & Etta M. Hendry
Michael A. Hersh & Jacqueline E.
Hirschberg
Katherine M. & James O. Hetherington
Jesus M. & Gina B. Hevia
Richard H. & Jane G. Hiers
Clifford C. Higby
Hill, Rugh, Keller & Main
Benjamin H. & Marte A. Hill
B. Douglas Hind-Marsh♦
J. Fraser Himes
Erin R. Hines & Charles L. Bopp III
Lynn J. & Evelyn R. Hinson
Jeffrey A. & Lennie S. Hirsch
Craig P. Hoffman
Jarrett R. & Amanda H. Hoffman
Stephen V. & Jacqueline S. Hoffman
J. Bruce & Marion S. Hoffmann
Michael R. & Aixa M. Holt
Robert F. Hoogland
Michael J. Hooi
Chantal G. & Bob Hook
Colonel Edwin F. Hornbrook
Samuel J. Horovitz
Glenn R. Hosken
Scott L. Houston
Heather J. Howdeshell & David T. Burr
Louis F. & Nancy B. Hubener
David M. Hudson & J. Parker Ailstock
Jonathan P. & Kayla A. Huels
David W. Hughes
Norman L. & Miriam B. Hull
John M. Hunt
Scott E. & Susan J. Hunt
Daniel M. Hunter
Thomas R. & Elizabeth M. Hurst
Phillip H. & Renee G. Hutchinson
Ambassador Jeanette Hyde
Thomas B. & Jenina E. Hyman
Timothy M. & Linda E. Ingram
Adriane M. Isenberg
Jerold H. & Tanya Israel
Ivan D. Ivanov
LaShawnda K. Jackson
Nancy H. Jackson & K. Dino
Anastasiades
Bruce R. & Ann W. Jacob
Jeffrey A. Jacobs
Kevin E. & Martha A. Jakab
John M. Janousek
Grant C. & Rosemarie P. Jaquith
Mohammad O. Jazil & Maryum M. Khan
Pamela S. & Scott R. Jeeves
Robert L. & Rita C. Jennings
Adria M. & Matthew S. Jensen
Kevin M. & Susan E. Jinks
Clarence T. & Shirley T. Johnson
Edmond D. & Ann S. Johnson
Robert M. & Patricia A. Johnson
Timothy A. & Clair S. Johnson
James F. & Mary Beth K. Johnston
Cassidy E. & Matthew D. Jones
Jennifer Erin Jones
John A. & Margarette L. Jones
John H. Jones & Martha A. Lott
GIVING
… to protect Florida’s water
Glen Waldman donates toward environmental, land use and water law. He is
currently the managing shareholder of
Waldman Trigoboff Hildebrandt Marx &
Calnan, P.A., in Ft. Lauderdale.
Waldman said he hopes to ensure an
excellent faculty and a robust curriculum
designed to prepare students for the
complex issues presented in managing
and protecting water resources of South
Florida.
“The first and most important step to
be undertaken in effectively dealing with
complex, highly regulated industries
such as environmental, land use, water
supply and quality is through legal
education,” he said.
—GLEN WALDMAN (JD 83)
Managing Shareholder
Waldman Trigoboff Hildebrandt Marx & Calnan, P.A.,
Ft. Lauderdale
Please report any corrections to
Missy Poole at poole@law.ufl.edu
or call 352-273-0647.
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DISTINGUISHED DONORS
Peter C. Jones
Michael R. & Terri K. Josephs
William S. & Mary Lee Josey
Brian B. & Lisa M. Joslyn
John J. & Jacquelyn J. Joyce
Scott A. Justice
Charles J. & Janet S. Kahn
David L. & Maida S. Kahn
Michael D. Kaminer
Cathy A. & Grayson C. Kamm
Lisa J. Kanarek
Murray & Fredda Kanetsky
Lewis M. & Marcia J. Kanner
Keith C. Kantack
Elena Kaplan
Jacey Kaps
Kimon P. & Constance H. Karas
Neisen O. & Ana R. Kasdin
Caroline E. & Michael E. Kasper
Ilan G. Kaufer
James L. Kauffman
Bryan W. & Dawn C. Keene
Jack T. Keller
Steve E. Kelly
Frank W. Kenniasty
Michael G. & Lucy W. Kerman
David M. Kerner
Carolyn M. & Jesse B. Kershner
Mark S. & Laurette S. Kessler
Nicole C. Kibert
Kathryn A. Kimball
Robert A. & Emilie H. Kimbrough
David B. & Marilyn M. King
John S. Kirk
Allison L. Kirkwood
Marvin A. & Rhona L. Kirsner
Gerald R. & Sarah S. Kleedehn
Steven I. Klein
Brian H. & Jill Koch
Marilynn G. Koonce-Lindsey &
Terry L. Lindsey
Michael J. & Pamela V. Korn
Daniel R. & Kimberly E. Koslosky
Richard L. Kuersteiner
Larry H. & Linda M. Kunin
Gary B. Lambert
Philip R. & Kathryn K. Lammens
Charles W. Lammers
Frank A. & Gillian Landgraff
William R. & Sylvia H. Lane
James O. & Courtney Y. Lang
Joseph H. & Annette M. Lang
William F. & Tristan L. Langdon
Steve & Penny Langston
Suzanne D. Lanier & Ed Murphy
Roger A. & Melinda K. Larson
Natalie C. Lashway
Roy H. & Elizabeth M. Lasris
Lester B. & Stacey L. Law
John E. & Joan C. Lawlor
David & Roberta F. Lawrence
Robert A. & Gwen W. Lazenby
John J. Lazzara
Martin E. Leach
Jacob E. & Veronika N. Lea-Kelly
Ryan E. & Allan C. Leblanc
Gretchen M. Lehman
Stephen M. Lehr
John E. Leighton
Susan S. & Joshua D. Lerner
Joshua R. Levenson
Chauncey W. & Martha Z. Lever
Michael A. Levey & Linda Gorens-Levey
Michael R. & Judith N. Levin
Russell D. Levitt
Brian R. Levy
Mark F. & Rochelle N. Lewis
William B. Lewis
Margaret Lezcano
David S. & Kari M. Lieber
Lieser Skaff
Rutledge R. & Noel D. Liles
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Michael G. & Analisa Little
Jeanne H. Liu
Christina V. Lockwood
Robert M. Loehr
Daniel P. Logan & Gladys G. Cofrin
Caren L. & Michael J. Loguercio
James J. Long & Marsha K. Scott
Lamont C. & Leslie E. Loo
Stephen R. & Paige B. Looney
Bernardo Lopez & Janice L. Bergmann
Adam C. & Mary Catherine E. Losey
William B. & Reverend Molly O. Louden
Rita A. H. & John F. Lowndes
Charlene D. & Trevor S. Luke
Donald A. & Linda S. Lykkebak
Alexander C. & Cynthia Z. MacKinnon
Alexandra M. MacLennan &
Richard A. Beavers
Alison L. Maddux
Maglio, Christopher & Toale
Robert C. & Jill R. Maland
Jessica P. Malchow
Brian M. Malec
Alfred J. Malefatto & Moria Rozenson
John D. Malkowski
Rachel L. Malkowski
David E. & Carla E. Mallen
Robin Paul & Margaret A. Malloy
Henry E. & Marilyn M. Mallue
Anthony M. Malone & Pegeen Hanrahan
R. Layton Mank & Mary Stuart-Mank
Jonathan L. Mann
Grace N. & Robert J. Manne
Kateena E. & Robert C. Manners
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James E. & Kristen M. Walson
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James A. & Kay S. Watson
Joshua C. Webb
Andrew H. Weinstein
Law Firm Giving
50%-99% Participation
•Brown, Garganese, Weiss &
D’Agresta, Orlando
Champion: Jeffrey Weiss
•Casey Ciklin Lubitz Martens &
O’Connell, West Palm Beach
Champion: Jessica Callow Mason
•Clark, Partington, Hart, Larry, Bond
& Stackhouse, Pensacola
Champion: Jesse Rigby
•Davis & Harman, Washington, D.C.
Champion: Tad Davis
100% Participation
•Dean Mead, Fort Pierce
•Alston & Bird, Charlotte
Champion: Felipe Guerrero
Champion: Brian Bokor
•Dean Mean, Orlando
•Broad and Cassel, Orlando
Champion: Felipe Guerrero
Champion: Laura J. Thacker
•Farr, Farr, Emerich, Hackett, and
•Coker, Schickel, Sorenson &
Carr, Punta Gorda
Posgay, Jacksonville
Champion: Jack Hackett
Champion: Matthew Posgay
•Fassett, Anthony & Taylor, Orlando
•Dean Mead, Melbourne
Champion: Ladd Fassett
Champion: Felipe Guerrero
•Greenberg Traurig, West Palm Beach
•Fabiani & Hope, Gainesville
Champion: Lorie Gleim
Champion: David Sams
•Holland & Knight, Tampa
•Johnson, Pope, Bokor, Ruppel &
Champion: Mike Maguire
Burns, Clearwater
•Jakab Law, Jacksonville
Champion: Wally Pope
Champion: Kevin Jakab
•Johnson, Pope, Bokor, Ruppel
•Kubicki and Draper, Florida Offices
& Burns, Tampa
Champion: Betsy Gallagher
Champion: Wally Pope
•Leopold Law, West Palm Beach
•Leavengood & Nash, St.
Champion: Greg Weiss
Petersburg
•Levine Kellogg Lehman Schneider +
Champion: Ian Leavengood
Grossman, Miami
•Levin, Papantonio, Thomas,
Champion: Andrew Brown
Mitchell, Rafferty & Proctor,
•Page, Eichenblatt, Bernbaum &
Pensacola
Bennett, Orlando
Champion: Robert Blanchard
Champion: Nick Shannin
and Virginia Buchanan
•Shook, Hardy & Bacon, Tampa
•Pressly & Pressly, West Palm Beach Champion: Cathy Kamm
Champion: Grier Pressly
•Sutherland Asbill & Brennan, Atlanta
Champion: Jonathan Feldman
The Law Firm Giving program
encourages Gators to make a gift
to the University of Florida Levin
College of Law to support a variety
of worthwhile programs. Listed are
the firm names, office locations
and volunteer champions of the
participating firms in the categories
of 100 percent and 50-99 percent.
Thank you for your engagement!
Jeffrey S. & Bethanne L. Weiss
Ricky J. Weiss
Steven J. Wernick
Fowler C. West
Jennifer A. & Gail L. West
F. Scott & Tia N. Westheimer
Bill & Judy White
William Carter White
Wilbert’s
Lauren M. Wilcox
Thomas J. & Jean A. Wilkes
Williams Parker Harrison Dietz & Getzen
Charlotte W. & Sean T. Williams
Erica K. Williams
Fred & Kara C. Williams
Jorja M. Williams
Joseph H. & Carole W. Williams
Monica J. Williams
Robert F. & Alaine S. Williams
Sarah Ritterhoff & Daniel C. Williams
Warren E. & Marilyn B. Williams
Mary P. Williamson
Alexandra N. Wilson
Harry M. & Mary J. Wilson
Monica L. Wilson
Thomas G. Wilson III
C. Douglas Wingate
Gail I. Winson
Richard I. Withers
Nicholas J. Wittner
Edward O. & Willa J. Wolcott
Craig G. Wolfson
Mark J. & Myra S. Wolfson
Tanya T. Wollery-Williams
Edward B. & Linda P. Woodbery
Mitchel E. & Candice G. Woodlief
Joseph R. Worst
Elisa S. Worthington
Art & Mary E. Wroble
Jay A. Yagoda
Bruce I. & Betsy F. Yegelwel
Laura Minton & Robert E. Young
Robert L. & Mary H. Young
Sara A. Younger
Andrew W. Zerbock
Louise B. Zeuli
William K. Zewadski♦
Anton H. & Janet Zidansek
Joan W. Zinober
Peter W. Zinober
Nikitas G. & Jessica R. Zissimopulos
William P. & Jeannie B. Zox
(d) denotes deceased
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GIVING
… for the best moot court team
Florida Moot Court President Dylan Shea
(JD 13) had a plan. As he took over leadership
of the team for the 2012-2013 school year, Shea
realized that a leap into the nation’s top ranks
required the Florida Moot Court Team to travel
to more events, and that required more money.
So Shea began calling former Florida Moot
Court presidents and members, spearheading
a drive to raise money for an endowment that
would consistently pay for team travel.
“We realized that we were never going to be able to grow to the size that
we needed to go to and compete on that national scale unless we had more
money,” said Shea, an associate real estate practitioner with Lowndes,
Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed, P.A. in Orlando.
C. Andrew Roy (JD 11), an associate with Winderweedle, Haines, Ward and
Woodman, P.A. in Orlando who specializes in bankruptcy, creditor’s rights and
appellate work, was among the former presidents who answered the call.
“Our competitions are the heart of what we do and it really helps us develop
as students and as lawyers,” Roy said after a recent moot court competition in
the Martin H. Levin Advocacy Center courtroom. “I competed every semester
while I was in school, and it really gave me a passion for doing appellate work.”
Thanks to their efforts, the endowment is well on its way to becoming a reality.
—Dylan Shea (JD 13)
Real estate practitioner, Associate
Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed, P.A., Orlando
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UF LAW
C. Andrew Roy (JD 11),
in front, with members
of the 2013-2014 Moot
Court Team in the
Martin H. Levin Advocacy Center Courtroom.
From left are Jennie
Fine (2L), Sam Spinner
(2L), Andrew Oppenheim (2L) and Becki
Eikleberry (2L).
J.D. Alumni By Class. Alumni from many graduating classes made financial commitments to help the college grow stronger and expand programs and services,
thereby permitting the college to strive toward its full potential.
(Loyalty Society members
are recognized in the online
version of the Annual Report).
Please note: Names are listed
for gifts of $100 and up.
Names followed by a diamond
(♦) are life members of the
Trusler Society. Those names
followed by a star (H) are
Premium Charter Members
of the UF Law Young Alumni
Society. (d) denotes deceased.
Class of 1947
No. in Class:
17
Participation:6%
Founders Society - silver
Robert M. Ervin
Class of 1948
Class Total:
$175.00
No. in Class:
51
Participation:4%
Enrichment Society
William C. Owen, Jr.
Class of 1949
Class Total:
$410.00
No. in Class:
66
Participation:6%
Enrichment Society
John A. Jones
John E. Norris
Larry G. Smith
Class of 1950
Class Total:
$1,125.00
No. in Class:
59
Participation:5%
Trusler Society
Parker L. McDonald
Enrichment Society
Wm. A. Oughterson
Class of 1951
Class Total:
$9,337.72
No. in Class:
71
Participation:8%
Founders Society - platinum
James D. Camp, Jr.
Founders Society - silver
Mandell Glicksberg
Enrichment Society
George A. Dietz
William T. Harrison, Jr.
G. A. Smith, Judge
Class of 1953
No. in Class:
40
Participation:3%
Founders Society - gold
Charles W. Abbott
Class of 1954
Class Total:
$32,000.00
No. in Class:
31
Participation:16%
Founders Society - gold
E. G. (Dan) Boone
Robert L. Trohn
Partners
Stephen H. Grimes
Trusler Society
Donald J. Forman
Class of 1955
Class Total:
$2,350.00
No. in Class:
28
Participation:11%
Partners
W. Ray Fortner
Enrichment Society
W. Dexter Douglass (d)
Edward Siegel
Class of 1956
Class Total:
$30,569.29
No. in Class:
31
Participation:16%
Founders Society - gold
William V. Gruman
Enrichment Society
Louie N. Adcock, Jr.
Peter T. Fay
Robert P. Gaines
Class of 1957
Class Total:
$21,755.40
No. in Class:
40
Participation:23%
Founders Society - platinum
John M. McNatt, Jr.
Founders Society - silver
A. Ward Wagner, Jr.
Enrichment Society
Paul W. Danahy, Jr.
James O. Driscoll
Jose A. Gonzalez, Jr.
William L. Hendry
Daniel M. Hunter
Class of 1958
Class Total:
$25,300.00
No. in Class:
50
Participation:6%
Founders Society - gold
T. Terrell Sessums, Sr.
Enrichment Society
Clarence T. Johnson, Jr.
Lewis M. Kanner
Class of 1959
Class Total:
$220.00
No. in Class:
52
Participation:6%
Enrichment Society
Robert J. Boylston
Joseph Q. Tarbuck
Class of 1960
Class Total:
$5,025.00
No. in Class:
57
Participation:11%
Associates
James C. Rinaman, Jr.
Trusler Society
Bill Wagner
Enrichment Society
Thomas R. Brown
Robert A. Kimbrough
L. David Shear
Please report any corrections to Missy Poole at
poole@law.ufl.edu or
call 352-273-0647.
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J.D. ALUMNI
Class Gift
The Class of 2013 continued the tradition of
presenting a class gift at commencement by
raising $50,500 in cash and pledges. Many
thanks to class gift co-chairs Ryan Gilbert and
Wes Stephens and to all who donated.
Samantha Aylward
Benjamin Baird
Olga Balderas
Laura Beard
Kristin Belsito
Keegan Berry
Paydon Broeder
Andrew Casey
Kurt Ciell
Alexander Cobb
Ebony Cobb
Camilla Cohen
Frank Comparetto
Dinelia Concepcion
Mitchell Cooper
Jonas Cummings
Paul D’Alessandro
Mayra Del Rio
Amanda Delbusto
Tara DiJohn
Daniel DiMatteo
Glen Douglas
David Emas
Bonnie Foster
Sarah Foster
Joel Garland
Kelly Gay
Hayley Gerson
Ryan Gilbert
Daniel Gimbel
Aaron Goldman
Lawrence Gonzalez
Katherine Gudaitis
Adam Guercio
Michael Hacker
Brent Hartman
Connor Haskins
Sara Heuer
Class of 1961
Class Total:
$32,075.00
No. in Class:
65
Participation:12%
Founders Society - platinum
Fredric G. Levin
Founders Society - silver
Raymond W. Royce
Trusler Society
Gov. Kenneth H. “Buddy”
MacKay, Jr.
Enrichment Society
Robert J. Carr
C. Parkhill Mays, Jr.
Thomas H. Thurlow, Jr.
Class of 1962
Class Total:
$11,650.00
No. in Class:
90
Participation:14%
Founders Society - silver
DuBose Ausley
Ernest A. Sellers
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Sara Hoffman
Tyler Hudson
Sarah Jeck
Christopher Johnson
Philip Kegler
Nicole Kuncl
Kelly Lenahan
Alexander Leon
Andrick Lewis
Lauren Lewis
Benjamin Lichter
Matthew Livesay
Robin Lucas
David Maass
Asim Mandhai
Leila Mattimore
Jason Mays
Stephen McCullers
Alexandra Menegakis
Chase Nugent
Nicole Oscher
Erica Perdomo
Amanda Perez
Kevin Rabin
Jessica Rabinowitz
Lauren Rehm
Grant Schnell
Dylan Shea
Amanda Smith
Dana Somerstein
Wes Stephens
Brian Tackenberg
Philip Takacs-Senske
John Terwilleger
Samantha Tucker
Tamara Van Heel
Lauren Wajsman
Yekaterina Zhukova
Trusler Society
Norman Broad
Enrichment Society
Byron B. Block
Bruce S. Bullock
J. Edward Curren
Robin Gibson
J. Charles Gray
Peter C. Jones
R. Layton Mank
David P. Newman
William Carter White
Class of 1963
Class Total:
$10,875.00
No. in Class:
84
Participation:12%
Founders Society - gold
John C. Bierley
Partners
Bruce S. Rogow
Associates
Tad Davis
Trusler Society
Larry S. Stewart
Enrichment Society
Robert G. Blalock
Chester E. Clem, Jr.
Murray Kanetsky
William B. Louden
Sylvia H. Walbolt
Class of 1964
Class Total:
$5,430.00
No. in Class:
124
Participation:8%
Founders Society - silver
Charles T. Wells
Partners
Gerald F. Richman
Enrichment Society
W. Reynolds Allen
Haywood M. Ball
P. Ause Brown, Jr.
Stephen B. Duke
Stephen D. Gardner
Robert M. Johnson
Richard L. Kuersteiner
Class of 1965
Class Total:
$6,925.00
No. in Class:
128
Participation:9%
Founders Society - silver
Stumpy Harris
Trusler Society
Steve C. Horowitz
Richard H. Wilson
Enrichment Society
Russell P. Chubb
Charles E. Commander
Wallace H. Hall
Benjamin H. Hill III
Robert A. Lazenby
Thomas R. Shahady
M. Stephen Turner
Class of 1966
Class Total:
$106,990.00
No. in Class:
166
Participation:9%
Founders Society - platinum
W. Kelly Smith
Trusler Society
J. Thomas Cardwell
Allan P. Clark
Enrichment Society
Allan M. Blue
L. Kinder Cannon III
Robert B. Cochonour
Thomas C. Dunn
Rutledge R. Liles
L. E. McClellan, Jr.
George R. Moraitis
Charles P. Pillans III
Stephen J. Powell
Gregory A. Presnell
John F. Roscow III
Class of 1967
Class Total:
$19,315.00
No. in Class:
197
Participation:9%
Founders Society - silver
Edward C. Kitchen
Samuel C. Ullman
Associates
Barry S. Sinoff
Trusler Society
Barry R. Davidson
Council Wooten, Jr.
Enrichment Society
Jeanne Dawes Crenshaw
John A. DeVault III
W. Ford Duane
Robert J. Head, Jr.
Dorsey F. Henderson, Jr.
Roger A. Larson
John J. Lazzara
Alexander C. MacKinnon
Michael D. Martin
J. Michael McCarthy
Edward B. Woodbery
Class of 1968
Class Total:
$12,205.00
No. in Class:
178
Participation:9%
Founders Society - gold
Andrew C. Hall
Justus W. Reid, Sr.
Associates
Patrick E. Geraghty, Sr.
Trusler Society
Herbert L. Allen♦
Richard C. Ausness
William L. Kirk, Jr.
Enrichment Society
Douglas D. Batchelor, Jr.
Stephen J. Bozarth
Colonel Edwin F. Hornbrook
Robert D. McIntosh
John D. McKey, Jr.
Charles T. Sands
Donald D. Slesnick II
Mitchell H. Spingarn
Warren E. Williams
Class of 1969
Class Total:
$111,822.77
No. in Class:
175
Participation:11%
Founders Society - gold
Fred W. Pope, Jr.
Stephen H. Reynolds
Partners
Robert W. Mead, Jr.
Trusler Society
George W. Rohe
William K. Zewadski♦
Enrichment Society
Marc A. Cianca
Charles H. Egerton
William A. Evans
John F. Harkness, Jr.
Thomas B. Hyman, Jr.
Timothy A. Johnson, Jr.
Henry E. Mallue, Jr.
Noel H. Nation
Ben Patterson
Mike Segal
William J. Stewart, Jr.
Robert F. Williams
Peter W. Zinober
Class of 1970
Class Total:
$4,200.00
No. in Class:
195
Participation:6%
Trusler Society
Joseph C. Mellichamp III
Enrichment Society
Howard W. Brill
John M. Brumbaugh
Dabney L. Conner
H. Vernon Davids
Guy S. Emerich
W. Scott Gabrielson
Christy F. Harris
Donald A. Lykkebak
Harry Tempkins
Class of 1971
Class Total:
$13,050.00
No. in Class:
214
Participation:7%
Founders Society - platinum
Stephen N. Zack
Founders Society - gold
W. C. Gentry
Associates
Leslie J. Barnett
Robert S. Bolt
Enrichment Society
Larry B. Alexander
Darryl M. Bloodworth
Robert V. Duss
Phillip R. Finch
William J. Gundlach
J. Fraser Himes
Louis F. Hubener III
Martin J. Sperry
Robert J. Telfer, Jr.
L. James Teper
Class of 1972
Class Total:
$58,651.54
No. in Class:
341
Participation:11%
Founders Society - gold
Gene K. Glasser
Jeffrey W. Warren
Founders Society - silver
Bruce H. Bokor
Hal H. Kantor
James G. Pressly, Jr.
Clifford A. Schulman
Partners
Mark L. Horwitz
Associates
T. W. Ackert
Mark Hicks
Trusler Society
G. Thomas Ball
Donald S. Kohla
Enrichment Society
James W. Almand
Allan L. Casey
Christopher M. Fear
Stephen F. Gertzman
Frank B. Gummey III
David L. Kahn
G. Carson McEachern III
William D. McFarlane, Jr.
Manuel Menendez, Jr.
James S. Moody, Jr.
James P. Nilon
David A. Schmudde
James W. Sherby
L. Haldane Taylor
Robert L. Taylor
Dale W. Vash
Harry M. Wilson III
Class of 1973
Class Total:
$27,526.64
No. in Class:
378
Participation:9%
Founders Society – platinum
John H. Dasburg
Founders Society - silver
Buddy Schulz
Barristers
Martha L. Cochran
Partners
Abraham M. Shashy, Jr.
Associates
Philip A. DeLaney
Trusler Society
Kenneth C. Ellis
Mary B. Ellis
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Leighton D. Yates, Jr.
Enrichment Society
George Z. Bateh
Joseph W. Beasley
Nathan M. Bisk
Paul M. Cummings
George R. Dekle, Sr.
F. Joseph DuBray
George S. Dunn
Lynn J. Hinson
Andrew J. Markus
Michael J. Monchick
Hugh A. Richeson, Jr.
Jan K. Seiden
Frederick D. Smith
Mal Steinberg
Raymond E. Taylor, Jr.
Kenneth A. Treadwell
Joseph H. Williams
Art Wroble
Robert L. Young
Class of 1974
Class Total:
$71,256.65
No. in Class:
278
Participation:11%
Founders Society - gold
Richard P. Cole
Founders Society - silver
Robert E. Glennon, Jr.
K. Lawrence Gragg
Edward F. Koren
Robert M. Kramer
Partners
Andrew J. Fawbush
Gwynne A. Young
Associates
J.P. Carolan III
Trusler Society
Stephen B. Gillman
Frederick W. Jones
Harley E. Riedel II
Enrichment Society
Timothy G. Anderson
J. Victor Barrios
Robert S. Cross
Clay S. Davis, Jr.
Daniel D. Eckert
Theodore A. Erck III
M. Lanning Fox
Rev. Robert C. Gibbons
Garry M. Glickman
J. Bruce Hoffmann
Norman L. Hull
Jeffrey B. Marks
Ray W. Pennebaker
Louis K. Rosenbloum
Roger W. Sims
James M. Sowell, Jr.
Bill White
Bruce I. Yegelwel
Class of 1975
Class Total:
$34,161.66
No. in Class:
352
Participation:11%
Founders Society - silver
Maureen G. Gragg
Barristers
Alan M. Gerlach, Jr.
Partners
John W. Campbell
Anne C. Conway
Theodore A. Deckert
Associates
Rodney W. Smith
Trusler Society
James B. Barnes
Robert M. Harris
B. Douglas Hind-Marsh♦
John A. Shipley III
M. Stephen Smith III
Enrichment Society
Barry A. Abbott
Bernie A. Barton, Jr.
Carlton F. Bennett
Jeffrey F. Berin
Randy R. Briggs
Susan S. Demers
Christopher A. Detzel
Jacob Fishman
Charles V. Gagliardi
Robert A. Heekin
Jeffrey A. Hirsch
John H. Jones
John E. Lawlor III
Robert C. Maland
Patrick F. Maroney
Jennifer M. Parker
Jerrold K. Phillips
Austin F. Reed
Larry M. Roth
Patrick W. Skelton
Daniel Y. Sumner
James B. Tilghman, Jr.
Clemon W. Tripp, Jr.
Jose F. Valdivia, Jr.
Craig G. Wolfson
David H. Evaul
Don H. Goode
Freddie L. Goode
Charles J. Kahn, Jr.
Roy H. Lasris
Charles S. Modell
Thomas B. Smith
Class of 1976
Class Total:
$33,514.24
No. in Class:
375
Participation:8%
Founders Society - gold
Betsy E. Gallagher
Founders Society - silver
Elizabeth A. Jenkins
Partners
William A. Boyles
Becky Powhatan Kelley
Marjorie Bekaert Thomas
William A. Weber
Associates
Robert D. Critton, Jr.
Trusler Society
William H. Ferguson
Daniel B. Harrell
Stephen W. Seemer
Enrichment Society
Michael R. Band
Mark P. Buell
James N. Daniel III
Sally A. Dorn
Jack J. Fine
Marilynn G. Koonce-Lindsey
Mark F. Lewis
James J. Long
Alan K. McCall
Marilyn Wolf Peterson
Glenna J. Reeves
Charles A. Reinhardt, Jr.
Tura L. Schnebly
Janet R. Studley
John R. Wallace
Class of 1978
Class Total:
$101,610.00
No. in Class:
371
Participation:10%
Founders Society - gold
Cheryl R. Peek
David H. Peek
Partners
W. Crit Smith
Trusler Society
Dennis M. Campbell
Patricia P. H. Jones
Daniel F. Molony
Peter P. Murnaghan
Enrichment Society
F. Catfish Abbott
Marci Adler
Jeanelle G. Bronson
Theotis Bronson
Jay P. Cohen
Kaye Collie
James E. Eaton, Jr.
Richard D. Fultz
Melinda Penney Gamot
Cheryl L. Gordon
Robert E. Gordon
Peter J. Gravina
Mark S. Kessler
Chauncey W. Lever, Jr.
Grace N. Manne
Robert J. Merlin
Francis E. Pierce III
Jeffrey D. Segal
Michael H. Streater
Thomas J. Wilkes, Jr.
Class of 1977
Class Total:
$17,805.00
No. in Class:
318
Participation:7%
Partners
Lauren Y. Detzel
Jesse W. Rigby
John J. Scroggin
Trusler Society
Barbara J. Staros
Enrichment Society
Bruce D. Austin
Joan F. Beer
Class of 1979
Class Total:
$60,455.00
No. in Class:
321
Participation:12%
Founders Society - gold
Carol M. Brewer
Brian M. O’Connell
Founders Society - silver
Ladd H. Fassett
Lindy L. Paull
Lawrence E. Sellers, Jr.
Partners
Jack O. Hackett II
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David M. Layman
David S. Pressly
Associates
Peter T. Kirkwood
Trusler Society
James B. Murphy, Jr.
Enrichment Society
Christine K. Bilodeau
Faye A. Burner
V. Robert Denham, Jr.
James A. Edwards
Jeanette K. Helfrich
Craig P. Hoffman
Glenn R. Hosken
Neisen O. Kasdin
Michael J. Korn
Alfred J. Malefatto
Moria Rozenson
Betsy L. Ruff
Eric S. Ruff
Harold G. Schenker
David L. Sobel
Scott A. Specht
Richard L. Stockton
Timon V. Sullivan
Jennifer A. West
Gail I. Winson
Class of 1980
Class Total: $29,057.50
No. in Class:
349
Participation:7%
Founders Society – platinum
Mary Lou D. Dasburg
Founders Society - gold
Peter J. Genz
Partners
Randolph J. Rush
Associates
Mark S. Peters
Trusler Society
Richard B. Comiter
Enrichment Society
Anonymous
Penny H. Brill
Usher L. Brown
Charles A. Buford
Patrick C. Crowell
Robert I. Goldfarb
Cynthia A. Hawkins
Michael S. Hawley
Robin Paul Malloy
Neil M. O’Toole
Marshall R. Pasternack
Charles M. Rand
Richard B. Troutman
Richard I. Wallsh
C. Douglas Wingate
Class of 1981
Class Total:
$41,500.34
No. in Class:
376
Participation:10%
Founders Society - gold
Casey Johnson
Michael D. Minton
Founders Society - silver
Kenneth R. Johnson
Kimberly L. Johnson
Barristers
Jeffrey D. Feldman
Trusler Society
Susan E. Cook
Cynthia A. Holloway
Cheryl K. Lindgren
Robert R. Lindgren
James E. Moye
David H. Vickrey
Enrichment Society
Mary C. Arpe
R. Mason Blake
Raymond O. Bodiford
Patricia L. Burquest-Fultz
Frederick C. Craig, Jr.
Alan H. Daniels
Cherie H. Fine
Stephen E. Fogel
Phares M. Heindl
Jesus M. Hevia
Nancy H. Jackson
William S. Josey
Brian B. Joslyn
Marvin A. Kirsner
Martha A. Lott
Neal G. Patton
Mindy S. Quiat
D. Lawrence Rayburn
Howard M. Rosenblatt
Class of 1982
Class Total:
$36,720.00
No. in Class:
391
Participation:10%
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Partners
Jeffery A. Boone
John C. Bovay
John N. Giordano
Louis Nostro
Gary L. Printy
Oscar A. Sanchez
Mark Somerstein
Associates
Margaret D. Mathews
Trusler Society
Karen Meyer Buesing
Richard C. Pfenniger, Jr.
Enrichment Society
Catherine B. Bowles
Kathryn Angell Carr
Alys N. Daniels
David A. Eaton
Alan S. Gassman
Michael J. Gelfand
Linda R. Getzen
Robert F. Goodrich
Lucy T. Graetz
Michael P. Haymans
Robert F. Hoogland
Grant C. Jaquith
Robert L. Jennings
Susan S. Lerner
Michael R. Levin
Rita A. H. Lowndes
Marybeth McDonald
David B. Norris
Robert V. Potter, Jr.
Darryl R. Richards
E. J. Richardson
Kenneth M. Rubin
David Smolker
Edward T. Stockbridge
Mark J. Wolfson
Mitchel E. Woodlief
Class of 1983
Class Total:
$18,695.84
No. in Class:
333
Participation:10%
Founders Society - gold
Scott G. Hawkins
Barristers
James A. Gale
Partners
Eugenio Hernandez
George A. Vaka
Associates
Scott C. Ilgenfritz
Trusler Society
Perry G. Gruman
Enrichment Society
Thomas J. Ali
M. Robert Blanchard
Lavinia J. Dierking
Dyanne E. Feinberg
Susan G. Goffman
John E. Hale
Cecile B. Hartigan
Richard H. Hiers
Edmond D. Johnson
Suzanne D. Lanier
Russell D. Levitt
Keith G. Medleau
Dennis R. O’Connor
Henry Stephen Pennypacker
William E. Reischmann, Jr.
Lorinda M. Schreier
Sidney S. Simmons II
Louise B. Zeuli
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Class of 1984
Class Total:
$13,025.00
No. in Class:
321
Participation:9%
Founders Society - gold
Edward Downey
Partners
Michael A. Bedke
Trusler Society
Bill Bone
Allen N. Jelks, Jr.
Enrichment Society
David J. Akins
Mark G. Alexander
Stephen M. Durden
Brian T. Fitzgerald
P. Campbell Ford
Michael L. Gore
Cynthia Z. MacKinnon
Alexandra M. MacLennan
Elizabeth C. Marshall
Elizabeth T. McBride
Michael L. O’Neill
Catherine G. Reischmann
Kelly B. Sims
Jennifer B. Springfield
Brian J. Stack
Kimarie R. Stratos
David R. Vetter
Sarah Ritterhoff Williams
Class of 1985
Class Total:
$18,436.00
No. in Class:
363
Participation:9%
Barristers
Eugene K. Pettis
Associates
Phyllis P. Harris
Trusler Society
Raul A. Cuervo
Eduardo Palmer
William J. Schifino, Jr.
Michael W. Smith
Enrichment Society
Anderson L. Baldy III
R. Gregory Colvin
Brenna M. Durden
Steven Ellison
Gregg H. Fierman
Ariadne M. Fitzgerald
Linda C. Hankins
Timothy M. Ingram
Michael G. Kerman
William F. Langdon
John E. Leighton
Daniel F. McIntosh
Theresa A. Parrish
James K. Powers
Lee A. Schreiber
Ali Steinbach
Lisa L. Troutman
Salome J. Zikakis
Class of 1986
Class Total:
$15,423.64
No. in Class:
387
Participation:6%
Barristers
Douglas A. Wright
Associates
Jeffrey R. Dollinger
Trusler Society
Eric S. Gruman
Enrichment Society
J. Parker Ailstock
Thomas T. Ankersen
Frank M. Bedell
Mary C. Crotty
Jeffrey R. Elkin
Stephen V. Hoffman
Scott E. Hunt
Lucy W. Kerman
Robert M. Loehr
Kevin M. McCarty
Johnny L. Miller, Jr.
Bill A. Parady
Frank A. Pavese, Jr.
Hugh W. Perry
T. Howard Smith, Jr.
James A. Taylor III
Susan K. Warheit
Class of 1987
Class Total:
$11,660.00
No. in Class:
373
Participation:6%
Partners
Laura J. Thacker
Associates
John H. Dyer, Jr.
Karen C. Dyer
Enrichment Society
Anne M. Baldy
Jane D. Callahan
Canon Kurt H. Dunkle
Harolyn H. Dutt
Wendy R. England
Ronald M. Gache
Kenneth B. Goldsmith
John F. Halula
David S. Lieber
Helen W. McAfee
Dennis J. McGlothin
Gregory M. Palmer
Gary M. Pappas
Kathleen M. Paustian
Ronnie A. Sabb
David C. Schwartz
Jeffrey S. Weiss
Class of 1988
Class Total:
$8,292.40
No. in Class:
364
Participation:5%
Associates
Kolleen P. Cobb
Darrell W. Payne
Trusler Society
R. Craig Cooley
R. Scott Costantino
Enrichment Society
Glenn A. Adams
Robert B. Battista
Virginia M. Buchanan
Jonathan S. Coleman
Kraig A. Conn
Robin K. Davis
Robert T. Geis
Henry N. Gillman
Nancy P. Halula
Clifford C. Higby
Frank A. Landgraff
Brian A. McDowell
William E. Tabor, Jr.
Class of 1989
Class Total:
$10,133.00
No. in Class:
355
Participation:6%
Associates
John T. Rogerson III
Trusler Society
Mark A. Avera
Michael Ferguson
Bruce D. Landrum
C. Richard Newsome
Enrichment Society
Joseph E. Ankus
Judith E. Beasley
Rhonda B. Boggess
W. Bard Brockman
Marc D. Chapman
Patrick S. Cousins
Donald A. Dvornik
Andrew D. Fisher
Caroline E. Kasper
Ana C. Martinez
Charles P. Mitchell
Eric T. Olsen
Marta L. Rub
Robert D. Walker, Jr.
Class of 1990
Class Total:
$6,315.00
No. in Class:
375
Participation:6%
Associates
David L. Bilsker
Trusler Society
Leenetta B. Grizzard
Tate Taylor
Enrichment Society
Gregory S. Band
Tracy D. Chapman
Derrick E. Cox
Thomas P. Crapps
Robert B. Gough III
Bernardo Lopez
John D. Malkowski
David E. Mallen
Edward M. Mullins
Bradley M. Saxton
Class of 1991
Class Total:
$9,150.00
No. in Class:
375
Participation:6%
Partners
Bradford D. Kimbro
Associates
Chris W. Boyett
Enrichment Society
David A. Brennen
Kelly-Ann G. Cartwright
John R. Dierking
Larry C. Frarey
Michael D. Kaminer
Jon A. Morris
Rima Y. Mullins
Sylvia G. Norris
Robert J. Pile
Kimberly Bonder Rezanka
Scott L. Rogers
Katrina D. Rolle
Kelly B. Rose
Mark N. Tipton
Class of 1992
Class Total:
$13,675.00
No. in Class:
363
Participation:4%
Partners
John W. Randolph, Jr.
Associates
DeeDee C. Smith
Enrichment Society
Neil A. DeLeon
S. Katherine Frazier
Pamela S. Jeeves
Caren L. Loguercio
Barbara A. Puestow
Pamela E. Rogers
John A. Sapora
Lynn M. Schackow
Diane A. Tomlinson
Mark E. Walker
Class of 1993
Class Total:
$18,970.00
No. in Class:
405
Participation:7%
Partners
Scott G. Blews
Associates
Frank S. Goldstein
Trusler Society
Bruce M. Harris
Donna L. Longhouse
Enrichment Society
Jeffrey A. Aronsky
Brian J. Baggot
Nancy T. Baldwin
Yahn W. Bernier
Heather B. Brock
Gregory J. DeChurch
Jonathan D. Gerber
Gregory S. Hagopian
William J. Hazzard
Veronica S. McCrackin
Ami R. Patel
Rachel P. Ray
Janice Matson Rickert
Kathleen H. Roberts
Michael D. Simons
Robert G. Thornhill III
Jeffrey A. Tochner
Karen D. Walker
Class of 1994
Class Total:
$13,585.00
No. in Class:
380
Participation:6%
Partners
Matthew N. Posgay
P. Kristen Pressly
Associates
Marc A. Wites
Enrichment Society
Stacey Y. Adams
Kenneth R. Fountain
Tracy L. Gerber
Kenneth P. Hazouri
Larry H. Kunin
Martin E. Leach
Thomas M. McAleavey
Theresa A. Pennypacker
Sharon H. Proctor
Jack R. Reiter
Paul J. Scheck
Carol B. Shannin
Nicholas A. Shannin
Class of 1995
Class Total:
$6,985.00
No. in Class:
378
Participation:4%
Trusler Society
Lorie M. Gleim
Kimberly R. Keravouri
Enrichment Society
Scott E. Atwood
Caryn L. Bellus
Misty Taylor Chaves
Willem A. Daman
Anthony E. Denapoli
Tina A. Denapoli
Shane A. Hart
Joseph H. Lang, Jr.
Christine R. Sensenig
Charlotte W. Williams
Tanya T. Wollery-Williams
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Class of 1996
Class Total:
$3,550.00
No. in Class:
373
Participation:6%
Enrichment Society
Carolyn S. Ansay
Michael R. Ansay
Daniel K. Capes
Patrick P. Coll
C. Joy L. Fortson
Adriane M. Isenberg
James F. Johnston
Frank W. Kenniasty
Charles W. Lammers
Scott Michelman
Kathryn W. Oberto
Jeremy M. Sensenig
Ketan S. Vakil
F. Scott Westheimer
Class of 1997
Class Total:
$9,870.00
No. in Class:
372
Participation:5%
Partners
Brian D. Burgoon
Rahul Patel
Associates
Maria C. Carantzas
Enrichment Society
John M. Belcastro
Christina Bohannan
Hope W. Calhoun
Lerenzo Calhoun
Rick R. Chaves
Chantal G. Hook
Phillip H. Hutchinson
Jeffrey A. Jacobs
Jack T. Keller
Lara J. Tibbals
Christopher M. Tuccitto
Class of 1998
Class Total:
$16,960.00
No. in Class:
385
Participation:9%
Partners
J. Carter Andersen
Rebecca L. Brock
Marco Ferri
Taylor K. Rose
David M. Seifer
Gregory S. Weiss
Trusler Society
Brent F. Bradley
Enrichment Society
Bill R. Abrams
Eric N. Appleton
Brannon B. Belcastro
Tina L. Caraballo
Michael S. Dorris
Santiago Eljaiek III
Eric M. Ellsley
Thomas J. Fraser, Jr.
Jeffrey M. Hazen
Bryan W. Keene
Stephen M. Lehr
Ivan A. Morales
Kenneth S. Piernik
Brian K. Szilvasy
Wesley D. Tibbals
Elisa S. Worthington
Class of 1999
Class Total:
$11,900.00
No. in Class:
388
Participation:5%
Partners
J. Grier Pressly III
Enrichment Society
Bradley T. Borden
Katie L. Dearing
Aubrey H. Ducker, Jr.
Jonathan A. Feldman
Joseph E. Fluet III
David M. Gonzalez
Bryan S. Gowdy
Holly J. Greer
Kimberly J. Gustafson
Maureen M. Hazen
Christina V. Lockwood
Kathy-Ann W. Marlin
Candy L. Messersmith
Jason W. Peterson
Class of 2000
Class Total:
$7,965.00
No. in Class:
393
Participation:4%
Partners
Asnardo Garro, Jr.
Ian R. Leavengood
Enrichment Society
David M. Cayce
Sandra G. Cayce
Mark H. Dahlmeier
Deborah S. Eaton
Dianne Farb
Julie L. Sellers
Laurie E. Torban
GIVING
… for the unexpected
“We give to the annual fund to give the
dean the flexibility to use the funds to
Class of 2001
Class Total:
$8,915.28
No. in Class:
384
Participation:6%
Partners
Robin L. Leavengood
Trusler Society
Stacey A. Prince-Troutman
Enrichment Society
Ben Alexander
Frank Cruz-Alvarez
Paul E. De Hart IIIH
Bradley R. Gould
Scott L. Houston
Michael M. Mills, Jr.
Terry F. Nealy
Jeffrey A. Neiman
William C. Nijem, Jr.
Lara Osofsky Leader
Monica J. Williams
help meet the most current and pressing
Class of 2002
Class Total:
$4,775.02
No. in Class:
402
Participation:6%
Enrichment Society
Amanda M. Abraham
Jeffrey W. Abraham
Sara S. Becker
Salvatore Bochicchio
Nancy E. Cason
Shawn M. Cline
John T. Dekle
Byron D. Flagg
Adam N. Frisch
needed.”
needs of the law school.
“The law school and student organizations always have immediate needs
that were not adequately anticipated or
budgeted for. The annual fund gives the
dean a way to provide immediate funding to programs that need it the most
at a time when the funds are crucially
—LADD FASSETT (JD 79)
Commercial Trial Attorney
Partner
Fasset, Anthony & Taylor, P.A., Orlando
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Sierra D. Frisch
Steven T. Gold
LaShawnda K. Jackson
James L. Kauffman
Brian H. Koch
Philip R. Lammens
Samantha Schosberg Feuer
Kellye A. Shoemaker
Fradyn Suarez
Michael A. UngerbuehlerH
Nikitas G. Zissimopulos
Class of 2003
Class Total:
$7,035.00
No. in Class:
428
Participation:6%
Trusler Society
Sarah Cortvriend
Enrichment Society
Lisa M. Acharekar
Nicole S. Allison
Robyn L. Batelman
Joshua L. Becker
Bonnie C. Daboll
James L. Davidson
Benjamin F. Diamond
Roger D. Hall
Pamela Jo Hatley
Kevin E. Jakab
Nicole C. Kibert
Steven I. Klein
Jessica P. Malchow
Jessica C. Mason
B. Darin Patton
Bradley P. Rothman
Kelly K. Samek
Stacey B. Steinberg
Class of 2004
Class Total:
$6,327.50
No. in Class:
398
Participation:5%
Trusler Society
Luis A. Maldonado
Enrichment Society
Douglas A. Bates
Lisa L. Bates
Lenore T. Brakefield
Joel R. Feldman
Brent A. Gordon
Emily Hooks
Adria M. Jensen
Darren K. McCartney
L. Robin McKinney
Kenneth R. Noble III
Yong Peng
Thomas G. Santomaggio
Jason M. Trager
James E. Walson
Laura Minton Young
Class of 2005
Class Total:
$8,945.77
No. in Class:
376
Participation:8%
Associates
Julie C. Miller
C. Ryan Morgan
Trusler Society
Angela F. Benjamin
David L. Benjamin
Enrichment Society
Robert A. Caplen
Sarah Z. Collins
Blake J. Delaney
Michael K. Freedman
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Jarrett R. Hoffman
Cathy A. Kamm
Carolyn M. Kershner
Kateena E. Manners
Meredith Niewenhous
Adina L. Pollan
Whitney M. Untiedt
Leslie A. Utiger
Jennifer M. Voss
Erica K. Williams
Thomas G. Wilson III
Jessica R. Zissimopulos
Class of 2006
Class Total:
$10,160.00
No. in Class:
407
Participation:10%
Trusler Society
Jeffrey P. Lieser
Enrichment Society
Jolyon D. Acosta
Jeffrey A. Bekiares
Jarrett D. Bingemann
Kaitlin C. Bingham
Willard A. Blair
Amy N. Bokor
Brian K. Bokor
Erik N. Bonnett
Courtney B. Casp
Ryan M. Corbett
Ashley N. Crispin
Matthew A. Crist
Joshua D. Curry
Charles T. Douglas, Jr.
Stephanie Ducheine
Anthony P. Felice
Eduardo J. Fernandez
Daniel J. Glassman
Ivan D. Ivanov
Kevin M. Jinks
Steve E. Kelly
Howell W. Melton III
Kristin Y. Melton
W. Edwards Muniz
Amanda D. Perry
Brian A. Roof
Veronica T. Roof
John H. Seibert
Sara E. Stephenson
Lynsey A. Templeton
Jeffrey T. Troiano
Joseph R. Worst
Class of 2007
Class Total:
$13,725.07
No. in Class:
445
Participation:13%
Trusler Society
Ghada S. Lieser
Enrichment Society
Stephanie L. Adams
Jeffrey L. Allen
Ian M. Alperstein
Cecilia M. Bidwell
Scott A. Bowman
Michael P. Carolan
Burns A. Dobbins IV
Christina L. Faubel
Ashley K. Feasley
Dina S. Finkel
Elizabeth B. Frock
Jennifer J. Frydrychowicz
Jessica Furst Johnson
J. Seth Galloway
Christian P. George
Mildred Gomez
Alexander Hadjilogiou
Michael V. Hargett
Erin R. Hines
Meghann Hoskinson Bowman
Jonathan P. Huels
Lisa J. Kanarek
Daniel R. Koslosky
Gretchen M. Lehman
Brian M. Malec
Kelly S. Meyers
Holly R. Miller
Farooq A. Mitha
Kate B. Munkittrick
Thomas A. Munkittrick
John M. Paglio
Neil Patel
Caroline C. Printy
Gary L. Printy, Jr.
Nathaniel T. Quirk
John H. Rains IV
Corinne R. Simon
Dwayne J. Simpson
Darryl F. Smith
William B. Spottswood, Jr.
Carolyn R. Ward
Joshua C. Webb
Steven J. Wernick
Alexandra N. Wilson
Class of 2008
Class Total:
$5,950.00
No. in Class:
304
Participation:12%
Enrichment Society
Steven J. Adamczyk
Lauren M. Alperstein
John R. Campbell
Kristin E. Carpenter
Christopher B. Cortez
Elizabeth A. Faist
Brandon P. Faulkner
Jeffrey A. Gadboys
Natalie F. Guerra-Valdes
Diana L. Hayes
Michael A. Hersh
Michael J. Hooi
Samuel J. Horovitz
Ilan G. Kaufer
Joshua R. Levenson
William B. Lewis
Giannina Marin
Ryan D. Maxey
Jamie L. Meola
Michael T. Morlock
Edward N. Rauschkolb
Simon A. Rodell
Lindsay A. Roshkind
Thomas F. Villanti
S. Carey Villeneuve
Jorja M. Williams
Class of 2009
Class Total:
$6,725.00
No. in Class:
419
Participation:10%
Enrichment Society
Joshua S. Altshuler
Dana M. Apfelbaum
Christopher D. Baehman
Aleksas A. Barauskas
Lance E. Berry
Jonathan M. Blocker
Denise B. Cazobon
Lisa Clasen
Christine A. Covington
David M. Crane
Lawrence J. Dougherty
Hunter S. Edwards
Patrick C. Emans
Mitchell W. Goldberg
Dennis C. Gucciardo
Corey Harris
Heather J. Howdeshell
Mohammad O. Jazil
Jennifer Erin Jones
Natalie C. Lashway
Brian R. Levy
Adam C. Losey
Mary Catherine E. Losey
Alison L. Maddux
Eric D. Nowak
Christopher A. Pavilonis
Jason A. Pill
Marisa E. Rosen
Lindsay M. Saxe
Richard D. Shane
Shawn M. Taylor
Carly C. Todd
Wesley A. Todd
Natasha L. Waglow
Class of 2010
Class Total:
$9,850.00
No. in Class:
381
Participation:13%
Trusler Society
Tara J. Nelson
Enrichment Society
Cary O. Aronovitz
Kevin D. Barr
Robert J. Braxton
Clay M. Carlton
Paul C. Cipparone
DaMorus A. Cohen
Robert W. Davis, Jr.
Anne N. Gonzalez
Amy L. Hanna
Andres C. Healy
Lauren M. Heggestad
Cassidy E. Jones
Jacquelyn J. Joyce
David M. Kerner
Allison L. Kirkwood
Ryan E. LeBlanc
Rachel L. Malkowski
Dana B. Mehlman
Eugenia Mize
Joshua A. Mize
Jamie W. Olinto
Angela M. Owens
Francis E. Pierce IV
Kristen Rasmussen
Tiffany C. Raush
Ryan A. Schmid
Gustav L. Schmidt
Kevin Sharbaugh
Patricia I. Sierra
Allison D. Sirica
Martin E. Strauch
Erin M. Swick
Christie J. Vetter
Ariana F. Wallizada
Monica L. Wilson
Jay A. Yagoda
Sara A. Younger
Enrichment Society
Justin S. Alex
Amanda K. Anderson
Anthony L. Bajoczky, Jr.
Andrew S. Brown
Nicholas A. Brown
Christopher B. Burton
Kelly M. Damerow
Nathaniel M. Edenfield
Megan E. Flatt
Nathaniel A. Frazier
Adam D. Griffin
David W. Hughes
John M. Hunt
John J. Joyce III
Jacob E. Lea-Kelly
Frank M. Mari
Devin A. Moss
Katherine A. Moum
Heather S. Needelman
Megan A. Policastro
Matthew J. Richardson
Dwayne A. Robinson
Darren Schweiger
Benjamin J. Steinberg
Mary K. Tinsley
Wilbert R. Vancol
Class of 2012
Class Total:
$3,345.00
No. in Class:
326
Participation:6%
Enrichment Society
Shelby M. Anderson
John B. Atkinson
Kelly G. Dunberg
Jonathan E. Freidin
Robert W. Gidel
John M. Janousek
Kathryn A. Kimball
Jonathan L. Mann
Michael A. McMillan
Leigh Anne Miller
Sarah A. Moore
Adriana M. Paris
Lindsay L. Powell
Jonathan D. Ramsey
Robyn A. Shelton
Tara L. Tedrow
Deborah K. Tyson
Please report any corrections to Missy Poole at
poole@law.ufl.edu or
call 352-273-0647.
Class of 2011
Class Total:
$6,240.00
No. in Class:
404
Participation:10%
UF LAW
GIVING
... time and expertise to build diversity at UF Law
BY JENNA BOX (4JM)
Alumni can contribute to UF Law in more ways
than writing a check. Giving time to important
efforts via task forces and committees, lending
expertise and mentoring ensure the success of
the law school, too.
Last year, members of the Admissions and
Diversity Task Force made such a contribution.
Committed to broad diversity and concerned
with the small number of black students in the
entering class of 2012, UF Law formed the task
force and asked its members to join efforts to do
better.
With the outside knowledge of alumni Mike
Bedke (JD 84), Eugene Pettis (JD 85) and Christopher Chestnut (JD 05), combined with the
inside knowledge of faculty, students and administrators, the task force built upon an alumnistudent partnering program already in place.
“We have an Alumni Match Program where
admitted students are matched with an alum and
the alum helps them through the decision-making process of choosing a law school,” explained
Assistant Dean for Admissions Michelle Adorno.
Bedke came up with the idea to expand the
original program to cover the entire law school
experience. He called it Team UF.
Bedke’s Team UF program is designed to recruit and retain minority students in a way that
is analogous to how colleges recruit and retain
student athletes, he said. Bedke introduced
it to the task force as a “cradle-to-grave” approach: alumni would make initial phone calls to
admitted students, prepare them for the 1L year
and answer questions, encourage them to get
involved throughout the 2L and 3L years, help
them graduate, pass the bar and land a job in
their area of choice.
“I think that in such a competitive market
we’ve got to differentiate ourselves,” Bedke said
of UF Law. “Frankly, letting people know that
we want them and that we’re committed to their
success is the key.”
And far from over promising, the task force
delivered, Bedke said. The results of Team UF
were apparent in the numbers: Black student
enrollment in the 1L entering class went from 10
in 2012 to 38 in 2013, and minority enrollment in
the entering class was the highest since 1999.
“Team UF … has the potential to change positively the culture of our law school,” said Pettis,
co-chairman of the task force and president of
The Florida Bar. “Bringing an outside perspective
is a positive contribution you couldn’t necessarily
have if you’re coming from within the institution,
and I think it’s critical that alumni work in partnership with the law school to address issues not
only of fundraising but issues such as this diversity task force did.”
The results of this alumni partnership with UF
Law proves how critical alumni involvement truly
is. For Bedke, he just says he’s “paying it forward.” He wouldn’t be where he is today without having attended UF Law, noted the partner
at DLA Piper who heads its Real Estate Group in
Florida.
“Even if someone, particularly in these challenging economic times, doesn’t necessarily have
the wherewithal to write a check, he or she can
absolutely donate some time,” Bedke said. “Participation that puts (alumni) directly involved with
other alumni or students on campus and gets
them back to Gainesville is more fun and more
rewarding than just sending your check.”
Bedke
Pettis
Want to get involved?
•To mentor admitted students, contact Assistant Dean for Admissions Michelle Adorno at
madorno@law.ufl.edu or 352-273-0890.
•To join the Law Alumni Council, contact Associate Director of Development & Alumni
Affairs Lindsey Farah at farah@law.ufl.edu or
352-273-0640. •To mentor a current student or recent graduate, contact Assistant Dean of Career Development Rob Birrenkott at rbirrenkott@law.ufl.
edu or 352-273-0860.
•For information about serving as a judge in
intramural moot court competitions or appellate advocacy oral arguments, contact Mary
Adkins at adkinsm@law.ufl.edu or 352-2730875.
•For information about serving as a judge in
trial team tournaments — including the UF
Undergraduate Trial Team Program that UF
Law co-sponsors — contact Jennifer Zedalis at
zedalis@law.ufl.edu or 352-273-0814.
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GIVING
… an education in tax law
Brian Phillips (facing page) donates toward the book award for
Procedures in Tax Fraud Cases and to assistantships just like
the one Caitlin Foster received in Graduate Tax. In fact, the
assistantship has helped with her decision to pursue an LL.M.
at UF Law.
“It’s donations like these that make my position possible and provide
positions for many other LL.M. students as well,” Foster said.
Phillips said helping to preserve and grow UF’s nationally
recognized LL.M. program is part of his personal commitment
as an alumnus, adjunct faculty member and a “giant fan”
of the program.
“I think that attracting and rewarding the best students
strengthens the program and makes the entire experience better
for everyone.”
—BRIAN PHILLIPS (LLMT 90)
Founding and Managing Shareholder
A. Brian Phillips, P.A., Orlando
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UF LAW
Brian Phillips (LLMT 90)
and LLMT candidate
Caitlin Foster in the
Marcia Whitney Schott
Courtyard at UF Law.
Tax Alumni By Class. Graduates of the Graduate Tax Program, ranked No. 1
among publics, provided significant financial support so the college could continue
to meet the challenge of achieving top-tier excellence in legal education.
(Loyalty Society members
are recognized in the online
version of the Annual Report).
Please note: Names are listed
for gifts of $100 and up.
Class of 1975
Class Total:
$4,625.00
No. in Class:
38
Participation:18%
Founders Society - silver
Robert E. Glennon, Jr.
K. Lawrence Gragg
Trusler Society
Dennis A. Calfee
Enrichment Society
Harry S. Colburn, Jr.
Lee J. Dixon II
David M. Hudson
Class of 1976
Class Total:
$3,950.00
No. in Class:
43
Participation:19%
Trusler Society
James B. O’Neal
Robert A. Pierce
Enrichment Society
Bernie A. Barton, Jr.
Walter G. Clayton III
Jacob Fishman
John H. Jones
Ronald L. Rowland
Class of 1977
Class Total:
$2,178.00
No. in Class:
39
Participation:18%
Trusler Society
Harry M. Eisenberg
Enrichment Society
Thomas H. Carter, Jr.
John J. Collins, Jr.
James A. Watson
Class of 1978
Class Total:
$7,900.00
No. in Class:
66
Participation:12%
Partners
William A. Boyles
Associates
Everett R. Moreland
Enrichment Society
David H. Evaul
Paul D. Fitzpatrick
Don H. Goode
Bradley C. Grossenburg
Ronald L. Siegel
Susan Slagle
Class of 1979
Class Total:
$51,065.00
No. in Class:
44
Participation:20%
Founders Society - gold
David H. Peek
Partners
John J. Scroggin
Enrichment Society
Mrs. Jean C. Coker
Cheryl L. Gordon
Jonathan C. Gordon
Kimon P. Karas
Robert F. O’Connell
Class of 1980
Class Total:
$21,250.00
No. in Class:
47
Participation:15%
Founders Society - gold
Brian M. O’Connell
Founders Society - silver
Lindy L. Paull
Associates
Peter T. Kirkwood
Enrichment Society
Harris H. Barnes III
Gerald R. Kleedehn
Class of 1981
Class Total:
$9,069.00
No. in Class:
64
Participation:22%
Founders Society - gold
David E. Bowers
Partners
Randolph J. Rush
Trusler Society
Richard B. Comiter
Enrichment Society
Richard G. Cherry
Mark W. Cochran
Michael S. Hawley
Jennifer C. Hepler
Craig P. Hoffman
William R. Lane, Jr.
Gerald F. Stack
Anton H. Zidansek
Class of 1982
Class Total:
$12,232.00
No. in Class:
61
Participation:7%
Founders Society - gold
Michael D. Minton
Enrichment Society
Patricia L. Burquest-Fultz
Marvin A. Kirsner
Alan L. Rubens
Class of 1983
Class Total:
$7,000.00
No. in Class:
60
Participation:18%
Partners
Michael A. Abbott
John N. Giordano
Trusler Society
Ellen R. Gershow
Gregory F. Wilder
Enrichment Society
Stephen L. Cordell
Kent B. Cronquist
Alan H. Daniels
Alan S. Gassman
Michael A. Levey
Mark E. Manovich
Robert L. Miller
Class of 1984
Class Total:
$400.00
No. in Class:
72
Participation:4%
Enrichment Society
Jonathan L. Hay
Fred Williams
Class of 1985
Class Total:
$2,120.84
No. in Class:
74
Participation:12%
Associates
Guy E. Whitesman
Enrichment Society
Charles L. Balch III
R. Gregory Colvin
Christopher A. Detzel
Stephen R. Looney
Walter H. Nunnallee
Ricky J. Weiss
Class of 1986
Class Total:
$650.00
No. in Class:
47
Participation:6%
Enrichment Society
David K. Cahoone
Diana B. Chapman
Class of 1987
Class Total:
$6,875.00
No. in Class:
62
Participation:10%
Barristers
Douglas A. Wright
Partners
Louis Nostro
Enrichment Society
Scott E. Hunt
Lisa S. Odom
Mark A. Prater
Class of 1988
Class Total:
$5,325.00
No. in Class:
44
Participation:7%
Partners
John C. Bovay
Enrichment Society
Jane D. Callahan
Class of 1989
Class Total:
$783.50
No. in Class:
63
Participation:5%
Enrichment Society
Charles L. Cooper, Jr.
John E. Lawlor III
Michael R. Nelson
Class of 1990
Class Total:
$7,475.00
No. in Class:
53
Participation:13%
Founders Society - silver
A. Brian Phillips
Enrichment Society
Glenn A. Adams
William L. Curry
Caroline E. Kasper
Jonathan H. Nason
Class of 1991
Class Total:
$650.00
No. in Class:
63
Participation:5%
Enrichment Society
Michael G. Little
Charles Pillitteri
Daniel H. Waters, Jr.
Please report any corrections to Missy Poole at
poole@law.ufl.edu or
call 352-273-0647.
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TAX ALUMNI
Class of 1993
Class Total:
$2,200.00
No. in Class:
57
Participation:9%
Trusler Society
Wilton B. Hyman
Enrichment Society
Dwayne W. Barrett
Lester B. Law
Mrs. Tance E. Roberts
William P. Zox
Class of 1994
Class Total:
$3,000.00
No. in Class:
63
Participation:10%
Trusler Society
Gary W. Huston
Donna L. Longhouse
Enrichment Society
David A. Brennen
David A. Roby, Jr.
Mary P. Williamson
Class of 1995
Class Total:
$120.00
No. in Class:
74
Participation:3%
Enrichment Society
Bruce R. Jacob
Class of 1996
Class Total:
$325.00
No. in Class:
77
Participation:4%
Enrichment Society
Lamont C. Loo
Peter A. Rivellini
Class of 1997
Class Total:
$120.00
No. in Class:
64
Participation:5%
Enrichment Society
Keith M. Olivia
Class of 1998
Class Total:
$775.00
No. in Class:
79
Participation:6%
Enrichment Society
Monica D. Armstrong
Daniel K. Capes
Tina A. Denapoli
Class of 1999
Class Total:
$800.00
No. in Class:
58
Participation:7%
Enrichment Society
Joseph M. Depew
Rahul P. Ranadive
James H. Sutton, Jr.
Peter J. Walsh
Class of 2000
Class Total:
$1,100.00
No. in Class:
79
Participation:5%
Enrichment Society
Bradley T. Borden
Christina V. Lockwood
Clancy V. Mendoza
Brenden S. Moriarty
Class of 2001
Class Total:
$400.00
No. in Class:
77
Participation:4%
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Enrichment Society
Denise M. Cordes
Keith C. Kantack
Class of 2002
Class Total:
$6,130.00
No. in Class:
71
Participation:10%
Partners
Heath K. Dedmond
Stacy L. Kenyon
Trusler Society
Stacey A. PrinceTroutman
Enrichment Society
Wendy C. Breinig
Elena Kaplan
Kerry A. Ryan
Class of 2003
Class Total:
$3,265.00
No. in Class:
91
Participation:8%
Partners
Terrence T. Dariotis
Enrichment Society
Salvatore Bochicchio
Telly J. Meier
Benjamin A. Swift
Class of 2004
Class Total:
$860.00
No. in Class:
91
Participation:7%
Enrichment Society
Alexander D. DeVitis
Joanna D. Dosik
Adam N. Frisch
James F. Goldsmith
Susan L. St. John
Class of 2005
Class Total:
$1,375.00
No. in Class:
88
Participation:5%
Trusler Society
Charles L. Stake
Enrichment Society
Thomas B. Christenson II
Michael J. Faehner
Class of 2006
Class Total:
$715.00
No. in Class:
81
Participation:7%
Enrichment Society
Mrs. Kateena E. Manners
Yong Peng
Phyllis C. Smith
Timothy L. Smith
Class of 2007
Class Total:
$850.00
No. in Class:
99
Participation:5%
Enrichment Society
Jolyon D. Acosta
Erik N. Bonnett
Jeffrey T. Troiano
Richard I. Withers
Class of 2008
Class Total:
$2,820.08
No. in Class:
96
Participation:15%
Enrichment Society
Scott A. Bowman
Burns A. Dobbins IV
Daniel J. Glassman
Katherine M.
Hetherington
Brian M. Malec
David F. Pressly
William C. Roberts
Anne K. Russell
Joseph R. Worst
Class of 2009
Class Total:
$1,500.00
No. in Class:
105
Participation:7%
Enrichment Society
Elizabeth A. Faist
Tiffany Hamil
Mrs. Jamie L. Meola
Lindsay A. Roshkind
Mark D. Snider
William B. Spottswood, Jr.
Arik G. Turner
Class of 2010
Class Total:
$1,420.00
No. in Class:
135
Participation:7%
Enrichment Society
Dana M. Apfelbaum
Denise B. Cazobon
Wooje Choi
Sarah Z. Collins
Patrick C. Emans
Mitchell W. Goldberg
James C. Hamilton
Ronald C. Nesbitt
Christopher A. Pavilonis
Class of 2011
Class Total:
$650.00
No. in Class:
110
Participation:4%
Enrichment Society
Robert J. Braxton
Byron D. Flagg
James O. Lang
Ariana F. Wallizada
Class of 2012
Class Total:
$400.00
No. in Class:
116
Participation:3%
Enrichment Society
Elizabeth M. Nelson
James A. Nelson, Jr.
Jorja M. Williams
Other Graduate Alumni
Alumni from our many graduate
degree programs made financial
commitments to help the college
continue to be an institution
of excellence. (Loyalty Society
members are recognized in the
online version of the Annual
Report.) Please note: Names are
listed for gifts of $100 and up.
Jorge D. Ramirez Tubilla
Olakunle Ayotunde Lawr
Memorials & Tributes
MEMORIALS
In Memory:
Amnon & Marian Graetz
Lucy T. Graetz
In Memory:
Bill H. McBride, Jr.
Anonymous
Rosemary E. Armstrong
James W. & Eunice T. Baros
Dennis V. & Georgene M. Bender
Mitchell W. Berger
Herbert Berkowitz
Nathan M. Bisk
William S. & Patricia A. Blizzard
Bruce H. & Joanne K. Bokor
L. Kinder & Barbara S. Cannon
Collier County Democratic
Sandra Diamond
James E. Eaton, Jr.
Joseph W. & Joanne M. Fleece
Florida Democratic Party
Folsom Groves
Steve A. & Denise J. Freedman
Larry Fuchs
Bruce W. & Evelyn L. Greer
Gregory, Sharer & Stuart
Virginia Harrell
J. Fraser Himes
Ambassador Jeanette Hyde
William L. & Nancy C. Kirk
Edward F. & Louise P. Koren
Gary B. Lambert
Lieser Skaff
Gov. Kenneth H. “Buddy” &
Anne S. MacKay
John Medica
Manuel & Linda L. S. Menendez
Mark C. Michalowski
Lynne M. Moeller
James S. & Kelli O. Moody
Susan R. Nolan
John A. & Pamela M. Noland
L. Glenn Orr, Jr.
Mimi Osiason
Ron Sachs Communications
Adam B. Schwartz
Lawrence E. & Cathy M. Sellers
Robert J. Shingler, Jr.
Roger W. & Debbie Sims
Adelaide A. Sink
Robert M. & Sue A. Strickland
Robert M. Thomas
Trenam & Kemker
Tucker/Hall
Bill Wagner
Andrew H. Weinstein
Andrew W. Zerbock
In Memory:
Johnson S. “Buddy” Savary
Anne L. Apt
Denise N. Barker
Robert J. & Kathryn Angell Carr
Laurence D. Connor
Arthur D. & Laurie S. Ginsburg
UF LAW
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT
Cheryl L. & Scott E. Gordon
Darlene Hanson
Wilfred F. & Barbara J. Lorry
Maglio, Christopher & Toale
The Nickles Group
Thomas R. Oliveri
Dorothy Scheurenbrand
T. Raymond Suplee
Williams, Parker, Harrison, Dietz &
Getzen
Patricia T. Wilson
In Memory:
Dr. Edna L. Saffy
Jeanette K. Helfrich & John D.
Rayner
In Memory:
E. Thom Rumberger
Manley K. Fuller III
Ellis Green
Anthony M. Malone & Pegeen
Hanrahan
Nicholas J. Wittner
In Memory:
Gerald A. Williams
Emerson R. & Geraldine F.
Thompson
In Memory:
J. Carter Perkins, Sr.
Barbara K. Perkins
In Memory:
James Malin
Cameron H. Malin
In Memory:
Joseph G. Heyck, Jr.
Mary L. Grable
In Memory:
Joseph P. Milton
Tony R. & Tiffany R. Otero
In Memory:
Lacy Mahon, Jr.
Manuel & Linda L. S. Menendez
In Memory:
Lewis Ansbacher
Richard S. Olson
In Memory:
Lillian T. Coggin-Proctor
Kim O’Connor
In Memory:
Marietta Smith
Michael W. Smith & Jodi L.
Scheurenbrand
In Memory:
Matilde Hume Landrum
Bruce D. & Elizabeth C. Landrum
In Memory:
Michele W. Schulman
JustGive
Clifford A. Schulman
In Memory:
Rebecca J. Jakubcin
Douglas R. Sullenberger
In Memory:
The Hon. Benjamin F. Overton
Fletcher N. & Nancy T. Baldwin
Florida Municipal Attorney’s
Association
Fisher & Sauls
Joseph W. & Joanne M. Fleece
Mandell & Joyce K. Glicksberg
In Memory:
Tricia Bohnenberger Valles
Michael G. Bohnenberger
In Memory:
Wm. Reece Smith, Jr.
Dean Mead
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TOP TAX
uf law graduate
taxation since 1974
70
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An arc of
excellence
Top scholars, student immersion keep Grad Tax No. 1
I
n 1988, Michael Friel assumed
the director’s position for UF
Law Graduate Tax. He took over
a program with a reputation as
among the best in America that
needed someone who could continue to guide it and maintain that status.
“Don’t screw it up,” Friel says he kept
telling himself as he took the helm of the
program.
Mission accomplished.
As 2014 approaches, Graduate Tax
remains UF Law’s signature program,
widely recognized by tax scholars and
practitioners nationwide as among the
best. Indeed, the UF Law tax program is
consistently ranked first among public
schools and in the top three by U.S. News
& World Report.
Since its inception in 1974 through today, UF Law’s tax faculty have authored
some of the most widely used textbooks
and treatises in the field. They have been
leaders in professional organizations and
consultants for the Internal Revenue Service and other major entities. Graduates
continue to be principal architects of U.S.
BY ANDREW STEADMAN (2L)
tax policies and their application, and
alumni of the new LL.M. in International
Taxation influence tax laws far beyond
America’s shores.
The reputation of Grad Tax, as it is
known among friends, was evident just a
few years after its creation when a 1980
study by the accounting firm Ernst &
Whinney placed Florida’s tax program
among the top five in the nation.
Grad Tax is set apart from many of
its peer programs by the fact that it is a
full-time residential program. The majority of its tax professors are full-time as
well. This allows for continued interaction
among classmates and professors both inside and outside the classroom, providing
an immersive experience.
The program gets students ready to respond to tax issues that arise in practice,
whether or not those problems have been
encountered before.
“What’s been consistent is a method
of teaching and a goal. I tend to express
this as providing a foundation for tax practice,” Friel said. “The incredible faculty
we’ve had starting in 1974 and continuing
Friel
today are the ones who have provided that
foundation, while building the program’s
reputation to its current level.”
And when it comes to value, UF Law
stands alone. According to data compiled
by U.S. News & World Report, tuition is
$21,421 per year for in-state full-time
students. That’s less than half the yearly
tuition paid by students at all but one
of the other schools atop the U.S. News
rankings.
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The 1975-76 class photo of UF Law’s Graduate Tax of LL.M. candidates and professors. In the front row from left are the professors: Dennis A.
Calfee (LLMT 75), Steve Lind, C. Douglas “Doug” Miller, Richard B. Stephens, James J. “Jack” Freeland, Lawrence Lokken and Henry A. Fenn.
The LL.M. in Taxation program enrolled about 60 students per year during
its first 25 years, Friel said. Since then,
the program has expanded class size to
about 90 per year, including the addition of the LL.M. in International Law
and the nation’s first Doctor of Juridical
Science in Taxation.
David A. Brennen (JD 91, LLMT
94) first became aware of the tax program when he was a J.D. student at UF
Brennen
72
Law. Realizing he had an affinity for tation proves advantageous for graducode-based courses while taking envi- ates in a competitive job market.
Brennen said he expects UF Law’s
ronmental law, Brennen applied to the
LL.M. program during his third year of tax program to continue to excel. “Tax
law is one of those aspects of law that
law school.
Brennen received his LL.M. in tax is going to be important for years to
come.”
and went on to
The
LL.M.
become the curin
International
rent dean of the
Taxation Program
University
of
places Grad Tax at
Kentucky’s law
the forefront in the
school. UF constudy of internatinues to set the
tional tax. UF Law
standard for taxacreated its Internation law, earning
respect from its
tional Tax program
in 2005 to meet the
peers in the process.
—David A. Brennen (jd 91, llmt 94) increasing demand
“I have kept Dean, University of Kentucky College of Law from international
students. The Intermy eye on the
program,” Brennen said. “They have national Tax degree program attracts stubeen continuously hiring top-notch fac- dents from all over the world. Typically
the 20 to 25 who enroll each year have
ulty.”
As illustrated by the high-powered practiced in their home countries and
firms that regularly recruit its students, many come from Latin America.
Meanwhile, an interconnected world
employers are aware of the high quality
of graduates produced by the program demands international tax expertise.
Tax experts say legal multinational
as well, Friel said. The program’s repu-
“I have kept my eye
on the program.
They have been
continuously hiring
top-notch faculty.”
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The Foundations of Graduate Tax
corporations, electronic commerce, and international business and investment transactions — in other words globalization —
place a premium on knowledge of international tax rules. Meanwhile, foreign lawyers
must become more familiar with both U.S.
and international tax rules.
Grad Tax tries to deliver that expertise through its LL.M., but also through
the S.J.D. in Taxation, which accepts one
or two students per year. The S.J.D. is also
aimed mainly at international students, especially those who are interested in teaching tax law. The S.J.D. is typically necessary in foreign countries,
Income tax forms
where full-time law teachfrom 1913 on dising may require a Ph.D. or
play in the UF Law
the equivalent.
Graduate Tax Office.
It was the first
Tax law continues to
year for a national
evolve. UF’s Grad Tax exincome tax after the
pects to go right on evolv16th Amendment
ing with it.
became law.
UF Law started its graduate tax program in 1974 with some of the top figures in the field, and they quickly established one of the nation’s top
centers for scholarship and tax law education.
James J. Freeland
Freeland was co-founder of
the Graduate Tax Program,
its second director and
a professor for nearly 40
years. He joined UF Law
faculty in 1957 and retired
in 1995. He co-authored
Fundamentals of Federal
Income Taxation and
Federal Income Taxation of
Estates and Beneficiaries.
Freeland received the first
Outstanding Tax Attorney of
the Year award from the Tax
Section of The Florida Bar.
He passed away in 2000.
Stephen Lind
Lind was one of the initial
faculty of the UF Graduate
Tax Program in 1974.
Lind co-authored several
influential tax texts with
some of his fellow UF Law
tax professors, including
Fundamentals of Federal
Income Taxation and
Federal Estate and Gift
Taxation. Lind left UF Law
in 1998.
Lawrence Lokken
Lawrence Lokken joined
UF Law as an associate
professor in 1974 and was
one of the initial faculty
members of the Graduate
Tax Program. He was
named professor in 1977.
After a decade at New York
University he returned to
UF Law in 1994 as holder
of the first eminent scholar
chair in Graduate Tax, the
Hugh Culverhouse Eminent
Scholar in Taxation. Now
an emeritus professor, he
continues to teach at UF
Law.
C. Douglas Miller
Miller joined the UF Law
faculty in 1973 and
was one of the initial
faculty members of the
Graduate Tax Program.
He has served as a
member of the Executive
Committee of The Florida
Bar Sections of Taxation
and General Practice
and as consultant to The
Florida Bar Wills, Trusts
and Probate Certification
Committee. Miller
attained emeritus status
in 2006 and continues to
teach at UF Law.
Richard B. Stephens
Richard B. Stephens taught
at UF Law from 1949 until
his retirement in 1977. He
co-founded the Graduate Tax
Program, served as its first
director and co-authored several
influential tax texts, including
the Fundamentals of Federal
Income Taxation, and two
treatises: Federal Estate and Gift
Taxation and Income Taxation
of Estates and Beneficiaries.
Stephens was the first UF Law
faculty member to receive the
Florida Blue Key Distinguished
Faculty award. In 1985, he was
selected as Outstanding Tax
Attorney of the Year by the Tax
Section of The Florida Bar. He
passed away in 1988.
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Corporate taxation
and its discontents
It’s a tangled mess and a creature of Congress.
Guess who’s trying to fix it.
I
BY SHANNON KAESTLE (4JM)
f a fundamental test of good law leagues, they ask congressmen for ideas to
is whether it treats like people in make repairs.
When it comes to fixing the corporate
a like manner, the tax code fails.
A jumble of intertwined, some- tax code, UF Law alumni and faculty lie at
time contradictory edicts, experts the nexus of policy and practice.
Mark
Prater
blame
the
corporate tax code,
(LLMT 87), chief tax
counsel and deputy
especially, for warpstaff director for Sening commercial trade
and driving revenue
ate Finance Republicans, said Congress is
into foreign coffers
(See: Apple, Ireland).
interested in the topic
in part because the
Now, Congress says it
world has changed
will build a better corporate tax code.
so dramatically since
Citing the comthe last major tax
plexity, loopholes and
reform during Presi—Mark Prater (LLMT 87)
dent Ronald Reainefficiencies, SenU.S. Senate Finance Republicans
gan’s administration.
ate Finance Chairchief tax counsel
man Max Baucus, D“Business is much
Mont., and ranking member Orrin Hatch, more global now,” Prater said. “Borders are
R-Utah, declared: “America’s tax code much less of a factor. … U.S. companies
is broken.” In the letter addressed to col- tend to have future growth based in foreign
74
“The world has
changed very
dramatically ... and
our tax code is still
rooted in the world
of 1986.”
markets. The world has changed very dramatically on the business side, and our tax
code is still rooted in the world of 1986.”
He said the committee has been working on a nonpartisan basis for three years
to meet its goal: a system to meet Reagan’s
still-relevant criteria of efficiency, fairness
and simplicity. Practicing tax lawyers and
tax professors are alive to the problems
surrounding corporate tax law.
“What good tax lawyers do is help
their clients conduct their business affairs
and investment activities while minimizing their tax burden in ways that are legal,” explained corporate tax lawyer Abraham “Hap” Shashy (JD 73). “It has not
changed structurally, but it has continued
to grow in complexity. Much of what is
wrong in our tax system comes from the
complexity of it.”
And the complexity puts tax lawyers
with a working knowledge of its arcana in
a powerful position.
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“I can describe it (the corporate tax
code) concisely only using jargon that is
unintelligible to anybody other than a tax
policy expert,” said UF Law tax Professor
Martin McMahon, the James J. Freeland
Eminent Scholar, who teaches corporate,
income and partnership taxation.
McMahon offered an illustration of the
power wielded by tax lawyers, which also
conveniently serves as an example of the
code’s inequity.
“Assume that a corporation is going to
be acquired in a merger. There are 10 shareholders, all equal. Four
of them paid almost
nothing for their stock,
but it’s very valuable.
Six of them paid more
for their stock than it is
currently worth. I could
structure a transaction
to give stock to those
that were going to make
a profit and give cash to
those who were going to
have a loss,” McMahon
said.
“Those who got cash get to put the
loss on their tax return. Those who got
stock don’t have to put the gain on their
tax return. Perfectly legal,” he said. “It’s
right there in all the rules. It’s not even a
loophole.”
So the tax code has become complicated and unfair.
But here’s the bad news for tax lawyers: Simplifying the code could reduce
demand for their services, according to
McMahon and Shashy.
“After the 1986 Tax Reform Act, a lot
of tax lawyers lost their jobs because it
shut down a lot of real estate tax shelters
and other kinds of tax shelters,” McMahon
said. “The demand for tax lawyers plunged
for a couple of years. It rebounded, and it’s
probably as strong as ever now.”
In fact, Congress has imposed more
than 15,000 changes to the code since the
Tax Reform Act of 1986, according to the
Baucus-Hatch letter.
“The result is a tax base riddled with
exclusions, deductions and credits,” the
senators write. “The complexity, inefficiency and unfairness of the tax code are
acting as a brake on our economy.”
McMahon says these tensions have
come into focus with the rise of economic
globalization.
“One has to remember that most of
those rules were put into place when U.S.
corporations did very little business outside of the U.S.,” McMahon said. “The
statutory rules governing international
taxation in particular simply have not kept
pace with modern business and financial
transactions.”
Today, more than 70 percent of the
world’s purchasing power is outside of the
U.S., according to the
International Trade Administration’s website.
Prater said tax reform is particularly relevant on the corporate
side because the U.S. is
a leader in intellectual
property law. But he
said policymakers must
be careful how they
tweak the laws.
“We could make
U.S. companies a lot
less competitive relative to their foreign
counterparts if we impose the tax burden
on U.S. companies just by virtue of being
U.S. based,” Prater said.
Prater drew a dire picture of the consequences.
“That competitive imbalance could
cause out-migration from place of incorporation first. Eventually headquarters, management, and research and other activities
that are now U.S.-based could follow,”
Prater added. “Moreover, U.S. companies
could become attractive targets for foreign
acquisition.”
McMahon said Congress is the main
reason the tax code no longer functions
efficiently, and that businesses are merely
applying rules enacted by Congress to their
best advantage.
He said many corporations lobby
against reforming the corporate tax law
because they are afraid of losing special
provisions from which they benefit. They
are “pouring untold millions of dollars into
political contributions lobbying to have all
of the profits of their foreign subsidiaries
completely exempt from U.S. taxation forever, even if it’s brought back to the U.S.
International
taxation rules
have not kept
pace with
modern
transactions.
Corporate tax system
alternatives and the status quo
Worldwide consolidation system: Requires U.S. corporations to pay taxes
on the worldwide income of all facets
of the corporation, including all of its
foreign subsidiaries. Credit is granted
for foreign taxes paid.
Territorial system: Corporations are
taxed only on income derived within
the taxing jurisdiction. The U.S. government would only be able to tax profits from business conducted in the U.S.
Current system: A hybrid of worldwide
and territorial systems, according
to Senate Finance tax counsel Mark
Prater (LLMT 87). The U.S. taxes corporations on worldwide income at a 35
percent rate (though many tax benefits
lower the effective rate), and corporations are allowed a credit for taxes
paid to other countries. The system is
a hybrid because U.S. tax on overseas
income is immediately due on certain
types of income or otherwise when
income is brought home.
Prater
McMahon
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Shashy
… One-hundred percent of the problem is
caused by Congress.”
McMahon is skeptical that Congress
will pass reform legislation, but he favors
worldwide consolidation, requiring U.S.
corporations to pay U.S. taxes on the worldwide income of all facets of the corporation,
including all of its foreign subsidiaries.
UF Law Assistant Professor Omri Marian said worldwide consolidation is one of
the best options for tax reform, but that a ter- Apple’s research and development is done
ritorial tax system also is a viable course of in Cupertino, Calif.
Another reform alternative is to shift to
action, assuming proper safeguards against
tax avoidance are introduced.
a territorial system under which the govern“I prefer worldwide consolidation pri- ment would only tax incomes sourced in the
marily for fairness reasons because I think it U.S.
means – at least for the United States – that
McMahon warned that shifting to a tercompanies of the
ritorial system would
risk even more corUnited States that opporations moving outerate globally will be
side of the country.
subjected to the same
system as U.S. compaBut Shashy, a UF
Law Board of Trustees
nies that do not operate
member and former
globally,” he said.
chief counsel of the
He said that unInternal Revenue Serder worldwide convice, argued that the
solidation,
Apple
U.S. should take a cue
would be taxed in the
from other nations that
U.S. on its worldwide
use the territorial sysincome, including in— Abraham “Hap” Shashy (JD 73)
tem. Shashy said a tercome earned by its
ritorial system would
foreign subsidiaries.
Under the current system, Apple’s able enhance capital flows into the U.S. by allowto shift much of its income to pocketbook ing multinational companies to move cash
Irish subsidiaries where the income re- without tax penalties. America’s current tax
mains untaxed, despite the fact that all of system impedes this type of transfer, he said.
“The U.S. at this
moment is out
of step with the
tax systems in
most of the rest
of the world.”
Devil is in the details of corporate tax reform
W
BY KELCEE GRIFFS (4JM)
AND SHANNON KAESTLE (4JM)
hat’s the best
way to transform
the business tax
code? Well, it all
depends on the
details, if you ask
Karen Burke, the Richard B. Stephens
Eminent Scholar and one of UF Law’s
newest faculty members.
As one of about 50 eminent scholars
universitywide, Burke brings a wealth of
experience and expertise in the field of
business tax law and policy. She’s written
extensively on these subjects and argues
that broad solutions may have hidden implications.
Burke, who specializes in federal tax
law, says most people agree with the easy
part of business tax reform: reducing the
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corporate tax rate. But doing so could shift
part of the tax burden to individuals who
earn income through partnerships, a move
that would prove politically unpopular.
“Everybody likes reducing taxes,”
Burke said. “The difficult part is paying
for it.”
Burke noted that cutting the corporate
tax rate from 35 to 25 percent could cost
the government significant revenue. If the
corporate tax rate was cut and individual
tax rates increased, more people would be
encouraged to leave their money in corporations to avoid the higher individual
rates. That also raises the question of how
to differentiate between corporations and
partnerships: Should all businesses be
taxed under the same model? If so, which
model?
“Those may seem like easy questions,” she said, “but when you get to the
details, it’s really difficult.”
Burke
One option is to place all businesses
under a single-level tax system but collect that single tax at the entity level. This
might help the government to audit large
partnerships, which can get left by the
wayside under the status quo. Even this
seemingly straightforward approach has
its gray areas.
“There are still plenty of details to
work out — what do you do with nonresi-
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“The fact that we don’t have a territorial
tax system — and the fact that we are different from most of the territorial countries in the
world — has become more apparent,” Shashy
said. “The U.S. at this moment is out of step
with the tax systems in most of the rest of the
world.”
Shashy said reform passing the Congress
would take compromise and a lot of luck. But
unlike McMahon, Shashy’s skepticism of the
reform effort is tinged with optimism.
“It’s definitely possible, but there’s a lot
of distance to be covered between where we
stand now and meaningful tax reform,” he
said.
Meanwhile, Prater and other Senate Finance Committee staff have compiled a series
of “option papers,” presenting proposals and
perspectives on ways to fix the tax code. The
papers are at ww.goo.gl/bcBKcm and include
surveys of topics such as “Tax exempt Organizations and charitable giving,” “International
Competitiveness,” and “Types of Income and
Business Entities.”
Prater expressed confidence that Congress
could move forward with a package.
dents and tax-exempt owners?” Burke
said.
Another option involves switching
to a territorial system in which corporations would not be taxed on income
earned outside the U.S. Under this approach, the U.S. government could
tax only income earned in the U.S.
The drawback is that businesses could
move operations out of the U.S. and
into countries with significantly lower
tax rates.
“If we move to a territorial system
in the manner that some business groups
would like, it could lose quite a lot of
revenue and probably have bad effects
by encouraging businesses to move overseas,” she said.
As with each potential remedy to the
convoluted American tax system, Burke
said it’s all in the fine print.
“The details will determine whether a proposal is good or bad,” she
said. “These are the kinds of questions that make tax so interesting in the
“The tax reform policy machinery is in its
best shape since 1986. The committee members could end up voting on the product —
the reform product,” he said.
And Sen. Baucus, the Senate Fiance
Committee’s Democratic chairman, staked
out a preliminary position before Thanksgiving with draft legislation that sets a lower top corporate tax rate than current law.
But it also also sets a floor, requiring U.S.
companies with foreign subsidiaries to pay
a minimum rate.
For now, lawmakers remain in the legislative construction phase, and there’s no
telling what form a new corporate tax edifice might take.
—Kelcee Griffis (4JM) contributed to this
story
classroom. Students come in with some national acclaim with her, said Michael
general background and discover Friel, the associate dean and director of
that every proposal involves difficult UF Law’s Graduate Tax program.
tradeoffs. Reform is
“We
are
essential, but it’s not
very
fortunate
easy.”
that Karen acBurke earned a
cepted our ofPh.D. in Modern Eufer,” he said.
ropean History from
“We’ve been in
Harvard University
contact with her
and a J.D. from Stanfor a while, and
ford Law School.
I’m very pleased
While working at a
that the stars
— Karen Burke
major Boston law
finally aligned
Richard B. Stephens Eminent Scholar
firm, she obtained an
so that it was
LL.M. in Taxation
the right time for
from Boston University. She came to UF her to move here.”
from the University of San Diego School
To the classroom, he said, Burke also
of Law, where she held an endowed brings a zest for the profession and a
chair. She now teaches partnership taxa- drive to help students individually.
tion, corporate taxation and federal tax
“What I think Karen brings to
research at UF Law.
students is a great breadth of knowledge
As one of the country’s leading for teaching taxation,” he said. “But bescholars in income taxation, and partner- yond that, she loves teaching. She wants
ship taxation in particular, Burke brings students to succeed.”
“Everybody likes
reducing taxes.
The difficult part
is paying for it.”
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A less scenic
tax haven
Will U.S. crackdown on offshore banks drive cash into bitcoins?
T
he days may be coming to an
end when Americans could
send income to summer taxfree in the Swiss Alps or winter in the Caribbean.
Banks that shield income
under bank secrecy laws — hiding earnings
from tax authorities in their customers’ home
jurisdictions — will be subject next year to
the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act
of 2010. The law will start turning the heat
up on foreign banks that do not comply with
United States requests for transparency about
their clients’ information. Banks must turn
over individuals’ previously anonymous information or face a 30 percent withholding
tax on certain payments sourced in the U.S.,
explained UF Law Assistant Professor Omri
Marian.
“Almost all banks in the world have
substantial activities in
the United States,” said
Marian, an international
tax scholar and a member
of UF Law’s international
tax faculty. “So decide
what you want to do, either
tell us about your account
holders or we’ll take 30
percent of your profits in
the United States.”
He said the levy would
be unacceptable to a number of offshore banks, and
the IRS expects them to
comply with the requests
for account holder information.
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Monica Gianni (LLMT 95), a visiting
tax professor, agrees that the law will have a
significant impact on the number of individuals who take advantage of tax havens, but it
won’t stop everybody.
“It will have a major effect, however,
there will still be people who aren’t truthful
and aren’t disclosing that they’re U.S. persons,” she said.
Gianni also notes that the law will have
numerous unintended consequences for
American citizens living abroad or for those
who want to honestly
invest their money
in overseas banks.
Some foreign banks
will simply not invest
in the United States
and won’t deal with
Americans in order to
completely avoid any
financial risk associated with the law.
“I think (the law)
goes too far,” she said. “In theory it’s a good
thing, but it’s basically the United States imposing its laws on foreign banks.”
Abrahm Smith (LLMT 03), a partner
at Baker & McKenzie LLP in Miami who
counsels clients on undisclosed income from
offshore accounts, has seen an uptick in business recently as more individuals come to
him to learn how to comply with the law.
“We don’t see clients who say, ‘I want
to hide money, how do I do it?’” Smith said.
“What FATCA is doing is bringing people
out of obscurity and into the light.”
The new law is part of a sea change in
offshore account practices, Smith said.
“It is much more difficult to be noncompliant and hide your money and people are
noticing that that just doesn’t work,” Smith
said. “Today is a transparent world — the
whole Swiss banking system has changed,
and that’s happened in the last five or six
years.”
So if the Swiss and Cayman Islands
banking sectors are hammered by this law,
what options are left
for the tax evaders of
the world?
Cryptocurrencies,
Marian said.
A 2013 essay by
Marian in the Michigan
Law
Review
gained national attention when he suggested
that cracking down on
traditional tax havens
could encourage tax
evaders to find a new
tax haven in bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
Bitcoin — a recently developed digital
currency that only exists in the virtual world
but holds real-world value — would be appealing because it can be exchanged anonymously and is not subject to government
regulation, much less taxation.
“Banks are becoming agents in the service of tax authorities, they’re intermediaries,
basically,” Marian said. “Let’s say that I still
want to evade taxes. How do I get the financial intermediary out of the picture?”
If the Swiss and
Cayman Islands
banking sectors are
hammered by this
law, what options are
left for the tax evaders
of the world?
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TAX SECTION
Premier tax talk
A
Grad tax alumni launch high-powered institute
Marian
Smith
He said cryptocurrencies appear to be a
perfect choice because they are exchanged
peer-to-peer and no party holds any information.
After Marian’s paper came out, the Silk
Road takedown illustrated how bitcoin was
serving just the sort of role he envisioned.
Federal authorities arrested the mastermind
behind the website that operated on the
seedy underbelly of the Internet known as
the Dark Web, trafficking in drugs, guns
and other illegal fare. Dark Web transactions are conducted in bitcoin. Even after
the bust, the digital currency proved its staying power, holding most of its value. (As of
mid-November, one bitcoin was trading at
$430.)
Marian is quick to point out that the notion of evading taxes with cryptocurrencies
did not originate with him, but it’s an interesting view of what the tax havens of the
future might look like.
“You basically lost the traditional way
of evading taxes, so I think this course of
action is much more plausible now than it
was even six months ago,” he said.
“triple threat” — that’s how UF Law grad Lauren Detzel (JD 77)
and UF Law adjunct professor described next year’s inaugural
Florida Tax Institute in Tampa. Besides spreading the word about
UF Law’s top graduate tax program to practitioners around the
country, she said the institute will generate funds to go back into the program
and will serve as a teaching tool for students.
The Florida Tax Institute — co-sponsored by the University of Florida Levin
College of Law Graduate Tax Program and the
Florida Tax Education Foundation, Inc. — is
Feb. 19-21 at the Grand Hyatt Tampa Bay.
The two-and-a-half day conference will
bring together notable tax experts including
speakers from the Internal Revenue Service, the
U.S. Department of the Treasury, practitioners
and tax professors covering the most pressing
issues in tax law.
“Our thought was, Florida has, we think, the
best tax program in the country, and why aren’t
we touting that?” said Detzel, who is also the
chair of the Tax Institute Steering Committee.
“Why aren’t we taking advantage of our great
professors and all of our graduates and putting
together some kind of a program that would
really highlight the level of sophistication that
we have to the University of Florida Graduate
Tax Program?”
Detzel said she joined colleagues Don
Tescher (JD 69) and adjunct Graduate Tax
Professor David Pratt to pitch the idea to
Graduate Tax Director Michael Friel and Professor Dennis Calfee (LLMT 75).
Everyone agreed on the institute, and the planning began — a two-year
process leading up to February 2014.
“It is very exciting to see such a huge effort culminate into what we
foresee as one of the premier annual tax institutes in the nation,” Friel said.
“It’s a natural evolution for a leading law school and a leading tax program to
participate in developing a leading tax institute.”
Friel said it is rewarding for the huge investments in time and energy over
the past two years by the institute’s steering committee — which include a
number of UF Law alumni and friends — finally come to fruition.
For complete details, registration information and agenda, visit www.
floridataxinstitute.org/. The Florida Tax Institute has been approved for
continuing legal education credits in Florida, Georgia and New York, and
Accounting, Certified Financial Planner, Certified Trust and Financial Advisor,
and Professional Achievement in Professional Education credits in all states.
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TAX SECTION
Top honors
Calfee’s tax lawyer of the year award latest in line of faculty honors
S
BY LINDSEY TERCILLA (1L)
ilverware clinked against dinner plates as a group of about
240 people – most of them
attorneys and their spouses –
gathered at Gainesville’s UF
Hilton in April. A who’s who
of Florida tax professionals and academics
came together for the annual conference and
banquet of The Florida Bar Tax Section.
In the morning, UF Law tax faculty
joined by high-powered private-sector and
Washington, D.C.-based government lawyers delivered talks on the prospects for tax
reform and nuances of the tax code. It was a
feast of tax law, and it set the table for a real
feast in the evening in honor of the tax lawyer
of the year, as determined by the tax section.
The first person to receive The Florida
Bar’s outstanding tax lawyer of the year
award was James J. “Jack” Freeland in 1982.
Freeland was a co-founder of UF Law’s
Graduate Tax Program. The second UF
Law faculty member to receive the award
was Richard B. Stephens in 1985, also a cofounder of the Graduate Tax Program. Current adjunct Professor Samuel Ullman (JD
67) received the award in 1994, and former
program director David Richardson received
it in 2000.
Now it was the turn of Professor Dennis
Calfee (LLMT 75).
Appropriately, considering the award’s
history, the latest honor for a member of the
UF Law Graduate Tax faculty went to someone who has been serving the program and
its students ever since he graduated from its
first class in 1975.
Even the banquet in Calfee’s honor featured as its centerpiece a major boost to the
Graduate Tax Program. The funding of the
Dennis Calfee Eminent Scholar Chair in
Federal taxation gives the program a significant position to attract another outstanding
professor that will further burnish the program’s credentials.
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Dennis Calfee (LLMT 75) and wife
Peggy attend the annual banquet of
The Florida Bar Tax Section in April at
the Gainesville UF Hilton. Calfee was
named outstanding tax lawyer of the
year. (Photo by Haley Stracher 4JM)
During his nearly 40 years associated
Richard Comiter (JD 80, LLMT 81) described how Calfee’s name eased the way to with UF Law, Calfee has served as associate
dean of the college of
raising money for an
law and as Alumni
eminent scholar chair.
Research Scholar. He
“When you ask for
has taught at Peking
a contribution in honor
University in Beijing,
of someone who is so
the University of
beloved by all, who
Leiden in the Netherhas spent his entire
lands, the Academy
life asking what he
of International Tax
could do for you and
in Taiwan, and the
not what others could
University of Montdo for him, it was only
—UF President Bernie Machen
pellier in France. In
a question of how
2006, the Republic of
much,” Comiter said.
UF President Bernie Machen explained China Ministry of Finance honored him with
to the assembled tax lawyers how Calfee a third-level public finance specialty medal
for developing Taiwan’s public finance sysconnects with students and graduates.
“Dennis has a reputation for staying at tem and training tax officers
And twice in his career Calfee was electhis students’ sides literally forever. He helps
them network, he finds them jobs, he guides ed college of law professor of the year.
“Students in Dennis’ classes say that
them to judicial clerkships, he remains a
trusted friend and adviser,” Machen said. they get the sense that he’s on the journey
“Ten or 20 years after the students graduate, with them, and if you’ve ever shared that
many won’t switch firms or make significant feeling with a teacher, you know what that’s
really all about,” Machen said.
career moves without first consulting him.”
“Dennis has a
reputation for
staying at his
students’ sides
literally forever.”
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NEW HIRES AND PROMOTIONS
FACULTY & STAFF
Career Development chief sprints out of the gate
BY KELCEE GRIFFIS (4JM)
R
ob Birrenkott (JD 05)
chuckles when he remembers the day Dylan Shea
(JD 13) sat down facing him at his
desk in the Center for Career Development.
“‘I have four kids. I need a
job,’” Birrenkott recalls Shea, a 1L
at the time, telling him.
“One step at a time,” Birrenkott replied. “We’ve gotta crawl
before we run.”
On the other hand, UF Law’s
new assistant dean for career development is off and running. The
graduate and four-year veteran of
career development was handed
the reins on May 28 to the office
that helps clear the way for the employment of Gator lawyers. Since
then, Birrenkott has overseen the
launch of a host of initiatives.
“In just a few months, Rob has
designed and implemented a number of new, innovative programs
that I believe will help our students
take advantage of opportunities
I believe UF Law graduates are
not fully taking advantage of,” UF
Law Dean Robert Jerry said.
Jerry said Birrenkot has focused on expanding career services to smaller firms and to the
government sector and has been
particularly successful at making
job connections possible among
small law firms, state attorney’s
offices and other government sector markets.
City Days is a career development initiative to organize legal recruiting events in Miami, Orlando,
Jacksonville, Tampa and Tallahassee with an itinerary of interviews
at multiple firms in the area. This
is often more efficient for smaller
firms than inviting them to visit
UF Law in search of students to
hire, Birrenkott said, and it also
helps students avoid
multiple trips to a
location they want to
work.
Bridge the Gap
is another new initiative Birrenkott oversees that pairs students or recent graduates with industry
Birrenkott
veterans who can
provide professional
mentorship and connections.
Rachel Inman, associate dean
for student affairs, said Birrenkott lends stability to the office.
Students have confidence in him,
and he’s managed administrative
responsibilities to allow time for
meeting with students. He is willing to meet after 5 p.m. if their
schedule requires that time.
“I think that when you are in
charge of running a unit, you’re
concerned about being able to do
the thing we all love to do — that
is work with students,” Inman
said. “He’s managed that by leading by example.”
Birrenkott previously served as
the office director and interim dean.
He took over after the departure of
Pascale Bishop. Although he’s been
working in the office in various capacities for the past four years, his
new role involves heavier administrative duties. He said this greater
responsibility means a greater scope
for coordinating programs to impact
students individually.
“I’ve really worked with almost every single segment of the
student population,” Birrenkott
said. “I’ve worked with 1Ls, 2Ls,
recent
graduates,
LL.M.
students.
That’s all been helpful now that (I’m)
overseeing
the
whole operation.”
One of his first
clients was the aforementioned
Dylan
Shea, whose graduation date was approaching
without
signs of a job offer. Birrenkott
brought him on a visit to an Orlando law firm whose officials wanted
to hear a student’s perspective on
how it could improve its outreach
to students. Shea delivered the
talk.
Meanwhile, Birrenkott was
pulling for him behind the scenes.
“I shot them an email and
said, ‘While he’s down here, I
think this is a student you should
really, really take a look at. He
has a lot of intangibles — strong
leader. He’s a candidate I can easily go to bat for.’”
That day scored a job interview for Shea, which resulted in a
job at Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster,
Kantor & Reed, P.A. “I was able to see the whole
life cycle,” Birrenkott said. “You
get to work with them throughout
their journey, and then there’s a
positive outcome at the end of it.”
Venie
WELCOME
In the fall semester, Todd
Venie joined UF Law’s
Legal Information Center
as the new head of
research and instruction.
In this position, he will
manage all of the LIC’s
reference, instructional and
faculty services.
Venie spent his last five
years in Washington, D.C.,
as a reference librarian at
the Georgetown University
Law Library. In 2008,
he earned his master’s
degree in library science
at the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill,
where he worked as the
graduate assistant in the
law library. Venie has a
bachelor’s degree from
Indiana University where
he majored in history and
political science, as well
as a Juris Doctor from The
Ohio State University.
Before he became a
librarian, Venie worked as
an assistant prosecuting
attorney in Fairfield County,
Ohio, where he prosecuted
adult felony cases and
advised the county offices
about civil matters.
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(Photo by Javier Edwards)
Hutchinson brings social justice,
social science focus to UF Law
BY KELCEE GRIFFIS (4JM)
W
hen Darren Hutchinson moved
back after 26 years of studying and
teaching across the U.S., he drove
through his old East Gainesville neighborhood, and what he saw made him sad.
“Archer Road is totally different than
when I grew up here. Then I drive to East
University Avenue, and it’s exactly the
same,” he said.
The desire for more equal economic
development is just one indication of the
strong sense of social justice and advocacy
for change Hutchinson brings to the UF Law
faculty.
Hutchinson, a Gainesville native who
taught as a visiting professor last year,
writes and teaches about constitutional law,
racial justice, LGBT rights and other social
issues.
The 1993 Yale Law graduate was awarded the Stephen C. O’Connell Chair this fall,
a distinction Hutchinson celebrated because
he said it will give him “more resources to
do things,” such as continuing his mission to
educate about civil rights and equality.
The previous law schools he taught at
— Washington College of Law and American University — were private schools with
large international populations, and he said
this meant teaching very generalized ideas.
Coming to UF, he said, his target audi82
ence is more defined, so he has more leverage to address specific issues he knows his
students will encounter in the real world.
“I know most of my students grew up
in Florida,” he said. “I know most of my
students will practice law in Florida. A lot
of them will become judges and lawmakers
and policymakers here. I feel I have a direct
influence on them.”
One such issue is public education.
Hutchinson said the Gainesville elementary school he went to as a child was
comprised of a healthy mix of ethnicities
and income levels. Now, he said, most of
the attendees are low-income, black students.
“Those conditions are really bad for
educating kids,” he said, noting that successful students — and lawyers — have
multiple influences. “I really would like to
see those schools be what they were before,
so a kid can go there and become a law professor.”
Social change and social justice: “Those
are my passions. That’s the heart of law to
me. Lawyers have always been the enforcers of social justice, and I think that we have
that role.”
To pass on his passions of social justice
and change in the classroom, Hutchinson’s
philosophy is to first build trust with his students so they feel they can freely exchange
ideas.
“I try to create an environment that is
very conducive to students saying their
opinions in a legal context,” he said. “I work
to get that trust, and then I’ll start questioning them more. I don’t want to bombard
them with my ideas.”
He said it’s all about challenging students to sharpen their ideas by helping them
pinpoint weaknesses in their arguments and
identifying how to strengthen their arguments.
“At the same time, I hope they become
conscious of the need for more justice,” he
said. “That’s why I love teaching.”
Spencer Winpol, a 2L who was one of
Hutchinson’s students last year and who
works as his research assistant now, said
Hutchinson’s down-to-earth attitude wins
his classes over.
“Everyone really likes him because he’s
really approachable,” said Winpol, who enjoys chatting with Hutchinson about football. “You wouldn’t know that he knows
all that he does because he doesn’t put it in
your face. He’s very humble about all his
accomplishments.”
Much of Hutchinson’s research deals
with gathering concrete facts and figures to
illustrate abstract social problems. To that
end, Winpol is helping Hutchinson compile
numbers to illustrate the “disparate treatment between blacks and Hispanics in government-funded programs.”
Hutchinson is also striving to build collaboration between UF’s law program and
social sciences.
He recently received an email from
UF’s African-American Studies program
office, asking him to open his class seminar,
constitutional law and civil rights, to graduate students in that program.
Hutchison used the opening to contact
UF’s political science and sociology departments to begin coordinating similar partnerships.
Because you must look at how laws operate within society to understand their full
effects, Hutchinson said, fostering conversations between the social science and law
fields is essential.
“Lawyers often believe they can solve
every problem on their own, but we need
the help of other experts,” he said. “Legal
problems are bigger than just thinking about
the law. You have to think about how society works as well.”
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U F L AW FA C U LT Y I N T H E N E W S
MEDIA HITS
“What this
case shows
is that we
think the
military justice system
can somehow solve
the sexual
assault
problem,
but it can’t.”
—DIANE MAZUR
Professor Emeritus
“New Hearing in Rape
Case Raises Alarm” (Sept.
20, 2013,
New York Times)
“Firms will make all kinds
of concessions. If this were
the United States, people
would say: I’ll see you in
court. No one’s going to
do that in China.”
—DANIEL SOKOL Associate Professor of Law
“Insight: Flexing antitrust muscle, China is a new merger
hurdle” (May 2, 2013, Reuters)
“The prosecution became the
defense and the
defense became
the prosecution.
And the defense
lawyers did a very
good job of prosecuting Trayvon
Martin. And so,
as a consequence,
he was profiled
in life and he was
profiled in death,
at least in his trial,
as a violent and
dangerous black
male.”
—KENNETH NUNN
Professor of Law; Associate
Director, Center on Children
and Families; Assistant Director,
Criminal Justice Center
“Untangling The Legal Issues
In The Zimmerman Case” (July
14, 2013, NPR)
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U F L AW FA C U LT Y I N T H E N E W S
“What will
probably
happen is
the (life insurance)
company is
going to sue
her, but she’s
homeless and
doesn’t have
any money.”
—LEE-FORD TRITT
Professor of Law; Director,
Center for Estate Planning;
Director, Estates & Trusts
Practice Certificate Program;
Associate Director, Center on
Children and Families
“Brenda Heist: How to come
back from the dead” (May 2,
2013, BBC News Magazine)
“Let’s say that an
employee gets
$2,000 in free
meals and makes
$50,000 a year. The
company should
report to the IRS
that it paid the
employee $52,000
in compensation
on which the employee would be
taxed.”
“At this moment,
however, federal
prosecutors have
not charged Zimmerman with
a crime, not to
mention secured
a conviction. If
he is convicted of
a federal felony
related to this act,
under Florida law,
he would lose his
right to carry a
handgun.”
—MARTIN McMAHON
James J. Freeland Eminent
Scholar
“Many would
argue that this is
a substantial invasion of students’
privacy rights,
especially because
states have mandatory attendance
requirements, so
students are essentially required
to be subjected to
constant government monitoring.”
“Google, Facebook Workers
Could Owe Taxes On Their Free
Lunches” (April 8, 2013, The
Huffington Post)
—JASON NANCE
Assistant Professor of Law;
Associate Director, Center on
Children and Families
—DARREN HUTCHINSON
Stephen C. O’Connell
Professor of Law
“Zimmerman can legally
retrieve gun he used to shoot
Martin” (July 14, 2013,
MSNBC)
“Surveillance Cameras Gain
Ground in Schools” (May 31,
2013, Education Week)
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SCHOLARSHIP
SPLASH
A selection of recent articles and books For a complete list, see the UF Law Faculty Report at http://goo.gl/YvVpxl
NANCY E. DOWD
David H. Levin Chair in Family
Law; Director, Center on Children
and Families
“What Men? The Essentialist Error of The End of Men,” 93 B.U. L.
Rev. (2013)
In response to Hannah Rosin’s
book, The End of Men: and the
Rise of Women (2012), this article,
part of a symposium, argues Rosin’s book ignores men who never
experienced privilege as well as the
existence of hierarchy among men.
The article focuses on the life situation and challenges of black boys,
and its links to the subordinated
position of black men.
ALYSON CRAIG FLOURNOY
Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs; Professor of Law;
Alumni Research Scholar
“Wetlands Regulation in an Era of
Climate Change: Can Section 404
Meet the Challenge?” 4 G.W. J. of
Energy & Envt’l L. 67 (2013) with
Allison Fischman (JD 12)
Flournoy and Fischman review the
scientific literature on the potential
threat to wetlands posed by climate
change. Finding that the evidence
warrants concern, they present an
approach for assessing the threat
and developing a policy response
by linking climate change projections to information about the value
of different types of wetlands.
ROBERT H. JERRY, II
UF Law Dean; Levin, Mabie and
Levin Professor of Law
LYRISSA BARNETT LIDSKY
Professor of Law; Stephen C.
O’Connell Chair; Associate Dean
for International Programs
“Public Forum 2.1: Public Higher
Education Institutions and Social
Media,” 14 Fla. Coastal L. Rev. 55
(2013)
This article addresses administrative and First Amendment challenges public university officials face
regarding the use of social media.
Jerry and Lidsky examine current
and likely future uses of social
media in higher education and provides a map of the complex terrain
of First Amendment doctrine and
guidance for navigating it.
The article analyzes risks of serious harms posed to prisoners with
major mental disorders and investigates their import for sentencing
under the philosophical perspective
known as retributive just deserts.
recommends including considerations of intellectual property in
the employment discrimination
jurisprudence.
SHANI M. KING
Professor of Law; Co-Director,
Center on Children and Families
Competition Law and Development (Stanford U. Press, 2013)
— editor, with Thomas K. Cheng
and Ioannis Lianos
“Alone and Unrepresented: A Call
to Congress to Provide Counsel for
Unaccompanied Minors,” 50 Harv.
J. Legis. 331 (2013)
King shows that unaccompanied
minors lie at the nexus of human
rights standards governing immigrants, children, and civil counsel
and that this underscores their need
for counsel.
ELIZABETH A. ROWE
Feldman Gale Term Professor of
Intellectual Property Law; UF
Research Foundation Professor;
Director, Program in Intellectual
Property Law
E. LEA JOHNSTON
Associate Professor; Assistant Director, Criminal Justice Center
“Intellectual Property and Employee Selection,” 48 Wake Forest
L. Rev. 25 (2013)
“Vulnerability and Desert: A
Theory of Sentencing and Mental
Illness,” 103 J. Crim. L. & Criminology 147 (2013)
Rowe is the first to examine
bridging the worlds of employment discrimination law and
intellectual property law. She
D. DANIEL SOKOL
Associate Professor
Competition Law and Development
investigates whether the competition law and policy transplanted
from Europe and the United States
can be successfully implemented in
the developing world. DANAYA C. WRIGHT
Clarence J. TeSelle Endowed
Professor
The Law of Succession: Wills,
Trusts, and Estates (Foundation
Press, 2013)
This new trusts and estates casebook takes a radically different
approach in both structure and
content for teaching upper level
courses, replacing long cases
with short squib cases to illustrate how different courts address
different factual situations, and
focusing on the tools of estate
planning and planning scenarios.
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(Photo by Javier Edwards)
Professor emphasizes practical estate planning
BY KELCEE GRIFFIS (4JM) AND
SHANNON KAESTLE (4JM)
G
rayson McCouch has some practical advice about estate planning:
Be careful; be realistic; don’t
procrastinate.
McCouch, who joined the UF Law faculty full time in fall 2013 as the Gerald Sohn
Professor of Law, teaches estates and trusts;
taxation of gratuitous transfers; and estate
planning. Although McCouch knows that
these subjects can often instill “fear, anxiety,
and misgiving,” he thinks everyone should
know something about them.
McCouch acknowledges that executing a will, trust, or power of attorney can
be daunting. That’s why he urges students
to take the subject seriously. Even if they do
not end up specializing in estate planning,
knowing the basics can help them plan their
own affairs and avoid unwelcome surprises,
he said.
Before coming to UF, McCouch taught
at the University of Miami School of Law
and the University of San Diego School of
Law.
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Estate planning is an especially practical only about planning and drafting documents
field in Florida. “If you look at the amount of but also about client relations and professionwealth, the legal and professional climate, and al responsibility.”
Lee-Ford Tritt, director of UF Law’s Camp
the demographics of the state,” he said, “it’s
pretty clear that estate planning is an essential Center for Estate Planning, said McCouch
part of any lawyer’s basic education — partic- brings a high level of scholarship and a personularly for students at UF.”
able nature to the college.
“He’s a proven comHe said the real-world
“Estate planning
applications for his subject
modity who fits perfectly
is an essential part
into our premier tax program
areas offer a wide range
while adding to our already
of career opportunities for
of any lawyer’s
law grads. His estates and
outstanding estate planning
basic education
curriculum,” he said. “And
trusts class is the founda— particularly for
I’m personally lucky to
tion for more advanced
have another friendly colcourses dealing with spestudents at UF.”
league with whom to discuss
cialized aspects of fidu—Grayson McCouch
ciary administration, future
pedagogical and scholarly
Gerald Sohn Professor of Law
issues. I couldn’t be happier
interests and taxation.
to have Professor McCouch
“That’s why I like
teaching in these areas,” he said. “I think a lot right down the hall from me.”
The feeling of collegiality is mutual.
of students come out with something they will
McCouch, who noted how much he enbe able to use.”
McCouch became interested in estate joys his UF faculty colleagues, said he was
planning as a law student and then special- drawn to UF Law because of its dynamic and
ized in the area for several years in practice stimulating atmosphere. “It’s a very exciting
with a firm in Boston. “The law firm experi- place, with a diverse and talented faculty
ence was invaluable. I learned a great deal not and first-rate students,” he said.
UF LAW
UP & COMING
Fellowships support student career paths
BY ANDREW STEADMAN (2L)
F
rom active duty in the Army to
the trenches of government inside the Beltway, from protecting the future of the environment to
ensuring a bright future for children
— jobs in public interest law can take
young attorneys in many different directions. For four UF Law students,
those far-ranging opportunities were
brought within reach by public interest fellowships.
UF Law boasts three new public
interest fellowship options for students.
The Bill McBride Public Interest Practice Fellowship, the Justice John Paul
Stevens Public Interest Fellowship and
the E. Thom Rumberger Everglades
Foundation Fellowship help fund public interest-related internships and externships, which can be expensive because they are often unpaid and require
summertime relocation.
The fellowships eliminate those
worries, giving students access to
valuable hands-on work experience
with agencies across the country.
Each fellow received $5,000 to cover
the costs associated with their summer
opportunities.
The inaugural Rumberger fellow, who will receive up to $5,000
per year, had not yet been selected at
press time, but two McBride and two
Stevens fellows completed their work
over the summer. Their paths are varied, but all have their sights set on careers in the public interest.
Marissa Fallica (3L)
The McBride Fellowship offered
Fallica an opportunity to follow her
dream of working in the area of civil
rights law. She externed in Atlanta at
the United States Department of Education Office for Civil Rights, which
handles discrimination cases in educational settings.
Fallica spent a large part of the
summer assisting in a compliance
review of a school district by investigating the district for possible race
discrimination violations in its discipline practices. The chief regional attorney, Deborah Floyd, was Fallica’s
mentor throughout the fellowship.
Fallica said Floyd’s innovative and
thorough approach
to cases served as
an inspiration for
her own legal development.
“It was a great
opportunity
to
learn from her,”
Fallica said. “The
mentoring of many
of the attorneys
I worked with there reinforced my
commitment to do public interest
work in the future.”
Joshua Izaak (3L)
Stevens fellow Joshua Izaak, whose
interests lie in politics, wanted to work
on voting rights issues in the nation’s
capital. His wish was granted with a position in the Voter Protection Department
with the Democratic National Committee in Washington, D.C.
Izaak analyzed legislation
from individual states to
determine how laws were
restricting voters from the
opportunity to vote.
“I got great first-hand
experience in seeing how
our nation’s voting laws
function in practical terms
and how those laws can
both expand and restrict a person’s access to the polls,” Izaak said.
Izaak’s drive to break into politics
was reinforced by the experience. He
said he hopes to hold public office in the
near future, beginning with a campaign
for a seat in the Florida House of Representatives in 2014.
All the fellows
have their
sights set on
careers in the
public interest
sector.
Patrick Todd (2L)
Looking to expand his horizons
in environmental law, Todd got the
opportunity to travel across the country and work with veteran attorneys,
thanks to the McBride Fellowship.
Todd split his summer between
Tallahassee and Washington, D.C.,
making the most of his time in order
to get experience at both the state and
federal levels. He spent the first half
of the fellowship at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District
of Florida and went to the Department of Justice Environmental Torts
Branch for the second half. Todd said
the fellowship provided him with the
chance to explore public interest law
without dealing with the stressful details of arranging housing and covering living expenses.
“If it wasn’t for the help, I don’t
know how I would have managed,”
Todd said.
Todd said he received constructive mentoring and advice from seasoned trial attorneys, which made a
lasting impact on his development as
a lawyer.
Kaylee Chabarek (3L)
Kaylee Chabarek said the Stevens
Fellowship provided her with a stepping
stone toward working in military law.
She said the fellowship opened avenues for her that would otherwise have
been impassable because of the costs associated with pursuing her goal of entering the Army Judge Advocate General
Corps.
“Without the fellowship funds, I
don’t know if I would have been able to
do the internship,” Chabarek said.
Chabarek moved to Texas during
the summer to extern with the JAG Trial
Defense Service in Fort Hood. Because
the fellowship allowed her to live in Fort
Hood, Chabarek said, she was able to
experience the role of an Army defense
counsel. The opportunity, in turn, helped
her realize she was interested in continuing to pursue a JAG career.
“The internship definitely solidified
my future plans,” Chabarek said.
Fallica
Todd
Izaak
Chabarek
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EVENTS
UF LAW EVENTS
FEBRUARY 7
Richard E. Nelson Symposium
“State and Local Elections: Rights
and Wrongs”
Hilton UF Conference Center
FEBRUARY 19-21
Florida Tax Institute
Grand Hyatt, Tampa Bay
FEBRUARY 20
Public Interest Environmental
Conference
“Feeding the Future: Shrinking
Resources, Growing Population and
a Warming Planet”
UF Law campus
MARCH 14
Center for the Study of Race and
Race Relations Spring Lecture
Guest Speaker, Peggy McIntosh,
Wellesley College
UF Law, HOL 180
MARCH 14
E-Discovery Conference
UF Law, Martin H. Levin
Advocacy Center
APRIL 4
Sports Law Symposium
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