• There’s a new law firm in town. Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman & Goggin, a regional defense litigation firm, opened last week at 12 E. Bay St. Michael Obringer, formerly of Obringer, DeCandio & Oosting, is the managing partner. Also joining the firm as shareholders are Michael J. DeCandio, Susan S. Oosting and R. Thomas Roberts. The office will have two associates, Laura L. Starrett and Julio C. Salvador. Marshal, Dennehey is based in Philadelphia and has offices in New Jersey, Delaware and Ohio and Ft. Lauderdale, Orlando and Tampa.
• Mayor John Peyton thinks one of Jacksonville’s chief advantages when facing next year’s military base closings is its close proximity to a live bombing range in the Ocala National Forest. Given the present environmentally-active climate, Peyton thinks it’s unlikely that new ranges will be built. “If you think getting rid of the Fuller Warren Bridge is hard, try getting a permit for a live bombing range,” he said.
• Dan McCarthy, director of Military Affairs for the City, is the speaker at the July 21 Federal Bar Association meeting. It’s scheduled for noon at the Omni. Free for members; $15 for guests. To make reservations, call Kathleen Griffith at 353-2000 or e-mail [email protected] before noon July 16.
• New face at Akerman Senterfitt is Crystal L. Ganpath, who joins the firm as an associate in the Litigation Group. Ganpath previously worked at the firm of Ozikowski & Walsh in Ft. Lauderdale.
• Correction: in a recent story on Mudville Grille, we said they had a location in Avondale. It’s actually in Arlington.
• Robert Humphries, who is opening Ieyasu restaurant in the W.A. Knight Building later this month, now calls the Parks at the Cathedral home.
• The Florida Legislature appropriated a $50,000 Historic Preservation Grant to help restore the Klutho Bandstand in Springfield’s Klutho Park.
• The U.S. Senate and House will conference this week to decide if next year’s round of military base closures will go ahead as scheduled. The chambers are considering an amendment to delay the next round until 2007 and another that would cancel the closings altogether.
• Attorney Franklin Reinstine Jr is the new chair of the Jacksonville Historic Preservation Commission.
• Judge Fred Tygart had a good day on the golf course at San Jose Country Club. He had a hole-in-one.