Local attorneys named to
Trial Lawyers board
Four Jacksonville attorneys were elected to the Academy
of Florida Trial Lawyers Board of Directors for 2005-2006 by
the organization’s general membership. Tom Edwards, partner at Peek, Cobb, Edwards and
Ashton, was elected secretary of the AFTL, a Tallahassee-based professional organization.
Bill Harrell, partner at Harrell
& Harrell; Jennifer Millis,
partner at the Law Offices of W.C. Gentry; and Joshua Whitman, partner at The Law Offices of Milton, Leach, Whitman, D’Andrea, Charek and Milton were also elected to the board. AFTL Executive Director Scott Caruthers said, “Northeast Florida has a rich tradition of supporting the Academy, and... this group carries on that great tradition.
A first for the Florida
Association of Women
Lawyers
Tallahassee attorney June McKinney Bartelle was recently installed as president of the
Florida Association of Women Lawyers. Bartelle is the first
black woman to ever hold the association’s top position in group’s 54-year history. Bartelle is a senior assistant attorney
general where she serves as the general counsel to the Florida Commission for Independent Education. Prior to her current position, Bartelle has served in positions as counsel for several state organizations.
Legalis humorous
Who said lawyers don’t have a sense of humor? At the law offices of Tritt & Franson, a local construction and Real Estate law litigation firm in Riverside, there is an interesting book on the waiting room reading table. Along with the New York Times and the firm’s newsletter sits a copy of “Lawyers and Other Reptiles,” a compilation of quips, jokes and self-deprecating lawyer stories.
FCSL alumni meeting
The FCSL Alumni Association is holding its monthly meeting Tuesday, August 2, at the Mudville Grill located at 3105 Beach Blvd. at 6:30 p.m. All FCSL alumni are invited to attend. For more information, call Rachel McClelland at 354-3645.