Pariente to speak at JALA event
Jacksonville Area Legal Aid, Inc. is holding its annual Equal Justice Awards Reception Tuesday night at The River Club from 6-8 p.m. Florida Supreme Court Chief Justice Barbara J. Pariente will be the keynote speaker for the event.
Burr makes move, changes
Attorney Karen Koster Burr has moved her firm and now has all new contact information. The Koster Burr Firm, P.A. is now located at 1208 Campbell Circle, Jacksonville, Fla. 32207. Burr’s new phone number is (904) 721-0053 and the facsimile number is (904) 721-6479. The firms’s new mailing address is P.O. Box 47408, Jacksonville, Fla. 32247 and the new e-mail address is [email protected].
JALA receives fellowship
Jacksonville Area Legal Aid was one of seven nationwide recipients of a national Legal Aid and Defender Association grants announced last week. The fellowship awards each program $60,000 over two years to expand a consumer law practice. The fellowships are funded with monies designated as part of the settlement of class action cases tried by the National Consumer Law Center against consumer financial institutions. JALA was selected from more than 50 applicants.
Florida Bar looking for a Realtor
The Florida Bar is seeking nominees for special appointments to its Florida Realtor-Attorney Joint Committee. The 20-person committee comprises 10 lawyers and 10 realtors and is charged with encouraging cordial relations between realtors and attorneys and presenting educational seminars. Those interested in applying for the vacancies can download the application from the Bar’s Web site or call Bar headquarters at (850) 561-5757.
Last chance for free research
Midnight on Friday is the deadline to participate in the Florida Bar’s giveaway of a free one-year subscription to the Fastcase legal research database (value $195). Bar members can win by answering some legal research questions that are posted on the Bar’s Web site.
Correction
At the Jacksonville Bar Association luncheon in October, it was incorrectly announced that the annual Bench and Bar holiday party was to be held on Dec. 6. The Bench and Bar is actually being held on Dec. 13 in the Aetna Building Lobby.