• Speaking of the seminar, John Phillips of the City’s General Counsel Office suggested a way to get around Sunshine compliance. “For elected officials, if you don’t want to comply with the Sunshine Law your only option is to run for the Legislature,” said Phillips.
• Thursday’s Daily Record featured a “Where are they now?” piece on former BellSouth executive and Downtown fixture Jim McCollum but maybe it should have been called “Where are they going?” McCollum was announced as the Jacksonville University JUAA Golf Drawing winner and will be going to the Callaway Learning Center in Carlsbad, Calif. for a custom fitting session for a new set of golf clubs. More than 550 tickets were sold which raised more than $55,000 for JU athletics. The prize was donated by attorney Glenn Cohen of Barnes & Cohen.
• It’s the time of year when the leadership of the area Bar associations changes hands and the Daily Record needs your help in making sure our Legal Calendar is accurate. Please e-mail or call in with the new president, contact information and any upcoming events: [email protected] or 356-2466.
• We mixed up the two Troy Smiths in a photo cutline last week. It was the Troy Smith at Holland & Knight, not the one at Rogers Towers.
• A group of Ortega residents concerned about their neighborhood crime have put together a community meeting on July 2 and have Sheriff John Rutherford and Council member Mike Corrigan coming. It’s being coordinated by commercial realtor Phil Parsons in response to a flurry of TV heists, a shooting at a condo complex and the theft of his kid’s bike.
• Three prominent area attorneys have joined the firm of GrayRobinson. Bill Andrews, Pat Coleman and Mike Prendergast are all leaving Coffman, Coleman, Andrews & Grogan. The move is effective July 1.
• Changes for one local firm: Howard Butler has left the offices of Ossi, Butler, Najem & Rosario and formed Butler Law Group. The practice specializes in personal injury in Jacksonville and Orlando as well as Entertainment Law nationwide.