• Four people from the Jacksonville legal community have applied for the open seat on the First District Court of Appeal(DCA) created by Judge Ricky Polston being appointed to the Florida Supreme Court. Attorney Alan Chipperfield of the Public Defender’s Office, attorney Harvey Jay of Saalfield Shad, Circuit Court Judge Waddell Wallace and Circuit Court Magistrate Judge Leatrice Williams Walton have applied for the First DCA seat.
• Neptune Beach will host a new law office. Patrick Kerchowski is opening his own practice after working for Lewis, Longman & Walker for about two years. He has been practicing law for 10 years and plans to focus on environmental land use and local government law at his new practice.
• With about a week left on his Jacksonville Bar Association Young Lawyer Section status Jeff Moody, 36, of Marshall Dennehey, enjoyed the YLS Happy Hour at the Jacksonville Bank on Laura Street Wednesday during ArtWalk. About 50 people attended the social event. For more, see story 'Young Lawyers combine ArtWalk, happy hour'.
• The law firm of Gunster Yoakley has opened an office on Water Street and named four attorneys shareholders in the process. William Andrews Jr. Michael Cavendish, David Wells and Edward Whelan have been named shareholders. The firm also has offices in Ft. Lauderdale, Miami, Palm Beach, Stuart, Tallahassee, Vero Beach and West Palm Beach.
• Holland & Knight will once again hold its annual legislative previews. The Tampa preview is set for Nov. 20 while the Jacksonville preview is Nov. 21. The firm’s Florida Government Advocacy Team meets with local business and government to talk about the issues the firm will focus on during the next session of the Florida Legislature.
• The London Bridge Pub is serving up substantial appetizers. For $6.50 customers can enjoy two scotch eggs. The scratch made, softball-sized eggs can be a meal by themselves. The dish consists of two cold hard-boiled eggs removed from their eggshells, wrapped in a sausage meat mixture, coated in bread crumbs and deep-fried.
• The Sixth Annual Greater Jacksonville Veteran’s Ball is at the Hyatt on Saturday from 6 p.m.- midnight. It is being hosted by the Filipino American Veterans Society and Visayas and Mindanao Association.
• Coggin Pontiac GMC Truck has informed the City it intends to close its Atlantic Boulevard dealership effective Jan. 4. According to Human Resources Director Gena Jankowski, approximately 97 employees will be affected by the closure.
• The Children’s Christmas Party of Jacksonville will mark its 10th year of giving toys to kids Dec. 13 at the Osborn Center. The event is open to kids 12 and under and gets underway at 9 a.m.
• Speaking of the Osborn Center, the 24th Annual Empty Bowls luncheon will be there Nov. 18. The annual food drive benefits Second Harvest Food Bank of North Florida.
• The River City Band has announced its annual “Taste the Muzyk” concert scheduled for Friday evening has been canceled due to lack of ticket sales. “Yuletide Swing,” a free concert Dec. 3 at 6:30 p.m. at the Main Library auditorium, is still on the schedule.
• At-Large City Council member Glorious Johnson went to the Greater El-Beth El-Divine Holiness Church Friday and Saturday to help provide food and water to needy citizens. She was joined by Bill Henry of America’s Heart and Bishop Dr. Lorenzo Hall Sr. They distributed 19,000 bottles of water, 11,000 boxes of food and 3,000 pounds of bread and fresh produce.
• Steve Foppe, who has served as senior brewmaster at Anheuser-Busch’s Jacksonville Brewery since 2004, has been named senior plant manager, replacing Steve McDaniel who retired after almost 30 years with the company. Keith Hodgins, most recently senior assistant brewmaster, has been named resident brewmaster. The plant has been in Jacksonville for 39 years and has a production capacity of 9 million barrels of beer annually.
• The broadway smash “The Pajama Game” will be at the University of North Florida’s Fine Arts Center Nov. 22 at 7:30 p.m. Based on Richard Bissel’s book “7 1/2 Cents” the musical follows the story of pajamas, love and conflicts between a labor union and management. General admission starts at $42 per ticket. For more information call the UNF Ticket Box Office at 620-2878.
• Speaking of music, the Riverside Fine Arts Series will host the Preservation Hall Jazz Band Dec. 5 at 8 p.m. at the Church of the Good Shepherd in Riverside. The band, from New Orleans, will dine with guests at a pre-concert dinner at 6 p.m. in the church’s Worsham Hall. It’ll be catered by Mojos Kitchen for $28 per person. Tickets for the event itself are $35 and can be purchased by calling 389-6222 or by visiting www.riversidefinearts.org.