The annual Bench and Bar holiday party hosted by The Jacksonville Bar Association was held Dec. 13 at the Aetna Building. The annual event is an opportunity for The JBA members to mingle with the judiciary in a social setting. Including members and guests, about 300 people attended. The JBA also collected donations for Jacksonville Area Legal Aid and raised about $1,150 for the organization. Judges from the top step from left (by row), Thomas Beverly, Jim Daniel and Daniel Wilensky; Waddell Wallace and Mark Hulsey; John Moran and Angela Cox; Scott Mitchell, Mark Mahon and Charles Mitchell; Lance Day, Peter Dearing and Haldane Taylor; Tyrie Boyer, Virginia Norton, David Wiggins and Donald Moran; Hugh Carithers, Elizabeth Senterfitt, John Skinner and Gary Flower; Mark Borello, Tatiana Salvador, Jean Johnson, Dawn Hudson, and Brent Shore; Fred Tygart, Pauline Drake, Jerry Funk, Mallory Cooper, Mose Floyd, Charles Cofer and Roberto Arias; Eleni Derke, Michelle Kalil and Henry Davis.