• Jacksonville attorney John “Jake” Schickel of Coker, Schickel, Sorenson & Posgay announced his candidacy for president of the Florida Bar Thursday. Schickel has served as a member of the Bar’s Board of Governors, is a founding member of the E. Robert Williams Inn of Court and will be sworn in as the president of the Jacksonville Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates at the organization’s awards ceremony Dec. 11. The last Florida Bar President from Jacksonville was Henry “Hank” Coxe of The Bedell Firm who was elected in 2006.
