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Shutts & Bowen LLP is pleased to announce that Lauren A. Taylor, a partner in the firm’s Tampa office, has been accepted into Class V of the Florida Fellows Institute of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC).

The Forum Club of the Palm Beaches, Florida’s largest nonpartisan political and public affairs organization, announced its 2020-2021 Season Opener and 22-member Board of Directors. West Palm Beach partner Harvey E. Oyer, III, was named Chair of the Forum Club and will lead the organization in its 45th season of promoting thought and stimulating dialogue.

Miami partner Rachel LaMontagne will be a featured speaker at the 4th Annual Medicare Secondary Payer Conditional Payment Forum, which will be held virtually on July 27-28.

Immigration partner Diamela del Castillo Payet recently discussed President Donald Trump’s new victory regarding asylum seekers expedited proceedings with NTN24, Colombia’s largest television news station.

Ashley V. Gantt, an attorney in the Miami office of Shutts & Bowen LLP, was sworn in as President for the 2020-21 year.

Shutts & Bowen LLP is pleased to announce that Orlando attorney Lauren L. Millcarek has been elected as Vice President for the 11th Circuit of the Federal Bar Association (FBA), with her term to begin in October 2020.

Ed Patricoff, Chair of Shutts & Bowen’s International Dispute Resolution Practice Group, believes adaptability of microgrids and the “innovations related to their potential application in diverse settings” are among the reasons the technology will continue to grow.

Kristin Drecktrah Paz, a partner with the Miami office of Shutts & Bowen, has been elected President-Elect of the Miami-Dade Chapter of the Florida Association for Women Lawyers (MDFAWL). She will be installed at a virtual installation celebration on July 1, and will assume the presidency in summer 2021.

On June 25, Miami Tax partner Patrick Lannon co-presented a webinar titled “Joint Revocable Trusts: Domestic and International Considerations and Pitfalls,” for the Greater Miami Tax Institute.

Miami partner Patrick Lannon recently co-authored an article for The Florida Bar Journal titled “Protecting an Inheritance in the Event of Divorce.”

Shutts & Bowen LLP is pleased to announce that 15 attorneys have been recognized in the 2020 edition of Florida Trend’s Florida Legal Elite™.

Because the majority of the focus has been on the virtual (and visual) aspect of court hearings, this article addresses another way to gain the competitive edge—revisiting the fundamentals on effective legal writing.