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On Thursday, October 21, the firm’s Focus on Women Group held a Lunch & Learn panel discussion on the topic of Board Certification. The event centered on the importance and benefits of Florida Bar Board Certification, in the hopes of inspiring the next generation of attorneys to move forward with certification.

Jennifer Slone Tobin, a partner in the Orlando office of Shutts & Bowen LLP and Co-Chair of the firm’s Real Estate Practice Group, was recently appointed to the Transportation Advisory Committee for the City of Orlando, providing valuable input on the City’s direction concerning transportation-related funding.

West Palm Beach intellectual property associate Jodi-Ann Tillman will participate in an upcoming University of Florida Levin College of Law panel.

In the first installment of the Daily Business Review’s “Leading the Way” Q&A Series, Shutts & Bowen Executive Committee Chairman Bowman Brown discussed how the firm is navigating novel challenges brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic and how law firm leaders now face choices that will impact their firms’

Shutts & Bowen Miami Partners John Meagher and Jake Monk recently gave a presentation, “A Case of Suicide: Notes from Florida’s First Federal Zoom Jury Trial,” at the International Claims Association’s 2021 Annual Education Conference, held virtually September 28-30.

West Palm Beach partner, Harvey Oyer, was named Chairman of the Business Development Board of Palm Beach County.

Brett Renton, a partner in Shutts & Bowen LLP’s Orlando office, will discuss the current state of PFAS litigation at the 2021 Florida Airports Council Education and Training Summit, on October 27, 2021.

Max Goldstein, an attorney in Shutts & Bowen LLP’s Tampa office and a co-director of the Florida Bar Tax Section’s State and Local Tax Division, will be a featured speaker at The Florida Bar Tax Section Fall Meeting, taking place October 15 – 17, 2021.

Five years ago, East End Capital and an Australian investor bought a 30-story downtown Miami office building located at 100 N. Biscayne Blvd. for $84 million. The long-term goal was to increase occupancy by 10% and sell the high-rise and garage, walking away with a hefty profit. By the time the purchase closed in 2016, court filings revealed strife between the co-owners.

James Farrell, a partner in the West Palm Beach office of Shutts & Bowen and Chair of the firm’s Health Care Practice Group, believes that one change coming to the market is a growing niche for specialty hospitals.

Derrick M. Valkenburg, a partner in Shutts & Bowen LLP’s Orlando office, was recently elected to the Board of Directors of the Associated Builders and Contractors - Central Florida Chapter.

Harvey E. Oyer III, a real estate partner in the West Palm Beach office of Shutts & Bowen LLP, will be featured on History Fort Lauderdale’s October 14 segment of its “Meet the Author” interactive Zoom series.