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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).

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

On June 18, the Supreme Court of the United States upheld the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival program, an Obama-era program that allows young, undocumented immigrants to stay and work in the country.

When a Chapter 11 bankruptcy case is filed, a commercial landlord with a defaulting or even a non-defaulting tenant may ask – now what? In this post we will address the automatic stay and its injunction against certain actions by a ...

According to the Daily Business Review, law firms are taking different approaches to returning to the office amid the COVID-19 pandemic.   

Kenneth W. Wright, a partner in Shutts & Bowen LLP’s Orlando office, was recently quoted in an article by Law360 discussing a proposed five-year bill that calls for investing nearly $500 billion in the nation’s transportation ...

The hotel industry in the United States has seen definite setbacks throughout the pandemic. While occupancy levels have seen a gradual uptick in recent weeks, COVID-19 and the country’s growing economic uncertainty have weighed ...

Shutts & Bowen LLP is pleased to announce that West Palm Beach partner Steven M. Greenberg and Tampa partner Woodrow “Woody” H. Pollack were recently recognized as “2020 IP STARS” by Managing Intellectual Property ...

West Palm Beach partner Patricia Leonard has been appointed to continue serving on The Florida Bar’s Clients’ Security Fund Committee, with a term beginning on July 1, 2020.

Shutts & Bowen LLP is pleased to announce that Lauren L. Millcarek, a Senior Associate in the firm’s Orlando office, has been appointed to continue serving on The Florida Bar’s Governmental and Public Policy Advocacy Committee ...

Shutts & Bowen LLP is pleased to announce that Lauren L. Stricker, a partner in the firm’s Tampa office, has been appointed to continue serving on The Florida Bar’s Judicial Nominating Procedures Committee, with a term beginning ...

Miami partner Frank Zacherl will join a panel of insurance claims professionals at an upcoming AM Best Webinar titled “How the Impact of COVID-19 is Changing Insurance Claims.”

Fort Lauderdale partner Jamie Wasserman has been appointed to two Florida Bar subcommittees focused on fostering interest and participation in important Bar activities and programs.

Since 2016, Shutts & Bowen has participated in the practicum program, offering students the opportunity to obtain practical experience in the field of international arbitration. Ed Patricoff, Chair of the firm’s International ...