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T h is C o m mu n i t y N ewsp a p er is a pu bl ica t ion of E sca m bia-S a n t a Rosa B a r Assoc ia t ion
Se r v i ng t he Fi r st Jud icial Ci rcu it
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Vol. 19, No. 18
May 1, 2019
1 Section, 8 Pages
Escambia-Santa Rosa Bar Association to host Law Week 2019 May 13 through 19
The Escambia-Santa Rosa Bar Association (ESRBA) will host Law Week 2019 May 13 through 19. Law Week 2019, presented by McMahon and Hadder Insurance, will include a judicial reception, a luncheon, and a religious ceremony. The theme selected by the American Bar Association (ABA) for Law Day 2019, Free Speech, Free Press, Free Society, has been adopted for the week-long local commemoration. According to the ABA, “the theme asks us to examine two cornerstones of representative government and consider the role they have played in sustaining our society.” Law Day is held annually nationwide each to celebrate the role of law in our society and cultivate a deeper
understanding of the rule of law. The Judicial Reception, sponsored by the ESRBA’s Young Lawyers Division and Mike Chastain with Dex Imaging, will be held May 14 from 5:30 p.m. until 7:30 p.m. at V. Paul’s Italian Ristorante, 29 Palafox Place in downtown Pensacola. The event will honor the local judiciary and provide an opportunity for judges, attorneys, and paralegals to mingle and network in an informal afterhours social setting. The cost, which includes heavy hors d’oeuvres and a wine/beer ticket, is $20 per person. A cash bar will also be available. Reservations are required by Friday, May 3 to esrba@esrba. com or 434-8135 extension 1.
The Law Week Luncheon, sponsored by Zarzaur Law, P.A., will be held on Friday, May 17 from 11:30 a.m. until 1 p.m. at the Pensacola Grand Hotel, 200 East Gregory Street. The luncheon will feature a panel discussion surrounding the Free Speech, Free Press, Free Society theme. Journalist, author, and television contributor Molly Barrows Vigodsky, editorial cartoonist and columnist Andy Marlette, and attorney James Green, Jr. of Clark Partington will comprise the panel. The discussion will be moderated by attorney and former newspaper editor Charles Beall of Moore, Hill and Westmoreland, P.A. This year’s Liberty Bell Award recipient will also be announced. The Liberty Bell
Award is presented annually to recognize community service that has strengthened the American system of freedom under law and to accord public recognition to men and women, particularly non-lawyers, for outstanding service. Additionally, the Northwest Florida Paralegal Association will recognize the winner of its theme-related high school essay contest at the luncheon. The cost for the luncheon is $25 per person. Reservations are required by Friday, May 3 to esrba@esrba.com or 4348135 extension 1. Law Week 2019, presented by McMahon and Hadder Insurance, is sponsored by Platinum Sponsors Emmanuel, Sheppard and Condon and Thomson Reuters; Gold
Law Week Luncheon Panel Discussion: Meet the Moderator and Panel About the Moderator: Charles Beall is a shareholder with Moore, Hill & Westmoreland, P.A. He is one of just four Florida attorneys board certified in both Appellate Practice and Civil Trial. His trial practice focuses primarily on complex civil litigation with an emphasis on defending class actions and mass torts. Prior to law school, Mr. Beall served as the managing editor of The News Journal in Radford, Virginia, and as an editor at The Daily Progress in Charlottesville. He was also managing editor of The University Journal the University of Virginia, where he received both his undergraduate and law degrees. About the Panel: Mollye Barrows Vigodsky is the Public Relations and Communications Director for the law firm of Levin
Papantonio. An award-winning television journalist, author, and anchor, Mollye now reports on legal issues for “America’s Lawyer,” an international television show hosted by attorney Mike Papantonio, as well as other news programs on the RT America network. Before joining Levin Papantonio, she was an anchor and reporter for WEAR TV 3, our local ABC. She also wrote “A Perversion of Justice,” a book about the murder of a Pensacola man by his sons in 2001. She is currently working on another book about a local murder case. Mollye also writes for Bella Magazine and the Pensacola News Journal, and hosts and produces special programs for WSRE TV and BLAB TV. Andy Marlette is the nationally syndicated editorial cartoonist for
Law Week 2019 is presented by McMahon and Hadder Insurance
the Pensacola News Journal. Born and raised in Sanford, Fla., Marlette received a priceless editorial cartoon education from his uncle, Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Doug Marlette. The elder Marlette drew with a ferocity that left no politician revered and no hypocrite unexposed. His creed was simple: “In this country, we do not apologize for our opinions.” With this in mind, Andy works daily to carry on the family tradition and to always be an “equal opportunity offender.” Marlette is also a columnist and editorial writer. His work has become both hated and adored by readers in Northwest Florida. He has been awarded by the Florida Society of Newspaper Editors for both his writing and cartoons. James “Jim” R. Green Jr.’s practice focuses on civil litigation. He regularly
The Law Week Luncheon is sponsored by Zarzaur Law, P.A.
Sponsors Moore, Hill and Westmoreland, P.A., Beggs and Lane, ProLegal Discovery Solutions, Levin, Papantonio, Thomas, Mitchell, Rafferty and Proctor, P.A., Michael J. Griffith, P.A., and Seville Square Realty, LLC; Silver Sponsors Saltmarsh, Cleveland and Gund, Escambia-Santa Rosa Bar Foundation, Lloyd, Gray, Whitehead and Monroe, John Peacock with Edward Jones, Virginia M. Buchanan, Clark Partington, Thieman Greene and Associates; Bronze Sponsors Hook and Bolton, P.A., Taylor, Warren and Weidner, P.A., Mediation Plus, and Davidson & Hiers, P.A. For more information, visit www. esrba.com/calendar-events/ law-week, email esrba@esrba. com or call 434-8135.
represents clients in estate litigation, trust litigation, personal injury matters, aviation litigation, defamation claims, and insurance coverage disputes. Jim has represented Gannett, Sinclair, Inweekly and others in cases involving defamation claims, access to courts, and other First Amendment issues. He has tried several cases to a jury verdict in favor of his clients and he has obtained favorable judgments for his clients in bench trials During law school at Florida State, Jim served as the Articles Editor for the Florida State Law Review, and he clerked for the central staff of the First District Court of Appeal. Jim also worked for Professor Charles Ehrhardt to edit the 2007 edition of Florida Evidence. Jim received book awards in his evidence and civil procedure courses.
The Judicial Reception is sponsored by the ESRBA’s Young Lawyers Division and Mike Chastain with Dex Imaging