Daily Record Financial News &
Monday, April 16, 2018
Vol. 105, No. 106 • One Section
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Abel, Bean take leap together
Martire retiring as FIS chairman CEO Gary Norcross will take over role.
Fidelity National Information Services Inc. disclosed last week in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing that Frank Martire is retiring as a director and chairman of the board. Martire is a former CEO of the Jacksonville-based banking technology company known Martire as FIS. He had been CEO of Metavante Technologies Inc. and joined FIS as its chief executive when it acquired Metavante in October 2009. Martire retired as CEO on Jan. 1, 2015, and was succeeded by Gary Norcross. Norcross will take over Martire’s role as chairman, in addition to serving as president and CEO. In the SEC filing, FIS said the 70-year-old Martire’s retirement was based on a desire to pursue other interests. The retirement takes effect after FIS’ upcoming annual
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Michael Abel and Daniel Bean have launched Abel Bean Law, a firm focusing on offering general counsel services to small and mediumsized businesses.
After 30 combined years of working together at Holland & Knight, Michael Abel and Daniel Bean launch a Downtown law practice.
By Max Marbut Associate Editor With more than 50 combined years of experience, including 30 years between them in the Jacksonville office of Holland & Knight, Michael Abel and Daniel Bean are partners at Abel Bean Law. “It’s a challenge and an opportunity to create a law firm that’s known in the business and legal communities,” said Abel, who left Holland & Knight 12 months ago for solo practice. He and Bean worked together and became friends over the years, so when Bean began
a few months ago considering the possibility of making the same change, joining forces worked out to be a good fit for both. “I needed a challenge. When you test yourself, that’s when you find out what you’re made of,” Bean said. “Watching Mike do so well gave me the courage to make the leap.” In addition to general civil business practice, transactional law and trust and estate practice, the firm is developing a niche Abel and Bean believe is needed in Northeast Florida: general counsel services for small Lawyers
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Women lawyers take a look at gender bias and opportunity “Part of solving the problem is recognizing it,” says Joshua Roberts from Holland & Knight. By Max Marbut Associate Editor Tuesday was the national observance of “Equal Pay Day,” representing how far into the new year the average woman must work to earn the same amount of pay the average man earned the previous year. On Thursday, the Jacksonville
Women Lawyers Association presented a panel discussion on the topic of gender bias and the means to equality in the legal profession. “We recognize that our profession has a long way to go,” said Jennifer Shoaf Richardson, attorney at Jackson Lewis and JWLA president. The panelists were managing and senior partners of some of Jacksonville’s largest law firms: Bill Adams from Gunster; 4th Judicial Circuit Public Defender Charlie Cofer; Robert Harris of Harris Guidi; Kevin Hyde from Panel
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Jacksonville Women Lawyers Association President Jennifer Shoaf Richardson moderated a panel discussion of gender issues in the legal profession with managing and senior partners of several local law firms.
The Marbut Report: Windfall for legal aid groups Three organizations land donations after lawsuit settlement money goes unclaimed. Public
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