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MONDAY, MAY 21, 2018
VOL. 105, NO. 131 • ONE SECTION
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CSX pledges focus on safety
SIMPLIFYING AND FOCUSING
At annual meeting, CEO says company will hire a safety officer. By Mark Basch Contributing Writer While much attention has been focused on the efficiency of CSX Corp.’s railroad since new management came in last year, CEO James Foote now is putting more resources into safety. Foote told shareholders at the c o m p a n y ’s annual meeting Friday that CSX will be announcing a new chief safety officer this week and also is bringing in an Foote outside consulting firm to help with safety issues. “Because of the incidents earlier in the year, I thought we needed additional help,” he said. After the meeting, Foote said the incidents included the deaths of two Amtrak employees in a collision with a CSX train in February in South Carolina. Foote said his No. 1 concern in running CSX is fear that “someone’s going to get killed,” so he’s taking steps to prevent it. “Maybe we should have some fresh eyes” looking at safety, he said.
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A. Russell Smith moved his law office from Newnan Street near Union Street to TIAA Bank Center at 301 W. Bay St. He said it’s an advantage for him and his clients to be closer to the Duval County Courthouse and the Bryan Simpson U.S. Courthouse.
Attorney A. Russell Smith finds convenience by moving his practice to office suite. By Max Marbut Associate Editor When situations change, sometimes the best business strategy is to go back to what worked in the beginning. That’s what led attorney A. Russell Smith to, after 35 years at 519 N. Newnan St., move his criminal defense, family law
and mediation practice into an office at Executive Suite Professionals on the 14th floor at TIAA Bank Center. He began his private practice in a small office near the Duval County Courthouse and that’s how he plans to retire from his practice. “It has simplified my life tremendously,” Smith said. “I’ve gone from writing
40 checks a month and being a landlord to writing six checks a month.” After being admitted to The Florida Bar in 1980, Smith joined the Public Defender’s Office. Three years later, he rented a small office in the Blackstone Building and hung out his shingle across SMITH
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‘There’s No Place Like Home’ gala raises $130,000 for Guardian ad Litem It’s more than twice the amount raised at event last year. By Max Marbut Associate Editor The second edition of “There’s No Place Like Home,” the gala presented by Coker Law on April 13 to benefit the 4th Judicial Circuit Guardian ad Litem Program, raised about $130,000 that will be used to help abandoned, abused
and neglected children that have entered the dependency court system in Clay, Duval and Nassau counties. That’s more than twice the amount donated at the inaugural event in November 2016. “It will allow us to send more of the kids to camp this summer and let them have more activities,” said Heather Solanka, president of the Guardian ad Litem Foundation of Florida’s First Coast and an attorney at Camerlengo & Anderson. The gala proceeds more than triple the foundation’s ability to
help children compared to last year. That will allow the foundation to more quickly meet the basic needs of more children, such as when a child breaks their eyeglasses and needs a replacement, she added. “In the past, we would go to the agencies that work with us to pay for the glasses. We appreciate the help from Daniel, Family Support Services, Neighbor to Neighbor and Children’s Home Society, but GALA
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Dorothy and the Scarecrow with Circuit Judge David Gooding at the “Wizard of Oz”-themed “There’s No Place Like Home” gala that benefits the Guardian ad Litem child advocacy program.
The Marbut Report: Board seats up for grabs Deadline to enter JBA Young Lawyers Section election is May 31. PUBLIC
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