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Thursday, June 15, 2017
Vol. 104, No. 153 • One Section
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Mortgage issued for Hyatt Place GENDER BIAS IN THE LEGAL PROFESSION
‘A REALITY FOR FAR TOO MANY’ From The Florida Bar Special Committee on Gender Bias, May 2017 report:
38%
The percentage of attorneys practicing in Florida who are women. In the U.S., 36 percent of attorneys are women. In 1970, women accounted for only 3 percent of the profession.
15%
Of Florida’s female attorneys are managing partners or partners/shareholders. That’s compared with 27 percent of the state’s male attorneys.
80%
The median compensation for female equity partners when compared to their male equity partners, according to a survey by the National Association of Women Lawyers.
89.7%
The percentage of median weekly earnings of full-time female attorneys in 2015 when compared with male attorneys. In 2005, it was 77.5 percent, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
From The Florida Bar’s 2016 Gender Equality in the Legal Profession survey:
47%
The percentage of female attorneys who said they believe they are not being compensated the same as their male counterparts for comparable work. Just 6 percent of male attorneys believe that to be true.
54%
Of female attorneys said they have to work harder than male lawyers to achieve the same results. Only 12 percent of male attorneys hold that view.
46%
Of female attorneys said they believe male lawyers attain partnership status faster than female lawyers. By comparison, 12 percent of male lawyers responded similarly.
37%
Of female attorneys said their pre-tax income derived from their practice was more than $100,000. By comparison, 55 percent of male attorneys said it was.
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ender bias in the legal profession was confirmed nearly 30 years ago. And it was affirmed about three weeks ago. Discrimination against women was the subject of a report issued in March 1990 by the state Supreme Court’s Gender Bias Study Commission that was the result of two years of hearings.
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More recently, the results of a similar study with recommendations was delivered May 26 to The Florida Bar leadership. The 1990 report concluded that gender bias, defined as discrimination based solely on one’s sex, was “a reality for far too many people involved in the legal system.” Myriad issues were examined, including dissolution of marriage, custody and child support and criminal prosecution and penalties, but the report also spe-
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Hakimian to renovate Pottsburg Plaza center Jacksonville retail investor buys property for medical tenant. By Karen Brune Mathis Editor
The Florida Bar is taking up the fight against gender bias. By Max Marbut Associate Editor
Capital Bank Corp. issued a $18.5 million mortgage to Concord Jacksonville TC LLC to develop a Hyatt Place hotel in The Strand at Town Center. Raleigh, North Carolinabased Concord paid $4 million for the property in March, buying it from PGP Jacksonville TC LLC, a Preferred Growth Properties company. Capital Bank made the mortgage June 7 and it was recorded Monday with the Duval County Clerk of Court. Concord Hospitality Enterprises Co. filed plans last year to develop the 160-room Hyatt Place hotel on 2.79 acres along Town Center Parkway. Preferred Growth is the realestate subsidiary of Books-AMillion and is developing The Strand and The Crossing at Town Center. Hyatt Place is a brand of Chicago-based Hyatt Hotels Corp. Just north of The Strand,
cifically addressed gender bias within the legal profession. On that aspect, it stated “gender bias permeates the legal profession,” that women were “not proportionately represented in law flrm partnerships, judgeships and tenured faculty positions. The report went on to say: “The Commission found that bias unfairly restricts access to an array of profesBias
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Hakimian Holdings bought the Pottsburg Plaza shopping center at northeast University and Atlantic boulevards and already has signed a lease with MCCI Medical Group. Jacksonville-based Hakimian renamed the center Gates of Pottsburg Plaza and will launch a facade renovation along with lighting, landscape and parking lot improvements. President Ben Hakimian said MCCI Medical Group leased about 11,000 square feet of Hakimian
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