Contents
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AD DIRECTORY
24 On The Cover: Susan Healy is the chair of The Florida Bar’s Diversity and Inclusion Committee. Cover Photo: Giovanni Photography
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feature 21
Taking a seat at the table
SW Florida’s champion for inclusion
by Sara Fitzpatrick Comito
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departments 6
Letter from the President
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Letter from the Editor
by Anne Dalton, Esq.
by Beverly Grady, Esq.
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Calendar of Events
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Ethically Speaking
by Henry Lee Paul, Esq.
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The Florida Bar Ethics & Advertising Department can help your practice
Appellate 101
Important amendments to the Florida rules of appellate procedure
by Christopher Donovan, Esq. LCBA Appellate Law Practice Section
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Art Happenings
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by Lydia Black
Real Estate
Where to buy, sell or lease
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RES GESTAE | February 2015
20 100 Club 24 Legal Lens
Social scene photos
26 Community Connection
Calusa Nature Center
by Sara Fitzpatrick Comito
30 The Dish
Fathoms & The French Press
33 On the Bench
Magistrate Steven Studybaker
35 From the Bar
Carl Joseph Coleman, Esq.
36 From the Bar
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Miguel Fernández, Esq
Legal Briefs
News and happenings
Allied Business Solutions 25 Ave Maria School of Law IFC Boyle, Gentile & Leonard, P.A. 29 Boyle, Gentile & Leonard, P.A. 36 Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC 18 Burkett Law 11 Buschbom Mediation 29 Business Observer 20 Calvo & Calvo Attorneys at Law 34 CONRIC PR & Marketing | Publishing 35 Denise Kennedy 17 Dial A Nurse Inc. 17 Donna Tisch 13 Edison National Bank BC Estero Country Club 32 Fort Myers Court Reporting 20 Freidin, Dobrinsky, Brown & Rosenblum P.A. 7 Garvin Law Firm 17 Goldberg, Racila, D’Alessandro & Noone, LLC 18 Goldstein, Buckley, Cechman, Rice & Purtz 34 Henderson, Franklin, Starnes & Holt, P.A. 11 Hotel Indigo 32 Jason L. Gunter, P.A. 38 Joe Viacava Law Firm, The 16 Joel H. Brown 9 Jurisco, Inc 9 Kremenchuker Law Firm 15 Kuhn Law Firm 33 Kushner & Kushner Attorneys 19 Law Firm of Scott T. Moorey 25 Law Office of Kevin Jursinski & Associates 27 Leonard P. Reina 19 Leslea Ellis, LLC 25 Levins & Associates, LLC 37 LIVINGSTON LOEFFLER, P.A. 37 McHale Properties 19 Merit Court Reporting, Inc. © 13 Musca Law Office, Inc. 3 Over2Social 27 Parvey Frankel 11 Patterson Eskin & Ball 19 Pay Junction IBC Premier Executive Center 19 Simon M. Harrison 38 Spivey Law Firm, P.A. 5 T 3 Communications 38 Veranda Restaurant 29 Veritext Court Reporting 36 Von Ahn & Associates 34