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Burton M. Cohen of Las Vegas passed away at the age of 90.
1953 Hon. Seymour Gelber was honored with the naming of the new children’s courthouse in Miami-Dade.
1957 Sonia Pressman Fuentes, founder
of the National Organization for Women, was one of ten inaugural inductees into the Monticello Central School District’s Hall of Distinction in Monticello, NY.
1958
1970
Robert A. Bertisch was honored with
the Inauguration of the Rule of Law award and the Civility Honor by Temple Beth El at the 5th Annual Project Nuremberg Lawyers Luncheon. Thomas E. Cazel, distinguished Ft. Lauderdale criminal defense attorney, passed away on March 8.
1966 Julian H. Kreeger was honored at
Classical South Florida’s fourth-annual Dr. Sanford L. and Beatrice Ziff Honors for Outstanding Contributions to the Arts for his support of Friends of Chamber Music.
1967 Barry S. Richard, a shareholder in the Tallahassee office of Greenberg Traurig, has been listed in the 2014 Chambers USA Guide.
1968 Neil S. Rollnick, a partner with the law
firm of Hinshaw & Culbertson in their Coral Gables/Miami office, has been named by Chambers USA as a Leading Lawyer in the Real Estate category for 2014.
1969 James R. Brindell, of counsel at
Gunster, was honored as 2014 Lawyer of the Year for Land Use & Zoning Law in West Palm Beach by Best Lawyers.
University of New Hampshire and principal of the Somersworth firm MedEthics Consulting, was appointed to the Board of Directors at Cornerstone VNA.
1977 The Honorable John W. Thornton, Jr., Miami-Dade Circuit
Court Judge, was the recipient of the MiamiDade Chapter of the Florida Association for Women Lawyers Theodore Klein Award.
1978 Hon. Federico A. Moreno, Chief
The Honorable R. Fred Lewis,
Florida Supreme Court Justice, was recognized by the Attorney’s Division of the Greater Miami Jewish Federation with the 2014 Lifetime Achievement Award.
1973
1979
newest book in the Lassiter series: State vs. Lassiter. The book is the tenth in the series. H.T. Smith, Director of the Trial Advocacy Program for FIU Law, was the recipient of the Richard E. S. Toomey Legal Legacy Award.
director of Dade Legal Aid and was honored for 28 years of distinguished and devoted service. She was also the recipient of the Woman’s History Coalition of Miami-Dade County’s Women of Impact Award for her “Character, Courage, and Commitment.” Hon. Cindy S. Lederman, presiding judge of the Juvenile Court in Miami-Dade County, was named the 2014 National CASA Judge of the Year by the Statewide Guardian ad Litem Program. Patricia “Trish” A. Redmond, a shareholder in the Miami office of Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson, P.A. and president of the Law Alumni Association, was named 2013 Woman of the Year in Restructuring by the International Women’s Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation. She also received the 2014 Lawyers in Leadership Award presented by Miami Law’s Center for Ethics and Public Service. Howard M. Talenfeld, a shareholder with Colodny, Fass, Talenfeld, Karlinsky, Abate & Webb, was selected as a winner for Lifestyle Media Group’s 2014 Leaders in Law Awards in Ft. Lauderdale.
1960 of teaching as law professor at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil and continues to practice law as Senior Legal Counsel of the State Bank Banrisul in Brazil.
Paul Drager, adjunct professor at the
Judge for the United States District Court, Southern District of Florida, was honored as a Distinguished Award recipient by The Spellman-Hoeveler Inns of Court and the Daily Business Review. M. Richard “Rick” Sapir, real estate and business law attorney, joined Edwards Wildman Palmer’s real estate practice as counsel.
1972
Peter W. Ashton retired after 52 years
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longest-serving attorney general, received The Florida Bar Foundation’s 2014 Medal of Honor Award. Jeffrey Tew joined the Miami-based firm, Rennert Vogel Mandler & Rodriguez, as a partner.
Lawrence P. Kuvin, an attorney in
Miami-Dade and Broward for more than 50 years, died April 13 in Ft. Lauderdale at age 80.
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Robert A. Butterworth, Florida’s
Paul J. Levine recently published his
1974 The law firm Markowitz, Ringel, Trusty & Hartog, P.A., founded by Jerry M. Markowitz, has received the 2014 Rising Star Award in the Shooting Star category from the Coral Gables Chamber of Commerce for its efforts to hire, mentor and promote young professionals. Don A. Russo, a Miami trial lawyer who successfully resolved hundreds of personal injury, wrongful death, and catastrophic toxic tort cases, passed away on March 16.
1975
Linda Wolff, who achieved success in
law, politics, catering, and real estate, died December 15. She was 66.
1976
Lynn Dannheisser joined the Miami
office of GrayRobinson as of counsel and is a member for the Government and Land Use Law teams.
Sharon Langer retired as executive
1980 Hon. Manny Diaz, former Miami