Over 190+ people from 27 firms and businesses and 13 colleges and universities attended the Zoom presentation hosted by the Broward County Bar Hispanic Bar Association and the Broward Bar Association along with 10 other leading bar organizations in South Florida. The event was recorded and the link available HERE

Panelists included: Florida Bar President Morales, President Young Lawyers Division White, NSU Law Dean Juárez, Judge Diaz (J.D. 1984) and recent alumni:

Fredrick C. Givens (J.D. 2019) Gabrielle Alexa Penalta (J.D. 2019)

Elaine Martin Pérez (J.D. 2020) Jihad Sheikha (J.D. 2020)

FL Supervised Practice Program https://flayld.org/supervised-practice-program/

Our J.D. class of 2023/2024 is 215 members strong with a median undergraduate GPA of 3.19 and a median LSAT score of 152—both increasing in quality and diversity over the past 3 years! This 1L class represents 49 undergraduate schools, 35 different majors, 14 states and 23 countries. For the second year, our incoming 1L class has over 50% female students and our diversity reached 48% full time. Our part-time JD program reached 59% diversity. We’re excited to welcome all our new students to the NSU Law community.

The Christopher T. Bryd Environmental Law Fellowship was established in 2016 by his NSU Law friends and colleagues. Jordan Snyder and Blaze Walsh were both recipients of the Fellowship. Your support for this and other NSU Law Fellowships provide internship opportunities for our NSU Law students.

Published A Genetic Surveillance State: Are We One Buccal Swab Away From a Total Loss of Genetic Privacy? 63 HOW. L.J. 117 (Winter 2020).

Published for The Center for Computer Assisted Instruction (CALI) lesson, Notice and Knowledge in Fall 2020.

Published casebook with Elena Maria Marty-Nelson, Eloisa C. Rodriguez-Dod, Gail Levin Richmond, and Jani Maurer, FLORIDA WILLS, TRUSTS, AND ESTATES: CASES AND MATERIALS (4th ed. 2020). LINK

Authored commentary on Egelhoff v. Egelhoff, 532 U.S. 141 (2001): Commentary in FEMINIST JUDGMENTS: REWRITTEN TRUSTS & ESTATES OPINIONS 149 (forthcoming Sept. 2020). LINK

Associate Dean for Diversity, Inclusion, and Public Impact & Professor of Law Elena Maria Marty-Nelson 

Published casebook with Eloisa C. Rodriguez-Dod, Gail Levin Richmond, Donna Carol Litman and Jani Maurer, FLORIDA WILLS, TRUSTS, AND ESTATES: CASES AND MATERIALS (4th ed. 2020). LINK

Published chapter on Via v. Putnam, 656 So. 2d 460 (Fla. 1995): Judgment in FEMINIST JUDGMENTS: REWRITTEN TRUSTS & ESTATES OPINIONS 100 (2020). LINK

Published, “Why Not Me?”: Intersectionality in Law School Leadership, 23 U. PA. J. L. & SOC. CHANGE 65 (2020). LINK

Published casebook with Elena Maria Marty-Nelson, Eloisa C. Rodriguez-Dod, Gail Levin Richmond, and Donna Carol Litman, FLORIDA WILLS, TRUSTS, AND ESTATES: CASES AND MATERIALS (4th ed. 2020). LINK

Accepted an invitation to participate in a winter, 2021 symposium, sponsored by the Vermont Law Review, Analyzing the 45th Presidential Administration of the United States. Professor Mintz agreed to write a law review article focusing on ways to revitalize EPA’s enforcement programs following the Trump administration and (pandemic permitting) participate in the symposium in person in Vermont.

Peer reviewed an essay titled, Re-envisioning EPA for the Journal of Public Health Policy, a professionally edited journal published in the Netherlands.

Completed update to the two-volume treatise, STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT ENVIRONMENTAL LIABILITY (forthcoming 2020). LINK

Published an op-ed article in the June 15, 2020, issue of the Sun-Sentinel, Misguided Health Policy Foments Confusion, Risk, and Disunity. 

Published an op-ed article in the August 15, 2020, issue of the Sun-Sentinel, Fix Infrastructure by Offering a Hand Up, not a Hand Out.

Congratulations to the new SBA 1L Representatives

Andrea Newport-Jones and Claude Crevecoeur and Selina Pirkau and Kahalia Solano-Johnson as their witnesses.

Competition Dates November 5-7, 2020

CJ Bauer and Esther Veloz with Taylor White as their witness. Competition Dates October 1-3, 2020

Hosted by the University of Denver in Denver, CO. This competition is an invitation only.

The Honorable Robert F. Diaz was a panelist on the 2020 Florida Bar Exam "Let's Talk About It". The presentation discussed the challenges and available resources for all Florida Bar applicants awaiting the Florida Bar Exam. Judge Diaz is a County Court Judge in the 17th Judicial Circuit. Also featured as a panelist was NSU Law’s Dean José Roberto (Beto) Juárez, Jr.  

The Honorable Paul D. Novack of the Law Office Of Paul D. Novack, P.A. in Miami has been appointed by the director of the Florida Highway Patrol to serve on the FHP Advisory Council. Mayor Novack was the longest serving Mayor in the history of the Town of Surfside, Florida. He continues now to serve as lead litigation counsel in major civil cases, and as general counsel to non-profit, public service, civic and religious organizations. He leads citizens’ volunteer investigative efforts in cases of historic cold case homicides, and his work has exposed decades of long hidden secrets of organized crime in South Florida.

Michael Getman has been chosen by the Republican County Committee in Ostego county, New York, to appear unopposed on the Republican line for Ostego county judge in the November 3 election, and is due to be sworn for a 10-year term on January 1, 2021. Getman’s solo law practice, Getman Law Firm LLC, concentrates in areas of wills, probate and estates, real estate and general litigation. Getman has previously served as chief assistant district attorney and city prosecutor.  

Joseph Goldstein, managing partner with Shutts & Bowen in the firm’s Fort Lauderdale office, has been certified by the Supreme Court of Florida as a Circuit Court Mediator. Following the completion of a 40-hour program and as part of the process, he was certified by the Florida Supreme Court on August 22, 2020. Goldstein is a member of the Business Litigation Practice Group and also practices out of the firm’s Tallahassee office. Goldstein focuses his practice on business litigation; government contracts, including bid protests; litigation involving non-competition agreements; and real estate related disputes.

Juliette Lippman was presented with the Commitment to Justice Award by Coast to Coast Legal Aid of South Florida (CCLA). The Commitment to Justice Award was established by CCLA in 2011. The award honors members of the community whose work reflects and embodies the mission of CCLA to improve the lives of low-income persons in our community through advocacy, education, representation and empowerment. Lippman is a partner at Birnbaum, Lippman, & Gregoire, PLLC, a U.S. News and World Report Top Law Firm. Lippman practices exclusively in the area of marital and family law and is a Florida Supreme Court Certified Family Law Mediator.

Anthony Adelson was presented with the Spirit of Justice Award by Coast to Coast Legal Aid of South Florida (CCLA). The Spirit of Justice Award was created in 2014 to recognize those who embody the “spirit” of the work done by CCLA and Legal Aid Society of Broward County (LAS) and to commemorate the 40th and 10th anniversaries of each respectively. Adelson is the founder and managing attorney at Adelson Law Firm and focuses his practice on community association representation, real estate transactions, mergers and acquisitions, commercial litigation, debtor’s and creditor’s rights, bankruptcy, estate planning, and probate.

Dr. Adam Scott Goldberg had his article “Attorney Survey Results on what courses law students should take” published in the August 2020 issue of the Broward County Bar Association Barrister magazine beginning on page 18. Goldberg is a firm partner at Revis, Hervas & Goldberg P.A. in Weston. He practices in the areas of tax, estate planning, probate and trust administration and tax-exempt organizations. Goldberg is an Adjunct Professor at both the Nova Southeastern University Shepard Broad Law Center and the University of Miami Law School. 

Kurt Hoffman is the newly elected as Sheriff of Sarasota County, Florida. Sheriff Hoffman was previously the agency’s chief deputy and general counsel at the Sheriff’s Office. Hoffman will command about 1,000 men and women in his new position.  

Ann Siegel of Disability Rights Florida was awarded the Stephen R. Wise Advocacy Award by the Florida Rehabilitation Council. Siegel is the Director of Advocacy, Education, and Outreach for Disability Rights Florida. Their mission statement: “Disability Rights Florida advocates, educates, investigates, and litigates to protect and advance the rights, dignity, equal opportunities, self-determination and choices for all people with disabilities.”

Neil St. John Rambana of Rambana & Ricci in Tallahassee was elected to serve on the board of governors of the Governors Club. AV Preeminent rated and described by New Yorker magazine as "an experienced immigration attorney", Rambana concentrates on criminal immigration issues and regularly represents clients before U.S. Immigration Courts around the country.

Elizabeth Ricci of Rambana & Ricci in Tallahassee was a panelist for the American Immigration Lawyers Association’s DMV Roundtable. Ricci has been interviewed on MSNBC, CNN, CBS, Fox, Univision and Al Jazeera and has been quoted in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, on the front page of the Florida Bar News, and Florida Trend, among other major media outlets. Described as an “immigration law expert” on MSNBC's Reid Report and holding a "10.0 'superb'" rating by Avvo and an AV Preeminent rating by Martindale, Ricci has always worked in the area of immigration law, giving seminars and working as an expert witness in litigation regarding immigrant employment issues. She has also co-counseled with personal injury attorneys representing immigrant plaintiffs.

Diana Castrillon had her article “Florida COVID Statistics in Workers Comp Claims” published in the August 2020 issue of the Broward County Bar Association Barrister magazine beginning on page 12. Castrillon is an attorney at Freeman Injury Law. Castrillon started her practice as a defense attorney representing insurance companies, and for the last 15 years has been representing only injured workers in Workers Compensation cases. Castrillon currently sits on the Board of Directors for the Broward County Bar Association and co-chairs the Workers’ Compensation section.  

Joshua W. Deckard is one of the co-founders in the new partnership of Deckard, Kofsky & Clark, PLLC, in Stuart. Deckard’s entire career and his practice have been focused on criminal justice and criminal law. 

Amy L. Cosentino announced that she has moved The Law Offices of Amy Cosentino to a new location in West Palm Beach. Cosentino focuses her practice on divorce and child custody matters.  

Matthew McKim has joined the firm of Loeb & Loeb LLP as a partner in the Trusts and Estates department in the firm’s Chicago office. McKim advises clients on a wide range of U.S. tax planning matters, with a particular emphasis on income tax structuring for inbound U.S. investments. His clients include high net worth global families, international trust companies and non-U.S. citizens with U.S. contacts.

Marius ‘Marty’ Ged was featured in an article in The Boca Raton Observer on August 27, 2020. The article focused on Ged’s humanitarianism and cited the many times Ged has stepped forward to become involved and help others. As managing partner of Ged Lawyers, LLP, Ged focuses on assisting property owners with insurance claim litigation, coverage disputes, bad faith issues, business interruption claims and mortgage forbearance. Other areas of practice of the firm include personal injury, wrongful death, personal injury protection (PIP) as well as product liability cases and other mass torts.

Kenyetta Alexander has been named a partner at Osherow, PLLC in Boca Raton. Alexander has managed numerous complex cases in state and federal courts including cases in bankruptcy courts, in the areas of business and commercial litigation, consumer finance, condominium and homeowner association law, securities law and labor and employment law from inception through trial. 

Jason B. Blank of Haber Blank, LLP was elected secretary of the Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. Blank’s practice focuses on criminal defense trial and appeals, as well as Florida election law. Blank also holds elected positions to many of the leading organizations in the criminal defense field including being a Director-at-Large for the Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, the Secretary to the Florida Bar’s Criminal Law Section Executive Council, and is a Past-President of the Broward Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. Blank is also an appointed member of the Florida Bar’s Criminal Procedure Rules Committee.

Jennifer Diaz, President of Diaz Trade Law, was a guest speaker for The Centre for Women in Business and The Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency during their virtual trade mission. Diaz discussed importing and exporting consumer products, specifically health and beauty products. Diaz is a Board Certified International attorney specializing in Customs and International trade law. Her practice is focused on assisting companies in successfully complying with the vast U.S. federal laws and regulations for import and export transactions as well as supply chain security.  

Natalie Giachos has been named the Broward County Bar Association Member of the week. Giachos is a Partner and the Managing Attorney of The Solution Law Firm, P.A. in Tamarac. Giachos focuses her firm’s practice on estate planning, personal injury, and insurance claims.  

Giachos also had her article “Video Conference… Like a Pro!” published in the August 2020 issue of the Broward County Bar Association Barrister magazine beginning on page 10.  

Corrine Lincoln was presented with the Jacquelyn and Bruce Rogow Employee of the Year Award by Coast to Coast Legal Aid of South Florida (CCLA). Lincoln is the Information Systems Manager and Senior Attorney with CCLA. Lincoln litigates in the area of consumer law and foreclosure defense, providing comprehensive legal advice, representation, and counseling to low-income senior citizens.

Chad Van Horn was presented with the Russell E. Carlisle Advocacy Award by Coast to Coast Legal Aid of South Florida (CCLA). The Russell E. Carlisle Advocacy Award is presented annually to an advocate whose actions exemplify a personal and professional commitment to making justice available to the poor and disadvantaged. The Russell E. Carlisle Advocacy Award is given annually to an advocate whose actions exemplify a personal and professional commitment to making justice available to the poor and disadvantaged. The Award was named after its first (1998) recipient, Mr. Carlisle himself. He is a lifelong champion of the rights of the poor and disadvantaged and was the first chairperson of the LAS Board of Directors in 1974.

Van Horn, founder of Van Horn Law Group, P.A., advocates tirelessly for people facing financial crisis and has taken on 103 pro bono cases through the Mission United Veterans Pro Bono Project and the Broward Lawyers Care Pro Bono Project at Legal Aid since 2012. Helping people, especially those facing hardship, is a way of life for Van Horn that extends far beyond his law practice into all of his community and civic efforts.

Valerie Barnhart of Perera Barnhart Aleman, a business and employment law firm, was selected to the 2021 of Best Lawyers in the area of Commercial Litigation. Barnhart focuses her practice on Business Litigation, Business Transactions, and Employment matters.

Brent Reitman of Liberman Cabrera Thompson & Reitman was named co-chair of the Trial Lawyers Section of the Broward County Bar Association (BCBA). Reitman, partner in his firm, focuses his practice on providing representation for medical malpractice and personal injury clients who endure negligence at the hands of a healthcare professional or provider. Reitman has been actively involved with the BCBA for several years, previously serving as President and Executive Committee member of the Young Lawyer’s Section.

Lindsay Massillon of Fowler White Burnett, P.A., was a co-presenter for the Broward County Bar Association webinar, “Paid Sick Leave Under The Families First Coronavirus Response Act: What Every Attorney Should Know!” 

Bruno Renda of Fowler White Burnett co-presented the Strafford Live CLE webinar, "Litigating Equipment Failures in Trucking Cases: The Blurring of Negligence and Product Liability" in June 2020. Renda is a Shareholder in the Insurance Practice Group in the Fort Lauderdale and Miami offices. Renda is a civil trial lawyer dedicated to defending businesses and individuals in matters involving catastrophic personal injury arising from alleged conventional and professional negligence, product liability and toxic torts. He dedicates the majority of his practice to defending commercial motor carriers and commercial drivers in high damages, high exposure motor vehicle accidents with complex legal, scientific and medical issues.

Jennifer Lemberger has joined Lateral Link as a Director based in South Florida. Lemberger specializes in Partner and Associate placements in the Southeast with AmLaw law firms, prominent regional firms, and elite boutiques to identify talented attorneys who will elevate and enhance each firm. Additionally, she focuses on placing in-house attorneys and general counsel in corporate and legal departments nationwide. 

Brandon J. Weitzman have become a partner at Kelley Kronenberg in the firm’s West Palm Beach office. Weitzman focuses his practice on General Liability, First Party Property Insurance Defense, Commercial Litigation and Criminal Defense.

Ryan A. Abrams had his article “Zoning Laws” Published in the August 2020 issue of the Broward County Bar Association Barrister magazine beginning on page 11. Abrams is the founder and managing partner of Abrams Law Firm, P.A. Abrams advocates for developers, home owners, condominium and home owners associations, and commercial tenants for many land use and zoning matters. These include issues pertaining to applications for rezoning, land use amendments, variances, site plan approvals, certificates of use, lobbying, and related litigation and appeals. 

Jacqueline Revis is a firm partner at Revis, Hervas & Goldberg P.A. in Weston. Revis presented a webinar which was hosted by Broward, Palm Beaches & St. Lucie Realtors(R) where she discussed the probate process and information every realtor needs to know when dealing with a property involved in probate. Revis focuses her law practice in the areas of real estate, estate planning, probate and trust administration. Revis is also an adjunct professor at the NSU Shepard Broad College of Law.  

Andrew B. Jaffe joined Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin in the firm’s Orlando office as an associate member of the Professional Liability Department. Jaffe focuses his practice on first-party property insurance coverage, defending insurance carriers in a vast range of first-party property matters. 

Stefanie Salomon, an associate with the law firm of Peckar & Abramson, PC in Miami, has been appointed as a Board Member of Rebuilding Together Broward County. Rebuilding Together Broward County, Inc. is a local Florida affiliate of the nation’s largest nonprofit organization dedicated to ensuring a safe and healthy home for every person while improving the existing low-income housing stock. Salomon focuses her practice on commercial construction dispute resolution and construction defect litigation.

Joanne "Jo" Colbert Stanley has been accepted into the American Bar Association Section of Dispute Resolution Fellows. She has been assigned to the Women In Dispute Resolution Committee for Bar Years 2021-2022. Stanley received her LL.M. in Alternative Dispute Resolution from NSU Shepard Broad College of Law and her J.D. from Widener University School of Law (Pennsylvania) in 2000.

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