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The Trial Lawyer’s Section is conducting its prestigious 38th annual Chester Bedell Mock Trial Competition in Tampa this year. Ten law schools with 2 teams each are expected to be competing at the Tampa Convention Center from January 22rd to the 24th, 2020. The trials are presided over by state and federal court judges, butRead more

Congratulations to the recipients of the 2019 Bennett Trial Advocacy Scholarship to the South Eastern Circuit Bar Mess Foundation Advanced International Advocacy Course at Keble College in Oxford, England.   Jill Schmidt  |  Murnaghan, Ferguson & Schmidt, P.A.  |  Tampa, FL Aaron Feuer  |  Rubenstein Law  |  Miami, FL   John Cherneski | Milam, Howard,Read more

The Trial Lawyer Section welcomed six new Executive Council members at their June meeting during The Florida Bar Annual Convention on June 28, 2019.   Mitchell J. Burnstein, Fort Lauderdale Mark E.  McLaughlin, Tampa Michele Ricca, Fort Lauderdale Wayde Seidensticker, Naples Rosalyn Sia Baker Barnes, West Palm Beach Whitney Untiedt, Miami   Mitchell J. Burnstein,Read more

The latest edition of the “2019 Florida Handbook on Civil Discovery Practice” is hot off the presses, thanks to a joint effort of the Trial Lawyers Section and the Conferences of Circuit and County Court Judges. + READ MORE  + DOWNLOAD 2019 DISCOVERY HANDBOOK