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6 NEWS BRIEFS • 50 years of right to counsel • Judge Huck hosts professional development • Coif Lecturer explains ‘covering’ • Florida beats Georgia in moot court • E-Discovery curriculum cutting edge • Justice Overton honored • Panel features Anthony prosecutor,

Zimmerman attorney

7 Walking the line on national security9 Cuban lawyers program wins award

13 PARTNERS • On the road, connecting with alumni • Putting the international in ICAM • Major gifts • Welcome new Alumni Affairs staff

22 Not your father’s bar exam 24 CLASS NOTES • 1935 grad turns 102 • Farewell to Wilbert’s • Alumni celebrate 40 years as law

partners • In Memoriam: W. Dexter Douglass

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81 FACULTY • New hires and promotions • Media hits • Scholarship splash • Spotlight: Darren Hutchinson, Grayson McCouch

87 UP AND COMING Marissa Fallica (3L) Patrick Todd (2L) Joshua Izaak (3L) Kaylee Chabarek (3L)

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• The life and times of Maury Goldstein (JD 35)• Wally Pope (JD 69) and Bruce Bokor (JD 72) look back on 40 years as law partners• Sign up for the Florida Tax Institute• Alumni deaths• Congressional analysis of tax code reform

16 Architects of our futureFuturist Richard Susskind says it’s time that lawyers open their eyes to a Brave New World.

10 The maestroUF Law Dean Robert Jerry is stepping down after 11 years. He has orchestrated more than you might realize.

70 An arc of excellenceA section devoted to UF Law’s No. 1 public program and contemporary issues in taxation.

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As most of you now know, in August I announced that the current year (2013-14) will be my last year as dean at the Levin College of Law. When I turn in my “dean’s master key” on June 30, 2014, I will have

served 11 years as your law school’s dean. In the law dean world, that’s a long time, even if for me these years have passed extraordinarily quickly.

Since my August announcement, I’ve said on numerous occasions that accepting the offer extended to me in 2003 to serve as your college’s dean was one of the best decisions I have ever made. I hope the consensus among alumni, faculty, staff, and students is that all of us working together have tak-en an excellent college built by our predecessors and made it stronger today than it has ever been. From my vantage point, all credit is due to an outstanding administrative team with which I have been privileged to work, a faculty dedicated to providing a high-quality program for our students, a com-mitted staff, and an alumni base with seemingly unbounded willingness to give both time and financial resources to make our law school better.

Although we have accomplished a great deal, much un-finished business remains. In 2002 as a dean candidate, I said that in a state as dynamic and important as Florida, there is a need for at least one law school to be regarded as one of

the five best public law schools in the nation. One rea-son for that is the need to keep Florida residents in

Florida to help build better communities, serve our state, and be leaders in the professions, a goal that is at risk if our Florida higher educa-tion institutions, including the law schools, are not regarded as being among the very best. I said

that by implementing a differential tuition strat-egy (which at that time we lacked authority to do),

we could reach that goal — because we were already very good, and unlike other

public law schools in other states, we had not yet embarked on this funding strategy. Much changed around us as we obtained the authority and went after that goal, and it’s no small matter that a Great Recession inter-vened. Yet the fact remains that in 2014 we are not yet in that highest tier of public law schools. I believe that goal remains attainable,

but the world in which we will continue to pursue it is dra-matically different than it was in 2003.

At the top of the list of changes is the fact that the legal profession is in a state of enormous flux and is changing in profound and unprecedented ways. Almost all of us now have an understanding, even if we have not fully internalized the implications, of advancing technology, globalization, disag-gregation of the lawyering process via project and workflow management systems, and nonlawyers doing an increasing amount of the work traditionally viewed as the domain of practicing lawyers. Around the corner are limited license le-gal technicians (the rough equivalent of the nurse practitioner in the medical world), consumers becoming aware of apps (which already exist) that can draft a reasonably serviceable contract or lease on a smartphone, decision-making software replacing calls to counsel for business planning advice, com-puters and consumer-friendly websites replacing routine law-yer tasks, and artificial intelligence systems replacing some analytical work that lawyers do. Eleven years ago, most of these changes were unimaginable, but this is the new reality.

There is no single blueprint for how legal education should address this changing environment. Rather than

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force all law schools to be cast in one image, law schools should be empowered to experiment, innovate and reinvent their academic programs. Law schools should strategically calculate how to take advantage of their individual strengths and respond to their individual constraints. UF Law is doing that right now — in a process that is also unfinished business (and, frankly, will never be finished, because we must do this continuously). Among our constraints is the fact that UF Law is not located in a large met-ropolitan area. This means we need to involve adjunct faculty in our program in innovative ways, facilitate “semester away” opportunities that enable students to extern and network in larger urban areas where they intend to prac-tice, and create more public service fellow-ship opportunities for students who wish to work in the government offices that are typically located in urban areas, state capitols, and Washington, D.C. Among our strengths is the fact that UF Law is part of a major, comprehensive, AAU-member research university, which gives us important advantages. For example, when we pre-pare students for specialized practice areas, we can take advantage

of the rich offerings of other disciplines represented at UF, and we can design curricular tracks that use these offerings to add value to the skills and knowledge that graduates bring to their first profes-

sional position. In an area like e-discovery, where we have established arguably the best set of programs of any law school in the na-tion, we can tap the expertise in the computer engineering department to take our students and programs to the highest level.

As the dean search process proceeds and we prepare ourselves to welcome a new dean in 2014, it is important, rather than talking retrospectively about the last decade, to fo-cus on the issues, problems, and opportuni-ties currently facing legal education and the legal profession. It has been a distinct honor

and privilege for me to serve as your college’s dean these past years, but I look forward to working with all of you — from the new vantage point I will have next year — to improve the educa-tional experience for our students and prepare them to be future leaders in our workplaces, our profession, our communities, and our state and nation.

Accepting the offer extended to me in 2003 to serve as your college’s

dean was one of the best decisions I have

ever made.

Jacob Moore (JD 12)

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UF Law celebrates 50 years of right to counsel

UF Law’s Criminal Justice Center commemorated the 50th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s landmark

decision in Gideon v. Wainwright, guaran-teeing criminal de-fendants the right to counsel. The sym-posium, held Sept. 19, featured the winning attorney in the case and Stet-son University Dean Emeritus Bruce Ja-cob (LLMT 95) as the keynote speak-er, along with Paul Rashkind, supervisory assistant federal public defender for the Southern District of Florida.

The Supreme Court’s 1963 decision overruled Betts v. Brady, ruling that the as-

sistance of counsel, if desired by a defen-dant, was a fundamental right under the U.S. Constitution.

“Fifty years have passed since the court made its decision in Gideon, but have we made 50 years of progress?” Jacob asked. “The answer is a definite no. Under the cur-rent conditions, effective representation is just not possible.”

Problems include extremely high case loads, lack of public defenders and a short-age of time for proper investigations.

Huck hosts more than 85 UF Law students for professional development

U.S. District Court Judge Paul C. Huck (JD 65) held an Aug. 1 professional development program in the federal

courthouse in Miami for more than 85 UF Law students. “The legal market is chang-ing, and law students and new lawyers must

be vigilant and take charge of their own ca-reers,” said Huck, a UF Law Center Associa-tion trustee.

The inaugural program — sponsored by local trustees of the LCA — featured networking opportunities for students with UF Law alumni, including South Florida practitioners, law clerks and federal judg-es. It also included two hourlong discus-sions about how to navigate law school and the job market.

Coif lecturer explores ‘covering’ identity

New York University Law Professor Kenji Yoshino explained that three out of four workers, including more than

half of straight, white males, cover at least one aspect of their identity in the workplace.

His presentation, “Uncovering Talent: A New Model of In-clusion,” addressed how people hide disfavored aspects of one’s identity in the workplace to avoid stereotypes. His study found that many workers say they have “covered” in some way, despite ideals of diversity and inclusion.

The Coif Distinguished Lecture at UF Law on Sept. 25 was hosted by the UF Chap-ter of the Order of the Coif, with co-sponsors including UF Law and the college’s Center for the Study of Race and Race Relations, and the Center on Children and Families.

The Coif Distinguished Visitor Pro-gram brings distinguished members of the legal profession to Coif Chapter campuses. UF Law is one of only three campuses in the country to be selected for a Coif Distin-guished Visitor lecture this year.

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Dean Robert Jerry congratulates UF Law Professor Emeritus Fletcher Baldwin as he was honored for 50 years of teaching at UF Law during the Gideon v. Wainwright Symposium Sept. 19. Besides influencing generations of UF Law students, Baldwin has taught all over the world, argued before the Supreme Court and was an active promoter of diversity in the student and faculty population. (Photo by Javier Edwards)

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Since 9/11, the issue of national security has never been far from the national spotlight and the Florida Law Review’s

Poucher Legal Education Series made that clear. The ongoing threat of terrorist attacks, chemical weapons use in Syria, the cycle of controversies swirling around the National Security Agency, and advancing technology point to national security being as important now as ever.

The Oct. 4 panel inside the Phillips Center for the Performing Arts on the University of Florida campus was sponsored by UF Law’s Florida Law Review and featured former Flori-da Gov. and U.S. Sen. Bob Graham, former CIA operative James Olson, U.S. Army Gen. (Ret.) James T. Hill, and American University Law Professor Kenneth Anderson. The panel discus-sion was moderated by former Florida Law Re-view Editor in Chief Jon Philipson (JD 11).

Graham, who chaired the Senate Intelli-gence Committee before and after 9/11, kicked off the discussion with a bit of prescience from his old Senate committee. He cited an investi-gation that predicted the proliferation of weap-ons of mass destruction.

“Our first finding was that it was more likely than not that a weapon of mass destruc-tion would be used someplace on Earth be-fore the end of the year 2013,” Graham said.

“That event occurred on Aug. 21, 2013, when a chemical weapon was used to kill over 1,400 people in Syria.”

Graham emphasized that the threat of biological and chemical weapons of mass de-struction is very real, primarily because they are extremely easy to as-semble and are harder than traditional weapons to de-fend against.

Anderson, who spent time in Iraq in the early ’90s with Human Rights Watch, fears that biological and chemical weapons are actually a “good” strategy from a military standpoint for regimes callous enough to use them.

“It’s not just a terrorist weapon,” Graham said. “It might turn out that regimes make cal-culations in urban counterinsurgency that it’s actually an effective weapon for them.”

Olson said that he has never seen America in as much peril domestically and overseas as it is now. He said quality intelligence is ex-tremely important, but penetrating groups is very difficult with such tight-knit cells of ter-rorists who often grew up in the same villages.

Turning to questions of privacy, panelists struggled with the proper line between secu-

rity, transparency and privacy.“What are the tools that the public is will-

ing to accept and embrace and the tradeoffs that have to be in a democracy between liberty and security in these areas?” Anderson asked.

Anderson and Hill, the retired Army gen-eral, cautioned that Edward Snowden, a for-mer NSA contractor who has revealed many of the agency’s information-collection practic-

es, and Bradley Manning, who gave sensitive diplo-matic communications to WikiLeaks, are not whistle blowers as they have some-times been portrayed in the media, but are serious threats to national security.

Ultimately, the panel-ists said that the future of the United States and the planet may hang on U.S.

national security and quality intelligence.The Allen L. Poucher Legal Education

Series was established by Betty K. Poucher in honor of her late husband, Allen L. Poucher Sr. A humanitarian who lived a life dedicated to service, Allen Poucher graduated from UF Law in 1942 and practiced law for more than 60 years. The Poucher Legal Education Se-ries seeks to provide a venue for prominent legal, political and business leaders to dis-cuss important issues facing our nation and world today.

“It might turn out that regimes make

calculations in urban counterinsurgency that it’s actually an effective

weapon for them.”—Former U.S. Sen. Bob Graham

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Poucher lecture shines light on national security risks, rewards

Walking the lineBY M AT T WA L K E R

Participants in the Poucher Lecture on national security are, from left, former Florida Law Review Editor in Chief Jon Philipson (JD 11), former CIA operative James Olson, Former U.S. Sen. and Florida Gov. Bob Graham, U.S. Army Gen. (Ret.) James T. Hill and American University Law Professor Kenneth Anderson. (Photo by Javier Edwards)

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Florida beats Georgia — in the courtroom

The Florida Moot Court team of Heath-er Kruzyk (3L) and Andrew Silver-shein (2L), coached by Dee Dee

Scheller (3L), beat the University of Geor-gia’s team in the 33rd annual Hulsey Gam-brell Florida-Georgia Moot Court Competi-tion on Nov. 1.

The competition in Jacksonville’s federal courthouse traditionally is held the day before the football game and more often than not, the team that wins the moot court competition ends up los-ing the football game. This year was no exception.

A panel of five federal judges decided the outcome. Preparation was the biggest factor when it came to this year’s win, said Mary Adkins (JD 91), a UF Law professor and the team’s faculty adviser.

“They did not let any questions from the judges distract them, they kept their good demeanor toward the court and an-swered all the questions that were asked to them and handled it in an extremely profes-sional manner,” Adkins said.

Expert praises UF Law e-discovery curriculum as ‘cutting edge’

Electronic discovery expert Craig Ball spoke in the Martin H. Levin Advocacy Center courtroom to law students and

professors as part of UF Law’s International Center for Automated Research e-Discovery Project lecture series.

Ball said the digitization of information is changing the procedure of pretrial discovery — the paper trail is disappearing, replaced by a stream of digital documentation.

Ball, who received his J.D. from the Uni-versity of Texas at Austin, possesses proficien-cy in electronic discovery and computer foren-sics that has made him a sought-after expert. Students from Professor William Hamilton’s Electronic Discovery and Digital Evidence at-tended Ball’s Oct. 10 discussion where he ex-tolled Hamilton’s curriculum as cutting-edge and emphasized the importance of the material.

“What you’re doing here isn’t just making you a better lawyer,” Ball said. “It’s making you a better employee.”

The inexorable flow of digital informa-

tion means it will soon be impossible to cling to paper documentation. Even now, Ball said, 92 percent of all information is born digitally.

UF Law class lectures honor Justice Overton

Four Florida Supreme Court justices lec-tured this fall in Professor Jon Mills’ Florida Constitutional Law course to

honor the late Justice Ben Overton’s (JD 52) legal career and service as a professor at UF Law. The lectures were the inaugural series in the Overton Lectures in Florida Constitutional Law, a new program initiated by friends and colleagues of Overton.

Participating in the fall lectures were: Justice Jorge Labarga (JD 79) on Sept. 23; Justice Barbara Pariente on Sept. 30; Justice Fred Lewis on Oct. 28; and Justice Charles Canady on Nov. 18. In addition to UF Law students who are enrolled in Florida Con-stitutional Law, the Overton Lectures were open to UF Law faculty and students.

Panel features Anthony prosecutor and Zimmerman attorney

Jeff Ashton (JD 80), who prosecuted Casey Anthony and published a book about the case, and Mark O’Mara, who

defended George Zimmerman against second-degree murder charges, spoke as guests in UF Law’s Introduction to Lawyering class.

The other two panelists were Renee Roche (JD 84) and Frederick Lauten, both circuit court judges with Florida’s 9th Judicial Cir-cuit.

UF Law Professor Jennifer Zedalis said students asked questions about sensitivity to racial issues in criminal cases, how to work with opposing attorneys and how to handle adverse public feelings toward clients.

“The students really wanted to know about those difficult issues — issues that call for courage,” she said.

She said the Oct. 23 presentation re-warded students’ probing questions with frank answers that gave students insight into what to expect in the workforce.

Florida Moot Court fall 2013 members in Jacksonville, from left, are Alex Kruzyk (3L), Dee Dee Scheller (3L), Andrew Silvershein (2L), Heather Kruzyk (3L), faculty adviser Professor Mary Adkins, Chelsey Clements (3L), Sam Spinner (2L), and Michael Sykes (2L).

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One judge resigned because he was told what sentences to hand out be-fore trials. Another attorney was

beaten for refusing to swear allegiance to the government and turned to roofing work for a decade.

Neither thought they could practice law again once they fled Fidel Castro’s Cuba, but UF Law changed that.

“Long before diversity was an objective of The Florida Bar, UF helped diversify the field through the Cuban lawyer law school program,” said Harley Herman (JD 78), immediate past chair of the Equal Opportunities Law Section of The Florida Bar.

The program, which allowed about 200 lawyers to earn certifications to apply for admission to The Florida Bar in the ’70s, recently won UF Law a diversity award from The Florida Bar. The award comes as UF Law plans a 40th anniversary commemoration of the program in the next school year.

Stephen N. Zack (JD 71), who spent his formative years in Cuba and became the first Hispanic president of The Florida Bar in 1989 and of the American Bar

Association in 2010, said the UF program was instrumental in shaping today’s law culture.

“I believe the program has paved the way for this generation of lawyers to feel accepted and valued in their new homeland,” he wrote in an email. “Many great lawyers came out of this program with warm feelings toward the University of Florida and the assistance it has given them.”

Launched at UF in the fall of 1973 and running until 1976, the program was one of two of its kind in the country, and it bridged a growing culture gap in the courts.

According to a 1973 Florida Supreme Court opinion, “An increasing number of cases in the courts of Florida involve Cubans or Cuban Americans, and there are presently approximately only 40 attorneys fluent in the Spanish language to adequately represent the increased Spanish-speaking population.”

The first class of 207 students consisted of more than 180 former Cuban lawyers living in the greater Miami area and included attorneys who had been judges and faculty at law schools in Cuba. The students ranged in age from mid-30s to mid-70s. One former judge, Adalberto Tosca, said he decided to resign from his position in his homeland because judges were told prior to their trials to impose death and other sentences on defendants charged with crimes against the revolution.

The move to Florida was “absolutely devastating” for some, said Herman, who has researched the program in detail. “They went from positions of prominence where they got to use their intelligence to only being able to find menial jobs.”

Jose Villalobos, now a partner at Ackerman Senterfitt in Miami, worked as a roofer in Miami for a decade before the program was established. Herman said Villalobos spoke of being called in for questioning by the justices of the Supreme Court of Cuba and being taken from the court and beaten after he refused to swear allegiance to the Castro government. Completion of the Cuban Lawyer Program at UF Law allowed him to resume his career as an attorney upon admission to The Florida Bar.

Once the legal framework was in place, UF Law personnel developed the

curriculum and birthed a functioning program in a matter of months. In addition to classes in Gainesville, organizers made arrangements for UF faculty to fly to Mi-ami each week to teach because it was cheaper to fly the instructors down than to have hundreds of students fly to Gaines-

ville. By 1975, the work had paid off, and the first class of Cuban lawyers graduated prepared to re-enter the field they prized.

“When you realize these people rose above all that — came to the university to study and sought admission to The Florida Bar — it’s really mind-boggling with everything else they had to deal with,” Herman said. “They loved the law so much.”

“I believe the program has paved the way

for this generation of lawyers to feel accepted

and valued in their new homeland.”

—Stephen N. Zack (JD 71)

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40-year-old Cuban lawyers program wins diversity award

Justice for allBY K E L C E E G R I F F I S ( 4 J M )

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Associate Dean for Student Affairs Rachel Inman accepts an award for the college’s 1970s Cuba Lawyers program during the 2013 Florida Bar Convention in Boca Raton. Harley Herman (JD 78) is the bar’s immediate past chair of the Equal Opportunities Law Section. (Photo by Maggie Powers)

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UF Law Dean Robert Jerry is stepping down after 11 years. He has orchestrated more than you might realize.

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Teaching students the law is one thing, publishing scholarship is another, keeping the facilities up (including building new ones on occasion), making sure services run smooth-

ly and raising money to support each of the above. All are responsibilities of law school deans. They lead faculty, staff, students and alumni in pursuit of the college’s collective goals. In other words, they get everyone to act in harmony. You could compare it to an

orchestra performing a symphony; or, if you happen to be UF Law Dean Robert Jerry, a rock band belting out a guitar anthem.

Jerry announced Aug. 9 that 2014 would be his last year as dean of UF Law. He has served in the position since 2003, and when he steps down and remains a member of the faculty, he will have tied for the second-lon-gest serving college dean among 15 deans in 105 years of college history.

During his tenure, Jerry reduced the number of students at the law school in re-sponse to changing conditions in the legal

profession. This allowed UF Law to con-centrate its resources before many other law schools were forced into the same policy. He oversaw millions of dollars in renovations and reconstruction, including the Martin H. Levin Advocacy Center. Five permanent lecture series were created and annual giv-ing increased as the endowment remained in the top 10 among public law schools. He led a revamping of the college’s admissions and career services.

Jerry responded to a tough labor mar-ket by creating a post-graduate fellowship

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Dean Jerry entertains guests Jan. 30, 2011, during his annual music night for students, faculty and staff.

program, supported expansion of the pre-graduate summer externship program, and initiated a program to assist students seeking judicial clerkships. This enabled UF Law to rank 26th in the nation last year in the num-ber of graduates obtaining federal judicial clerkships.

How did the UF Law dean realize his long list of accomplishments? Well, he works long hours, of course. On the day of an inter-view for this story, his new phone racked up 1,700 emails because he had been unable to answer his usual 120 per day. Normally, he said, only a few hundred are outstanding.

What a law dean doesA typical day consists of “strategy meet-

ings – some of the days I’m traveling, on the road meeting alums, and working with our development team. There are new things that come up every day.

“I like to listen to different ideas, be-cause no chief executive of any organization has all the ideas,” Jerry added. “I mean, I get talked out of things I dream up all the time and that’s good.”

He continues to maintain close touch with scholarship and teaching, including his own. In the fall semester, Jerry published a journal article about social media with UF Law Professor Lyrissa Lidsky.

Sharon Rush, associate dean for faculty development, noted Jerry’s interest in the particulars of faculty work. She said he is quick to ask how he can help faculty do their jobs better.

“He has provided tremendous support for the faculty to go off and do research,” Rush said. “He is very creative at coming up with ways to help you do what you need to do.”

University of Tennessee Law Dean Doug Blaze explains the responsibilities of the boss of a law school like this: “You’ve got to keep everybody happy, herd cats, deal with the central administration bureaucracy and raise money and somehow make it all seem effort-less. And Bob makes it all seem effortless.”

Not only must Jerry get disparate parties to work in harmony, he also looks to the fu-ture. Jerry has noted the sea change coming in legal practice. In response, he is raising the profile of e-discovery education and stresses preparation for the technological and organi-zational upheaval in legal practice.

“The risk of institutions not adapting to change is very real. If you don’t think about

where things are going to be in five, 10, 15 or 20 years from now you’re just not going to be ready to compete in the future,” Jerry said.

As he saw the demand for lawyers shrinking along with state support for higher education, Jerry moved to reduce the law school’s student body, concentrating the same resources over a smaller group of students.

“When the opportunity presents itself, you have to recognize it and grab it,” Jerry said. “The (univer-sity) president was looking for things that colleges on this campus could do that would be significant and transformative in responding to the financial stresses that were just emerging.”

The move proved prescient as others have followed in UF Law’s footsteps.

“That took a lot of courage because that was a significant decline in tuition revenue. He just made a hard call and did the right thing,” Blaze said. “A lot of law schools have followed suit. We’ve downsized. I think it was the only way to do it.

It’s only rock ’n’ rollBut enough about administrative maneu-

vers. Let’s go back to music.

Jerry plays Roland D-50 and Roland Fantom keyboards for the ’60s and ’70s cov-er band named “in crisis,” which, in addition to Jerry, includes six fellow University of Florida professors and administrators.

For the third year in a row his band was the warm-up act for headlin-ers at Gator Growl, the Homecoming show in Ben Hill Griffin Stadium where they played songs like “Rock and Roll All Nite” for a crowd of about 30,000.

This most musical of law deans also holds an

annual music night for faculty, students and staff at his and wife Lisa Jerry’s home. Guests are admitted to these fetes for the price of a song in which faculty form kazoo lines, stu-dents strum a guitar or play the piano.

Musicality runs in his family. Jerry took piano lessons for seven years growing up in Terre Haute, Ind., where his parents were professors at Indiana State. As a high school senior, Jerry and his partner won the Indiana state debating tournament and made it to the national high school tournament. The word “jovial” comes to mind for those who know the dean, but Lisa Jerry also notes the high-flier within.

Dean Robert leaves the stage before a crowd in Ben Hill Griffin Stadium when his band, in crisis, played at the 2012 Gator Growl. (Photo by UF Photography)

“He is very creative at coming up with ways to help you

do what you need to do.”

—Sharon Rush, associate dean for faculty development

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“He’s a competitive achiever and he likes to do things well. He was a high school and col-lege debater, and he likes to win debates,” Lisa said. “He wants to do a good job and to make a place better because he’s been there.”

After graduating from the University of Michigan and practicing law in Indianapolis, Jerry entered academia and became dean of the University of Kansas at 35, a job he held for five years. Looking back from age 60, he fig-ures he got some bad advice to begin with. Get to know the dean’s office during the summer before classes start, he heard at the University of Kansas. But Jerry found out that the thing to do is get to know the people, especially alumni.

Jim Theriac (JD 74) tells the story of the day he and son Jet came to the law cam-pus to look around as Jet was deciding where to apply for law school. There was a man sitting in the Marcia Whitney Schott Courtyard.

“He had a box full of bagels; he was sit-ting at a table outside there in the courtyard,” Theriac remembers. Dean Jerry introduced himself. After an hour, father and son were sold on UF Law, Theriac said. Jet Theriac graduated in 2008 and now helps run a hedge fund in San Francisco. As for his father, Jim gave $100,000 to the law school and now serves on the Law Center Association board.

Just one example of how Jerry seems to have done a good job of getting to know alumni

at UF Law. At the first Law Center Association board meeting after announcing his resigna-tion, Jerry received a standing ovation from the assembled trustees.

Lisa Jerry surely would have received one had she been there. She works part-time as a book editor and at least part-time putting to-gether entertainment for members of the law school community. For Lisa, the entertainment means “getting to know the people, the play-

ers, whether it’s his staff or alums. We had a student event last night, and I think it’s always nice to see the students. After all, the stu-dents are the core of the college.”

Oscar Sanchez (JD 82) is vice chairman of Law Center Association board, and his daughter is a UF Law 1L. He notes that all of

this socializing helps to build something more important.

“Attending law school is difficult,” San-chez said. “He’s made it so it’s a much more welcoming place by being part of the larger community and part of the law school family.”

The law school, Jerry says, is not only

about teaching law. It’s also about building fu-ture leaders.

“Getting students to understand what is expected of being a Gator lawyer. I think that is very powerful. We have just great alumni to model that,” he said.

In fact, the last four presidents of The Florida Bar were Gator lawyers, and five presidents of the American Bar Association since 1973 were UF Law graduates. Jerry talks of the “holes in the room” at fundraisers, in little league parents meetings, inside religious organizations and all kinds of community groups and service organi-zations without UF Law alumni.

“It’s not just being famous as a governor or bar leader. It’s making a difference in com-munities,” Jerry said.

Down on the farmOn a windswept field in rural Alachua

County, a horse stamps a hoof as a law student tries to grab it for cleaning. A group of nine stu-dents, first through third years, are grooming and checking horses at Mill Creek Farm for Re-tired Horses. Dean Jerry is on a fundraising trip in San Francisco this particular fall weekend, but the horse farm is a place where that commu-nity spirit he talks about is under construction.

The volunteers are an outgrowth of a pro-gram that Jerry started. During their first week of law school, 1Ls spend a day performing community services aiding clients of Habitat for Humanity, helping abused children and working with the humane society shelter.

“When students spend three hours together painting a Habitat for Humanity house, they get to know each other very well, very quick-ly,” Jerry observed. “It creates friendships and bonding and helps create a sense of community within the college.”

Cara Fraser (3L) and others have expanded the 1L community service day to encompass all the law classes and to continue the community service throughout the school year.

“Community service is something that’s important to Dean Jerry,” Fraser said. “Hope-fully, this continues 20, 30 years.”

“It’s not just being famous as a

governor or bar leader. It’s making a

difference in communities,”

—Dean Robert Jerry

Cara Fraser (3L) volunteers during the fall semester at Mill Creek Farm for Retired Horses in Alachua County. (Photo by Javier Edwards)

Finding a new leader of UF Law. The search firm Korn/Ferry International has been employed and a search committee formed to recommend a new dean. The search committee is com-posed of UF Law faculty and staff and chaired by University of Florida College of Education Dean Glenn E. Good. The search committee makes a recommendation to University of Florida Provost Joseph Glover who, with UF President Bernie Machen, will choose the new UF Law dean. A decision is expected before the end of the spring semester.

YOUR DONATION MAKES A DIFFERENCE

See the Annual Report section starting on Page 39. You’ll find a list of donors and stories about alumni who give. Their generosity of time and money are the keys to the future of UF Law and its students.

On a recent trip to Los Angeles I found myself, the small-town Gaines-

ville girl, overwhelmed with the traffic, the sights and the overall pace of city life. I felt like a fish out of water, until I saw a famil-iar sight: a University of Florida Alumni Association Lifetime member bumper sticker. Sud-denly, I felt at home and realized that the Gator Nation truly is ev-erywhere. I wanted to give this fellow Gator the “Gator chomp,” but wasn’t sure if that was as ac-ceptable in California as it is in Florida!

The next day I proceeded to my meetings with UF Law alum-ni and heard a familiar theme throughout the day: the impact of UF Law on their lives. Cheryl Priest Ainsworth (JD 04), a suc-cessful lawyer in entertainment litigation at a prestigious LA firm, told me that her first two clients in LA were law school classmates who had litigation needs. Terri Lubaroff (JD 96) told me that when the economy went bad and the entertainment industry was adversely affected, she knew she would need to shift her focus. She thought back to her time at UF Law and remembered thoroughly enjoying her classes in alterna-tive dispute resolution. She now runs her own mediation prac-tice, offering greater work-life balance and the ability to spend more time with her children.

As I made my way from Los Angeles to San Francisco, I was equally impressed with the high-caliber positions our alumni hold at firms and companies in the area. Sibel Owji (LMMT 00) is a partner who co-heads a large global firm’s U.S. interna-tional tax practice. Another is Debra Grassgreen (JD 91), a partner at a successful bou-tique bankruptcy firm. Again, no matter what our graduates are do-ing, UF Law has impacted their lives. I began to wonder how many more of our alumni have stories like this to share. How many are out there representing UF Law by doing great work that we don’t know about?

We lose touch with many of our alums as they move both within and outside the state — but we want to hear your stories and where life has taken you since your UF Law days. We want to connect with you! If you have been away for a few years, you’ll find that the face of your law school has changed substan-tially and will begin to see even more changes.

As Dean Bob Jerry retires June 30 and we welcome a new dean, we will be getting on the

road to introduce him or her, and most importantly to connect with you, our alumni. In order to not miss out on these opportunities, I urge you to update your contact information with us today. You can email the alumni office at development@law.ufl.edu or call

352-273-0640. I look forward to seeing you all next year.

In the mean-time, I want to thank everyone who contributed to this year’s record breaking annual fund — more important

than a new record is that your gifts went to work immediately and are helping today’s students. I can’t help but imagine the day when we reach our goal of raising $1 mil-lion annually! This is an attainable goal: if each of our living alumni gives $100 to the annual fund, we would raise $1,984,600. Not only would these funds impact the next generation of Gator lawyers, they would continue to strengthen and grow your institution. Please con-sider making this a reality by do-nating today at www.uff.ufl.edu/Appeals/LawAnnualFund.

Go Gators!Lauren Wilcox, Senior Director of Development and Alumni Affairs

On the road, connecting with alumni

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How many are out there

representing UF Law by doing

great work that we don’t know

about?

MAJOR GIFTS FOR UF LAW

Those committing $25,000 or more from Oct. 1 through Sept. 30 to UF Law include:

• W. Kelly Smith (JD 66) made an additional $100,000 gift to the W. Kelly and Ruth Smith Law Endowment. He is a partner with Smith MacKinnon, P.A. in Orlando.

• Paul T. Jones II made a $78,925 gift to the E. Thom Rumberger Everglades Fellowship. Jones is the chairman of The Everglades Foundation in Palmetto Bay, Florida.

• Jill Carolyn White made an additional gift of $25,000 to the Walter Weyrauch Distinguished Lecture Series in Family Law Fund.

• Buddy Schulz (JD 73) and Mrs. Mary Lou Schulz made a gift of $25,000 to help establish the Bill McBride Public Interest Practice Fellowship. Buddy Schulz is a partner at Holland & Knight LLP in Jacksonville.

• Mary Lyn Barley made a pledge of $25,000 to the E. Thom Rumberger Everglades Fellowship. Barley is vice chairperson of The Everglades Foundation in Palmetto Bay, Fla.

• Judge Karen Miller made a $30,976 gift to establish the Florida Constitutional Law Endowment in Memory of Justice Ben F. Overton (JD 52). Judge Miller is an attorney-adviser for the college’s Office of Career Development.

• The John Paul Stevens Fellowship Foundation made a pledge of $25,000 to establish the Justice John Paul Stevens Public Interest Fellowship Program.

Eduardo “Eddy” Palmer (JD 85) was born in Ha-vana and raised in New

York and Miami. Growing up as a political refugee sensitized him at an early age to geo-politics and how important the rule of law is to preserve free-dom around the world. Once in law school, his interest in international relations naturally evolved into his fascination with international law.

Palmer says one of his great-est passions is to make Florida a leading jurisdiction in the world for the practice of international law. So when it comes to giv-ing back to his alma mater, it only makes sense that he would invest in what he is passionate

about. When then-Dean Jon Mills approached Palmer more than 10 years ago about the In-ternational Commercial Arbitra-tion Moot team, it was an instant sell.

“I fell in love with the pro-gram because it married two of my greatest passions: oral advocacy and international law,” he said.

“I love giv-ing back to the University of Florida,” Palmer said. “I was very fortunate as a Cuban refu-gee to be able to have obtained an outstanding education at a

public university at a very rea-sonable price, and I want to do my part to give back and afford that same opportunity to oth-ers.”

Palmer has supported the team with financial donations for

more than a decade and as an adjunct coach for nine years.

Each spring the team com-petes against groups from law schools around the world at the

Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot competition in Vienna and at a pre-moot for that competition in

Putting the international in ICAMAlum’s life experience drives support for commercial moot teamBY J E N N A B OX ( 4 J M )

“I was fortunate as a Cuban refugee to have obtained an outstanding education ... and I want to do my

part to give back.”

From left are Professor George Dawson, Dane Ullian (2L), Eddy Palmer (JD 85), Alexis Leventhal (3L), Julie deBruin (2L), and Phil Kegler (3L), representing UF Law at the Florida Vis Pre-Moot Arbitration Competition in late February before moving on to the international competition in Vienna. The team qualified for the final rounds at the competition in Vienna, which was held in March.

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PARTNERS

If you wish to channela donation to a program or area of the law school you’re passionate about, contact Lauren Wilcox, senior director of development and alumni affairs, at 352-273-0640 or wilcox@law.ufl.edu.

Miami. The Vienna competition is one of the most prestigious of its kind and focuses on a problem that is drawn from the United Na-tions Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods. The team members present argu-ments and briefs for both sides of the issue.

Palmer, with more than 25 years of experience in internation-al litigation and arbitration mat-ters, is a key component in getting the team prepared to face off with the competition in Vienna. His financial donations, along with the donations of The Florida Bar International Law Section, keep the team functioning and per-

forming at a high level. The team is coached by UF Law Profes-sors Jeffrey Harrison and George Dawson. In the past few years, the team has routinely finished in the top quarter or above among nearly 300 international teams.

“Participation in an interna-tional competition — even with a small team — is expensive, and Eddy’s financial contribu-tion to the team is important in ensuring that we are able to take a team to Vienna every year,” Dawson said. “Beyond his finan-cial contribution, the students on the team each year get to know a practitioner in the arbitration field and understand how impor-

tant it is when an alumnus of the college of law goes out of his way to support our programs.”

The results of Palmer’s efforts are shown not only in the team’s stellar performances, but also in the members’ appreciation.

“In both the Vienna and Miami ICAM competitions, Eddy was our biggest advocate,” said team member Dane Ullian (3L), who received an honorable mention in the spring 2013 competition. “Eddy introduced the team mem-bers to well-known practitioners and offered practical tips based on his extensive experience. We were a much better team thanks to Eddy’s contributions.”

The Office of Development and Alumni Affairs has several new faces and others with new positions, joining Senior Director Lauren Wilcox. The staff gathered behind the library for a photo this fall. From left, standing, are Development Coordinator Missy Poole, Secretary Anne-Marie Kabia, Wilcox and Associate Director Lindsay Farah. Sitting are Adrienne Campbell, Program Assistant, and Assistant Director Matthew Hall. (Photo by Elise Giordano 4JM)

Welcome New Alumni Affairs Staff Members

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Architects of our future

As the legal establishment wrestles with transformation of legal practice, futurist Richard Susskind says it’s time

that lawyers open their eyes to a Brave New World.

B Y A N D R E W S T E A D M A N ( 2 L )

Speaking to an audience of law students and professors at the Levin College of Law, he calmly predicted the end of the legal profession as it is now constituted.

Rather than cries of outrage, those gathered in UF Law’s Chesterfield Smith Ceremonial Classroom simply listened with rapt attention.

To hear Richard Susskind tell it, the future looks mighty bleak for present and prospective lawyers. At least at first glance. His predictions are filled

with yawning chasms of uncertainty broken only by more definite indications of lawyers being replaced by modern technology. Even the title of Susskind’s 2008 book — The End of Lawyers? Rethinking the Nature of Legal Services — paints a less-than-rosy picture.

However, as Susskind and other experts point out, change may hurt the bottom line at big law firms, but the end result will likely be beneficial to the public at large and to lawyers ready to surf the coming waves of technological and organizational change.

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A RECEPTIVE AUDIENCE

Susskind traveled from his homeland in the United Kingdom to speak Sept. 12 before a receptive au-dience at the Levin College of Law. Dean Robert Jerry wants to incorporate technology and legal futurism concepts into more law school classes,

while Susskind’s own writings have been distribut-ed among faculty and they are required reading in the

new Introduction to Lawyering classes for 1Ls. The pivot toward the future is evident in technology-focused legal research classes and in the Electronic Discovery Project and courses by Wil-liam Hamilton, adjunct UF Law professor and partner at Quarles & Brady LLP.

Susskind commended UF Law for a pro-gressive approach to legal education — add-ing with a smile that including his books in the curriculum was key to successfully pre-paring students.

“In many law schools, the law is taught as it was in the 1970s,” Susskind said.

He said taking the legal revolution in stride requires law schools to focus on teach-ing students to be flexible rather than simply prepping them for traditional careers at law firms.

In fact, the legal profession was well represented during the all-day symposium as The Florida Bar also is taking Susskind’s prophesies seriously. Florida Bar Executive Director Jack Harkness (JD 69) attended with the immediate past president, current president and president-elect of The Florida Bar — Gwynne Young (JD 74), Eugene Pet-tis (JD 85) and Gregory Coleman.

Under Pettis, the bar is seeking to keep lawyers on the cutting edge with its Vision 2016 Commission. The commission, composed of thought leaders in the bar, community and industry, will study four areas of law — technology, legal education, bar admission, and pro bono and legal services — with an eye to help the bar and its members continue to meet the demands of clients with maximum efficiency. Pettis said there will be opportunities for all Florida Bar members to have input as well, through public hearings and other means.

“It is critical for lawyers in The Florida Bar to be architects of their future and not just reacting to it,” Pettis said. “We have to look at the practice. What do we want it to look like going forward?”

END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT?

Susskind argues that today’s law firms handle many tasks for clients that don’t actually require the ex-

pertise of a bar-certified lawyer. Although lawyers are certainly required for complex legal issues and advocacy, firms waste billable hours on work that could easily be done by less costly laborers.

So clients are increasingly looking for alternatives to traditional bill-by-the-hour, personalized legal advice. Websites like Legal-Zoom are already providing these consumers with tools, like stan-dardized forms, that allow them to handle basic legal matters on their own. Companies like Axiom Law, which employ veteran law-yers, offer clients alternatives to standard law firms and the freedom to pick and choose which tasks are handled by lawyers. Even on-line auction site eBay is providing its customers with an electronic means to sidestep traditional lawyers’ fees with its online dispute resolution system.

Susskind pointed to the United Kingdom’s Legal Services Act of 2007 as an engine for change. The act, which allows nonlawyers to own and run legal businesses, means traditional law firms are now forced to compete with companies that treat legal advice like

a commodity to be produced and sold more than a personalized, individually tailored service. Susskind believes similar change is on the horizon for American lawyers.

David Vetter (JD 84), whose position as legal counsel for Florida-based Tech Data re-quires him to weigh the costs and benefits of legal services offered to his firm, sees the dif-ferences in the way associates are deployed.

“Outside of the United States we find more firms that tend to be open to that dia-logue,” Vetter said.

But leaders of The Florida Bar argue there are good reasons for maintaining tight self-regulation and a ban on nonlawyers owning law firms, which has been one result of the UK’s legal services liberalization.

Young said The Florida Bar’s current rules on the unlicensed practice of law have an impact on the implementation of new

technologies and alternative legal services.“I’m not a person who says that you just need to throw out

regulation of lawyers,” Young said. “I also think regulation is best done, as it is now, by the Supreme Court. That’s not to say that on a case-by-case basis we shouldn’t look at aspects of the regulation of lawyers to see how they might need to be changed in order to better serve the public.”

Young said The Florida Bar handles the discipline of lawyers as well as providing the services that are offered by a professional association. The bar’s focus, Young said, is to ensure clients get the best service possible. This goal is complicated by nonlawyers who enter the legal arena and may be beyond the reach of the bar’s disciplinary arm.

Lack of disciplinary control may not be the only reason for the hesitation to deregulation.

Roger Blair, professor at the University of Florida’s Warrington College of Business and an affiliate UF Law professor, said lawyers are feeling the pinch of a down economy just as much as other pro-fessions. Lean times mean lawyers are likely to cling to restrictions on competition that could result in even slimmer pickings.

“I think monopolies very rarely are going to give up their mo-nopoly power,” Blair said.

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“It is critical for lawyers in The

Florida Bar to be architects of their future and not just reacting to it. What

do we want it to look like going

forward?”—Eugene Pettis (JD 85) Florida Bar President

EFFICIENCY’S UPSIDE

Susskind said growing liberalization could have an-other positive effect on customers by lowering the cost of legal services.

“The cost of lawyering has become too high,” Susskind said. “Most people find it dif-

ficult to afford the services of lawyers.”Susskind said future legal matters will be rou-

tinely broken into parts, with the basic, routine tasks handled quickly and cheaply and only the most specialized areas still giv-en individual attention by lawyers.

“For any deal or dispute, we can analyze it and break it down,” Susskind said.

As for why firms are so hesitant to modernize their business models, Susskind said it often comes down to pride. Law firms have a monopoly on the market that they are unlikely to give up without a fight.

“It’s hard to convince a room full of millionaires that you’ve got your business model wrong,” Susskind said.

Some of the technological and organizational efficiencies that Susskind is talking about already are apparent in legal practice — including in Gainesville.

Court reporting companies, which traditionally have provided services firmly grounded in the ink-and-paper realm, are now of-fering higher-tech options allowing lawyers to increase their ef-ficiency. Cynthia VanLandingham, of VanLandingham Durscher & VanLandingham in downtown Gainesville, said the company installed videoconferencing equipment about four years ago that links lawyers with clients, witnesses and opposing counsel.

Phil Beverly (JD 83), a practicing Gainesville attorney, uses VanLandingham’s videoconferencing to reduce costs for clients.

Instead of traveling for meetings, witness interviews and certain depositions, which represent billable hours, he can go next door inside the Seagle Building and engage in a videoconference.

However, Beverly said, there are other situations in which a lawyer needs to be able to read a witness, from facial expressions and tone of voice to body language — a skill Beverly referred to as the lawyer’s “sixth sense.” Those readings are nearly impos-sible to do when the subject of a deposition is miles away.

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The UF Law E-Discovery Project strives to keep the law school community abreast of the

advancements in legal technology with free webinars, expert speakers and the release of tools aimed at helping attorneys navigate the treacherous territory of e-discovery. Among recent and upcoming programs are:• International e-discovery expert

Craig Ball spoke about the future of electronic discovery and its impact on the legal profession at UF Law. After the event, Ball met in small groups with students to field ques-tions about the intricacies of elec-tronic discovery.

The e-discovery edge at UF Law

Legal futurist Richard Susskind spoke at UF Law in the fall semester.

• Publication of a free beta version of its Ran-dom Sampler software. The software gives attorneys the ability to test the results of e-discovery searches in order to avoid failing to find responsive documents.

• Jason Baron, partner with Drinker Biddle and former director of litigation for the National Archives and Records Administra-tion, will visit in the spring to speak about e-discovery.

• The annual E-Discovery Conference on March 14, 2014, which will feature in-person and live-streaming webcast speak-ers. The 2013 E-Discovery Conference is still available for CLE credit at www.law.ufl.edu/academics/ediscovery-conference.

“We’re in a people profession,” Beverly said. “A lot of it is translating nonverbal communications.”

Beverly said current technology still can’t completely replace face-to-face meetings, but the future could hold changes that seem impossible now.

“If you told me 10 years ago there would be something like the iPhone, I wouldn’t have believed you,” he said.

COURTROOM ALTERNATIVES

Perhaps nowhere are the soaring costs of legal ser-vices more apparent than in the courtroom. Going to trial is an extremely expensive option that sim-ply is not available to a majority of the popula-tion.

Judge Anthony Porcelli, federal magistrate judge of the U.S. District Court for the Middle

District of Florida, said alternative dispute resolution, which helps parties reach agreements without the time and money expenditures associated with litigation, is slowly supplanting trial litigation as the preferred method for settling disputes. Such alter-natives to litigation would have an obvious impact on the demand for the services of trial lawyers — and, by extension, judges.

“I joked when I met Richard that he should have named the book The End of Judges?” Porcelli said.

Scary though they may be for lawyers and judges hoping for job security, these changes represent an opportunity for Americans to obtain legal aid in ways that were previously unavailable. The model of civil law suit leading to judge or jury trial is shifting to-ward less costly alternative dispute resolutions.

Florida statutes, for example, require some civil suits, includ-ing medical malpractice and family law cases involving children, to go to mediation before trial. Robin Davis, director of UF Law’s Institute for Dispute Resolution, said most civil disputes will be sent to mediation at some point in the legal process, and it is in-creasingly common for contracts to include clauses requiring me-diation or arbitration of civil disputes.

UF Law, meanwhile, hosts a robust alternative dispute resolution program that is ranked among the best by U.S. News & World Report and which includes nationally recognized scholars such as Leonard Riskin, who this year won the American Bar Association Section of Dispute Resolution’s award for Outstanding Scholarly Work.

Experts say these shifts should not mean fewer jobs for those educated in the law. Hamilton, UF Law’s e-discovery guru, argues that lawyers with knowledge of technology and a willingness to dive into new opportunities will continue to provide value to their clients.

“Let’s not look at our skill set as only being relevant for work-ing at a law firm or in-house counsel,” Hamilton said.

THE FUTURE IS NOW

Susskind, himself, sees his predictions as present-ing an exciting opportunity for the forward-thinking lawyer. During his Sept. 12 presenta-tion, he showed slides illustrating how technol-ogy would revolutionize the way lawyers meet and interact with clients.

“The future has already arrived, it’s just not equally distributed yet,” Susskind said, quoting sci-

ence fiction author William Gibson. Improving technology, in particular, will drive down the costs

of legal work by allowing lawyers to focus on complex legal issues while computers handle simpler tasks. Susskind cited Cisco’s Tele-presence video conferencing system, which uses immersive high-definition video to simulate an in-person meeting with a client who could be on the other side of the globe.

“The table’s configured so you feel like you are in the same room,” Susskind said. “You will very rarely see clients in person.”

Porcelli also predicted video conferencing technology would continue to seep into courtrooms and depositions, areas that have historically been limited to face-to-face interactions.

Susskind pointed to other ways in which technology-conscious firms can embrace new innovations to maintain relevance. He pointed to Google Flu Trends, a pandemic-tracking program that uses Google searches for illness symptoms to pinpoint the geographic spread of disease. Susskind hypothesized that similar monitoring could help connect lawyers with potential clients. Likewise, social media net-works are helping those in need of legal advice to find lawyers.

Firms that are unwilling to embrace these tools, Susskind said, may be plagued with the problem of “irrational rejection.” He spoke of partners at prestigious firms who scoff at the idea of us-ing Twitter as a valid legal tool, despite the service’s 500 million registered users.

Architects of the Future: Experts discussed the coming revolutions in legal practice during a UF Law symposium

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Pettis Young Blair PorcelliKnake Hamilton Vetter

“Are you waiting for it to take off?” Susskind quipped, to laughs from the audience. ”We’re living in some kind of La La Land, it’s remarkable.”

At the Levin College of Law, embrac-ing technology is not a new initiative. Pro-fessors at the school have worked to incor-porate social networks into their classes. For example, Professor Michelle Jacobs utilizes the online world of Second Life as a virtual classroom to teach criminal law and illustrate legal concepts through the program’s pixelated simulations of real life. Meanwhile, Hamilton’s e-discovery program has just produced its own soft-ware to assist document review.

The rate at which technology is ad-vancing means the impact on the legal profession is still hard to predict. Susskind cited the writings of Ray Kurzweil, a proponent of Moore’s Law, which states

that the processing power of modern computers will continue to grow exponentially.

“By 2020, the average desktop will have the processing power of the human brain,” Susskind said. “By 2050, the average desktop will have more processing power than all of human-ity put together.”

By leveraging this massive data pro-cessing power, Susskind said, law firms will eventually eliminate the need to spend clients’ money on routine but time-intensive tasks like legal research.

One of Susskind’s predictions is that not all of his predictions will come true. But Susskind recalled that during the ’90s that he forecast email would become a major mode of communication in the

legal profession. This bit of foresight was greeted with much derision.

The rate at which technology is

advancing means the impact on the

legal profession is still hard to predict.

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Lawyers may be required to change their mindsets about what it means to work with clients. Indeed, they must adapt to new technology while still

managing day-to-day business.Legal futurist Richard Susskind likened the problem

to “trying to change the wheel on a moving car.” Here is his advice for bridging the divide:• Take a “blank sheet” approach: Step back and try to

imagine how the legal profession would be if it were created today;

• Chart a course for where you want your practice to be in five years, taking into account technological innovations and staying flexible about reaching your goal;

• Embrace new technologies like Skype, videoconfer-encing and online legal services;

• Start using social networks such as Twitter and LinkedIn; and

• Realize change will happen gradually, rather than as a single “big bang” revolution of the legal profession.Law students may be in a better position to evolve

and adapt with the changes than are practitioners. Susskind said law schools should focus on teaching students to be flexible rather than simply prepping them for traditional careers at law firms.

“In many law schools, the law is taught as it was in the 1970s,” Susskind said.

This, Susskind said, is where the Levin College of Law sets itself apart from many of its peers. He commended UF Law for taking a progressive approach to legal education — including, he added with a laugh, placing his books in the curriculum.

Ways law students can take the legal revolution in stride and prepare themselves to enter a new-look legal profession, drawn from Susskind and Michigan State Law Professor Renee Knake include:• Immersing themselves in the literature

projecting the profession’s future;• Researching online to discover emerging technolo-

gies;• Becoming conversant in new professional options

that interest the student;• Leveraging a background in technology, business,

computer science or engineering as a selling point to employers;

• Taking electives like project management or supply chain management in the business school; and

• Reading books like Reid Hoffman’s The Start-up of You and Daniel Pink’s To Sell Is Human to better un-derstand the commoditization of the legal profession.

—Andrew Steadman (2L)

Putting the future to work in your legal career

B Y K E L C E E G R I F F I S ( 4 J M )

‘Not your father’s bar exam’

Franklin Harrison (JD 72) likened improving the bar examination process to the time his 8-year-old granddaughter ran up to him and asked excitedly: “Can you see anything different about me?”

Harrison was perplexed until she told him. “She was wearing deodorant,” he chuckled.

The anecdote illustrates ongoing changes in the bar exam.“There really are things going on,” he said. “To the world it

looks the same, though.”The bar examination process has the potential to make or

break the careers of budding lawyers, and for Harrison, it’s a process that is constantly evolving.

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ALUMNI LEADERSHIP

He is outgoing chairman of the National Conference of Bar Examiners and an emeri-tus member of the Florida Board of Bar Ex-aminers. During his years in the field, he’s seen “a great improvement in the quality of the bar exam,” but not the kind of thing that’s always obvious to the casual observer.

The Florida board, on which Harrison served for five years, is an arm of the Flor-ida Supreme Court that administers the bar exam. It acts as the gatekeeper determining who should (and should not) be admitted to practice in the state, and it investigates the background of applicants in the process.

Harrison goes to hearings that vet appli-cants when fitness and character issues arise during the application process. For students seeking admission to the bar, he said honesty is often their saving grace.

He said members of the Florida board visit each law school in the state each year to speak to 1Ls about remaining trans-parent throughout their stints in law school.

“They emphasize if you didn’t tell the truth on your law school applica-tion, go and amend it,” he said.

For example, he said some students lie about or don’t include details on law school applications about minor incidents that by themselves might never block entrance to the bar, such as a DUI citation, misdemeanor arrests and juvenile records. But if it’s discovered that a student was not candid on their law school application or bar application process, it could be a cause for denial.

The August revision of the board’s Beginning Student Information guide, which encour-ages applicants to “err on the side of disclo-sure.” The national conference, which Har-rison has chaired for the past year, produces the Multistate Bar Exam (MBE). It also

produces multistate essay, performance, and professional responsibility exams, which are used in every jurisdiction except Louisiana.

He noted a movement toward imple-menting the Uniform Bar Exam, in which each jurisdiction agrees to certain parameters for the exam. In turn, all jurisdictions would honor the scores ap-plicants receive on the test.

Another area in the board examination process receiving at-tention is how to test would-be lawyers for legal research and legal writ-

ing skills — a deficiency some

new lawyers take flak for.In response, he said, the

MultiState Bar Exam recently completed an extensive survey of lawyers in their first three years of practice to determine the nature of their practice as well as the skills they tend to use the most. Research and legal writing were shown to be of high importance, which could foretell a shift in the testing regime. But right now, this research is simply adding to a bank of knowledge that will be aggregated over a long period of time.

“You don’t change the bar exam overnight,” he said. “That’s years in the making.”

While changing the bar exam is a slow-moving process, Harrison pointed to improve-ments in its clarity during the last generation.

“It’s not your father’s bar exam, as they say. I think the bar exam of today is much more straightforward. The questions are designed to find out if you un-derstand a point of law, not to trick you.”

Another improvement is the increasing

availability of online help. The national con-ference is getting ready to roll out the fourth online practice exam — a real multistate bar exam that test-takers can use to focus their

prep work at a modest price.

“I think in the future you’ll see online bar exams — computerized instead of sitting down with pen and paper,” Harrison said. “I think some-thing else we can look to in the future is a legal research test that you can do online — doing

real, live research.”Although online tests present security

problems and can be expensive to imple-ment, those are issues the national confer-ence is actively looking into.

Gail Sasnett-Stauffer, the outgoing chairwoman of the Florida Board of Bar Examiners, confirmed that being forthcom-ing about any discrepancy is the best path.

“The Florida Supreme Court has held that candor is the most important quality for being an attorney,” said Sasnett-Stauffer, the former UF Law associate dean for stu-dents. “That is why it’s so important to be up-front with The Florida Board of Bar Ex-aminers.”

The August revision of the Florida Board of Bar Examiners’ Beginning Student Information guide encourages applicants to “err on the side of disclosure” and advises that “what may seem like an insignificant event can loom large in the bar applica-tion process if you are not candid with the board.”

Because of the thorough vetting pro-cess, Harrison said lawyers already estab-lished in the profession can rest assured that newly admitted lawyers will be a credit to the profession.

“I think that lawyers should know that bar admissions in Florida are in good hands,” he said. “They’re in the hands of a board that holds applicants to high standards.”

Harrison

Sasnett-Stauffer

“I think in the future you’ll see online bar exams — computer-ized instead of sit-

ting down with pen and paper.”

—Franklin Harrison (JD 72)

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1954Robert L. Trohn an attorney with GrayRobinson, P.A. in Lakeland, is marking 30 years of board certification with The Florida Bar this year. He is board-certified in civil trial law.

1963Larry S. Stewart has been appointed to the executive committee of the American Law In-stitute. Stewart has also been appointed to the board of the RAND Corporation’s new Center for Catastrophic Risk Management and Com-pensation. The center will conduct research and recommend policy alternatives to mitigate the adverse effects of catastrophes and to provide compensation to those suffering losses.

1964Gerald F. Richman, president of Richman Greer, P.A. in West Palm Beach, has been elected treasurer of the Florida chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates. He was also named Best Lawyers’ West Palm Beach litigation-con-struction “Lawyer of the Year” (2014).

1965Sidney A. Stubbs, Jr., of Jones, Foster, John-ston & Stubbs, P.A. in West Palm Beach, was listed on The Florida Bar’s “legal milestone”

list. The list is comprised of 221 members who have maintained their board certification status for 30 years. Stubbs has more than 40 years of experience in the areas of commercial and corporate litigation and law firm litigation. He was also named in Super Lawyers for Florida (2013).

1967Robert Leslie Moore has received the Pillar of the Community Award from the Kiwanis Club of Venice, Fla. A member of the organization for 44 years, he has participated in international service projects to improve the health of women and children in underdeveloped countries.

1968Don Slesnick, managing partner of Slesnick & Casey, LLP in Coral Gables, was elected as the 2013-2014 chairman of the Fellows of the American Bar Foundation. Membership in the nonprofit, which supports academic research, is limited to one-third of 1 percent of the lawyer population.

1969Charles H. Egerton, one of the founding shareholders of the law firm of Dean, Mead, Egerton, Bloodworth, Capouano & Bozarth, P.A. in Orlando, was recently recognized as one of 221 Florida Bar members — and only

19 Orange County lawyers — who earned legal board certification in civil trial or tax law in 1983 and have remained certified for 30 years. Egerton has more than 40 years of ex-perience as a tax and corporate attorney.

Bennie Lazzara Jr., of Wilkes and McHugh, P.A. in Tampa, has been named in Florida Super Lawyers magazine (2013).

Peter W. Zinober, with Greenberg Traurig, P.A. in Tampa, has been named in the 100 Most Powerful Labor and Employment Lawyers in the United States by Law Dragon and the So-ciety for Human Resources Management. It is his fourth consecutive year receiving the title. Additionally, he was recognized in The Best Lawyers in America for labor and employment law for the 24th consecutive year. He was also named lawyer of the year for Tampa litigation, labor and employment. In Chambers U.S.A. Guide 2013, Zinober was designated as a “Star Performer” in labor and employment law for the sixth consecutive year. He is one of only three Florida lawyers to receive that designation.

1970Rosemary Barkett recently announced she will step down from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit to join the Iran-U.S. Claims Tribunal at The Hague in the Netherlands. After serving 20 years in the position, she resigned in September and will become one of three U.S. judges in the international arbitral tribunal.

Joel H. Brown, former chief judge of Florida’s 11th Judicial Circuit, has joined the Miami law firm of Freidin, Dobrinsky, Brown & Rosen-blum P.A. Brown will practice all aspects of family law matters with an emphasis on divorce, multi-state and international jurisdic-tional issues.

William E. Williams, an attorney with Gray-Robinson, P.A.’s Tallahassee office, has been named to Florida Super Lawyers’ 2013 list in the area of administrative law.

1971Larry B. Alexander, of Jones, Foster, Johnston & Stubbs, P.A. in West Palm Beach, has been

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peer-selected for inclusion in the Best Lawyers in America (2014) for real estate law. Addi-tionally, he has been named West Palm Beach “Lawyer of the Year” in real estate law.

John K. Vreeland, an attorney with GrayRobin-son, P.A.’s Lakeland office, has been named to Florida Super Lawyers’ list in the area of estate planning and probate (2013).

Stephen N. Zack, of Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP in Miami, has been selected to chair the Miami Beach Charter Review Board. Zack previously chaired the board, which recom-mends changes to the City Charter, during the only other two periods it operated, beginning in 1993 and 2003. He has also been appointed by President Barack Obama as the alternate U.S. public representative to the general assembly of the U.N. Upon Senate confirmation, his title will be U.S. State Department senior adviser to the U.N.

1972William H. Andrews, of GrayRobinson P.A. in Jacksonville, has been named to the Chambers USA list for notable achievements, client service and excellence in the practice area of labor and employment (2013). He also has been recog-nized on Florida Trend’s legal elite list (2013).

Carson McEachern, of Roetzel in Naples, has been named in Florida Super Lawyers (2013).

Steven G. Wenzel, of Wenzel Fenton Cabassa P.A. in Tampa, was listed in Super Lawyers in employment litigation plaintiff (2013).

Gene K. Glasser, of GreenspoonMarder in Fort Lauderdale, has been selected for inclusion in the Best Lawyers in America (2014).

1973Michael T. Callahan has been awarded the Jo-seph P. Milton Professionalism and Civility Award, given by the Florida Chapters of the American Board of Trial Advocates. He has 39 years of trial

experience, including cases involving the Skyway Bridge and Choctawatchee Bay Bridge accidents and a lost Spanish galleon. His cases have established precedents in medical malpractice, landlord liability to tenants and insurance bad faith.

John R. Crawford, an attorney with Marks Gray, P.A. in Jacksonville, has been named to Florida Super Lawyers in the area of estate planning and probate (2013).

S. Daniel Ponce, a partner at Berger Singerman LLP in Miami, has been appointed to serve on the Judicial Nominating Commission established by Sen. Bill Nelson and Sen. Marco Rubio. He will serve a two-year term.

Wesley R. Poole, a partner with Poole & Poole in Fernandina Beach, Fla., has been appointed to the Nassau County Court by Gov. Rick Scott. He previously served as an attorney with the City of Fernandina Beach.

Pamela O. Price, an attorney with GrayRobin-son, P.A. in Orlando, has been named to Florida Super Lawyers in the area of estate planning and probate (2013). She has also been recognized on Florida Trend’s annual legal elite list (2013).

Ronald S. Reed, an attorney with GrayRobinson, P.A.’s Tampa office, has been named to Florida Super Lawyers in the area of family law (2013).

Gerald A. Rosenthal, senior shareholder with Rosenthal, Levy, Simon & Ryles in Port St. Lucie, has been included in the National As-sociation of Workers’ Compensation Judiciary as recognition for his commitment to the field. He also spoke at the 68th Annual Workers’ Com-pensation Educational Conference, held Aug. 18 - 21 in Orlando.

1974Frederick W. Leonhardt, of GrayRobinson, P.A. in Orlando, recently joined Gov. Rick Scott and other Florida business leaders to strengthen the economic partnership with Chile. As chairman

of GrayRobinson’s policy board, Leonhardt has supported the governor’s plan to promote the state of Florida as a business destination. Ad-ditionally, he has been named one of Orlando’s 50 most powerful people by Orlando Magazine. He was included in the Chambers USA 2013 list for notable achievements, client service and excellence in the practice area of real estate: zoning/land use. He has also been recognized on Florida Trend’s annual legal elite list (2013).

Leslie Lott, a partner at Lott & Fischer in Coral Gables, has been named in Florida Su-per Lawyers (2013) and the Best Lawyers in America (2014). Lott was additionally ranked among the top 50 women in the state by Su-per Lawyers. Managing Intellectual Property magazine named her an “IP star” in its 2013 IP Handbook. Additionally, Lott was named 2014 Miami copyright law lawyer of the year by Best Lawyers.

Robert K. Rouse Jr. received The Florida Bar’s William M. Hoeveler Judicial Award during the organization’s annual conference June 27 in Boca Raton. The award recognizes judges who are dedicated to the ideals of justice and dem-onstrate diligence in inspiring others to profes-sionalism. Rouse, a 7th Judicial Circuit judge since 1995, currently presides over civil cases at the Volusia County Courthouse in DeLand.

1975Wayne E. Flowers, a Lewis, Longman & Walker shareholder in Jacksonville, has been selected to Florida Super Lawyer (2013) in the area of en-vironmental litigation. Flowers shares this des-ignation with 5 percent of attorneys statewide.

1976Gary D. Fox has been named Plaintiff Trial Lawyer of the Year by the Florida Chapters American Board of Trial Advocates. He has been involved in high-profile cases including the Terri Schiavo medical malpractice case and the Carnival Cruise Lines sexual assault case, which resulted in an order requiring Carnival to report data from sexual assaults occurring on its ships.

Ronald Rowland (LLMT), of Vorys, Sater, Sey-mour and Pease LLP in Columbus, Ohio, has been named to the Best Lawyers in America (2014) listing in the areas of tax law and trusts and estates.

Gerald W. Weedon, an attorney with Marks Gray, P.A. in Jacksonville, has been named to Florida Super Lawyers in the area of business litigation (2013).

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1977Nathaniel L. Doliner (LLMT), of Carlton Fields, has been named by The Best Lawyers in Amer-ica (2014) as Tampa corporate governance law “Lawyer of the Year.”

Jeffrey S. Kannensohn, an attorney with Porter Wright in Naples, has been named to Florida Super Lawyers (2013).

Charles S. Modell, of Larkin Hoffman law firm in Minneapolis, has been recognized by Chambers USA in its 2013 listing of leading individuals nationwide in franchising. He was also selected for inclusion in the 20th edition of The Best Lawyers in America in the practice area of franchise law and was named Best Law-yer’s 2014 Minneapolis franchise law “Lawyer of the Year.”

Linda Loomis Shelley, managing shareholder of Fowler White Boggs’ Tallahassee office, has been reappointed as chairwoman of the Northern Dis-trict Federal Judicial Nominating Commission. The commission recommends candidates to serve in certain federal, judicial and law enforcement posi-tions including U.S. district judge, U.S. attorney and U.S. marshal in Florida.

Dennis J. Wall, an attorney in Winter Springs, has recently published his third edition of Liti-gation and Prevention of Insurer Bad Faith. The edition supplements his first two volumes. He also had an article, “Lessons in Bad Faith,” published in Claims Management Magazine. He presented a webinar to the Clearwater Bar Association titled “Forensic Examination of Insurance Policies.” His presentation June 27 has been awarded the Continuing Legal Educa-tion Credit by The Florida Bar. In the spring, his article series about the Affordable Care Act was published, including, “What Are Health Insur-ance Exchanges? A First Look” and “Report from the ACA Battlefront: Medicaid, the ACA, and the United States Supreme Court.”

1978William A. Boyles (JD 76, LLMT 78), an at-torney with GrayRobinson, P.A., in Orlando, has

been named to Florida Super Lawyers’ 2013 list in the area of tax. He is also marking 30 years of board certification with The Florida Bar this year.

Simon Ferro has joined the Miami office of Gun-ster as a shareholder. A member of the firm’s environmental and land use practice, Ferro brings more than 30 years of experience in the areas of zoning, land use and governmental relations.

Peter J. Gravina, of Pavese Law Firm in Ft. My-ers, has been name to Florida Super Lawyers as one of the top attorneys in the state for 2013.

Dale Swope, of Swope, Rodante P.A. in Tampa, has been selected for inclusion in Best Lawyers in America (2014) in recognition of his work in personal injury litigation plaintiffs. Swope has been listed in the publication since 2005.

Thomas J. Wilkes, an attorney with GrayRob-inson, P.A.’s Orlando office, has been named to Florida Super Lawyers (2013) in the area of government/cities/municipalities. He has also been recognized on Florida Trend’s legal elite list (2013).

Richard M. Zabak, an attorney with GrayRob-inson, P.A.’s Tampa office, has been named to Florida Super Lawyers (2013) in the area of business litigation.

1979Larry D. Hardaway, a Lakeland attorney, was inducted into the Polk County School District’s hall of fame.

N. Diane Holmes, founder of N. Diane Holmes, P.A. Family Law Group in Orlando, has been named by The Florida Association for Women Lawyers as a 2013 Leader in the Law for her commitment to the Central Florida community and dedication to advancing the cause of women. She consistently ranks among Florida’s top at-torneys and is actively involved in efforts to raise money for breast cancer research, protect chil-dren and support the arts.

Jeff Scroggin (JD 77, LLMT 79), of Scroggin & Company in Roswell, Ga., has recently been published in several publications. His article “Tax

Complexity, History and Humor” appeared in Leimberg Information Services Income Tax Plan-ning Newsletter in April, and it was republished in the NAEPC Journal of Estate and Tax Plan-ning’s summer 2013 issue. His article “Where is the Estate Planning Profession Going?” was printed in the Leimberg Information Services Estate Planning Newsletter in March and was republished in NAEPC Journal of Estate and Tax Planning and on the Society of Financial Services Professionals’ website. Scroggin was quoted in the New York Times on July 19 in an article titled “A Public Debate of the Wisdom of Gandolfini’s Will.” Additionally, he was named for the fifth year in a row in Georgia Super Lawyers.

1980Mary Wood Bridgman was elected chair of the Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counsel-ing in May. She was appointed to the board in 2004 by Gov. Jeb Bush.

Philippe Jeck, of Jeck, Harris, Raynor & Jones, P.A. in Juno Beach, Fla., has received the Above and Beyond Special Recognition award from the Northern Palm Beach County Chamber of Com-merce. The award from the Board of Directors ac-knowledged his years of service to the community and the chamber as a past director and general counsel.

Terence R. Perkins has been elected as chief judge for the 7th Judicial Circuit, which covers Flagler, Putnam, St. Johns and Volusia counties. He was elected by the 42 judges in the circuit and will have administrative supervision over the circuit during his two-year term.

David L. Smith, an attorney with GrayRobinson, P.A.’s Tampa office, has been named by Florida Super Lawyers (2013) in the area of government/cities/municipalities. He was additionally elected chair of Tampa Downtown Partnership, an organi-zation fostering vibrant neighborhoods throughout downtown Tampa.

Nicholas V. Pulignano Jr., an attorney with Marks Gray, P.A. in Jacksonville, has been named to Florida Super Lawyers (2013) in the area of business litigation.

Jonathan C. Hollingshead, of Fisher, Rushmer, Werrenrath, Dickson, Talley & Dunlap, P.A. in Orlando, has been selected for inclusion in the Best Lawyers in America (2014).

1981Kimberly Leach Johnson, of Quarles & Brady LLP in Naples, was appointed as chairwoman

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of the firm. The appointment marks the first time in the firm’s history someone outside of Wisconsin has led it. Additionally, she has been named to Florida Trend’s legal elite list (2013), Florida Super Lawyers (2013) and the publica-tion’s “top 50 women” list.

Richard B. Comiter (LLMT), senior partner at Comiter, Singer, Baseman & Braun, LLP in Palm Beach Gardens, has recently been named in Florida Trend (2013) and inducted into the publication’s Florida Legal Elite 2013 hall of fame. He was also listed in Florida Super Law-yers’ “Top 100” and in the top 100 attorneys in Florida, as published in The Wall Street Journal and Miami Magazine.

J. Mason Williams III, an attorney with Gray-Robinson, P.A. in Melbourne, has been named to Florida Super Lawyers (2013) in the area of construction litigation.

1982Michael Havelin, of Asheville, N.C., has pub-lished his fourth mystery novel, Ben Bones and the Galleon of Gold. It is his third genealogical- and legal-themed mystery series. He also runs WNCMysterians.org, a mystery writers’ critique group in Asheville.

Richard A. Jacobson, a shareholder with Fowler White Boggs in Tampa, has been named Best Lawyers’ “2014 Tampa’s international trade and finance law lawyer of the year.” His legal practice includes representation of foreign clients seeking pre-residency tax planning assistance; coordination of U.S. tax and immigration planning; foreign investors in U.S. real estate and other business ventures.

Mark K. Somerstein, of Greenspoon Marder in Fort Lauderdale, has been selected for inclu-sion in the Best Lawyers in America (2014).

Charles E. Williams, 12th Judicial Circuit judge, was the keynote speaker for the May 24 New College of Florida commencement. Williams is chairman of The Sarasota Bar As-sociation Diversity Committee and a judge

member of the Central Division of the Mediator Qualifications Board.

1983Alan H. Daniels (JD 81, LLMT 83), a partner in Roetzel’s Orlando office, was named in Best Lawyers for tax law. He and about 60 others received the distinction and he was one of four recipients in Orlando.

William F. Hamilton, an attorney with Quarles & Brady LLP, has been selected for inclusion in Florida Super Lawyers (2013).

Stephen L. Kussner, an attorney with GrayRobinson, P.A.’s Tampa office, has been named to Florida Super Lawyers (2013) list in the area of real estate.

Louise B. Zeuli, of Louise B. Zeuli, P.A. and Facilitative Arbitration & Dispute Resolution, Inc., in Maitland, Fla., was one of the top women lawyers in alternative dispute resolution in Orlando Home & Leisure Magazine. She was also listed among top area lawyers in the June 26 edition of Orlando Life, which part-nered with LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell to share its list of local lawyers who have reached the highest levels of ethical standards and professional excellence.

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1935 grad turns 102One of UF Law’s 1935 gradu-ates, Maurice “Maury” Gold-stein, celebrated his 102nd birthday this summer. He lives in Jacksonville with his wife, Hilda, of 73 years. Here is Goldstein, left, walking down the streets of Jacksonville with with Herbert Panken, deceased in 1999. Panken was an attorney and around the time of this photo they were trying a case together. For more on the life and times of Maury Goldstein go to www.goo.gl/w3y9HZ

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1984Thomas R. Bolf, of GreenspoonMarder in Fort Lauderdale, has been selected for inclusion in the Best Lawyers in America (2014).

Cynthia C. Jackson, previously a Jacksonville attorney with Smith Hulsey & Busey, has been appointed as a judge to the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the middle district of Florida.

Mitchell E. Widom, a partner at Bilzin Sum-berg Baena Price & Axelrod LLP in Miami, has been selected to participate in Leadership Florida’s upcoming 32nd class, an eight-month training and development program that connects leaders to work together for the long-term benefit of Florida.

Andrea E. Zelman, a shareholder with Fowler White Boggs in Tampa, has been named Tam-pa litigation — land use and zoning “Lawyer of the Year” by Best Lawyers (2014). Zelman concentrates her practice in land use and environmental law, including zoning mat-ters, developments of regional impact and comprehensive land use plans.

1985Amelia M. Campbell, a shareholder with Fowler White Boggs in Tampa, has been elect-ed president of the Athena Society. Founded in 1976, the Athena Society is dedicated to cre-ating a forum for interaction and collaboration and to improving the status of women through equality. Campbell practices in the areas of estate planning, estate and trust administra-tion and business succession planning.

Amy J. Galloway, former director at Tripp Scott’s Fort Lauderdale office, recently opened her own law firm, Amy J. Galloway, P.A. The new firm, also based in Fort Lauderdale, emphasizes real estate and property rights disputes.

Mark W. Klingensmith has been appointed judge to the 4th District Court of Appeal by

Gov. Rick Scott. Klingensmith served as a judge for the 19th Judicial Circuit since 2011.

John Elliott Leighton, managing partner of Leighton Law, P.A. in Miami and Orlando, presented on alternative dispute resolution and discovery and depositions at The Florida Bar Basics seminar in Tampa. Leighton was also selected for inclusion in The Best Law-yers in America. He was voted as one of the “Top Lawyers” in the South Florida Legal Guide for the last 10 years, has been named in Florida Super Lawyers and has been designated a “legal elite” by Florida Trend magazine.

William (Bill) J. Schifino, Jr., a partner in the Tampa office of Burr & Forman LLP, has been selected as “Lawyer of the Year” in liti-gation — securities for the Tampa market by Best Lawyers. Schifino focuses his practice on commercial litigation, including securities, intellectual property and business tort litiga-tion.

1986Sheree Lancaster has become the first woman to serve as county judge in Gilchrist County. Lancaster was a longtime attorney for the Gilchrist County School Board and also represented the Levy County School Board. Lancaster also served as a child support hearing officer for the 8th Judicial Circuit in Gilchrist and Levy counties for more than 14 years.

H. William Perry, managing shareholder at Gunster, has been appointed to the Board of Trustees of the Law Center Association Inc., at UF. His five-year term began in September.

William E. Ruffier, managing partner of Or-lando-based Dellecker Wilson King McKenna Ruffier & Sos, has recently received the NESA Outstanding Eagle Scout Award. The award was granted by the local council’s committee to Eagle Scouts who have devoted a lifetime

to their profession, vocation, community and beliefs.

1987Mayanne Downs, of GrayRobinson’s Orlando office, has been selected as the 2013 re-cipient of the Champion for Justice Award presented by the Barry University School of Law. She also received the Rosemary Barkett Outstanding Achievement Award, which is the highest award given annually by the Cen-tral Florida Association for Women Lawyers. She was additionally named one of Orlando’s 50 most powerful people by Orlando Maga-zine and selected to Florida Super Lawyers’ (2013) list. She has also been recognized on Florida Trend’s annual 2013 “legal elite” list. She was recently appointed to a six-year term on the Judicial Qualifications Commis-sion and is the city attorney for the City of Orlando.

Bradley R. Johnson, a partner with Taylor, Day, Grimm, Boyd & Johnson, was unani-mously selected as the interim president and head of Bolles School in Jacksonville. A member of the Jacksonville Bar Association and The Florida Bar Association, Johnson is a master in the Chester Bedell Inns of Court and is a former executive committee member of the Jacksonville Urban League and The Florida Bar Trial Lawyers’ Section.

1988Jane Dunlap Callahan (JD 87, LLMT 88), a shareholder of the Orlando-based law firm of Dean, Mead, Egerton, Bloodworth, Capouano & Bozarth, P.A., was recently appointed to the Christian Service Center (CSC) for Central Florida’s Board of Directors. The CSC is a private nonprofit social service agency that works with area businesses and community organizations to combat poverty and homelessness and to promote self-sufficiency.

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Spencer H. Silverglate, a managing share-holder and co-founder of Clarke Silverglate, P.A., in Miami, has been named the 2015 International Association of Defense Counsel Trial Academy Director. The Trial Academy is held every year at Stanford Law School and offers participatory education to young de-fense trial attorneys.

Michael S. Singer (JD 87, LLMT 88), of Comiter, Singer, Baseman & Braun, LLP in Palm Beach Gardens, has been named to Flor-ida Trend’s legal elite list (2013). He was also named in Florida Super Lawyers (2013).

Christi Underwood, a Winter Park mediator and arbitrator, has been appointed to the 9th Judicial Circuit Court by Gov. Rick Scott. She has filled a vacancy created by the resigna-tion of Judge Frederic Rand Wallis. A board-certified construction lawyer, Underwood previously practiced with Foley & Lardner as a commercial and construction litigator and with Maguire, Voorhis & Wells.

1989C. Mark Fowler has been selected as the new appellate bureau chief for the Legal Services Division of the Montana Department of Jus-tice. Fowler has been an assistant attorney general in the Montana Department of Justice since 1994, working in the Legal Services Divisions’ Appellate Bureau and in the Gam-bling Control Division.

David A. Hallman, a Nassau County attorney, has been appointed chair of The Florida Bar Statewide Standing Committee on Profes-sionalism for 2013-2014. Hallman was also named a “Legal Elite” by Florida Trend Maga-zine (2013). Hallman is a board-certified specialist in city, county and local govern-ment law and has served as Nassau County attorney since 2007.

Michael J. Shapiro, a senior vice president and wealth adviser in Morgan Stanley Private Wealth Management’s Boca Raton office, has been named to Barron’s annual list,

“America’s Top 1000 Advisors: 2013 State-by-State,” for the fifth consecutive year. The “Barron’s Top 1000 Advisors” is a select group of individuals who are screened on a number of criteria. Among factors the survey takes into consideration are assets under management, revenue produced for the firm and quality of service provided to clients.

Mark Stein, a partner with Miami law firm Higer Lichter & Givner, has been selected to receive the 2013 Pro Bono “Innovative Proj-ect” award from the Dade County Bar Asso-ciation and Dade Legal Aid’s “Put Something Back” program. Stein received this award as recognition of his leadership of the “Legal Tune Ups for Non Profits” annual clinic that this year engaged more than 40 attorneys from the business and corporate community to provide legal services to almost 60 non-profit organizations.

Charles D. Tobin, of Holland & Knight LLP in Washington, D.C., was selected for inclusion in Best Lawyers (2014) in First Amendment law and litigation, First Amendment and me-dia law. Tobin is the chairman of the National Media Practice Team of Holland & Knight LLP in Washington, D.C. He recently moderated a “Council for Court Excellence” roundtable between judges and the media discussing journalism and the courts.

1990Joseph L. Amos Jr., of Fisher, Rushmer, Wer-renrath, Dickson, Talley & Dunlap, P.A. in Orlando, has been selected for inclusion in the Best Lawyers in America (2014).

Joseph T. Ducanis, Jr. has joined the Fort Lauderdale office of GrayRobinson, P.A., as a shareholder. He brings more than 22 years of estate planning, probate and trust administra-tion experience to the team.

June C. McKinney, an administrative law judge for the state of Florida, was sworn in as the 2013-2014 president of the National Association of Administrative Law Judiciary

on Sept. 18 in Chicago. She was sworn in by Chief Judge Robert Cohen of Florida’s Divi-sion of Administrative Hearings. McKinney is the first Florida female, first African-American female and second judge from DOAH to serve as the association’s president.

1991Todd L. Bradley, a partner in the Naples office of Cummings & Lockwood LLC, was listed in Best Lawyers in America. He practices in the area of trusts and estates and has been listed since 2008. He was also selected for inclusion in Florida Super Lawyers (2013).

Erin R. McCormick, a shareholder with Fowler White Boggs in Tampa, will serve a one-year term as the chair of United Way Suncoast Women’s Leadership Steering Com-mittee, a group that provides out-of-school care and financial literacy programs for fami-lies.

Alan Pickert, of Jacksonville-based Ter-rell Hogan P.A., was recently recognized in Florida Super Lawyers. He also was named president of Healing Every Autistic Life, a nonprofit that assists autistic children and their families in North Florida. Additionally, he was appointed to the Jacksonville Eth-ics Commission by Jacksonville Mayor Alvin Brown and the Jacksonville City Council.

Steven Solomon, of GrayRobinson in Miami, has been named in Chambers USA (2013) for notable achievements, client service and excellence in the practice area of bankruptcy/restructuring.

1992Courtney Kneece Grimm, of the Bedell Firm in Jacksonville, was selected to serve as secretary/treasurer of the trial lawyers section for The Florida Bar. She has served on the section’s executive council since 2007. She was also re-appointed to serve on The Florida Bar’s annual convention committee.

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Kim Bonder Rezanka has been selected as the new managing shareholder of Dean, Mead, Egerton, Bloodworth, Capouano & Bozarth, P.A.’s Viera/Melbourne office. In her new role, Rezanka oversees 22 attorneys, professionals and administrative staff members. She joined Dean Mead in 2001 and has been instrumen-tal in growing the firm’s presence in Brevard County.

Michael Schwartz (LLMT), of Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP in Columbus, Ohio, has been named in the Best Lawyers of Amer-ica (2014) listing in the practice area of com-mercial litigation, tax law, trusts and estates.

1993Paul D. Bain, of Trenam Kemker in Tampa, has been elected as a shareholder at the firm. Bain represents large and small land and business owners.

Matthew K. Fenton, of Wenzel Fenton Cabassa, P.A. in Tampa, was named in Super Lawyers in employment and labor.

Jed L. Frankel, a shareholder at the community association and real estate law firm of Eisinger, Brown, Lewis, Frankel & Chaiet, P.A., recently co-conducted a webinar for condo and HOA

boards. The webinar, titled “Collect More, and Collect it More Easily: Best Practices for Condo/HOA Debt Collection,” was hosted by HOALe-ader.com and had more than 60 attendees from across the country.

Erik P. Shuman, an attorney with GrayRob-inson, P.A. in Melbourne, has been named to Florida Super Lawyers’ 2013 list in the area of estate planning and probate.

Perry W. Doran II, of of Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP in Columbus, Ohio, has been named to Best Lawyers in America (2014) in the practice area of mass tort litigation/class actions.

1994Keith Rizzardi, special counsel to Jones, Foster, Johnston & Stubbs, P.A., and a law professor at St. Thomas University, recently published his article, “The Duty to Advise the Lorax: Environ-mental Advocacy and the Risk of Reform,” and presented the paper at the University of Florida Public Interest Environmental Conference in Gainesville and the Seminar Group Endangered Species Act conference in Atlanta. Rizzardi also led policy discussions on fishery sustainability at the Boston Seafood Show and on coastal de-velopment at the National Working Waterfronts & Waterways Symposium in Tacoma, Wash.

Donna L. Longhouse (JD 93, LLMT 94) has joined Allen Dell P.A. in Tampa as a share-holder. She practices in the areas of tax, trusts and estates, business planning and tax-exempt organizations. She was selected for inclusion in Florida Super Lawyers (2013), was named in The Best Lawyers in America since 2010 in trusts and estates and was named in The Legal 500 United States (2013) in the area of tax, domestic – East Coast.

Kevin D. Johnson, of Thompson, Sizemore, Gonzalez & Hearing, P.A. in St. Petersburg, was recently recognized in Florida Trend’s legal elite list (2013). He was also selected for inclusion in the Best Lawyers in America (2014).

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They both have UF Law degrees, are former editors of the Florida Law Review and are founding partners at Johnson Pope Bokor Ruppel & Burns, LLP. While in law school, Wally Pope (JD 69), left, and Bruce Bokor (JD 72) never imagined using their law degrees alongside each other because they didn’t meet until years after their graduations. This year the firm they founded together cel-ebrated its 40th anniversary. For more, go to Web Extras at https://www.law.ufl.edu/uflaw/.

Alumni celebrate 40 years as law partners

Bonder Rezanka 92 Frankel 93 Rizzardi 94 Johnson 94 Wites 94Scheck 94 Desai 94

Paul Scheck, a partner in Shutts & Bowen LLP’s Orlando office, has been elected presi-dent of the Orange County Bar Association. Scheck, a partner in the firm’s Labor and Em-ployment Practice Group, will focus on mentor-ing lawyers from basic skills training for new bar members to expanding continuing legal education offerings.

Marc A. Wites, of Wites & Kapetan, P.A., in Lighthouse Point, Fla., recently announced the online publication of the 2013 edition The Florida Litigation Guide at FlaLitGuide.com. The guide, published since 1997, lists the elements of popular common law causes of action, the citations for the most recent Florida state and federal court cases that cite each action’s elements followed by the applicable statute of limitations and defenses.

Hetal H. Desai has recently joined Tallahassee firm Sniffen & Spellman, P.A. Desai practices in the areas of employment and civil rights, ethics, public records, local government and land use law. She served as assistant city at-torney for the city of Tallahassee for almost nine years.

1995Caryn L. Bellus, a shareholder in Kubicki Draper’s Miami office, was recently elected chairwoman of the Appellate Practice Section. She is a longtime active member of the Appel-late Practice Section of The Florida Bar. She also recently spoke at The Florida Bar’s Lead-ership Academy Program.

Bruce Jacob (LLMT), Stetson University dean emeritus and professor of law, has received the Delano S. Stewart Diversity Award. While serving as Stetson’s dean, Jacob greatly increased the number of minority full-time faculty members. Additionally, he received the Champion of Indigent Defense Award by the National Association of Criminal Defense Law-yers. In February, Jacob was named a Power 100 Advocate by On Being a Black Lawyer for

his efforts to make the legal profession more racially diverse.

Timothy M. Cerio has been appointed by Gov. Rick Scott to the 1st District Court of Appeal Ju-dicial Nominating Commission. The commission is charged under the Florida Constitution with the responsibility of submitting nominations to the governor to fill vacancies on the 1st District Court of Appeal.

1996Suzanne E. Gilbert, a partner in the Orlando office of Holland & Knight, has been elected as a top officer of The 11th Circuit Historical So-ciety Inc. Gilbert will serve as vice president-Florida and will be responsible for overseeing the organization’s preservation efforts related to the northern, middle and southern districts of Florida. The purpose of the 11th Circuit Historical Society is to keep a record of the history of the courts of the 11th Circuit as institutions and of the judges who have served these courts. She has also been elected presi-dent of the Board of Directors of the Orlando Shakespeare Theater. Gilbert joined the board in 2003 and served as vice president during the past year. Celebrating 25 seasons this year, Orlando Shakespeare Theater features profes-sional theater productions, develops new plays and provides educational experiences to the community.

Monica B. Mason, a shareholder with Fowler White Boggs in Tampa, has been named in Best Lawyers (2014) as Tampa trademark law lawyer of the year. She has experience in intellectual property law, including trademarks, copyrights, cybersquatting and trade secrets.

Steven A. Lessne, an attorney with GrayRob-inson, P.A.’s Fort Lauderdale office, has been named to Florida Super Lawyers (2013) list in the area of business litigation.

Cynthia S. Munkittrick was appointed by Gov. Rick Scott to the Dixie County Court. Munkit-

trick has been a solo practitioner since 1996. From 1974-1976, she served in the U.S. Army Reserves.

F. Scott Westheimer, a managing partner of the Sarasota-based law firm Syprett Meshad, has been named to Florida Trend magazine’s “legal elite” list (2013). In March, Westheimer was elected to The Florida Bar Board of Governors. Westheimer was sworn into office on June 28 during The Florida Bar’s annual meeting in Boca Raton.

Lisa Z. Hauser (JD 95, LLMT 96) an associate at Comiter, Singer, Baseman & Braun in Palm Beach Gardens, has been named in Florida Super Lawyers (2013).

1997Marve Ann Alaimo, a partner at Cummings & Lockwood LLC, was selected for inclusion in Florida Super Lawyers (2013). Alaimo focuses her practice in the area of estate planning and probate.

Darren D. Farfante (JD 96, LLMT 97) a share-holder with Fowler White Boggs, has been elected to the firm’s Board of Directors. Farfante concentrates his practice in the areas of bank-ruptcy, creditor’s rights, tax controversies and commercial litigation.

Christopher C. Nash was appointed by Gov. Rick Scott to the Hillsborough County Court, which serves the Tampa area. Nash has prac-ticed with Leavengood, Nash, Dauval, and Boyle, P.A. since 2004.

Leslie Miller Tomczak, a shareholder in Aker-man Senterfitt’s Fort Lauderdale office, has be-come board-certified by The Florida Bar in the area of construction law. Tomczak represents developers, contractors, subcontractors and de-sign professionals in matters including shopping centers, houses of worship and airport projects.

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1998Michael Cavendish, of Gunster’s Jackson-ville office, was appointed by Gov. Rick Scott to the board of the Florida Humani-ties Council. The council was established in 1973 and is dedicated to building strong communities by exploring the heritage, tra-ditions and stories of Florida. The nonprofit is the state affiliate of the National Endow-ment for Humanities. Cavendish practices litigation, trial and appellate law in the field of complex business disputes.

James Matthew Colaw, who has served as assistant state attorney in the 4th and 8th Circuits since 1998, has been appointed to the Alachua County Family Court to fill a vacancy left by Judge Martha Ann Lott (JD 81). He will work in the Alachua Family “DR2” division and will handle all fam-ily pro se and simplified dissolution cases countywide.

Fabienne Fahnestock of Gunster’s Fort Lauderdale office, has been certified by the Florida Supreme Court as a civil circuit mediator.

Richard E. “Rick” Mitchell was appointed to the 5th District Court of Appeal Judicial Nominating Commission by Gov. Rick Scott. Mitchell’s term began in July and runs un-til 2016. He has also been recognized on Florida Trend’s legal elite list (2013).

Harvey E. Oyer III, a partner at the West Palm Beach office of Shutts & Bowen LLP, was selected as the Florida Distinguished Author for 2013. Each year, the Board of Trustees of the Florida House recognizes one Florida author and one Florida artist. His books, The American Jungle, The Last Egret and The Last Calusa, have won numerous awards and are used widely by schools throughout Florida.

1999Paul A. Giordano has joined Roetzel’s busi-ness and commercial litigation practice in the Fort Myers office. Giordano has also been selected to serve a one-year term as the first president and chairman of the board of the Bankruptcy Legal Education Series Foundation, Inc. Giordano handles a variety of business and commercial litigation matters with a focus on bankruptcy - credi-tors’ rights, partnership disputes, commer-cial foreclosures, contract and corporate disputes and general and professional li-ability lawsuits. Giordano has been named a “Rising Star” by Florida Super Lawyers (2013). Additionally, he has been named a “Legal Elite” in bankruptcy and workout by Florida Trend magazine.

Jason Z. Jones, a partner at Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod LLP, was honored as pro bono bankruptcy attorney of the year by the Dade County Bar Association and Dade Legal Aid’s “Put Something Back” pro bono program.

Kenneth H. Haney, a partner in Quarles & Brady LLP Naples office, has received the AV Preeminent peer review rating from Martindale-Hubbell. Haney joins more than 180 Quarles & Brady attorneys who have been rated by Martindale-Hubbell.

Laurel Moore Lee was appointed by Gov. Rick Scott to the Circuit Court of the 13th Judicial Circuit (Hillsborough County). She currently presides in the domestic relations division. Lee has been an assistant U.S. attorney since 2007.

Brian K. Oblow, an attorney with GrayRob-inson, P.A.’s Tampa office, has been named to Florida Super Lawyers’ 2013 list in the area of business litigation.

Rhonda Peoples-Waters, the president/CEO of Rhonda Peoples-Waters-PA, has been named one of the “2013 Nation’s Best Ad-vocates: 40 Lawyers Under 40” by IMPACT and the National Bar Association. Butler received the distinction during the associa-tion’s annual convention, held in Miami in July.

Joel E. Roberts, an attorney with GrayRob-inson, P.A.’s Orlando office, has been named to Florida Super Lawyers (2013) in the area of business litigation.

2000Christopher R. D’Amico (LLMT) has joined Roetzel’s business services group as a part-ner in the Orlando office. His practice focus-es on representing companies and business owners in all types of business and tax mat-ters, including mergers and acquisitions.

Dianne Farb has been selected as the 2013 Woman of Distinction by Santa Fe College in Gainesville for her creation of Climb for Cancer, a foundation that financially assists cancer patients who are children or belong to low-income families.

Mindy Jones was recently elected to a second term as president of the Broward Domestic Violence Council and awarded the 2013 Victim Advocate Professional of the Year award from the Broward Victims’ Rights Coalition.

William Kratochvil of Henderson Franklin has joined the firm as a stockholder in the Tort and Insurance Litigation practice area. Kratochvil concentrates his tort and insurance defense practice in the areas of personal injury, wrongful death, civil rights and construction litigation. He also handles special investigative unit/fraud cases and general commercial litigation matters.

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2001Trevor B. Arnold, an attorney with GrayRob-inson, P.A.’s Orlando office, has been named to Florida Super Lawyers’ 2013 list in the area of construction litigation.

Brad Gould, a shareholder at the law firm of Dean, Mead, Minton & Zwemer, recently served as the moderator for the Current Devel-opments Program given by the S Corporation Committee of the Section of Taxation of the American Bar Association (ABA). The program was given at the ABA Section of Taxation’s annual meeting in May in Washington, D.C. Gould led the panel discussion regarding recent legislative, administrative and judicial developments relating to S corporations.

Christine Marlewski, an attorney with Gray-Robinson, P.A.’s Tampa office, has been named a “Rising Star” by Florida Super Lawyers (2013). She has also been recognized on Florida Trend’s legal elite list (2013).

William W. Riley Jr. has joined the Miami of-fice of GrayRobinson, P.A. as a shareholder in the Public Law and Land Use Practice Group. Prior to joining GrayRobinson, Riley served as land use counsel to Variety Children’s Hos-pital for the expansion of Miami Children’s Hospital. In addition, Riley was recognized by Florida Super Lawyers and designated a “Ris-ing Star” by the publication.

Larry B. “Ben” Alexander Jr., of Jones, Fos-ter, Johnston & Stubbs, P.A. in West Palm Beach, has been peer-selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America (2014) for real estate law.

2002T. Robert Bulloch, of Quarles & Brady LLP in Naples, has received the AV Preeminent Peer Review Rating from Martindale-Hubbell with

a perfect overall 5.0 peer rating. He has also been named a “Rising Star” by Florida Su-per Lawyers (2013).

Allen Winsor, previously a shareholder with GrayRobinson’s Tallahassee office, was ap-pointed as Florida’s solicitor general. Winsor takes the place of Solicitor General Timothy Osterhaus. During his time at UF Law, Wind-sor was editor-in-chief of the Florida Law Review.

Nancy Cason, of Sarasota-based Syprett Me-shad, was given an AV Preeminent rating in real estate and litigation by the Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Ratings. Earlier this year, she was selected as a Florida “Rising Star” by Super Lawyers (2013).

Debra Deardourff Faulk recently presented at The Florida Bar Business Law Section’s annual retreat Aug. 30 to Sept. 2. Her pre-sentation was titled “What’s All the Buzz

About? Changes to USPTO; Rules for Profes-sional Responsibility.” She has also been designated a “Rising Star” by Florida Super Lawyers (2013).

Steven D. Kramer, managing attorney of the Kramer Law Firm, P.A., was appointed by Gov. Rick Scott to the 18th Circuit Judicial Nominating Commission.

Theodore S. Kypreos was elected president of the Palm Beach County Bar Association for 2013–2014.

Fradyn Suárez, of Hunton & Williams LLP in Miami, has been named one of South Florida Business Journal’s “influential busi-ness women of 2013.” Additionally, she was named to the Daily Business Review’s 2013 “Rising Stars.” Recipients were judged on their ability to be innovators within their practice and their commitment to profes-sional volunteer work.

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Kratochvil 00 Gould 01 Alexander 01 Cason 02Bulloch 02 Suárez 02Faulk 02

Wilbert’s, the longtime tradition for UF Law students across the street from the law school, closed its doors in October. When UF Law moved into the Holland Law Center in 1969, Wilbert’s became a thriving hub for students and sold sandwiches, coffee and even law books over the years. Students relax outside Wilbert’s in this 2003 photo.

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Kellye A. Shoemaker, a partner at Shoemaker and Shoemaker, P.A., was a recipient of the Semi-nole County Bar Association’s Legal Aid Society Pro Bono Service Award in December 2012. She became a certified member of The Million Dollar Advocates Forum in March 2013. She has also been selected to serve as secretary of Florida Workers’ Advocates after serving on the Board of Directors for several years, and she spoke at the FWA Educational Conference in June 2013.

2003Salvatore Bochicchio (JD 02, LLMT 03), of Meltzer, Lippe, Goldstein & Breitstone LLP, has become of counsel in the firm’s Trusts & Estates Practice, where he concentrates in sophisticated tax and estate planning for partnerships, corpora-tions, charities, tax-exempt organizations and high-net-worth individuals.

Dwayne L. Dickerson, a shareholder with Fowler White Boggs in Fort Lauderdale, has been ap-pointed by the Supreme Court of Florida to serve on the Standing Committee on Unlicensed Practice of Law. Dickerson represents developers, property owners and local governments seeking development entitlements and environmental permit approvals for their real estate projects. He has also been elected to serve on the Board of Directors for the Broward Partnership for the Homeless, Inc.

Nicole “Nikki” Fried, of Colodny, Fass, Talenfeld, Karlinsky Abate & Webb, was sworn in as a member of The Florida Bar Young Lawyers Divi-sion’s Board of Governors in June. The board is responsible for the general management and affairs of the Young Lawyers Division and for pro-viding a program of activities and projects for its members.

Nicole C. Kibert, of counsel in Carlton Fields’ Tampa office, was selected by UF Law as a 2013 Outstanding Young Alumnus. Kibert was honored with this award during UF’s Orange and Blue breakfast on April 6. She was additionally elected chairwoman of The Florida Bar’s Environmental and Land Use Law Section. Kibert was sworn in for the one-year term Aug. 9.

L. J. Paul Lutz, general counsel for U.S. Security Associates, Inc., has been named the 2013 outstanding general counsel - small legal depart-ment by the Atlanta Business Chronicle and the Georgia Chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel. U.S. Security Associates is the fourth-largest security guard company in the U.S.

Lori L. Moore, of Roetzel in Ft. Myers, has re-cently been certified in real estate law by The Florida Bar Board of Legal Specialization. She has been selected as a “Rising Star” by Florida Super Lawyers every year since 2010, including 2013.

Hale E. Sheppard (LLMT), of Chamberlain Hrdlicka in Atlanta, was selected for inclusion in the 2013 Thomson Reuters’ list of Super Law-yers for the area of tax litigation. Only 5 percent of the state’s licensed active attorneys are se-lected to be Super Lawyers.

Melissa C. Pallett-Vasquez, of Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod LLP in Miami, has been appointed vice-chair of the Canada Committee of the American Bar Association, international law section for the 2013-2014 term. She handles complex commercial litigation matters and inter-national arbitration and representing clients from Canada and South America. She was also named one of the South Florida Business Journal’s “40 Under 40.”

2004JaDawnya Butler, an assistant district attorney in Fulton County, Ga., has been named one of the “2013 Nation’s Best Advocates: 40 Lawyers Under 40” by IMPACT and the National Bar Association. Butler received the distinction dur-ing the association’s annual convention, held in Miami in July.

Christine L. Derr, a Tampa attorney the Law Office of Christine L. Derr, P.A., became Florida board-certified in marital and family law. She has been recognized by Florida Super Law-yers Magazine as a “Rising Star” in family law (2013) and as Florida Trend’s legal elite (2013).

M. Travis Hayes, an attorney with Cummings & Lockwood LLC in Naples, co-authored an article published by The Florida Bar in its book about Florida asset protection, titled “Relationship Dissolution Planning.” Hayes was also recently elected to the Board of Directors of the Collier County Bar Association. Additionally, he has been appointed as the vice-chairman of the Probate Law and Procedure Committee for the Real Property, Probate and Trust Law section of The Florida Bar. He recently presented a lecture at The Florida Bar 2013 Probate Law Seminar titled “Planners on the Ground, Assets in the Cloud: Estate Planning and Administration Is-sues in the Digital Domain.” He also authored an article on the topic for The Florida Bar’s Ac-tionline magazine.

Robert J. Luck, an assistant U.S. attorney of North Miami Beach, has been appointed to the 11th Circuit Court in Miami-Dade County. Luck previously served as a law clerk for Judge Ed Carnes of the 11th U.S. Court of Appeals.

Michael McCabe has received the AV Preemi-nent rating by Martindale-Hubbell. Recipients are rated on their legal knowledge, analytical capabilities, judgment, communication ability and legal experience. McCabe represents insur-ance carriers, third-party administrators and employers in the defense of workers’ compensa-tion claims.

Barbara Walker, an associate at Parks & Crump, LLC, has been named one of the “2013 Na-tion’s Best Advocates: 40 Lawyers Under 40” by IMPACT and the National Bar Association. She received the distinction during the association’s annual convention held in Miami in July.

James E. Walson, of Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed, P.A. in Orlando, has earned an AV rating from Martindale-Hubbell. He has litigated matters involving contracts, title insurance liability, commercial landlord/tenant matters, easements, fraud, deed warranties, boundary disputes, adverse possession, lien priority and access rights throughout the state of Florida.

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Daniel K. Weidenbruch, with Roetzel in Naples, has been selected as one of Gulfshore Business Magazine’s “40 Under 40.” Weidenbruch focuses his practice on real estate law, and his clients include buyers and sellers of commercial and residential real estate.

Ashley Calhoun Winship (LLMT), of Rush, Mar-shall, Jones and Kelly, P.A. in Orlando, became a shareholder in the firm. She is the chairwoman of the firm’s trusts and estates department. In July, she was recognized as a recipient of the 2013 “Leaders in the Law Award,” presented by the Florida Association of Women Lawyers. In June, Winship was sworn in as president-elect of the Central Florida Association for Women Lawyers. She will serve as the president of the organization in 2014-2015.

2005Andy V. Bardos (JD 04, LLMT 05), an attorney at GrayRobinson, P.A., in Tallahassee, has been pro-moted to a shareholder within the firm.

Jill F. Bechtold, an attorney with Marks Gray, P.A., has been named a “Rising Star” by Florida Super Lawyers (2013).

Benjamin B. Brown, an attorney with Quarles & Brady, has been named a “Rising Star” by Florida Super Lawyers (2013).

Kimberly Davis Bocelli, of Roetzel, has been named a “Rising Star” by Florida Super Lawyers (2013). The designation is for top attorneys who are no more than 40 years old or who have been practicing for no more than 10 years.

Christopher L. Carmody, an attorney with Gray-Robinson in Orlando, has been appointed by Gov. Rick Scott to the 9th Circuit Judicial Nominating Commission. The commission selects nominees for judicial vacancies in the 9th Circuit of Florida, which serves Orange and Osceola counties. He has also been reappointed to the City of Orlando Certification Board. He was also selected as a Florida Super Lawyers “rising star.”

Michael K. Gall (LLMT) has joined Cleveland law firm Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP as a partner.

Felipe Guerrero, an attorney with the law firm of Dean, Mead, Egerton, Bloodworth, Capouano & Bozarth, P.A. in Orlando, was selected as an inaugural fellow in The Florida Bar Leadership Academy. Guerrero was selected as one of 59 inductees out of hundreds of applicants from throughout the state of Florida.

John M. Hemenway, of Bivins & Hemenway in Valrico, Fla., was selected for inclusion in Super Lawyers Florida “Rising Stars” list (2013).

Thomas J. Hunt, an associate with Fowler White Boggs in Tampa, was recently selected for the 2014 class of Leadership Tampa Bay, a program designed to better prepare a diverse group of community, government, business and nonprofit leaders to work collaboratively in addressing regional issues.

Lindsay Patrick Lopez, of Trenam Kemker in Tampa, has been elected as a shareholder in the firm. Lopez serves clients involved in bankruptcy and business reorganizations as well as com-mercial litigation matters.

Erin Houck-Toll (LLMT), of the Fort Myers law firm Henderson, Franklin, Starnes & Holt, P.A., has been selected for inclusion in Florida Super Lawyers (2013). Houck-Toll concentrates her practice in the areas of federal and state taxa-tion, including representing taxpayers before the IRS and Florida Department of Revenue.

Adina L. Pollan has been awarded an AV Pre-eminent rating by Martindale-Hubbell. This rating signifies the highest accolade an attorney can receive for legal ability and adherence to professional standards of conduct, ethics, reliability and diligence. Pollan has also been designated as a “Rising Star” by Florida Super Lawyers (2013).

Aisha Salem, formerly of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in Washington, D.C., is the new intellectual property attaché for the Middle East and North Africa based in various U.S. embassies and consulates throughout that region. She is responsible for promoting U.S. government IP policy, securing strong IP provi-sions in international agreements and regional

country laws and encouraging IP protection and enforcement by U.S. trading partners in the region for the benefit of U.S. rights holders. Salem received her LL.M. in intellectual property law from The George Washington Law School in 2006.

Michael Tempkins, of Fishback Dominick in Winter Park, has been promoted to senior asso-ciate. Tempkins focuses his practice on commer-cial litigation, motor vehicle law and mortgage foreclosure defense. He was also re-appointed to the Holocaust Memorial Resource and Education Center of Florida’s Board of Directors.

2006Steffan Alexander recently joined Markowitz, Herbold, Glade & Mehlhaf PC. The Portland-based firm specializes in high-stakes business dispute cases, including intellectual property and corporate governance.

Oshia G. Banks, an attorney with Clarke, Sil-verglate, P.A. in Miami, has been selected as Legacy magazine’s “40 Under 40 Leaders of Today and Tomorrow.” She specializes in state and federal civil rights statutes.

Kelly Lyon Davis, an attorney with Quarles & Brady, has been named a “Rising Star” by Florida Super Lawyers (2013).

Kimberly A. Dillon (JD 05, LLMT 06), of Quar-les & Brady LLP in Naples, has received the AV Preeminent rating from Martindale-Hubbell. She has also been named a “Rising Star” by Florida Super Lawyers (2013).

Steven Hadjilogiou (JD 05, LLMT 06), of Baker & McKenzie LLP in Miami, was selected as a “Rising Star” by the Daily Business Review. He was among the 40 young attorneys with the highest ratings.

Justin B. Mazzara, of Hahn Loeser in Fort My-ers, has been recognized in Super Lawyers (2013). He litigates civil matters within the firm’s Complex Commercial Litigation Group, including business litigation, real estate litigation and construction litigation.

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2007Neil W. Blackmon was recognized by the Broward Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers with two hat-trick awards for three consecutive not-guilty verdicts. He will receive the award again in 2014, having achieved the feat a third time.

Christina Locke Faubel and husband, Har-ris Faubel, have just opened an eco-friendly store in the Oaks Mall in Gainesville called Bird & Bunny. The store sells “green” acces-sories and focuses on local artists.

Kate Mesic, of the Law Offices of Kate Mesic, PA, was named the “2013 Up and Coming Entrepreneur of the Year” by the Women Business Owners North Florida. Hosted by the Women Business Owners of North Flor-ida, the annual Women In Business Awards 2013 event recognizes and honors women who epitomize success in today’s business world. Mesic serves on the executive boards of the Jacksonville Women Lawyers Asso-ciation and the University of North Florida Pre-Law Board of Advisors. She is a board member of the Women Business Owners or-ganization in the City of Jacksonville.

Anastasia Protopapadakis, an attorney at GrayRobinson, P.A. in Miami, has been pro-moted to senior associate within the firm.

2008Kaleb Bell, of the law firm Rosen, P.A. in Palm Beach Gardens, received the 2013 Bankruptcy Law Pro Bono Award from the Legal Aid Society of Palm Beach County. Bell was recognized for his involvement in his firm’s representation of a homeowners asso-ciation in its bankruptcy case.

Adam M. Bird, an attorney at GrayRobinson, P.A., in Melbourne, has been promoted to senior associate within the firm.

Christopher B. Cortez, of Jones, Foster, John-ston & Stubbs, P.A., has been appointed as General Counsel for Leadership Palm Beach County, a nonprofit that focuses on connect-ing community leaders across sectors. He previously served on the Board of Governors of LPBC from 2012-2013 and is an active member of the Alumni Relations Committee and Civic Engagement Committee.

Luis J. Delgado, of Lesser, Lesser, Landy & Smith, PLLC, has been inducted as president of the Palm Beach County Hispanic Bar As-sociation. Elected by his peers, Delgado will serve a one-year term and is responsible for working closely with his fellow officers and Board of Directors. He was also elected to serve on the Board of Governors for the Young Lawyers Division of The Florida Bar. He will represent the 15th Judicial Circuit and will serve as co-chair for the Committee for Diversity and Inclusion.

Liza Lugo, of El Paso, Texas, has been pub-lished in The Gainesville Sun. The news-paper printed her op-ed piece regarding American reactions to the Zimmerman ver-dict. Additionally, a chapter she wrote titled “Affirmative Action: Is it really necessary in the 21st Century,” will soon be available in the anthology Affirmative Action: Con-temporary Perspectives. Her essay “Should the Confederate flag be banned from public places” was also selected for inclusion in the American Mosaic Team database.

2009 Nico Apfelbaum, an attorney in the West Palm Beach and Port Saint Lucie offices of Greenspoon Marder, has received Martindale-Hubbell’s AV Preeminent rating. It is the highest accolade an attorney can receive from their peers for legal ability and adherence to professional standards of conduct, ethics, reliability and diligence. He was also recently

elected secretary of the Port Saint Lucie Bar Association.

Marshall P. Bender, an attorney with Quarles & Brady, has been named a “Rising Star” by Florida Super Lawyers (2013).

Eric D. Nowak, of Tampa’s de la Parte & Gil-bert, P.A., has been appointed to the Wheels of Success Board of Directors. The organization is Tampa Bay’s only 501(c)3 nonprofit dedicated to providing personal transportation to keep people working and sustain their independence. Norwak joined the firm as an associate attorney in 2009 and practices primarily in general civil litigation.

Andrew R. Comiter (JD 08, LLMT 09), an attorney at the Palm Beach Gardens tax law firm Comiter, Singer, Baseman & Braun, spoke on March 4 about “Partnership Workouts for New Tax Lawyers” for The Florida Bar. His lecture identified key issues facing debtor partnerships and their partners in the current economic environment. He also presented a lecture on “Selected Recent Developments in Federal Partnership Tax for the 2013 Ullman Year in Review” at The Florida Bar Tax Section Organizational Meeting on July 5. Additionally, he was appointed co-director of the new tax lawyer division of the tax section of The Florida Bar. He also has been elected vice president of membership for the Palm Beach County Estate Planning Council.

Natalie A. Peters joined Broad and Cassel as an associate in the Construction Law and Litigation Practice Group. She will work from the firm’s Orlando office.

2010Michael Beck, of Gary Roberts & Associ-ates, P.A. in West Palm Beach, was recently named to the Board of Directors of the Brain Injury Association of Florida.

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When prominent Florida attorney and gubernatorial adviser W. Dexter Douglass (JD 55) died

Sept. 16 at his Tallahassee home, he left behind a unique imprint upon law and poli-tics in his native Florida that was rooted at UF Law.

Douglass, 83, was perhaps best known as an attorney representing Vice Presi-dent Al Gore during the 2000 presidential election recount. To former Gov. Lawton Chiles (JD 55), whom he met when the two attended UF Law to-gether, he was a trusted adviser. And Douglass’ example in the midst of high-stakes litiga-tion was an inspiration to the generation who came after him.

“Dexter Doug-lass was the epitome of what I imagined a lawyer to be when I was growing up and first wanted to be a lawyer,” said Jon Mills (JD 72), director of the UF Law’s Center for Governmental Responsibility, dean emeritus and former speaker of the Florida House. “He believed passionately in the highest principles of justice, and he had the personality, intel-lect and commitment to bring justice in the smallest case of a wronged individual and on the biggest stage like his chairmanship of constitutional revision.”

Douglass earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism at the University of Florida and went on to attend UF Law. Douglass inter-rupted his education to serve in the Korean War. He entered his legal practice the day after he graduated UF Law and took on his

first client pro bono. The Tallahassee Elks Lodge had accused Fred Wallace, a black janitor, of stealing $400. Douglass helped clear him of the charges.

As his practice matured, Douglass be-came an influential figure as a gubernato-rial adviser and he successfully represented politicians who had gotten themselves into hot water. Courtroom observers described his tenacity, straightforward manner of speaking and a powerful memory.

On the state level, he served as chair-man of the 1997-1998 Constitutional Revi-sion Commission, which was responsible for amendments that downsized the state Cabinet and gave more power to the governor. He served as an adviser to Gov. Charlie Crist.

Douglass took on integral leadership

roles at UF Law, where he served on the Law Center Association Board of Trustees and on University of Florida Foundation. He made what was probably his last offer of service to the college in a phone call with Dean Robert Jerry in late August.

“In my last conversation with Dexter, he was once again thinking about, as was so typical of him, how he could be of ser-vice to others and what he could do for the law school,” Jerry explained. “And so he told me he would be willing to serve on the search committee to find a new dean for the college if that would be helpful to the provost.”

He is survived by his wife Terese, three daughters, Lee Rice of Tallahassee,

Lacy Douglass of Tallahassee and Terese Douglass of Grayslake, Ill., and numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren. He was predeceased by his son, William Dex-ter Douglass III.

For a list of alumni deaths reported to UF Law since May 20, go to Web Extras at www.law.ufl.edu/uflaw/.

Douglass a giant of Florida law, politics

IN MEMORIAM

“Dexter Douglass was the epitome of what I imagined a

lawyer to be when I was growing up and

first wanted to be a lawyer.”

— UF Law Dean Emeritus Jon Mills (JD 72)

Jason A. Zimmerman, an associate at GrayRobinson’s Orlando office, was re-cently sworn into The Florida Bar. He joined GrayRobinson’s litigation practice in December 2012.

2011Jon M. Philipson recently completed a judicial clerkship with Chief Judge Anne C. Conway of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida. He has now joined the law firm of Carlton Fields, P.A., in Tampa.

Sasha Funk Granai recently joined Carlton Fields as an associate in the firm’s Tampa office. Granai works with the firm’s Real Property Litigation Practice Group.

William G. Smith (JD 10, LLMT 11), of Jones, Foster, Johnston & Stubbs, P.A., was recently elected vice president of the Kiwanis Club of West Palm Beach for the remainder of the 2012-2013 term. An as-sociate attorney, Smith is a native of West Palm Beach who practices in the areas of estate planning, taxation and corporate law.

2012Joe Eagleton is the winner of the 2012 Florida Bar Journal Excellence in Writ-ing Award for his published article in The Florida Bar Journal – September/October

2012 article entitled “Walking on Sunshine Laws: How Florida’s Free Press History in the U.S. Supreme Court Undermines Open Government.”

Kathryn B. Rossmell has joined the firm of Lewis, Longman & Walker, P.A.’s West Palm Beach office as an associate. Ros-smell’s practice focuses on land use, envi-ronmental and natural resources law. She is a member of The Florida Bar’s Environ-mental and Land Use Law Section, City County and Local Government Law Section and Real Property Probate and Trust Law Section. She is also a member of the Palm Beach County Bar Association’s Young Lawyers Section.

2013Wesley Maul has been selected to serve as Gov. Rick Scott’s personal aide. He will re-place Brad Piepenbrink, who is leaving to work in the Department of Education. Maul

will assist Scott by handling day-to-day lo-gistics and activities.

Hall Provence (LLMT) has recently joined Smith Moore Leatherwood’s Greenville, S.C. office as an associate in the Corporate Practice Group. Provence will focus his practice on the areas of tax, wealth trans-fer planning and business transactions. A large portion of his practice is devoted to estate, gift and generation-skipping trans-fer tax planning.

Alexis Segal (LLMELU) has received the Guy Harvey Scholarship Award, a joint $5,000 award she and Caitlin Pomerance (3L) earned for conducting policy analyses for MPA development in the Bahamas.

Thomas J. Hillegonds (LLMT) has joined Mc-Shane & Bowie, PLC as an associate attorney with the Grand Rapids-based firm. In this role, he provides legal solutions to clients in areas related to business law, taxation, estate planning and tax-exempt organizations.

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February 20-22, 2014 University of Florida Levin College of Law

Feeding the Future: Shrinking Resources, Growing Population and a Warming Planet

20th Annual Public Interest Environmental Conference

Register now: http://reg.conferences.dce.ufl.edu/Basic/1400039652

UF LEVIN COLLEGE OF LAW ANNUAL REPORT 2012-2013

YOU HOLD THE KEYS TO UF LAW

Third-year law student Steve

Medina (pictured left) received the

2013 Fall Book Award for Trade

Secret Law, which is sponsored

by donor Oscar Sanchez (JD 82).

Sanchez, an Akerman Senterfitt

shareholder, donates in the form

of unrestricted funds. He hopes

to give the dean and his staff the

ability to direct them in the way

that is best suited to enhance the

student experience.

“As a graduate, I benefited from

the excellent legal education I

received here,” Sanchez said.

“It is my obligation to give back,

or ‘pay it forward,’ so that today’s students can get a top-notch legal

education, like I did, and become tomorrow’s leaders in government,

business and the law.“

—OSCAR SANCHEZ (JD 82) ShareholderAkerman Senterfitt, Miami

GIVING... to trade secrets law

Oscar Sanchez (JD 82), right, greets trade se-cret book award winner Steve Medina.

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ALUMNI GIVING AT RECORD HIGH

Gator lawyers have a long and rich tradition of supporting our law school. The law school’s capital campaign, which concluded during the past year, raised almost $32 million from more than 4,800 donors. At

the same time, annual giving from law alumni has remained at record levels with more than $848,000 given last year to the Levin College of Law’s Annual Fund.

Every Florida law graduate has benefited greatly from the support given to the law school by those who graduated before them. A law degree from the University of Florida is a great buy. Our tuition has always been and remains low. The tuition and state support does not cover all of the expenses of the

Levin College of Law. The balance of support comes from alumni gifts. The alumni support is extremely important as it provides the extra financial resources needed to attract and retain top professors and students and to develop and sponsor programs and opportunities for our law students that would not exist without the alumni support.

In this issue, we recognize the many alumni who have generously given financial gifts to the Levin College of Law within the last year. The alumni who give often characterize their gifts as “paying back a debt” in gratitude for the legal education they received at the Levin College of Law. Most alumni recognize that their legal education is the foundation for the success they have achieved. Alumni give out of a sense of loyalty, appreciation and a desire to help our law school become even stronger.

It is particularly gratifying for the Levin College of Law to receive gifts from our newest alumni. Last spring’s graduating class gave a check as a class gift to the law school of $50,000 at their graduation. Before they even earned their first paychecks as lawyers, these graduating students were motivated to give generously to the law school. Their contributions are a great reflection of how they viewed their experiences at the University of Florida.

If you are an alumna and have not had the opportunity to financially support our law school, I urge you to join your fellow alumni by giving a gift in the upcoming year. Your gift is not only a thank-you for your experience at the University of Florida but an investment in the future of our great institution. Your support will make it possible for the law school to provide an even-more-positive experience for students of today and tomorrow.

I thank you for your generous support of the Levin College of Law.

Ladd H. Fassett (JD 79), Chair, University of FloridaLaw Center Association, Board of Trustees

GREETINGS, UF LAW ALUMNI!

The past year serving as Law Alumni Council president has been a wonderful experience due in large part not only to your commitment to our law school but also as a result of the enthusiasm that continues to thrive in our recent graduates. Despite what still proves for many to be uncertain economic times, you have answered the call, contributing financially to the college of law and providing valuable resources to transform our college into one of the premier law schools in the nation.

On behalf of the college of law and alumni everywhere, I cannot thank you enough. Establishing a culture of giving among our alumni is critical to our college’s continued success in this ever-increasingly competitive, global economy. Due to the generosity of dedicated alumni and friends of the College of Law, we have broken all annual fund records, raising more than $848,000 in the most recent fiscal year. Further, our recent graduating class has clearly shown its commitment to the culture of giving through its amazing class gift, which totaled $50,000 in pledges. Your record-breaking generosity in the face of a public funding reduction has allowed our college of law to thrive.

We continue to attract top-notch students, educated by distinguished faculty, and present world-class speakers and programming in facilities that are the envy of our competition. In short, one of Florida’s flagships continues to shine as bright as ever.

With the close of my administration, however, brings the close of one of the great chapters in UF Law’s history. It is with both gratitude and admiration that I sincerely thank Dean Robert Jerry for his unparalleled commitment to the University of Florida Levin College of Law over the last decade. Without his leadership and truly tireless efforts, executing precision and well-thought-out plans that lead to exemplary results, I would not be here boasting of our collective success this day. As alumni, Dean Jerry, we are forever indebted to you. As Gators, we are proud to call you one of our own. Thank you for everything.

I look forward to working with all of you in the future as we continue our mission to strengthen the University of Florida Levin College of Law and produce the best lawyers in the nation. All hail, Florida, hail!

Ian R. Leavengood (JD 00), President,University of Florida Levin College of Law Alumni Council

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Thank you to the many UF Law alumni and friends who have made contributions of time, treasure and talent.

GIFTS RECEIVED July 1, 2012, through June 30, 2013

$1,8

64,2

02

20130

500,000

1,000,000

1,500,000

2,000,000

2,500,000

3,000,000

3,500,000

$3,

159,

262

$1,9

75,0

77 $2,

838,

067

$2,

589,

457

$2,

244,

845

2011 20122008 20102009FISCAL YEAR

New Pledges

2008-2013: Includes new documented expec-tancies and new gifts for each fiscal year.

0

1,000,000

2,000,000

3,000,000

4,000,000

5,000,000

6,000,000

$2,3

61,0

37

$3,9

87,7

87

$1,9

29,6

04

$5,7

63,2

87

$1,2

57,4

502011 2012

$1,7

31,6

55

20132008 20102009FISCAL YEAR

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GIFTS RECEIVED July 1, 2012, through June 30, 2013

2008-2013: Contributions received to nonendowed, nonbuilding funds

0

200,000

400,000

600,000

800,000

1,000,000

$83

6,46

0

$834

,053

$834

,053

$848

,389

$73

7,01

8

$72

9,29

5

$72

3,66

1

2011 2012 20132008 20102009FISCAL YEAR

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UF Law Annual Fund

The UF Foundation Investment Company (UFICO)carefully invests this fund to yield a dependable, stable source of income in perpetuity. Approximately 4 percent of earned interest from the market value of the fund was transferred and spent for uses speci-fied by donors and college administrators for annual operating and administrative costs (earned interest above 4 percent is returned to the fund balance).

Interest FY Fund Balance Transferred

2003 $46,903,630 $2,287,087 2004 $52,975,580 $1,582,2042005 $59,588,895 $1,634,1092006 $67,250,539 $2,004,2002007 $81,594,986 $2,512,7412008 $83,571,816 $2,929,8662009 $66,753,395 $2,746,4442010 $72,624,762 $2,319,036 2011 $82,987,733 $2,434,9912012 $81,852,018 $2,865,006 2013 $86,501,927 $2,902,053

Endowment Income

UF LAW ENDOWMENT AT JUNE 30, 2013

Chairs & Professorships 32%Unrestricted 29%Scholarships 21%Academic Program Support 9%Co-Curricular Student 4% ActivitiesEndowed Lecture Series 3%Other Student Support 1%Other 1%

Grand Total: $86,501,927

32%

29%

21%

9%

4%3% 1% 1%

Jack Bovay and wife, Leslie, established

a book award for his Advising the Entre-

preneur class.

“Those whom we honored with this

award taught us to give back to our

community, with both time and treasure,

and this gift and the class are a small

effort to do so,” said Bovay, an adjunct

professor at UF Law.

Bovay said the class is just a small part

of a nationwide trend to revamp the

third-year law school curriculum. He said

it exposes third-year students to what an

office practice is like. Bovay, a sharehold-

er in the Gainesville office of the Dean

Mead law firm, is board certified in both

tax law and wills, and trusts and estates. —JACK BOVAY (JD 82, LLMT 88)Shareholder Dean Mead, Gainesville

GIVING… to promote law school reform

Michael Minton said he and his wife

pledged $100,000 toward the Michael

D. Minton and Mary P. Minton Scholar-

ship in Law to assist students graduat-

ing from the UF College of Agricultural

and Life Sciences who want to pursue a

law degree, and if desired, their LL.M.

in Taxation.

“It’s important to give back to students

who come from within the agriculture

industry,” said Minton, who serves as

the chair of Dean Mead’s Agribusiness

Industry Team. “We want to enhance

the breadth of experience these young

people receive by giving them the

opportunity to attend law school and

achieve a well-rounded education.”

—MICHAEL MINTON (JD 81, LLMT 82) Shareholder Dean Mead, Fort Pierce

… agronomists and scientists a legal education

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Please report any corrections to Missy Poole at poole@law.ufl.edu or call 352-273-0647.

The donors recognized on these and the following pages made cash gifts in the 2012-2013 fiscal year.

CHAIRS & PROFESSORSHIPS

David H. Levin Chair in Family Law Lisa Levin Davidson Charitable Trust

Dennis A. Calfee Eminent Scholar Chair in Federal Taxation Dana M. ApfelbaumDouglas J. & Macqueline M. BarrettR. Mason & Amelia S. BlakeDarryl M. & Mary BloodworthErik N. & Rachel E. BonnettWilliam A. & Laura M. BoylesRichard G. CherryLauren Y. DetzelLee J. & Carlie S. DixonCharles H. & Karen C. EgertonDavid H. & Kathryn E. EvaulPaul D. Fitzpatrick & Mary J. BuckinghamRobin K. FrougEllen R. & Jim A. GershowBradley R. & Vanessa R. GouldWilliam R. & Sylvia H. LaneJoseph W. & Lucille A. LittleStephen R. & Paige B. LooneyBrian M. MalecKateena E. & Robert C. MannersEverett R. MorelandBrian M. & Joan B. O’ConnellPressly & Pressly David S. & Mary PresslyJ. Grier & P. Kristen PresslyJames G. & Kathryn S. PresslyJohn W. & Katherine A. RandolphRogers, Dempsey & PaladinoJohn J. & Lynn G. ScrogginChristine L. WeingartGuy E. & Ilene M. WhitesmanRichard I. Withers

James J. Freeland Eminent Scholar Chair in Federal Taxation Harry S. Colburn, Jr.

Richard B. Stephens Eminent Scholar Chair in Federal Taxation Harry S. Colburn, Jr.

Richard E. Nelson Chair in Local Government Florida Municipal Attorney’s AssociationJane B. Nelson

SCHOLARSHIPS

Benjamin H. Ayres Scholarship Robert S. & Ellen G. Cross

Central Florida Women’s Leadership Scholars Anne C. ConwayLauren Y. DetzelJohn H. & Karen C. DyerMarjorie Bekaert & Bryan M. ThomasCouncil & Patricia M. Wooten

E. Thom Rumberger Everglades Fellowship John Adornato IIIBrian J. & Lori A. BaggotJeptha F. & Carol H. BarbourMary Lyn BarleyMichael & Cheryl BegeyBruce B. & Julie M. BlackwellRobert L. & Mari C. BlankBroad & CasselDouglas & Sue W. BrownSharron A. ChapmanColling, Gilbert, Wright & CarterCharles P. & Amy B. CookSally R. CulleyManu L. DavidsonDean, Ringers, Morgan & LawtonDidier Law Firm Leonard J. & Beth A. DietzenDrusilla Farwell FoundationJames A. EdwardsRussell D. & Linda Bond EdwardsSusan D. EnnisErnest H. Eubanks, Jr.Everglades Foundation

David B. FlaggMichael L. ForteManley K. Fuller IIIWinston W. & Jerol M. GardnerGrayRobinsonEllis GreenRichard A. & Leigh A. GreenbergTom HarbertHill, Rugh, Keller & MainMichael R. & Aixa M. HoltLaShawnda K. JacksonPaul T. & Sonia JonesScott A. JusticeJacey KapsDavid B. & Marilyn M. KingJohn S. KirkWilliam L. & Nancy C. KirkSteven I. KleinDavid & Roberta F. LawrenceSusan S. & Joshua D. LernerMichael R. & Judith N. LevinMargaret LezcanoRita A. H. & John F. LowndesGov. Kenneth H. “Buddy” &

Anne S. MacKayThe Maher Law Firm Anthony M. Malone & Pegeen Hanrahan Scott & Cynthia MaxwellDarren K. & Vanessa L. McCartneyMcDonald Toole Wiggins William T. & Susan R. McKinleyJoel H. & Genean H. McKinnonTim MeenanGeorge A. & M. Yvonne MeierCandy L. & Robert P. Messersmith, Jr.Charles P. & Deborah A. MitchellMorgan & MorganJoseph MuleC. Richard & Marcy J. NewsomeOrange Legal Kenneth OrlowskiOverchuck & Byron Gregory M. & Kimberly E. PalmerScott B. PeelenW. Douglas & Gloria PittsJames K. & Leslie R. Powers

Gregory A. & Cecelia B. PresnellF. A. & Jeanie B. RaffaAlzo J. & Elouise W. ReddickLarry M. RothRumberger, Kirk & Caldwell Ron Sachs Communications Scott M. & Michelle A. SarasonSchwab Charitable FundDarren A. & Michelle L. SchwartzDavid C. SchwartzSearcy, Denny, Scarola,

Barnhart & ShipleyMonica C. SeguraMyron Shapiro & Lynda R. ColaizziDavid B. & Mary K. SheltonFrancis H. SheppardSuzanne A. SingerAdelaide A. SinkM. Stephen & Maureen T. SmithPamela D. StolbaParker & Vann W. ThomsonUnited States Sugar CorporationSylvia H. & Daniel R. WalboltJames F. & Peggy H. WalshCharles T. & Linda F. WellsFowler C. WestWilliam B. & Suzanne T. WilsonNicholas J. WittnerCouncil & Patricia M. WootenLouise B. Zeuli

Gerald A. Williams Endowed Memorial Scholarship Fund Gerald A. Williams Legacy FoundationEmerson R. & Geraldine F. Thompson

Goldstein Law Group Scholarship in Honor of Assistant Dean of Admissions Michael PatrickGoldstein Law GroupFrank S. Goldstein

The Endowed Fund. The Endowed Fund provides a permanent foundation for the college and provides ongoing support for important programs and activities.

Jack Bovay (JD 82, LLMT 88), left, and Michael Minton (JD 81, LLMT 82).

ENDOWED FUND

Honor RollThe Honor Roll includes the names of all donors to the UF Levin College of Law from July 1, 2012, to June 30, 2013. If your name is not included and you think it should be, one of the following may be the reason it is not: • The gift was made before July

1, 2012, and was recognized in a previous report or after June 30, 2013, and will be recognized in a future Honor Roll.

• You made a pledge instead of a gift and planned to fulfill your commitment after June 30, 2013. (Only actual pledge payments made between July 1, 2012, and June 30, 2013, are listed.)

• A personal gift was made using your company’s check

or letterhead or was made through a foundation or other giving organization. In this case, look for your corporation or the organization’s name in the Honor Roll.

• We made a mistake. Despite our best efforts, errors and omissions occur. If so, please accept our apologies and notify the UF Levin College of Law Office of Develop-ment & Alumni Affairs, 352-273-0640, or email Missy Poole at poole@law.ufl.edu.

For more information on making an endowed or estate gift, please contact: Lauren Wilcox, senior director of Development & Alumni Affairs, at 352-273-0640 or wilcox@law.ufl.edu.

Honorable George L. and Gloria F. Proctor Memorial ScholarshipMark S. & Laurette S. Kessler

Jim and Sharon Theriac Florida Opportunity Scholarship in Law Jonathan M. BlockerRobert H. & Lisa Jerry

Johnson S. “Buddy” and Mary Savary Scholarship in Law Anne L. AptDenise N. BarkerRobert J. & Kathryn Angell CarrLaurence D. ConnorArthur D. & Laurie S. GinsburgCheryl L. & Scott E. GordonDarlene HansonJohn Alden Life Insurance CompanyWilfred F. & Barbara J. LorryMaglio, Christopher & Toale The Nickles Group Thomas R. OliveriDorothy Scheurenbrand T. Raymond SupleeWilliams Parker Harrison Dietz & GetzenPatricia T. Wilson

Judge Ben Krentzman Scholarship Martin EdmondsSarah M. Walker-GuthrieMargaret M. Workman

Judge John M. McNatt Memorial Scholarship John M. McNatt, Jr.

Law School Faculty Scholarship Edward N. Rauschkolb

Law School General Scholarship Fund C. Joy L. FortsonAndrea A. Ruff & John A. Webb

Lewis “Lukie” Ansbacher Memorial Scholarship Richard S. Olson

Michael D. and Mary P. Minton Scholarship in Law

Michael D. & Mary P. Minton

Professor Michael Gordon Scholarship in Comparative Law Jorge F. Ramirez Tubilla

Raymond W. and Catherine S. Royce Law Scholarships Raymond W. & Catherine S. Royce

Scott G. and Lisa V. Hawkins Character and Leadership Scholarship Endowment Scott G. & Lisa V. Hawkins

Terrye Coggin Proctor Memorial Scholarship Kim O’Connor

Warren M. Cason Florida Opportunity Scholarship in Law Bernie A. Barton, Jr.Stacy D. BlankMichael ChapmanJohn F. & Mary Ellen GermanyRobert J. & Laurel J. GrammigHolland & Knight Bradford D. & Cynthia M. KimbroWilliam R. & Sylvia H. LaneMichael M. Mills, Jr.Patrick W. & Joanne M. SkeltonWesley A. & Carly C. ToddDouglas A. & Patricia J. Wright

Benjamin F. and Marilyn Overton Endowment Fletcher N. & Nancy T. BaldwinFisher & Sauls Joseph W. & Joanne M. FleeceMandell & Joyce K. Glicksberg

OTHER

Campbell Thornal Moot Court Elizabeth A. FaistTyler John Hudson

Kathy-Ann W. & Chris MarlinEric D. NowakDwayne A. RobinsonBrian A. & Veronica T. RoofBradley M. & Denise H. SaxtonGustav L. Schmidt & Erin M. SwickShawn M. Taylor

Charles and Linda Wells Judicial Process Teaching and Research Fund Stephen D. Gardner & Mary F. VoceCharles T. & Linda F. Wells

Eugene Pettis Family BLSA Academic Support Endowment Eugene K. & Sheila L. Pettis

Florida Constitutional Law Book Award Endowment by Alex Sink & Bob Bolt in honor of Bill McBrideRobert S. BoltAdelaide A. Sink

Florida Moot Court Endowment R. Craig CooleyMatthew A. CristDianne & Ronald G. FarbHolly J. & D. Scott GreerCynthia A. Holloway & C. Todd AlleySteven I. KleinKathy-Ann W. & Chris MarlinJeremy M. & Christine R. SensenigElisa S. Worthington

Florida Water Law Endowment John A. & Nancy B. MarshallWaldman Trigoboff Hildebrandt Marx &

Calnan

Fredric G. and Marilyn Kapner Levin Fund Levin, Papantonio, Thomas, Mitchell,

Rafferty & Proctor

Gene K. Glasser and Elaine Glasser Fund Gene K. & Elaine A. GlasserSandra & Leon G. Gulden Private

FoundationWilliam E. Rosenberg Foundation

James D. and Suzanne W. Camp Fund James D. & Suzanne W. Camp

Joseph P. Milton Professionalism Fund Tony R. & Tiffany R. Otero

Law Review Endowment Jeffrey W. & Amanda M. AbrahamBill R. Abrams & Susan G. GoffmanJolyon D. & Christine M. AcostaJustin S. AlexJeffrey L. & Jamie L. AllenShelby M. AndersonThomas T. Ankersen & Maria C.

GurucharriJoseph E. AnkusDana M. & Nicolas A. ApfelbaumGregory S. Band & Alexandra

T. Reich-BandJeffrey A. BekiaresYahn W. & Nell E. BernierLance E. & Sarah L. BerryCecilia M. BidwellDavid L. BilskerWill BlairWillard A. & Kimberly L. BlairChristina Bohannan & H. S. UdaykumarRobert J. & Alice H. BoylstonRobert J. BraxtonAndrew S. & Jennifer G. BrownChristopher B. BurtonJames D. & Suzanne W. Camp

Clay M. Carlton & Allison D. SiricaNancy E. & Douglas W. CasonCourtney B. & Justin M. CaspChester E. Clem, Jr.Sarah CortvriendDavid M. CraneFrank & Melissa I. Cruz-AlvarezRaul A. & Mary L. CuervoBonnie C. DabollJohn T. & Jamie L. DekleBlake J. Delaney & Jennifer M. VossLauren Y. DetzelBenjamin F. & Christina I. DiamondLawrence J. DoughertyCharles T. Douglas, Jr.Kelly G. DunbergDunwody, White & LandonDonald A. & Gene S. DvornikDavid J. EddowesNathaniel M. EdenfieldGuy S. & Annette L. EmerichWilliam A. & Carol D. EvansChristina L. FaubelBrandon P. & Melissa R. FaulknerPeter T. & Pat FayDyanne E. Feinberg & Tim D. HenkelJoel R. & Allison D. FeldmanMegan E. FlattM. Lanning & Jane P. FoxLarry C. & Clara M. FrareyNathaniel A. FrazierJonathan E. FreidinJessica Furst JohnsonBetsy E. GallagherJonathan D. & Tracy L. GerberAlan M. & Elizabeth D. GerlachGoldman Sachs GivesMildred GomezBryan S. & Barbara GowdyE. John & Yali C. GregoryAdam D. GriffinLeenetta B. & W. Sanderson GrizzardDennis C. GucciardoJack O. & Mary O. HackettAmy L. HannaDiana L. & Clinton M. HayesAndres C. HealyMichael A. Hersh & Jacqueline E.

HirschbergMichael J. HooiSamuel J. HorovitzMark L. & Susan J. HorwitzJeffrey A. JacobsJohn M. JanousekCassidy E. & Matthew D. JonesJennifer Erin JonesJohn H. Jones & Martha A. LottCathy A. & Grayson C. KammBryan W. & Dawn C. KeeneSteve E. KellyKimberly R. KeravouriKathryn A. KimballJames N. KnightBrian H. & Jill KochDaniel R. & Kimberly E. KosloskyPhilip R. & Kathryn K. LammensGretchen M. LehmanChauncey W. & Martha Z. LeverLevin & Papantonio Family FoundationFredric G. LevinRobert E. & Kathryn E. LewisRutledge R. & Noel D. LilesAdam C. & Mary Catherine E. LoseyLowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor &

Reed Alison L. MadduxRachel L. MalkowskiJonathan L. MannFrank M. Mari

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Giannina Marin & Lawrence E. PecanThomas M. & Shannon C. McAleaveyMcKee/Crawford R2 Charitable FoundationMichael A. McMillanJamie L. & Philip J. MeolaBonnie B. & Dixon M. MerktKelly S. MeyersScott & Mindy S. MichelmanDaniel F. MolonyMichael T. MorlockM. Scotland & Margaret K. MorrisDevin A. MossMotivActionKatherine A. MoumW. Edwards MunizThomas A. & Kate B. MunkittrickJames B. & Jane M. MurphyTara J. NelsonJohn E. & Betty A. NorrisBrian M. & Joan B. O’ConnellJohn M. & Robyn L. PaglioDarrell W. & Deborah J. PayneRichard C. Pfenniger, Jr. & Gemma M.

RoselloFrancis E. Pierce IV & Erica A. ErnstKenneth S. Piernik & Kimberly M. KleissFred W. & Christine R. PopeLindsay L. PowellJ. Grier & P. Kristen PresslySharon H. & Gary R. ProctorJohn H. Rains IVKristen RasmussenPatrick C. Rastatter & Mary Ann TowneTiffany C. RaushHarley E. & Posey C. RiedelDwayne A. RobinsonSimon A. & Jessica B. RodellMarisa E. RosenLouis K. & Denise D. RosenbloumLindsay A. RoshkindBradley P. & Victoria RothmanPaul S. Rothstein & Suzy ColvinLindsay M. SaxeGustav L. Schmidt & Erin M. SwickTura L. SchneblyDarren SchweigerJohn H. & Julie H. SeibertRichard D. & Robin ShaneRobyn A. & Gary SheltonCorinne R. SimonDarryl F. SmithDavid Smolker & Pamela W. RossBrian J. & Elizabeth T. StackBenjamin J. & Stacey B. SteinbergSara E. StephensonKimarie R. StratosMartin E. StrauchTimon V. SullivanTara L. TedrowLynsey A. TempletonRobert G. & Amy J.P. ThornhillJeffrey A. & Tanya M. TochnerWesley A. & Carly C. ToddDiane A. TomlinsonM. Stephen Turner Deborah K. TysonNatasha L. WaglowBill WagnerMark E. & Karen D. WalkerSteven J. WernickMonica L. WilsonJoan W. ZinoberPeter W. Zinober

LL.M. Tax Law Programs Endowment Fund Robert P. Babin, Jr.John C. & Leslie BovayScott A. & Meghann Hoskinson Bowman

Wendy C. BreinigThomas H. Carter, Jr.Denise B. CazobonWooje ChoiDarin S. & Elizabeth M. ChristensenWalter G. Clayton IIIMark W. CochranJean C. CokerJohn J. & Lynn M. CollinsThe Deaver Phoenix Foundation Burns A. & Jeanne L. DobbinsBruce J. DrooksHarry M. EisenbergDavid H. & Kathryn E. EvaulGarrett A. & Jessica A. FentonDavid L. & Tamara D. FishJacob & Letty K. FishmanDaniel J. GlassmanH. Wynne James Michael S. Hawley & Katherine J. PiercePhillip W. & Janet L. HeggDavid M. Hudson & J. Parker Ailstock Gary W. & Mary E. HustonKeith C. KantackKimon P. & Constance H. KarasCaroline E. & Michael E. KasperJames O. & Courtney Y. LangMichael A. Levey &

Linda Gorens-LeveyChristina V. LockwoodLamont C. & Leslie E. LooCharlene D. & Trevor S. LukeBrian M. MalecJoyce M. & James M. MarrMartin J. & Pamela S. McMahonJody E. MillerRobert L. & Penne W. MillerBrenden S. & Terry L. MoriartyJonathan H. & Leigh M. NasonJames A. & Elizabeth M. NelsonMichael R. & Laura L. NelsonChristopher A. PavilonisDavid F. PresslyStacey A. Prince-TroutmanJames M. & Susan L. RepettiDiane M. RingWilliam C. Roberts &

Emily Lavenue-RobertsRandolph J. & Sue N. RushAnne K. RussellKerry A. Ryan & Noaman W. SiddiqiPhyllis C. & James W. Smith IIIMark D. SniderCharles L. StakeArik G. Turner & Marcie L. LabrakeUnited Jewish Foundation of Metro DetroitAriana F. WallizadaJorja M. WilliamsJoseph R. WorstWilliam P. & Jeannie B. Zox

Peter T. Fay Jurist-In-Residence Program John P. & Ann S. BrumbaughDean C. ColsonMichael T. & Paula S. FayDonald J. & Paula M. FormanJonathan D. & Tracy L. GerberGruman Lawyers of TampaEric S. GrumanPerry G. GrumanWilliam V. & Eva G. GrumanRobert A. & Gwen W. LazenbyBenjamine ReidRichman Greer The Schifrin Foundation Mark SchifrinMichael A. & Betty M. Wolf

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BEQUEST SOCIETY recognizes those who have made a planned gift to the college. Anonymous Leslie J. & Hope C. Barnett Michael A. Bedke Jean A. Bice John C. & Tifi Bierley Susan H. & Louis E. Black III Bruce H. & Joanne K. Bokor David E. & Mollie M. BowersStephen J. & Sharon J.

Bozarth James D. & Suzanne W. Camp Martha L. Cochran Charles E. & Victoria C.

Commander James F. Conner II Christopher E. Cosden Philip A. & Phyllis S. DeLaney Debra A. Doherty W. Dexter & Terese V.

Douglass Andrew J. & Melinda W.

FawbushBetsy E. GallagherGene K. & Elaine A. Glasser Harold A. Gokey Ransom Griffin Robert E. & Gene S. Gunn Andrew C. Hall & Gail S.

Meyers Stumpy & Ruthie L. Harris John H. Haswell Edith E. Holiday & Terrance

B. Adamson Paul C. & Donna H. Huck David M. Hudson & J. Parker

AilstockElizabeth A. Jenkins &

Charles E. Hudson Robert H. & Lisa JerryRichard A. & Irene Johnston Jeffery Q. Jonasen Becky Powhatan Kelley &

Mark KelleyPeter T. & Karla D. Kirkwood David T. & Carla C. Knight Roger C. & Ellen J. Lambert Frederick W. & Victoria C.

Leonhardt

Fredric G. Levin Virginia A. Lipton Sam H. & Mary Joan Mann Harlan E. Markham Steven E. & Eviana J. Martin John M. McNatt, Jr. Michael J. & Connie

McNerney Robert G. & Joelen K. Merkel Mark W. & Susan B. Merrill Gene Moore III Corneal B. Myers, Jr. Louis & Janet Miller Nostro Brian M. & Joan B. O’Connell Jesse W. & Margo S. RigbyDavid L. Roth & Paula

Peterson-RothJ. Quinton Rumph David C. & Ronna G. Sasser Ronald Y. & Leslie E. Schram Clifford A. Schulman Roger D. & Carol F. Schwenke John J. & Lynn G. Scroggin T. Terrell Sessums, Sr. Jacqueline A. Smith Betty H. Stern Robert G. & Susan L. Stern Don Q. & Beverley W. Vining John K. & Marie L. Vreeland A. Ward & Ruth S. Wagner Sandra L. Warren Lawrence M. & Lynne Watson Frank Wotitzky Art & Mary E. Wroble Stephen N. Zack Antonio R. Zamora William K. Zewadski Peter W. Zinober

LEGACY SOCIETY Timothy C. BlakeRobert Eugene GlennonBetty S. LaFaceEdward C. RoodRoger Dean SchwenkeRobert G. & Susan L. SternWilliam K. Zewadski

Rebecca Jakubcin Labor & Employment Law Book Award Fund Fisher & Phillips Douglas R. Sullenberger

Richard H. Simons Charitable Trust Book Award in Taxation of Gratuitous TransfersRobert M. & Judith S. R. KramerRichard H. Simons Charitable Trust

Robert B. Cole Health Law Endowment Richard P. Cole

W. Kelly and Ruth Smith Law Endowment W. Kelly Smith

Walter Weyrauch Distinguished Lecture Series in Family Law T. W. & Margrette P. AckertJill Carolyn White

ADOPTION LAW • Jeanne T. Tate, P.A.

ADVANCED BANKRUPTCY • Jacksonville Bankruptcy Bar

Association, In Memory of the Honorable George L. Proctor Stichter, Riedel, Blain & Prosser, P.A.

ADVANCED CONSTITUTIONAL LAW • Carter Andersen, Bush Ross,

In Honor of Professor Sharon Rush

AGRICULTURAL LAW & POLICY • Ernest A. Sellers

AMERICAN LEGAL THOUGHT • In Memory of The Honorable

R. Grable Stoutamire

APPELLATE ADVOCACY • Bruce S. Rogow, Esq./Rogow

Greenberg Foundation • Hicks, Porter, Ebenfeld & Stein,

P.A. • Gary Lee Printy, Esq. • George A. Vaka

CIVIL PROCEDURE • Gwynne A. Young • W. C. Gentry, Esq.

CIVIL TAX PROCEDURE (LL.M.) • R. Lawrence Heinkel, Esq.

CONFLICT OF LAW • Oscar A. Sanchez

CONSERVATION CLINIC • Alton & Kathleen Lightsey

CONSTITUTIONAL LAW • Patrick E. Geraghty, P.A. • Kenneth Johnson & Kimberly

Leach Johnson • Bruce S. Rogow, Esq./Rogow

Greenberg Foundation

CONSUMER LAW • James, Hoyer, Newcomer,

Smiljanich & Yanchunis, P.A.

CONTRACTS • Foley & Lardner, LLP • Mark and Shari Somerstein In

Honor of George Dawson

CORPORATE TAXATION (LL.M.) • Jerald August, In Memory of

Professor James Jackson Freeland

• Robert Glennon

CORPORATIONS • Brian D. Burgoon • Rahul Patel, Esq. • W. Crit Smith

CREDITORS’ REMEDIES & BANKRUPTCY • Jeffrey W. Warren, Esq. • Ian Leavengood, In

Memory of Richard T. Leavengood, Esquire

CRIMINAL CLINIC – PUBLIC DEFENDER CLINIC • The Hon. W. Fred Turner

Memorial (Endowed)

CRIMINAL LAW • Bedell, Dittmar, DeVault,

Pillans & Coxe, P.A. • Thomas Edwards • Harris, Guidi, Rosner,

Dunlap & Rudolph P.A.

CRIMINAL PROCEDURES – POLICE PRACTICES • Warren W. Lindsey and Eileen

Forrester

DEFERRED COMPENSATION, NON-QUALIFIED ARRANGEMENTS (LL.M.) • Andy & Lin Fawbush

Deferred Compensation, Qualified Plans (LL.M.)

• Michael & Honi Abbott, In Honor of Professor Michael A. Oberst

EMPLOYMENT LAW • Allen, Norton & Blue, P.A.

(Endowed) • Scott G. Blews, Taylor English

Duma LLP

ENTREPRENEURSHIP • Jack and Leslie Bovay, In Honor

of Chuck Bovay, W. Henry Barber Jr. (JD 57) & Keith C. Austin (JD 52, LLMT 79)

ENVIRONMENTAL LAW • Jesse W. Rigby, Clark

Partington Hart Larry Bond & Stackhouse

ESTATE PLANNING • Edward F. Koren, Esq.

(Endowed)

ESTATES AND TRUSTS • Bruce H. Bokor • Jones, Foster, Johnston &

Stubbs, P.A. • Brian M. O’Connell (Endowed)

EVIDENCE • Clarke Silverglate & Campbell,

P.A. • GrayRobinson, P.A. (Endowed)

FEDERAL COURTS • F. Wallace Pope, Jr., Esq.

FIDUCIARY ADMINISTRATION • Pressly & Pressly, P.A.

FIRST AMENDMENT LAW • Becky Powhatan Kelley

FLORIDA ADMINISTRATIVE LAW • Cathy and Larry Sellers

FLORIDA CONSTITUTIONAL LAW • Alex Sink & Bob Bolt, In Honor

of Bill McBride (Endowed)

IMMIGRATION LAW • Mark Citrin, Esq.

INCOME TAXATION • Law Offices of Mark L. Horwitz,

P.A. • Harper Meyer LLP

INCOME TAXATION OF ESTATES AND TRUSTS (LL.M.) • Terrence Dariotis (LLM 03),

Heath Dedmond (LLM 02) & Stacy Kenyon (LLM 02)

INSURANCE LAW • Lee D. Gunn IV

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LITIGATION • Feldman Gale, P.A.

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS • John C. Bierley (Endowed)

INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL CRIMES • In Honor of Professor Fletcher

N. Baldwin by the 1966 UF Law Moot Court Team

JURISPRUDENCE • Bill Hoppe, Esq.

LABOR LAW • Fisher & Phillips, LLP, In

Memory of Rebecca Jakubcin Memorial (Endowed)

LAND FINANCE • Rick and Aase Thompson

LAND USE PLANNING & CONTROL • Lewis and Linda Shelley In

Honor of John DeGrove

LAW & ECONOMICS • Taylor K. Rose, The West River

Group, Inc.

LAW & PSYCHIATRY • Keefe Anchors and Gordon,

P.A.

LAW REVIEW • Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster,

Kantor & Reed and Hal Kantor (Endowed)

• Mandell & Joyce Glicksberg and Brian & Joan O’Connell (Endowed)

• Shook, Hardy & Bacon (Endowed)

• Williams Parker Harrison Dietz & Getzen & Mark O. Bagnall (Endowed)

LEGAL DRAFTING • Betsy E. Gallagher

MEDIA LAW • Thomas & LoCicero PL

MEDIATION • Theodore Deckert, In Memory

of Michael Thomas Deckert

MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY AND THE LAW • James E. Thomison

PARTNERSHIP TAXATION (LL.M.) • Brett T. Hendee

PERSPECTIVES ON FAMILY LAW LAB • Raleigh “Lee” Greene

PRE-TRIAL PRACTICE LAW • Rebeccca Brock

GIVING ...

BOOK AWARDS honor top students in each course while providing unrestricted Annual Fund support for UF Law students, student organizations, faculty and programs.

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Fort Myers UF Law Alumni & Friends Reception September 12, 2012

FIRM SPONSORSHenderson, Franklin, Starnes & Holt

INDIVIDUAL SPONSORSGuy E. & Ilene M. Whitesman

Beat the Bulldogs Law Alumni ReceptionOctober 25, 2012

FIRM SPONSORSBedell, Dittmar, DeVault, Pillans

& Coxe Feldman Gale Smith, Gambrell & Russell

LONGEVITY INDIVIDUAL SPONSORSW. C. Gentry

INDIVIDUAL SPONSORSCharles E. Commander IIIKevin Jakab

Reunion, Class of 1982November 10, 2012

SPONSORSMark J. Wolfson

UF Law Alumni & Friends Rumberger Fellowship Reception February 12, 2013

HOST AND SPONSORRumberger, Kirk & Caldwell

Law Alumni Council West Palm Beach Regional EventApril 18, 2013

HOST AND SPONSORLeopold Law

Law Alumni Council Orlando Regional EventMay 16, 2013

HOST SPONSORS Fisher, Rushmer, Werrenrath,

Dickson, Talley & Dunlap Holland & Knight GrayRobinson Gator Club

FIRM SPONSORS Rumberger, Kirk & Caldwell

INDIVIDUAL SPONSORS Adam & Catherine Losey Robert Davis Leigh Anne Miller Amanda Perry

UF Law Alumni & Friends Reception in Washington, D.C.May 23, 2013

FIRM SPONSORSArnold & PorterHogan Lovells

INDIVIDUAL SPONSORSMarti CochranRichard C. SmithJanet StudleyTaylor and Manjiri RoseGeorge Starke, Jr.

Florida Bar Annual Convention June 27, 2013

LONGEVITY FIRM SPONSORSHarris, Guidi, Rosner, Dunlap & Rudolph Proskauer Rose

FIRM SPONSORSBedell, Dittmar, DeVault, Pillans

& Coxe GrayRobinson Greenberg Traurig

LONGEVITY INDIVIDUAL SPONSORSMayanne DownsJoseph C. Mellichamp, IIIIn Memory of Joseph P. Milton (d)Jesse W. RigbyWilliam J. Schifino, Jr.Larry & Cathy SellersW. Crit SmithMarc A. WitesGwynne A. Young

INDIVIDUAL SPONSORSTheodore A. DeckertEdward DowneyJohn F. HarknessBen H. Hill, IIIMargaret Mathews &

Scott IlgenfritzOscar A. SanchezW. Kelly SmithWesley D. & Lara J. Tibbals Stephen N. Zack(d) denotes deceased

ALUMNI RECEPTIONS are opportunities for alumni to connect with one another and the college.

PROCEDURES IN TAX FRAUD CASES (LL.M.) • A. Brian Phillips

PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY & THE LEGAL PROFESSION • Dean Mead, In Memory of

Andy Fredericks (Endowed) • Hill, Ward & Henderson, P.A. • Rush & Glassman

PROPERTY • Michael A. Bedke & DLA

Piper • Professor Emeritus Mandell

Glicksberg/Established by Andrew C. Hall and James A. Hauser (Endowed)

• Bruce M. Harris, Esq. and Stumpy Harris, Esq.

REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS • Jack and Mary Hackett

SECURED TRANSACTIONS IN PERSONAL PROPERTY • Avila Rodriguez Hernandez

Mena & Ferri LLP

SECURITIES REGULATION • Daniel Aronson

STATE AND LOCAL TAXATION (LL.M.) • Ausley & McMullen, P.A.

TAXATION OF GRATUITOUS TRANSFERS • Richard H. Simons Charitable

Trust (Endowed)

TORTS • R. Vinson Barrett • Gerald D. Schackow,

Schackow & Mercadante

TRADE SECRET LAW • Oscar A. Sanchez, Esq.

TRADEMARK LAW • Lott & Fischer, PL

TRIAL PRACTICE • Bill Bone, Esq. • Bush Ross, P.A. • Coker, Schickel,

Sorenson and Posgay • Constangy, Brooks & Smith • Greg and Bettina Weiss • Liles, Gavin & George, P.A. • Mary Lou and Buddy

Schulz In Honor of Robert J. Beckham (JD 55)

• Milton, Leach, Whitman, D’Andrea & Eslinger, P.A.

• John T. Rogerson, II & Timothy W. Volpe

• Monte J. Tillis Memorial (Endowed)

• In Honor of E.G. “Dan” Boone by Jeff Boone, Steve Boone & Caroline Boone

UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS ENTERPRISES • William A. Weber

U.S. INTERNATIONAL TAX I (LL.M.) • Richard Jacobson

WATER LAW • In Honor of Louis de la Parte, Jr.

WHITE COLLAR CRIME • In Honor of Charles P. Pillans,

III (Endowed)

WORKERS’ COMPENSATION & OTHER EMPLOYMENT RIGHTS • Rosenthal, Levy & Simon, P.A.

Awards are sponsored for five years with $2,500 annually or endowed in perpetuity with $50,000. For more information, contact the Office of Development & Alumni Affairs at 352-273-0640.

“The donation you are asking

about is my law firm’s book

award for Trial Practice. This

area was selected since my

law firm is a civil litigation and

trial firm that supports the

preservation and protection

of the Seventh Amendment of

the U. S. Constitution, which

guarantees a right to civil jury trials. Unfortunately, the judi-

ciary and civil jury trials have been under attack for too long.

As attorneys, we cannot allow it to happen.

“I hope to help nurture the growth of the best law students

in Florida while also helping law students recognize the vital

importance of an independent judiciary and a strong civil jury

system.”

—MATTHEW POSGAY (JD 94) Civil Trial Lawyer Partner Coker, Schickel, Sorenson & Posgay, Jacksonville

GIVING... to strengthen the Seventh Amendment

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Please report any corrections to Missy Poole at poole@law.ufl.edu or call 352-273-0647.

(Due to space limitations and printing costs, Loyalty Society members are recognized in the online version of the Annual Report). Note: The names in the Honor Roll listing followed by an asterisk (*) are members of the 1909 Society. Those names followed by a star (H) are Premium Charter Members of the UF Law Young Alumni Society.

FOUNDERS SOCIETY - PLATINUM

Anonymous AT&TBoies, Schiller & FlexnerJames D. & Suzanne W. Camp Marshall M. & Paula P. Criser*John H. & Mary Lou D. Dasburg Lisa Levin Davidson Charitable Trust Jack C. Demetree The Florida Bar The Florida Bar Foundation Ellen Bellet Gelberg Fredric G. Levin Teri Levin Martin Z. Margulies John M. McNatt, Jr. National Center for Automated

Information ResearchJane B. Nelson J. Quinton Rumph Lewis M. Schott The Lewis Schott Foundation W. Kelly Smith Stein/Gelberg Foundation Stephen N. Zack

FOUNDERS SOCIETY - GOLD

Charles W. & Betty Jo E. Abbott*Attorneys’ Title Insurance Fund Robert S. & Mildred M. Baynard Trust John C. & Tifi Bierley E. G. (Dan) & Alfreda S. Boone*David E. & Mollie M. Bowers*Carol M. Brewer & Andrew J. Ogilvie Walter G. & Lynn A. Campbell Carlton Fields Jack G. Clarke Luther W. & Blanche Coggin Coker, Schickel, Sorenson & Posgay Howard C. Coker Richard P. Cole Daniel J. Collin Community Foundation of Tampa BayDean Mead Edward & Julia B. Downey The Dunspaugh-Dalton Foundation Jessie Ball duPont Fund Chancellor Ray Ferrero, Jr. Fonvielle, Lewis, Foote & Messer Michael K. & Jacqueline Friel Betsy E. Gallagher*W. C. & Susan R. Gentry Peter J. Genz Gene K. & Elaine A. Glasser GrayRobinson William V. & Eva G. Gruman Andrew C. Hall & Gail S. Meyers Scott G. & Lisa V. Hawkins Inez A. Heath Justin Hillenbrand Wayne & Patricia R. Hogan Edith E. Holiday & Terrance B. Adamson Holland & Knight Charitable Foundation

Holland & KnightIcard, Merrill, Cullis, Timm, Furen &

GinsburgCasey Johnson & Debra L. Donner Justice Story Book Exchange Robert G. Kerrigan Kerrigan, Estess, Rankin & McLeod The Kresge Foundation Lane, Trohn, Bertrand & Vreeland Levin & Papantonio Family Foundation Stephen A. Lind Lawrence A. Lokken & Mae M. Clark Lake H. Lytal, Jr. John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur

FoundationMacFarlane, Ferguson & McMullen Margaret MacLennan Michael C. & Diane Maher McLin Burnsed Robert G. & Joelen K. Merkel Mershon, Sawyer, Johnston,

Dunwody & ColeMichael D. & Mary P. Minton Montgomery Family Charitable Trust Morgan & Morgan John B. & Ultima D. Morgan Motley Rice James H. Nance New York Life Brian M. & Joan B. O’Connell Whit & Diane F. Palmer David H. & Cheryl R. Peek Kitty & Philip B. Phillips Fred W. & Christine R. Pope*Allen L. Poucher, Jr. &

Dianne L. Larson Betty K. Poucher Stephen Presser & Diane Archer

Lynn B. Reeves Justus W. & Phyllis C. Reid Stephen H. & Elizabeth P. Reynolds Mike M. & Linda L. Rollyson William E. Rosenberg Foundation Gerald A. & Ingrid M. Rosenthal Rumberger, Kirk & Caldwell Saliwanchik, Lloyd & Eisenschenk Jake & Carol B. Schickel T. Terrell Sessums, Sr. Richard H. Simons Charitable Trust Gerald & Phyllis C. Sohn Steel, Hector & Davis Sidney A. & Annette Stubbs Glenn W. Sturm Carl S. Swisher Foundation The W. C. Gentry Family Foundation James S. & Sharon L. Theriac Robert L. & Doris M. Trohn*United Way of Miami-Dade Upchurch Watson White & MaxPhilip E. & Valerie B. Von Burg Jeffrey W. & Susan P. Warren*Michael A. & Betty M. Wolf Samuel J. & Evelyn

Wood Foundation Frank Wotitzky Yegelwel Family Foundation Evan J. & Arlene S. Yegelwel C. Steven Yerrid Zimmerman, Kiser & Sutcliffe

Distinguished Donors are individuals, businesses and organizations contributing at the following levels: Founders Society, Dean’s Council, 1909 Society, Trusler Society, Enrichment Society and Loyalty Society.

Members of the 2013-2014 Florida Trial Team compete in the Martin H. Levin Advocacy Center Courtroom. From left are John Kelly (2L), Kingsley Nwamah (2L), Emily O’Keefe (2L) and Gabriel Gonzalez (2L). (Photo by Javier Edwards)

FOUNDERS SOCIETY - SILVER

Anonymous C. Wayne & Kethryn Alford Allen, Norton & Blue DuBose & Sallie M. Ausley*David S. & Myrna L. Band Barnett, Bolt, Kirkwood, Long & McBride Bedell, Dittmar, Devault, Pillans & CoxeBruce H. & Joanne K. Bokor Broad & Cassel Bush Ross Community Foundation of Central

FloridaHugh F. & Eliza Culverhouse Cynthia G. Edelman Family Foundation Meredyth Anne Dasburg Foundation George H. DeCarion Dunwody, White & Landon Philip I. & Barbara L. Emmer Robert M. Ervin*Everglades Foundation Ladd H. & Renee M. Fassett Henry A. Finkelstein Memorial Fisher & Phillips The Florida Bar Tax Section Robert E. Glennon, Jr.*Mandell & Joyce K. Glicksberg*Ruth Goodmark K. Lawrence & Maureen G. Gragg Sandra & Leon G. Gulden Private

FoundationMarie C. Hansen Trust Stumpy Harris James A. Hauser Frederick A. Hazouri & Barbara J.

Pariente Hill, Ward & Henderson Corinne C. Hodak Wayne & Patricia Hogan Family

FoundationElizabeth A. Jenkins & Charles E. Hudson

Kenneth R. & Kimberly L. Johnson*Richard A. & Irene Johnston Paul T. & Sonia Jones Hal H. Kantor Edward C. & Patricia G. Kitchen Edward F. & Louise P. Koren Robert M. & Judith S. R. Kramer Krome Realty Paul R. Linder & A. Michelle Jernigan Kevin A. & Jeannette Malone Gene Moore III Jon C. & Jean M. Moyle Mark A. & Debra G. Nouss Lindy L. Paull A. Brian Phillips James G. & Kathryn S. Pressly Mark J. Proctor Reid, Ricca & Rigell David M. & Regina A. Richardson Richman Greer Richard M. & Gail M. Robinson Raymond W. & Catherine S. Royce Clifford A. Schulman Buddy & Mary Lou Schulz*Searcy, Denny, Scarola, Barnhart &

ShipleyErnest A. & Norma M. Sellers*Lawrence E. & Cathy M. Sellers Shutts & Bowen Benedict A. Silverman & Jayne E.

Bentzen Stearns, Weaver, Miller, Weissler, Alhadeff

& Sitterson Richard B. Stephens, Jr. Hans G. & Deborah H. Tanzler Terrell Hogan Ellis Yegelwel John Thatcher Samuel C. & Barbara A. Ullman United States Sugar Corporation A. Ward & Ruth S. Wagner Glenn J. & Sheryl Waldman Charles T. & Linda F. Wells

Scott L. & Lynda J. Whitaker White & Case Jill Carolyn White J. J. & Susan L. Wicker Winderweedle, Haines, Ward, &

Woodman Susan S. Winn Yerrid Foundation BARRISTERS

Mary Lyn Barley Martha L. Cochran Feldman Gale Jeffrey D. Feldman James A. & Stacy S. Gale Alan M. & Elizabeth D. Gerlach John H. Haswell Paul C. & Donna H. Huck John Alden Life Insurance Company John Paul Stevens Fellowship Foundation Iain P. C. Moffat Eugene K. & Sheila L. Pettis Adelaide A. Sink Vanguard Charitable Endowment

Program Douglas A. & Patricia J. Wright

PARTNERS

Michael A. & Honi V. Abbott*Michelle Anchors & Stephen A. Medina J. Carter & Dana D. Andersen*F. Eugene Atwood Ausley & McMullen Mark O. Bagnall & Maria I. Urbina-Bagnall S. C. Battaglia Family Foundation Michael A. & Rachelle D. Bedke Stacy D. Blank Scott G. & Shelly S. Blews*Jeffery A. & Shirley L. Boone*John C. & Leslie Bovay William A. & Laura M. Boyles Rebecca L. Brock Brian D. Burgoon*John W. & Mona P. Campbell*Mark & Andrea H. Citrin Clarke, Silverglate Attorneys at Law Alan B. & Lauren K. Cohn Comiter Singer Baseman & Braun Anne C. Conway Terrence T. & Jeanne E. Dariotis The Deaver Phoenix Foundation Theodore A. & Marie B. Deckert*Heath K. Dedmond de la Parte & Gilbert Lauren Y. Detzel Mark P. & Beverly J. Dikeman DLA Piper Mayanne Downs Thomas L. & Christine F. Edwards Robert S. Egerman*Andrew J. & Melinda W. Fawbush*Marco Ferri Ronald L. & Marcia C. Fick Foley & Lardner W. Ray & Jacquelyn Fortner*Asnardo & Mindi K. Garro Gerald A. Williams Legacy Foundation John N. & Ruth T. Giordano Robert J. & Laurel J. Grammig Raleigh W. & Beverly J. Greene Stephen H. & Fay F. Grimes*Gunn Law Group Jack O. & Mary O. Hackett Harper Meyer Harris, Guidi, Rosner, Dunlap, & Rudolph Baya M. Harrison III R. Lawrence & Elizabeth E. Heinkel Brett T. & Rhonda K. Hendee*

Eugenio Hernandez Hopping, Green & Sams Mark L. & Susan J. Horwitz*James, Hoyer, Newcomer & SmiljanichJones, Foster, Johnston & Stubbs Keefe Anchors & Gordon Lawrence & Lynn M. Keefe Becky Powhatan Kelley & Mark Kelley*Stacy L. & David M. Kenyon Bradford D. & Cynthia M. Kimbro David M. & Theresa R. Layman*Ian R. & Robin L. Leavengood*Liles, Gavin & George Warren W. Lindsey & Eileen C. Forrester Lott & Fischer Louis & Bessie Stein Foundation Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor &

Reed R. Neal Manners Brian J. & Georgia McDonough McIntosh Foundation Robert W. Mead, Jr.*Milton, Leach, Whitman, D’Andrea &

EslingerJacquelyn E. Moorhead Jon C. Moyle, Jr. Louis & Janet Miller Nostro Rahul & Swati R. Patel*Matthew N. & Suzanne S. Posgay Pressly & Pressly David S. & Mary Pressly J. Grier & P. Kristen Pressly Pamela O. & Charles T. Price Gary L. & Suzanne G. Printy*Jorge F. Ramirez Tubilla John W. & Katherine A. Randolph John M. & Jennifer G. Rawicz Gerald F. & Gwen Richman*Jesse W. & Margo S. Rigby*Rogers, Dempsey & Paladino Rogow Greenberg Foundation Bruce S. Rogow Taylor K. & Manjiri S. Rose*Rush & Glassman Randolph J. & Sue N. Rush*Oscar A. Sanchez & Lida R.

Rodriguez-Taseff*Gerald D. & Joanne W. Schackow Roger D. & Carol F. Schwenke John J. & Lynn G. Scroggin David M. & Rachel K. Seifer Abraham M. & Joy M. Shashy*Lewis E. & Linda L. Shelley Shook, Hardy & Bacon Foundation W. Crit & Dee Ann Smith*Mark & Shari L. Somerstein Mark T. & Jeanne T. Tate Laura J. & Clarence L. Thacker*Marjorie Bekaert & Bryan M. Thomas George A. & Shaun Vaka*Timothy W. & Roslyn B. Volpe William A. & Kathleen M. Weber*Gregory S. & Bettina W. Weiss*K. Taylor White Gwynne A. Young*

ASSOCIATES

T. W. & Margrette P. Ackert Sidney F. Ansbacher Leslie J. & Hope C. Barnett David L. Bilsker Robert S. Bolt Chris W. & Kristine M. Boyett*Maria C. Carantzas J.P. & Lynn Carolan Michael Chapman Cobb Family Foundation Kolleen P. Cobb Robert D. & Amy K. Critton

Donor Level DescriptionsFOUNDERS SOCIETY

PLATINUM Cumulative giving and five-year pledges of $500,000 and up

GOLD Cumulative giving and five-year pledges of $100,000-$499,999

SILVER Cumulative giving and five-year pledges of $50,000-$99,999

DEAN’S COUNCIL

BARRISTER Annual gifts and five-year pledges of $25,000-$49,999

PARTNER Annual gifts and five-year pledges of $10,000-$24,999

ASSOCIATE Annual gifts and five-year pledges of $5,000-$9,999

1909 SOCIETY

Annual gifts of $2,000 and upSee description on page 54.

TRUSLER SOCIETY

Annual gifts of $1,000-$4,999

ENRICHMENT SOCIETY

Annual gifts of $100-$999

LOYALTY SOCIETY

Annual gifts of up to $99Loyalty Society members are recognized in the online version of the Annual Report.

DISTINGUISHED DONORS

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Tad & Jeri Davis Philip A. & Phyllis S. DeLaney Nathaniel L. & Debra L. Doliner Jeffrey R. & Donna Dollinger A. J. & Maureen N. Donelson John H. & Karen C. Dyer Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Florida Chapter of American Board of

Trial Advocates Patrick E. & Barbara H. Geraghty Goldstein Law Group Frank S. Goldstein Phyllis P. & Raymond T. Harris Hicks, Porter, Ebenfeld & SteinMark & Ann Hicks Hobby Lobby Stores D. Bruce & Trish A. Hoffman Marie Hyman Scott C. Ilgenfritz & Margaret D. MathewsYolanda C. Jackson Randy Meg Kammer & Jeffry R. Wollitz Peter T. & Karla D. Kirkwood Peter M. MacNamara & M. Therese VentoMcKee/Crawford R2 Charitable

Foundation Martin J. & Pamela S. McMahon Julie C. Miller Moore Family Foundation Brenna E. Moorhead Everett R. Moreland C. Ryan & Kristin N. Morgan Robert P. O’Linn Darrell W. & Deborah J. Payne Mark S. & Kathleen B. Peters W. Douglas & Gloria Pitts James C. & Gloria M. Rinaman John T. & Leah A. Rogerson Todd & Julie Rumberger Barry S. & Carole N. Sinoff Rodney W. & DeeDee C. Smith George H. & Barbara M. Starke Kelsey J. & Alan R. Veitengruber Guy E. & Ilene M. Whitesman Marc A. & Jennifer S. Wites

TRUSLER SOCIETY

Names followed by a diamond (♦) are life members of the Trusler Society.Herbert L. Allen♦AnonymousRichard C. & Robin G. Ausness Mark A. Avera*Baker & McKenzie G. Thomas & Sharon E. Ball BAR/BRI James B. & Caroline V. Barnes Douglas J. & Macqueline M. Barrett David L. & Angela F. Benjamin Bill Bone*Brent F. Bradley Norman Broad & Carol Salomon Karen Meyer & Robert H. Buesing Dennis A. & Peggy M. Calfee*Campbell Law Firm Dennis M. & Deborah D. Campbell J. Thomas & Kathy A. Cardwell Central Florida Gator Club® Allan P. & Martha F. Clark Colling, Gilbert, Wright & Carter Dean C. Colson Richard B. & Marilyn T. Comiter Charles P. & Amy B. Cook Susan E. Cook & Drew S. Fine*R. Craig Cooley Sarah Cortvriend R. Scott & Monica O. Costantino Raul A. & Mary L. Cuervo David B. MishaelBarry R. & Paula M. Davidson

George L. & Sally K. Dawson*Drusilla Farwell Foundation Harry M. Eisenberg Kenneth C. & Mary B. Ellis Michael T. & Paula S. Fay Michael & Jane M. Ferguson William H. Ferguson*Fisher, Rushmer, Werrenrath, Dickson,

Talley & Dunlap Florida Democratic Party Donald J. & Paula M. Forman Fowler, White, Boggs, Attorney at Law Manley K. Fuller III Claire M. Germain & Stuart M. Basefsky*Ellen R. & Jim A. Gershow Stephen B. & Clara J. Gillman Irvin N. & Darlene Gleim Lorie M. Gleim & Steven M. Fuhr Greenberg Traurig Leenetta B. & W. Sanderson Grizzard Gruman Lawyers of Tampa Eric S. Gruman Perry G. Gruman Daniel B. & Kathy E. Harrell Bruce M. & Medea D. Harris*Robert M. Harris & Paola Parra-Harris Cynthia A. Holloway & C. Todd Alley Steve C. & Maxine S. Horowitz Roy Hunt*Gary W. & Mary E. Huston Wilton B. & Amanda B. Hyman The Jelks Family Foundation Allen N. Jelks, Jr. Robert H. & Lisa Jerry*Frederick W. & Patricia P. H. Jones JustGive Kaplan University Kimberly R. Keravouri William L. & Nancy C. Kirk Donald S. & Marilynn Kohla*Bruce D. & Elizabeth C. Landrum Levin, Papantonio, Thomas, Mitchell,

Rafferty & ProctorJeffrey P. & Ghada S. Lieser Robert R. & Cheryl K. Lindgren Joseph W. & Lucille A. Little Donna L. Longhouse Gov. Kenneth H. “Buddy” &

Anne S. MacKay The Maher Law FirmLuis A. Maldonado*Parker L. & Velma R. McDonald William T. & Susan R. McKinley Joseph C. Mellichamp III &

Barbara J. Staros*Daniel F. Molony James E. & Mari Moye Peter P. & Christina S. Murnaghan*James B. & Jane M. Murphy Tara J. Nelson C. Richard & Marcy J. Newsome The Nickles Group James B. & Jingli C. O’Neal Orange Legal Overchuck & Byron Eduardo Palmer*Barbara K. Perkins Richard C. Pfenniger, Jr. &

Gemma M. Rosello*Robert A. & Caryl G. Pierce Kathleen Price*Stacey A. Prince-Troutman Proskauer Rose Benjamine Reid Harley E. & Posey C. Riedel George W. & Brenda H. Rohe*Ron Sachs Communications William J. & Paola F. Schifino*Stephen W. Seemer John A. & Kari A. Shipley

M. Stephen & Maureen T. Smith Michael W. Smith & Jodi L. Scheurenbrand Smith, Gambrell & Russell Charles L. Stake Larry S. & Pat K. Stewart Tate & Stacy C. Taylor TECO Energy Parker & Vann W. Thomson United Jewish Foundation of Metro

Detroit United Way of North Central FloridaDavid H. Vickrey & Gary R. Ensana Bill Wagner Waldman Trigoboff Hildebrandt Marx &

CalnanWal-Mart Foundation Gregory F. & Susan K. Wilder Richard H. & Shirley G. Wilson William B. & Suzanne T. Wilson Council & Patricia M. Wooten Leighton D. & Phyllis H. Yates

ENRICHMENT SOCIETY

AnonymousAnonymous Barry A. Abbott F. Catfish Abbott Jeffrey W. & Amanda M. Abraham Bill R. Abrams & Susan G. Goffman Lisa M. Acharekar & John E. Crowley Jolyon D. & Christine M. Acosta Steven J. & Samantha L. Adamczyk Glenn A. & Stacey Y. Adams Stephanie L. Adams Louie N. & Mary S. Adcock Marci & Moshe Adler David J. & Jerrie L. Akins Alachua County Republican

Committee of 100 Justin S. Alex Ben & Katie V. Alexander Larry B. & Susan M. Alexander Mark G. & Beverly A. Alexander Thomas J. & Mary B. Ali Jeffrey L. & Jamie L. Allen W. Reynolds & Louise B. Allen Nicole S. Allison James W. & Anne W. Almand Ian M. & Lauren M. Alperstein Joshua S. Altshuler Alberto R. & Debra D. Amirin Amanda K. Anderson Shelby M. Anderson Timothy G. & Carole W. Anderson Thomas T. Ankersen & Maria C.

Gurucharri Joseph E. Ankus Michael R. & Carolyn S. Ansay Dana M. Apfelbaum Eric N. & Nadine M. Appleton Alina Arbuthnot Monica D. Armstrong Rosemary E. Armstrong Arnold & Porter Cary O. Aronovitz Jeffrey A. & Jill S. Aronsky Daniel H. & Joanne F. Aronson John B. Atkinson Scott E. & Janet D. Atwood Bruce D. & Melissa B. Austin Christopher D. & Frances M. Baehman Brian J. & Lori A. Baggot Anthony L. Bajoczky, Jr. Charles L. Balch III Fletcher N. & Nancy T. Baldwin Anderson L. & Anne M. Baldy Haywood M. & Anne T. Ball Gregory S. Band & Alexandra T. Reich-Band Michael R. & Marice C. Band

Aleksas A. Barauskas Jeptha F. & Carol H. Barbour Harris H. & Sandra S. Barnes Kevin D. Barr Dwayne W. Barrett & Miriam L. Bliss J. Victor & Candace A. Barrios Bernie A. Barton, Jr. Jonathan C. & Lacy L. Basford Douglas D. & Julia B. Batchelor George Z. Bateh Robyn L. & Asaf Batelman Douglas A. & Lisa L. Bates Robert B. & Jennifer Battista Joseph W. & Geremy G. Beasley Judith E. Beasley & Dan Hamm Joshua L. & Sara S. Becker Frank M. & Ashley Bedell Joan F. & Dennis J. Beer Michael & Cheryl Begey Jeffrey A. Bekiares John M. & Brannon B. Belcastro Caryn L. Bellus Dennis V. & Georgene M. Bender Carlton F. & Sue Bennett Bergen County United Way Mitchell W. Berger Jeffrey F. & Maria C. Berin Yahn W. & Nell E. Bernier Nancy T. Bernstine Lance E. & Sarah L. Berry Clem Bezold & Rosemarie I. Philips Cecilia M. Bidwell Jarrett D. & Lisa M. Bingemann Kaitlin C. & Jeremy D. Bingham Nathan M. Bisk Bruce B. & Julie M. Blackwell Will Blair Willard A. & Kimberly L. Blair R. Mason & Amelia S. Blake Robert G. & Marlene C. Blalock M. Robert & Julia H. Blanchard Robert L. & Mari C. Blank William S. & Patricia A. Blizzard Byron B. & Pamela Block Jonathan M. Blocker Darryl M. & Mary Bloodworth Allan M. Blue Salvatore & Lauren W. Bochicchio Raymond O. & Heather H. Bodiford Rhonda B. & Kenneth D. Boggess Christina Bohannan & H. S. Udaykumar Brian K. & Amy N. Bokor Erik N. & Rachel E. Bonnett Bradley T. & Samantha L. Borden Catherine B. Bowles Scott A. & Meghann Hoskinson Bowman Robert J. & Alice H. Boylston Stephen J. & Sharon J. Bozarth Lenore T. Brakefield Robert J. Braxton Wendy C. Breinig David A. & Kimberly T. Brennen Randy R. & Diana A. Briggs Howard W. & Katherine P. Brill Penny H. Brill Heather B. Brock & Edwin W. Parkinson III W. Bard & Kathryn W. Brockman Theotis & Jeanelle G. Bronson Andrew S. & Jennifer G. Brown Douglas & Sue W. Brown Nicholas A. Brown P. Ause & Leveda Brown Thomas R. & Margaret W. Brown Usher L. & Lauren K. Brown John M. Brumbaugh

DISTINGUISHED DONORS

John P. & Ann S. Brumbaugh Virginia M. Buchanan &

Samuel A. Budnyk Mark P. & Courtney R. Buell Charles A. Buford Bruce S. Bullock Faye A. Burner Malcolm B. Burns & Virginia C. Burris Christopher B. Burton David K. & Donna J. Cahoone Lerenzo & Hope W. Calhoun Jane D. Callahan John R. & Dara M. Campbell L. Kinder & Barbara S. Cannon Daniel K. & Lare W. Capes Robert A. Caplen Tina L. & Luis N. Caraballo Clay M. Carlton & Allison D. Sirica Michael P. Carolan Kristin E. Carpenter Robert J. & Kathryn Angell Carr Thomas H. Carter, Jr. Kelly-Ann G. & Dexter B. Cartwright Allan L. Casey Nancy E. & Douglas W. Cason Courtney B. & Justin M. Casp David M. & Sandra G. Cayce Denise B. Cazobon

Diana B. Chapman Marc D. & Tracy D. Chapman Sharron A. Chapman Rick R. & Misty Taylor Chaves Richard G. Cherry Charles & Tiffany L. Chestnut Wooje Choi Thomas B. Christenson II Russell P. Chubb Marc A. & Inez Cianca Paul C. & Jennifer Cipparone Lisa & William F. Clasen Walter G. Clayton III Chester E. Clem, Jr. Shawn M. Cline Robert B. & Judith A. Cochonour Mark W. Cochran DaMorus A. Cohen Jay P. Cohen & Christine K. Bilodeau Stuart R. & Charna R. Cohn Jean C. Coker Harry S. Colburn, Jr. Jonathan S. Coleman Patrick P. & Melissa B. Coll Kaye Collie Collier County Democratic John J. & Lynn M. Collins Sarah Z. Collins

R. Gregory Colvin Charles E. & Victoria C. Commander Community Foundation of

Greater Lakeland Kraig A. & Heather L. Conn Dabney L. & Beverly O. Conner Laurence D. Connor Charles L. & Greta Cooper Ryan M. & Arianne M. Corbett Stephen L. & Debra M. Cordell Denise M. & Andrew J. Cordes Christopher B. & Christina C. Cortez Patrick S. & Kaydene Roberts Cousins Christine A. Covington Derrick E. & Stacey D. Cox Frederick C. Craig, Jr. David M. Crane Thomas P. Crapps & Ana C. Martinez Ashley N. Crispin Matthew A. Crist Kent B. Cronquist Robert S. & Ellen G. Cross Mary C. Crotty & Daniel S. Livingstone Patrick C. Crowell Frank & Melissa I. Cruz-Alvarez Sally R. Culley Paul M. & Jolie M. Cummings J. Edward & Janice S. Curren Joshua D. Curry William L. & Dorothy H. Curry Bonnie C. Daboll Mark H. & Kimberly C. Dahlmeier Willem A. & Carmody G. Daman Kelly M. & Eric P. Damerow Paul W. & Georgia R. Danahy James N. & Linnea J. Daniel Alan H. & Leslie E. Daniels Alys N. & Steven L. Daniels H. Vernon Davids James L. Davidson Manu L. Davidson Clay S. & Anita G. Davis Robert W. Davis, Jr. Robin K. & Jeffrey D. Davis Jeanne Dawes Crenshaw Paul E. De Hart HDean, Ringers, Morgan & Lawton Katie L. & Daniel C. Dearing Gregory J. & Belkis G. DeChurch George R. & Gloria L. Dekle John T. & Jamie L. Dekle Blake J. Delaney & Jennifer M. Voss Neil A. DeLeon Kevin E. & Barbara L. Dembinski Susan S. & David A. Demers Anthony E. & Tina A. Denapoli V. Robert Denham, Jr. Joseph M. Depew Christopher A. Detzel John A. & Sue S. DeVault Alexander D. DeVitis Benjamin F. & Christina I. Diamond Sandra Diamond Didier Law Firm John R. & Lavinia J. Dierking George A. & Frances Dietz Leonard J. & Beth A. Dietzen Lee J. & Carlie S. Dixon Burns A. & Jeanne L. Dobbins Sally A. Dorn Michael S. Dorris & Carrie R. McDonald Joanna D. & David Dosik Lawrence J. Dougherty Charles T. Douglas, Jr. W. Dexter (d) & Terese V. Douglass James O. & Lila S. Driscoll W. Ford & Freda Duane F. Joseph & Sally A. DuBray Stephanie Ducheine Aubrey H. Ducker, Jr. & Laurie K.

Weatherford Stephen B. Duke

Kelly G. Dunberg Canon Kurt H. & Cathleen B. Dunkle George S. & Mary Dunn Thomas C. & Victoria K. Dunn Stephen M. & Brenna M. Durden Robert V. & Winfield R. Duss Harolyn H. & Amitava K. Dutt Donald A. & Gene S. Dvornik David A. & Josefa M. Eaton Deborah S. Eaton & Tomas P. Schonbek James E. Eaton, Jr. Daniel D. & Virginia A. Eckert Nathaniel M. Edenfield Martin Edmonds Hunter S. & Ashley A. Edwards James A. Edwards Russell D. & Linda Bond Edwards Charles H. & Karen C. Egerton Santiago Eljaiek III Jeffrey R. & Linda R. Elkin Steven & Stacey P. Ellison Eric M. & Tara Z. Ellsley Patrick C. Emans Guy S. & Annette L. Emerich Wendy R. & Gregory J. England Susan D. Ennis Theodore A. Erck III Ernest H. Eubanks, Jr. William A. & Carol D. Evans David H. & Kathryn E. Evaul Michael J. Faehner Elizabeth A. Faist Dianne & Ronald G. Farb Christina L. Faubel Brandon P. & Melissa R. Faulkner Peter T. & Pat Fay Christopher M. & Carol D. Fear Ashley K. Feasley Dyanne E. Feinberg & Tim D. Henkel Joel R. & Allison D. Feldman Jonathan A. & Jenifer Feldman Anthony P. Felice Eduardo J. Fernandez Gregg H. & Jessica Fierman Phillip R. & Carole S. Finch Jack J. & Cherie H. Fine Dina S. Finkel Fisher & Sauls Andrew D. Fisher Jacob & Letty K. Fishman Brian T. & Ariadne M. Fitzgerald Paul D. Fitzpatrick & Mary J. Buckingham Florida Municipal Attorney’s Association Byron D. Flagg & Whitney M. Untiedt David B. Flagg Megan E. Flatt Joseph E. & Connie B. Fluet Stephen E. Fogel Foley & Lardner P. Campbell Ford Michael L. Forte C. Joy L. Fortson Kenneth R. & Tamara W. Fountain M. Lanning & Jane P. Fox Larry C. & Clara M. Frarey Thomas J. Fraser, Jr. Nathaniel A. Frazier S. Katherine Frazier & John Harrison IV Michael K. Freedman Steve A. & Denise J. Freedman Jonathan E. Freidin Adam N. & Sierra D. Frisch Elizabeth B. Frock Jennifer J. Frydrychowicz Richard D. Fultz & Patricia L.

Burquest-Fultz Jessica Furst Johnson W. Scott & Jane W. Gabrielson Ronald M. & Melissa Gache Jeffrey A. & Pamela C. Gadboys Charles V. & Kathryn M. Gagliardi Robert P. Gaines

1909 SocietyThe 1909 Society commemorates the founding year of the University of Florida Levin College of Law, while recognizing alumni and friends who sustain and advance the college with gifts to the annual fund in the amount of $2,000 and up during a single fiscal year. Support at this level improves the quality and innovation of programs for students, student organizations, teaching and research, academic programs and services, and outreach efforts. Gifts to the annual fund include those designated to nonendowed, nonbuilding funds.

Charles W. & Betty Jo E. AbbottMichael A. & Honi V. AbbottJ. Carter & Dana D. AndersenDuBose & Sallie M. AusleyMark A. & Lee V. AveraScott G. & Shelly S. BlewsBill BoneE. G. (Dan) & Alfreda S. BooneJeffery A. & Shirley L. BooneDavid E. & Mollie M. BowersChris W. & Kristine M. BoyettBrian D. BurgoonDennis A. & Peggy M. CalfeeJohn W. & Mona P. CampbellSusan E. Cook & Drew S. FineMarshall M. & Paula P. CriserGeorge L. & Sally K. DawsonTheodore A. & Marie B. DeckertRobert S. EgermanRobert M. ErvinAndrew J. & Melinda W. FawbushWilliam H. FergusonW. Ray & Jacquelyn FortnerBetsy E. GallagherClaire M. Germain &

Stuart M. Basefsky

Robert E. Glennon, Jr.Mandell & Joyce K. GlicksbergStephen H. & Fay F. GrimesBruce M. & Medea D. HarrisBrett T. & Rhonda K. HendeeMark L. & Susan J. HorwitzRoy HuntBob H. & Lisa JerryKenneth R. & Kimberly L. JohnsonBecky Powhatan Kelley &

Mark KelleyDonald S. & Marilynn KohlaDavid M. & Theresa R. LaymanIan R. & Robin L. LeavengoodLuis A. MaldonadoRobert W. Mead, Jr.Joseph C. Mellichamp III &

Barbara J. StarosPeter P. & Christina S. MurnaghanEduardo PalmerRahul & Swati R. PatelRichard C. Pfenniger, Jr. &

Gemma M. RoselloFred W. & Christine R. PopeKathleen PriceGary L. & Suzanne G. PrintyGerald F. & Gwen RichmanJesse W. & Margo S. RigbyGeorge W. & Brenda H. RoheTaylor K. & Manjiri S. RoseRandolph J. & Sue N. RushOscar A. Sanchez & Lida R.

Rodriguez-TaseffWilliam J. & Paola F. SchifinoBuddy & Mary Lou SchulzErnest A. & Norma M. SellersAbraham M. & Joy M. ShashyW. Crit & Dee Ann SmithLaura J. & Clarence L. ThackerRobert L. & Doris M. TrohnGeorge A. & Shaun VakaJeffrey W. & Susan P. WarrenWilliam A. & Kathleen M. WeberGregory S. & Bettina W. WeissGwynne A. Young

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DISTINGUISHED DONORS

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Please report any corrections to Missy Poole at poole@law.ufl.edu or call 352-273-0647.

J. Seth Galloway Melinda Penney & Albert J. Gamot, Jr. Stephen D. Gardner & Mary F. Voce Winston W. & Jerol M. Gardner Alan S. & Marcia Gassman Robert T. & Eve B. Geis Michael J. Gelfand & Mary C. Arpe Christian P. & Whitney N. George Jonathan D. & Tracy L. Gerber John F. & Mary Ellen Germany Stephen F. & Alice D. Gertzman Linda R. Getzen Rev. Robert C. Gibbons Robin & Jean H. Gibson Robert W. Gidel Henry N. & Jacqueline L. Gillman Daniel J. Glassman Garry M. Glickman Steven T. & Katie G. Gold Mitchell W. Goldberg Robert I. & Barbara C. Goldfarb Goldman Sachs Gives James F. Goldsmith Kenneth B. Goldsmith Rick T. Goldstein Mildred Gomez Anne N. Gonzalez David M. & Dorothy M. Gonzalez Jose A. Gonzalez, Jr. & Mary S. Copeland Don H. Goode & Patrice D.

Pendino-Goode Freddie L. Goode Robert F. & Karen Goodrich Brent A. Gordon Cheryl L. & Scott E. Gordon Jonathan C. Gordon Robert E. & Leesa Gordon Michael L. & Tracy L. Gore Robert B. & Clara B. Gough Bradley R. & Vanessa R. Gould Bryan S. & Barbara Gowdy Mary L. Grable Lucy T. Graetz Peter J. & Amy S. Gravina J. Charles & Saundra H. Gray Ellis Green Richard A. & Leigh A. Greenberg Bruce W. & Evelyn L. Greer Holly J. & D. Scott Greer Adam D. Griffin Bradley C. & Candace Grossenburg Dennis C. Gucciardo Natalie F. Guerra-Valdes &

Manuel A. Valdes Frank B. & Susan G. Gummey William J. Gundlach Kimberly J. Gustafson H. Wynne James Alexander Hadjilogiou Gregory S. & Gina M. Hagopian John E. & Shirley W. Hale Roger D. & Shelly Hall Wallace H. & Tracy L. Hall John F. & Nancy P. Halula Tiffany Hamil & James D. Mackey James C. Hamilton Linda C. Hankins Amy L. Hanna Michael V. & Holly L. Hargett John F. & Jere A. Harkness Virginia Harrell Christy F. & Martha C. Harris Corey & Suzanne C. Harris William T. Harrison, Jr. Shane A. & Jennifer B. Hart Cecile B. Hartigan Pamela Jo Hatley & John S. Olmstead Cynthia A. Hawkins Michael S. Hawley & Katherine J. Pierce Jonathan L. & Teresa G. Hay Diana L. & Clinton M. Hayes Michael P. Haymans

Jeffrey M. & Joan M. Hazen Maureen M. & James E. Hazen, Jr. Kenneth P. Hazouri William J. & Sara E. Hazzard Robert J. & Elizabeth M. Head Andres C. Healy Robert A. & Mary L. Heekin Lauren M. Heggestad Phares M. & Linda A. Heindl Jeanette K. Helfrich & John D. Rayner Henderson, Franklin, Starnes & Holt Dorsey F. Henderson, Jr. William L. & Etta M. Hendry Michael A. Hersh & Jacqueline E.

Hirschberg Katherine M. & James O. Hetherington Jesus M. & Gina B. Hevia Richard H. & Jane G. Hiers Clifford C. Higby Hill, Rugh, Keller & MainBenjamin H. & Marte A. HillB. Douglas Hind-Marsh♦ J. Fraser Himes Erin R. Hines & Charles L. Bopp III Lynn J. & Evelyn R. Hinson Jeffrey A. & Lennie S. Hirsch Craig P. Hoffman Jarrett R. & Amanda H. Hoffman Stephen V. & Jacqueline S. Hoffman J. Bruce & Marion S. Hoffmann Michael R. & Aixa M. Holt Robert F. Hoogland Michael J. Hooi Chantal G. & Bob Hook Colonel Edwin F. Hornbrook Samuel J. Horovitz Glenn R. Hosken Scott L. Houston Heather J. Howdeshell & David T. Burr Louis F. & Nancy B. Hubener David M. Hudson & J. Parker Ailstock Jonathan P. & Kayla A. Huels David W. Hughes Norman L. & Miriam B. Hull John M. Hunt Scott E. & Susan J. Hunt Daniel M. Hunter Thomas R. & Elizabeth M. Hurst Phillip H. & Renee G. Hutchinson Ambassador Jeanette Hyde Thomas B. & Jenina E. Hyman Timothy M. & Linda E. Ingram Adriane M. Isenberg Jerold H. & Tanya Israel Ivan D. Ivanov LaShawnda K. Jackson Nancy H. Jackson & K. Dino

Anastasiades Bruce R. & Ann W. Jacob Jeffrey A. Jacobs Kevin E. & Martha A. Jakab John M. Janousek Grant C. & Rosemarie P. Jaquith Mohammad O. Jazil & Maryum M. Khan Pamela S. & Scott R. Jeeves Robert L. & Rita C. Jennings Adria M. & Matthew S. Jensen Kevin M. & Susan E. Jinks Clarence T. & Shirley T. Johnson Edmond D. & Ann S. Johnson Robert M. & Patricia A. Johnson Timothy A. & Clair S. Johnson James F. & Mary Beth K. Johnston Cassidy E. & Matthew D. Jones Jennifer Erin Jones John A. & Margarette L. Jones John H. Jones & Martha A. Lott

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Glen Waldman donates toward environ-mental, land use and water law. He is currently the managing shareholder of Waldman Trigoboff Hildebrandt Marx & Calnan, P.A., in Ft. Lauderdale.

Waldman said he hopes to ensure an excellent faculty and a robust curriculum designed to prepare students for the complex issues presented in managing and protecting water resources of South Florida.

“The first and most important step to be undertaken in effectively dealing with complex, highly regulated industries such as environmental, land use, water supply and quality is through legal

education,” he said.

—GLEN WALDMAN (JD 83) Managing Shareholder Waldman Trigoboff Hildebrandt Marx & Calnan, P.A., Ft. Lauderdale

GIVING… to protect Florida’s water

DISTINGUISHED DONORS

Peter C. Jones Michael R. & Terri K. Josephs William S. & Mary Lee Josey Brian B. & Lisa M. Joslyn John J. & Jacquelyn J. Joyce Scott A. Justice Charles J. & Janet S. Kahn David L. & Maida S. Kahn Michael D. Kaminer Cathy A. & Grayson C. Kamm Lisa J. Kanarek Murray & Fredda Kanetsky Lewis M. & Marcia J. Kanner Keith C. Kantack Elena Kaplan Jacey Kaps Kimon P. & Constance H. Karas Neisen O. & Ana R. Kasdin Caroline E. & Michael E. Kasper Ilan G. Kaufer James L. Kauffman Bryan W. & Dawn C. Keene Jack T. Keller Steve E. Kelly Frank W. Kenniasty Michael G. & Lucy W. Kerman David M. Kerner Carolyn M. & Jesse B. Kershner Mark S. & Laurette S. Kessler Nicole C. Kibert Kathryn A. Kimball Robert A. & Emilie H. Kimbrough David B. & Marilyn M. King John S. Kirk Allison L. Kirkwood Marvin A. & Rhona L. Kirsner Gerald R. & Sarah S. Kleedehn Steven I. Klein Brian H. & Jill Koch Marilynn G. Koonce-Lindsey &

Terry L. Lindsey Michael J. & Pamela V. Korn Daniel R. & Kimberly E. Koslosky Richard L. Kuersteiner Larry H. & Linda M. Kunin Gary B. Lambert Philip R. & Kathryn K. Lammens Charles W. Lammers Frank A. & Gillian Landgraff William R. & Sylvia H. Lane James O. & Courtney Y. Lang Joseph H. & Annette M. Lang William F. & Tristan L. Langdon Steve & Penny Langston Suzanne D. Lanier & Ed Murphy Roger A. & Melinda K. Larson Natalie C. Lashway Roy H. & Elizabeth M. Lasris Lester B. & Stacey L. Law John E. & Joan C. Lawlor David & Roberta F. Lawrence Robert A. & Gwen W. Lazenby John J. Lazzara Martin E. Leach Jacob E. & Veronika N. Lea-Kelly Ryan E. & Allan C. Leblanc Gretchen M. Lehman Stephen M. Lehr John E. Leighton Susan S. & Joshua D. Lerner Joshua R. Levenson Chauncey W. & Martha Z. Lever Michael A. Levey & Linda Gorens-Levey Michael R. & Judith N. Levin Russell D. Levitt Brian R. Levy Mark F. & Rochelle N. Lewis William B. Lewis Margaret Lezcano David S. & Kari M. Lieber Lieser Skaff Rutledge R. & Noel D. Liles

Michael G. & Analisa Little Jeanne H. Liu Christina V. Lockwood Robert M. Loehr Daniel P. Logan & Gladys G. Cofrin Caren L. & Michael J. Loguercio James J. Long & Marsha K. Scott Lamont C. & Leslie E. Loo Stephen R. & Paige B. Looney Bernardo Lopez & Janice L. Bergmann Adam C. & Mary Catherine E. Losey William B. & Reverend Molly O. Louden Rita A. H. & John F. Lowndes Charlene D. & Trevor S. Luke Donald A. & Linda S. Lykkebak Alexander C. & Cynthia Z. MacKinnon Alexandra M. MacLennan &

Richard A. Beavers Alison L. Maddux Maglio, Christopher & Toale Robert C. & Jill R. Maland Jessica P. Malchow Brian M. Malec Alfred J. Malefatto & Moria Rozenson John D. Malkowski Rachel L. Malkowski David E. & Carla E. Mallen Robin Paul & Margaret A. Malloy Henry E. & Marilyn M. Mallue Anthony M. Malone & Pegeen HanrahanR. Layton Mank & Mary Stuart-Mank Jonathan L. Mann Grace N. & Robert J. Manne Kateena E. & Robert C. Manners Mark E. & Karin A. Manovich Frank M. Mari Giannina Marin & Lawrence E. Pecan Jeffrey B. & Penny S. Marks Andrew J. & Wendy A. Markus Kathy-Ann W. & Chris Marlin Patrick F. & Sheryl R. Maroney Elizabeth C. & Thomas K. Marshall John A. & Nancy B. Marshall Michael D. & Joy L. Jackson Martin Jessica C. & W. Scott Mason Ryan D. Maxey Scott & Cynthia Maxwell C. Parkhill & Mason C. Mays Helen W. & William J. McAfee Thomas M. & Shannon C. McAleavey Elizabeth T. McBride Alan K. & Karen K. McCall J. Michael & Karen M. McCarthy Darren K. & Vanessa L. McCartney Kevin M. McCarty L. E. & Sharon K. McClellan Veronica S. & Robert E. McCrackin McDonald Toole WigginsMarybeth McDonald & Eric W. Jarvis Brian A. & Wendy McDowell G. Carson & Laurinda F. McEachern William D. McFarlane, Jr. Dennis J. McGlothin Daniel F. & Elizabeth A. McIntosh Robert D. & Elizabeth A. McIntosh John D. & Candace McKey L. Robin McKinney Joel H. & Genean H. McKinnon Michael A. McMillan John Medica Keith G. & Laura Medleau Tim Meenan Dana B. Mehlman Telly J. Meier & Liisa K. Vehik Howell W. & Kristin Y. Melton Clancy V. Mendoza Manuel & Linda L. S. Menendez Jamie L. & Philip J. Meola Robert J. & Michelle D. Merlin Candy L. & Robert P. Messersmith, Jr. Kelly S. Meyers Mark C. Michalowski

Scott & Mindy S. Michelman Holly R. Miller Johnny L. Miller, Jr. Leigh Anne Miller Robert L. & Penne W. Miller Michael M. Mills, Jr. Charles P. & Deborah A. Mitchell Farooq A. Mitha Joshua A. & Eugenia Mize Charles S. & Carol J. Modell Michael J. Monchick James S. & Kelli O. Moody Sarah A. Moore George R. & Karen K. Moraitis Ivan A. Morales & Andrea Brant Brenden S. & Terry L. Moriarty Michael T. Morlock Jon A. & Betsy L. Morris Devin A. Moss Katherine A. Moum Joseph Mule Edward M. & Rima Y. Mullins W. Edwards Muniz Thomas A. & Kate B. Munkittrick Winston P. & Judith M. Nagan (d)Jonathan H. & Leigh M. Nason Noel H. & Marianne H. Nation Terry F. Nealy Heather S. Needelman Jeffrey A. Neiman James A. & Elizabeth M. Nelson Michael R. & Laura L. Nelson Ronald C. Nesbitt David P. & Susan S. Newman D. Alan Nichols Meredith & Siebrand H. Niewenhous IV William C. & Joanna E. Nijem James P. & Leslie C. Nilon Kenneth R. Noble III Susan R. Nolan David B. & Wendy L. Norris John E. & Betty A. Norris Sylvia G. & R. B. Norris Eric D. Nowak Walter H. & Joyce A. Nunnallee Kathryn W. & Devin M. Oberto Robert F. O’Connell Dennis R. & Jillian S. O’Connor Lisa S. Odom & Kenneth A. Tomchin Jamie W. & Damon B. Olinto Thomas R. Oliveri Keith M. Olivia Eric T. & Julie A. Olsen Richard S. Olson Michael L. & Barbara A. O’Neill Kenneth Orlowski Lara Osofsky Leader & Michael D. Leader Neil M. & Janet R. O’Toole Wm. A. & Leila S. Oughterson William C. & Anne E. Owen Angela M. Owens John M. & Robyn L. Paglio Gregory M. & Kimberly E. Palmer Gary M. Pappas & Nancy Stevens Bill A. Parady & Salome J. Zikakis Adriana M. Paris Jennifer M. & Charles H. Parker Theresa A. & Fred S. Parrish Marshall R. Pasternack Ami R. Patel & Nagendra Setty Neil & Christina M. Patel Ben Patterson B. Darin Patton Neal G. & Joan L. Patton Kathleen M. & Darwin R. Paustian Frank A. & Joanne C. Pavese Christopher A. Pavilonis Yong Peng & Mark H. Malooly Ray W. Pennebaker Henry Stephen & Theresa A.

Pennypacker Carmen M. Perez

Amanda D. Perry Hugh W. & Cynthia E. Perry Jason W. & Shanty A. Peterson Marilyn Wolf Peterson Jerrold K. Phillips Francis E. & Rebecca A. Pierce Francis E. Pierce IV & Erica A. Ernst Kenneth S. Piernik & Kimberly M. Kleiss Robert J. & Julie W. Pile Jason A. Pill & Flavia M. Bravo Charles P. & Judith H. Pillans Charles Pillitteri Megan A. Policastro Adina L. Pollan Robert V. & Beth Z. Potter Lindsay L. Powell Stephen J. & Barbara G. Powell James K. & Leslie R. Powers Mark A. Prater Premier Leadership Coaching Gregory A. & Cecelia B. Presnell David F. Pressly Gary L. & Caroline C. Printy Sharon H. & Gary R. Proctor Puerto Rican Bar Association Barbara A. & Eric C. Puestow Quarles & Brady Mindy S. & Laurin D. Quiat Nathaniel T. & Holly Quirk F. A. & Jeanie B. Raffa John H. Rains IV Jonathan D. Ramsey Rahul P. Ranadive Charles M. Rand Kristen Rasmussen Edward N. Rauschkolb Tiffany C. Raush Rachel P. Ray D. Lawrence & Joan E. Rayburn Austin F. & Mary L. Reed Glenna J. Reeves Charles A. & Catherine L. Reinhardt William E. & Catherine G. Reischmann Jack R. & Jill S. Reiter Renaissance Charitable Foundation James M. & Susan L. Repetti Kimberly Bonder & Paul W. Rezanka Darryl R. & Kristen P. Richards E. J. & Theresa R. Richardson Matthew J. Richardson Hugh A. & Melissa B. Richeson Janice Matson & Dale J. Rickert Michael Riley & Caroline Armstrong-Riley Peter A. & Kimberly B. Rivellini Kathleen H. & Jon W. Roberts, Jr. Tance E. & Michael Z. Roberts William C. Roberts & Emily

Lavenue-Roberts Dwayne A. Robinson David A. & Loretta J. Roby Simon A. & Jessica B. Rodell Scott L. & Pamela E. Rogers Katrina D. & Garrison A. Rolle Brian A. & Veronica T. Roof John F. & Sandra L. Roscow Kelly B. & David A. Rose Marisa E. Rosen Howard M. Rosenblatt &

Eve D. Ackerman Louis K. & Denise D. Rosenbloum Lindsay A. Roshkind Larry M. Roth Bradley P. & Victoria Rothman Ronald L. & Barbara B. Rowland Marta L. & Beny L. Rub Alan L. & Suzanne D. Rubens Kenneth M. & Annmarie Rubin Eric S. & Betsy L. Ruff Anne K. Russell Kerry A. Ryan & Noaman W. Siddiqi Ronnie A. Sabb Kelly K. Samek

DISTINGUISHED DONORS

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Charles T. & Linda Sands Thomas G. Santomaggio John A. & Cheryl L. Sapora Scott M. & Michelle A. Sarason Lindsay M. Saxe Bradley M. & Denise H. Saxton Lynn M. Schackow Paul J. & Virginia T. Scheck Harold G. & Shelley S. Schenker The Schifrin Foundation Mark Schifrin Ryan A. Schmid Gustav L. Schmidt & Erin M. Swick David A. Schmudde Tura L. Schnebly Samantha Schosberg Feuer &

Leonard S. Feuer Lee A. Schreiber & Joseph B. Papp III Lorinda M. & Wayne A. Schreier Darren A. & Michelle L. Schwartz David C. Schwartz Darren Schweiger Scroggin & Company Jeffrey D. & Karen L. Segal Mike & Ronna Segal Monica C. Segura John H. & Julie H. Seibert Jan K. & Susan C. Seiden Julie L. Sellers Jeremy M. & Christine R. Sensenig Thomas R. & Dorothy A. B. Shahady Richard D. & Robin Shane Nicholas A. & Carol B. Shannin Myron Shapiro & Lynda R. Colaizzi Kevin Sharbaugh L. David & Casey Shear David B. & Mary K. Shelton Robyn A. & Gary Shelton Francis H. Sheppard James W. & Kathleen R. Sherby Kellye A. Shoemaker Christopher M. Shulman Edward & Helen D. Siegel Ronald L. Siegel Patricia I. Sierra Sidney S. & Ruthie Simmons Corinne R. Simon Michael D. & Jennifer L. Simons Dwayne J. Simpson Kelly B. & Lorianne R. Sims Roger W. & Debbie Sims Suzanne A. Singer Patrick W. & Joanne M. Skelton Susan Slagle & Byron Thompson Donald D. & Jeannett B. Slesnick Darryl F. Smith Frederick D. Smith G. A. & Alpha S. Smith Larry G. & Emmalyn M. Smith Phyllis C. & James W. Smith III T. Howard & Nancy S. Smith Thomas B. & Jill S. Smith Timothy L. Smith David Smolker & Pamela W. Ross Mark D. Snider David L. Sobel James M. Sowell, Jr. Scott A. & Pamela R. Specht Martin J. & Faith Sperry Mitchell H. & Jacqueline Spingarn William B. & Michelle Spottswood Springfield LawFrancis E. & Jennifer B. Springfield Susan L. St. John Brian J. & Elizabeth T. Stack Gerald F. Stack Ali & Rosemary K. Steinbach Benjamin J. & Stacey B. Steinberg Mal & Andrea Steinberg Sara E. Stephenson William J. Stewart, Jr.

Edward T. & Virginia Stockbridge Richard L. Stockton Pamela D. Stolba Kimarie R. Stratos Martin E. Strauch Michael H. Streater Robert M. & Sue A. Strickland Janet R. Studley & Robert P. Trout Fradyn Suarez Douglas R. Sullenberger Timon V. Sullivan Daniel Y. Sumner Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan James H. & Ninon K. Sutton Benjamin A. & Jennifer J. Swift Brian K. Szilvasy & Emily Hooks William E. & Dee Tabor Joseph Q. & Carolyn N. Tarbuck James A. & Lisa B. Taylor L. Haldane & Dee A. Taylor Raymond E. & Deborah A. Taylor Robert L. & Elizabeth A. Taylor Shawn M. Taylor Tara L. Tedrow Robert J. Telfer, Jr. Harry & Vivian W. Tempkins Lynsey A. Templeton L. James Teper Tescher & SpallinaThe Community Foundation Themis Bar Review Robert M. Thomas Emerson R. & Geraldine F.

Thompson Robert G. & Amy J.P. Thornhill Thomas H. & Sandra H. Thurlow Wesley D. & Lara J. Tibbals James B. & Elizabeth B. Tilghman Mary K. & Charles T. Tinsley, IV Mark N. Tipton Jeffrey A. & Tanya M. Tochner Wesley A. & Carly C. Todd Diane A. Tomlinson Laurie E. & Randy L. Torban Jason M. Trager Kenneth A. & Cynthia U. Treadwell Trenam & KemkerClemon W. Tripp, Jr. Jeffrey T. Troiano Richard B. & Lisa L. Troutman Christopher M. & Shannon Tuccitto Tucker/HallArik G. Turner & Marcie L. Labrake M. Stephen Turner Deborah K. Tyson Michael A. Ungerbuehler H Leslie A. Utiger Ketan S. & Shula Vakil Jose F. & Teresa H. Valdivia Wilbert R. Vancol Dale W. & Frances P. Vash David R. & Christie J. Vetter Thomas F. & Ashlee E. Villanti S. Carey Villeneuve Natasha L. Waglow Sylvia H. & Daniel R. Walbolt Mark E. & Karen D. Walker Robert D. Walker, Jr. Sarah M. Walker-Guthrie John R. & Erin B. Wallace Ariana F. Wallizada Richard I. & Harriet P. Wallsh James F. & Peggy H. Walsh Peter J. Walsh James E. & Kristen M. Walson Carolyn R. & Austin R. Ward Susan K. Warheit Daniel H. & Julie W. Waters James A. & Kay S. Watson Joshua C. Webb Andrew H. Weinstein

Jeffrey S. & Bethanne L. Weiss Ricky J. Weiss Steven J. Wernick Fowler C. West Jennifer A. & Gail L. West F. Scott & Tia N. Westheimer Bill & Judy White William Carter White Wilbert’s Lauren M. Wilcox Thomas J. & Jean A. Wilkes Williams Parker Harrison Dietz & GetzenCharlotte W. & Sean T. Williams Erica K. Williams Fred & Kara C. Williams Jorja M. Williams Joseph H. & Carole W. Williams Monica J. Williams Robert F. & Alaine S. Williams Sarah Ritterhoff & Daniel C. Williams Warren E. & Marilyn B. Williams Mary P. Williamson Alexandra N. Wilson Harry M. & Mary J. Wilson Monica L. Wilson Thomas G. Wilson III C. Douglas Wingate Gail I. Winson

Richard I. Withers Nicholas J. Wittner Edward O. & Willa J. Wolcott Craig G. Wolfson Mark J. & Myra S. Wolfson Tanya T. Wollery-Williams Edward B. & Linda P. Woodbery Mitchel E. & Candice G. Woodlief Joseph R. Worst Elisa S. Worthington Art & Mary E. Wroble Jay A. Yagoda Bruce I. & Betsy F. Yegelwel Laura Minton & Robert E. Young Robert L. & Mary H. Young Sara A. Younger Andrew W. Zerbock Louise B. Zeuli William K. Zewadski♦Anton H. & Janet Zidansek Joan W. Zinober Peter W. Zinober Nikitas G. & Jessica R. Zissimopulos William P. & Jeannie B. Zox

(d) denotes deceased

Law Firm GivingThe Law Firm Giving program encourages Gators to make a gift to the University of Florida Levin College of Law to support a variety of worthwhile programs. Listed are the firm names, office locations and volunteer champions of the participating firms in the categories of 100 percent and 50-99 percent. Thank you for your engagement!

100% Participation• Alston & Bird, Charlotte

Champion: Brian Bokor• Broad and Cassel, Orlando Champion: Laura J. Thacker• Coker, Schickel, Sorenson &

Posgay, Jacksonville Champion: Matthew Posgay• Dean Mead, Melbourne Champion: Felipe Guerrero• Fabiani & Hope, Gainesville Champion: David Sams• Johnson, Pope, Bokor, Ruppel &

Burns, Clearwater Champion: Wally Pope • Johnson, Pope, Bokor, Ruppel

& Burns, Tampa Champion: Wally Pope • Leavengood & Nash, St.

Petersburg Champion: Ian Leavengood• Levin, Papantonio, Thomas,

Mitchell, Rafferty & Proctor, Pensacola

Champion: Robert Blanchard and Virginia Buchanan

• Pressly & Pressly, West Palm Beach Champion: Grier Pressly

50%-99% Participation• Brown, Garganese, Weiss &

D’Agresta, Orlando Champion: Jeffrey Weiss• Casey Ciklin Lubitz Martens &

O’Connell, West Palm Beach Champion: Jessica Callow Mason• Clark, Partington, Hart, Larry, Bond

& Stackhouse, Pensacola Champion: Jesse Rigby• Davis & Harman, Washington, D.C. Champion: Tad Davis• Dean Mead, Fort Pierce Champion: Felipe Guerrero• Dean Mean, Orlando Champion: Felipe Guerrero• Farr, Farr, Emerich, Hackett, and

Carr, Punta Gorda Champion: Jack Hackett• Fassett, Anthony & Taylor, Orlando Champion: Ladd Fassett• Greenberg Traurig, West Palm Beach Champion: Lorie Gleim• Holland & Knight, Tampa Champion: Mike Maguire• Jakab Law, Jacksonville Champion: Kevin Jakab• Kubicki and Draper, Florida Offices Champion: Betsy Gallagher• Leopold Law, West Palm Beach Champion: Greg Weiss• Levine Kellogg Lehman Schneider +

Grossman, Miami Champion: Andrew Brown• Page, Eichenblatt, Bernbaum &

Bennett, Orlando Champion: Nick Shannin• Shook, Hardy & Bacon, Tampa Champion: Cathy Kamm• Sutherland Asbill & Brennan, Atlanta Champion: Jonathan Feldman

DISTINGUISHED DONORS

Florida Moot Court President Dylan Shea

(JD 13) had a plan. As he took over leadership

of the team for the 2012-2013 school year, Shea

realized that a leap into the nation’s top ranks

required the Florida Moot Court Team to travel

to more events, and that required more money.

So Shea began calling former Florida Moot

Court presidents and members, spearheading

a drive to raise money for an endowment that

would consistently pay for team travel.

“We realized that we were never going to be able to grow to the size that

we needed to go to and compete on that national scale unless we had more

money,” said Shea, an associate real estate practitioner with Lowndes,

Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed, P.A. in Orlando.

C. Andrew Roy (JD 11), an associate with Winderweedle, Haines, Ward and

Woodman, P.A. in Orlando who specializes in bankruptcy, creditor’s rights and

appellate work, was among the former presidents who answered the call.

“Our competitions are the heart of what we do and it really helps us develop

as students and as lawyers,” Roy said after a recent moot court competition in

the Martin H. Levin Advocacy Center courtroom. “I competed every semester

while I was in school, and it really gave me a passion for doing appellate work.”

Thanks to their efforts, the endowment is well on its way to becoming a reality.

—Dylan Shea (JD 13)Real estate practitioner, AssociateLowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed, P.A., Orlando

GIVING… for the best moot court team

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(Loyalty Society members are recognized in the online version of the Annual Report). Please note: Names are listed for gifts of $100 and up. Names followed by a diamond (♦) are life members of the Trusler Society. Those names followed by a star (H) are Premium Charter Members of the UF Law Young Alumni Society. (d) denotes deceased.

Class of 1947No. in Class: 17Participation: 6%Founders Society - silverRobert M. Ervin

Class of 1948Class Total: $175.00No. in Class: 51Participation: 4%Enrichment SocietyWilliam C. Owen, Jr.

Class of 1949Class Total: $410.00No. in Class: 66Participation: 6%

Enrichment SocietyJohn A. JonesJohn E. NorrisLarry G. Smith

Class of 1950Class Total: $1,125.00No. in Class: 59Participation: 5%Trusler SocietyParker L. McDonaldEnrichment SocietyWm. A. Oughterson

Class of 1951Class Total: $9,337.72No. in Class: 71Participation: 8%Founders Society - platinumJames D. Camp, Jr.Founders Society - silverMandell GlicksbergEnrichment SocietyGeorge A. DietzWilliam T. Harrison, Jr.G. A. Smith, Judge

Class of 1953No. in Class: 40Participation: 3%

Founders Society - goldCharles W. Abbott

Class of 1954Class Total: $32,000.00No. in Class: 31Participation: 16%Founders Society - goldE. G. (Dan) BooneRobert L. TrohnPartnersStephen H. GrimesTrusler SocietyDonald J. Forman

Class of 1955Class Total: $2,350.00No. in Class: 28Participation: 11%PartnersW. Ray FortnerEnrichment SocietyW. Dexter Douglass (d)Edward Siegel

Class of 1956Class Total: $30,569.29No. in Class: 31Participation: 16%Founders Society - gold

William V. GrumanEnrichment SocietyLouie N. Adcock, Jr.Peter T. FayRobert P. Gaines

Class of 1957Class Total: $21,755.40No. in Class: 40Participation: 23%Founders Society - platinumJohn M. McNatt, Jr.Founders Society - silverA. Ward Wagner, Jr.Enrichment SocietyPaul W. Danahy, Jr.James O. DriscollJose A. Gonzalez, Jr.William L. HendryDaniel M. Hunter

Class of 1958Class Total: $25,300.00No. in Class: 50Participation: 6%Founders Society - goldT. Terrell Sessums, Sr.Enrichment SocietyClarence T. Johnson, Jr.Lewis M. Kanner

Class of 1959Class Total: $220.00No. in Class: 52Participation: 6%Enrichment SocietyRobert J. BoylstonJoseph Q. Tarbuck

Class of 1960Class Total: $5,025.00No. in Class: 57Participation: 11%AssociatesJames C. Rinaman, Jr.Trusler SocietyBill WagnerEnrichment SocietyThomas R. BrownRobert A. KimbroughL. David Shear

J.D. Alumni By Class. Alumni from many graduating classes made financial com-mitments to help the college grow stronger and expand programs and services, thereby permitting the college to strive toward its full potential.

C. Andrew Roy (JD 11), in front, with members of the 2013-2014 Moot Court Team in the Martin H. Levin Advo-cacy Center Courtroom. From left are Jennie Fine (2L), Sam Spinner (2L), Andrew Oppen-heim (2L) and Becki Eikleberry (2L).

Please report any correc-tions to Missy Poole at poole@law.ufl.edu or call 352-273-0647.

Class of 1961Class Total: $32,075.00No. in Class: 65Participation: 12%Founders Society - platinumFredric G. LevinFounders Society - silverRaymond W. RoyceTrusler SocietyGov. Kenneth H. “Buddy”

MacKay, Jr.Enrichment SocietyRobert J. CarrC. Parkhill Mays, Jr.Thomas H. Thurlow, Jr.

Class of 1962Class Total: $11,650.00No. in Class: 90Participation: 14%Founders Society - silverDuBose AusleyErnest A. Sellers

Trusler SocietyNorman BroadEnrichment SocietyByron B. BlockBruce S. BullockJ. Edward CurrenRobin GibsonJ. Charles GrayPeter C. JonesR. Layton MankDavid P. NewmanWilliam Carter White

Class of 1963Class Total: $10,875.00No. in Class: 84Participation: 12%Founders Society - goldJohn C. BierleyPartnersBruce S. RogowAssociatesTad Davis

Trusler SocietyLarry S. StewartEnrichment SocietyRobert G. BlalockChester E. Clem, Jr.Murray KanetskyWilliam B. LoudenSylvia H. Walbolt

Class of 1964Class Total: $5,430.00No. in Class: 124Participation: 8%Founders Society - silverCharles T. WellsPartnersGerald F. RichmanEnrichment SocietyW. Reynolds AllenHaywood M. BallP. Ause Brown, Jr.Stephen B. DukeStephen D. GardnerRobert M. JohnsonRichard L. Kuersteiner

Class of 1965Class Total: $6,925.00No. in Class: 128Participation: 9%Founders Society - silverStumpy HarrisTrusler SocietySteve C. HorowitzRichard H. WilsonEnrichment SocietyRussell P. ChubbCharles E. CommanderWallace H. HallBenjamin H. Hill IIIRobert A. LazenbyThomas R. ShahadyM. Stephen Turner

Class of 1966Class Total: $106,990.00No. in Class: 166Participation: 9%Founders Society - platinumW. Kelly SmithTrusler SocietyJ. Thomas CardwellAllan P. ClarkEnrichment SocietyAllan M. BlueL. Kinder Cannon IIIRobert B. CochonourThomas C. DunnRutledge R. LilesL. E. McClellan, Jr.George R. MoraitisCharles P. Pillans IIIStephen J. PowellGregory A. PresnellJohn F. Roscow III

Class of 1967Class Total: $19,315.00No. in Class: 197Participation: 9%Founders Society - silverEdward C. KitchenSamuel C. UllmanAssociatesBarry S. SinoffTrusler SocietyBarry R. DavidsonCouncil Wooten, Jr.Enrichment SocietyJeanne Dawes Crenshaw

John A. DeVault IIIW. Ford DuaneRobert J. Head, Jr.Dorsey F. Henderson, Jr.Roger A. LarsonJohn J. LazzaraAlexander C. MacKinnonMichael D. MartinJ. Michael McCarthyEdward B. Woodbery

Class of 1968Class Total: $12,205.00No. in Class: 178Participation: 9%Founders Society - goldAndrew C. HallJustus W. Reid, Sr.AssociatesPatrick E. Geraghty, Sr.Trusler SocietyHerbert L. Allen♦Richard C. AusnessWilliam L. Kirk, Jr.Enrichment SocietyDouglas D. Batchelor, Jr.Stephen J. BozarthColonel Edwin F. HornbrookRobert D. McIntoshJohn D. McKey, Jr.Charles T. SandsDonald D. Slesnick IIMitchell H. SpingarnWarren E. Williams

Class of 1969Class Total: $111,822.77No. in Class: 175Participation: 11%Founders Society - goldFred W. Pope, Jr.Stephen H. ReynoldsPartnersRobert W. Mead, Jr.Trusler SocietyGeorge W. RoheWilliam K. Zewadski♦Enrichment SocietyMarc A. CiancaCharles H. EgertonWilliam A. EvansJohn F. Harkness, Jr.Thomas B. Hyman, Jr.Timothy A. Johnson, Jr.Henry E. Mallue, Jr.Noel H. NationBen PattersonMike SegalWilliam J. Stewart, Jr.Robert F. WilliamsPeter W. Zinober

Class of 1970Class Total: $4,200.00No. in Class: 195Participation: 6%Trusler SocietyJoseph C. Mellichamp IIIEnrichment SocietyHoward W. BrillJohn M. BrumbaughDabney L. ConnerH. Vernon DavidsGuy S. EmerichW. Scott GabrielsonChristy F. HarrisDonald A. LykkebakHarry Tempkins

Class of 1971Class Total: $13,050.00No. in Class: 214Participation: 7%Founders Society - platinumStephen N. ZackFounders Society - goldW. C. GentryAssociatesLeslie J. BarnettRobert S. BoltEnrichment SocietyLarry B. AlexanderDarryl M. BloodworthRobert V. DussPhillip R. FinchWilliam J. GundlachJ. Fraser HimesLouis F. Hubener IIIMartin J. SperryRobert J. Telfer, Jr.L. James Teper

Class of 1972Class Total: $58,651.54No. in Class: 341Participation: 11%Founders Society - goldGene K. GlasserJeffrey W. WarrenFounders Society - silverBruce H. BokorHal H. KantorJames G. Pressly, Jr.Clifford A. SchulmanPartnersMark L. HorwitzAssociatesT. W. AckertMark HicksTrusler SocietyG. Thomas BallDonald S. KohlaEnrichment SocietyJames W. AlmandAllan L. CaseyChristopher M. FearStephen F. GertzmanFrank B. Gummey IIIDavid L. KahnG. Carson McEachern IIIWilliam D. McFarlane, Jr.Manuel Menendez, Jr.James S. Moody, Jr.James P. NilonDavid A. SchmuddeJames W. SherbyL. Haldane TaylorRobert L. TaylorDale W. VashHarry M. Wilson III

Class of 1973Class Total: $27,526.64No. in Class: 378Participation: 9%Founders Society – platinumJohn H. DasburgFounders Society - silverBuddy SchulzBarristersMartha L. CochranPartnersAbraham M. Shashy, Jr.AssociatesPhilip A. DeLaneyTrusler SocietyKenneth C. EllisMary B. Ellis

The Class of 2013 continued the tradition of presenting a class gift at commencement by raising $50,500 in cash and pledges. Many thanks to class gift co-chairs Ryan Gilbert and Wes Stephens and to all who donated.

Class Gift

Samantha AylwardBenjamin BairdOlga BalderasLaura BeardKristin BelsitoKeegan BerryPaydon BroederAndrew CaseyKurt CiellAlexander CobbEbony CobbCamilla CohenFrank ComparettoDinelia ConcepcionMitchell CooperJonas CummingsPaul D’AlessandroMayra Del RioAmanda DelbustoTara DiJohnDaniel DiMatteoGlen DouglasDavid EmasBonnie FosterSarah FosterJoel GarlandKelly GayHayley GersonRyan GilbertDaniel GimbelAaron GoldmanLawrence GonzalezKatherine GudaitisAdam GuercioMichael HackerBrent HartmanConnor HaskinsSara Heuer

Sara HoffmanTyler HudsonSarah JeckChristopher JohnsonPhilip KeglerNicole KunclKelly LenahanAlexander LeonAndrick LewisLauren LewisBenjamin LichterMatthew LivesayRobin LucasDavid MaassAsim MandhaiLeila MattimoreJason MaysStephen McCullersAlexandra MenegakisChase NugentNicole OscherErica PerdomoAmanda PerezKevin RabinJessica RabinowitzLauren RehmGrant SchnellDylan SheaAmanda SmithDana SomersteinWes StephensBrian TackenbergPhilip Takacs-SenskeJohn TerwillegerSamantha TuckerTamara Van HeelLauren WajsmanYekaterina Zhukova

J.D. ALUMNI

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Leighton D. Yates, Jr.Enrichment SocietyGeorge Z. BatehJoseph W. BeasleyNathan M. BiskPaul M. CummingsGeorge R. Dekle, Sr.F. Joseph DuBrayGeorge S. DunnLynn J. HinsonAndrew J. MarkusMichael J. MonchickHugh A. Richeson, Jr.Jan K. SeidenFrederick D. SmithMal SteinbergRaymond E. Taylor, Jr.Kenneth A. TreadwellJoseph H. WilliamsArt WrobleRobert L. Young

Class of 1974Class Total: $71,256.65No. in Class: 278Participation: 11%Founders Society - goldRichard P. ColeFounders Society - silverRobert E. Glennon, Jr.K. Lawrence GraggEdward F. KorenRobert M. KramerPartnersAndrew J. FawbushGwynne A. YoungAssociatesJ.P. Carolan IIITrusler SocietyStephen B. GillmanFrederick W. JonesHarley E. Riedel IIEnrichment SocietyTimothy G. AndersonJ. Victor BarriosRobert S. CrossClay S. Davis, Jr.Daniel D. EckertTheodore A. Erck IIIM. Lanning FoxRev. Robert C. GibbonsGarry M. GlickmanJ. Bruce HoffmannNorman L. HullJeffrey B. MarksRay W. PennebakerLouis K. RosenbloumRoger W. SimsJames M. Sowell, Jr.Bill WhiteBruce I. Yegelwel

Class of 1975Class Total: $34,161.66No. in Class: 352Participation: 11%Founders Society - silverMaureen G. GraggBarristersAlan M. Gerlach, Jr.PartnersJohn W. CampbellAnne C. ConwayTheodore A. DeckertAssociatesRodney W. SmithTrusler SocietyJames B. BarnesRobert M. Harris

B. Douglas Hind-Marsh♦John A. Shipley IIIM. Stephen Smith IIIEnrichment SocietyBarry A. AbbottBernie A. Barton, Jr.Carlton F. BennettJeffrey F. BerinRandy R. BriggsSusan S. DemersChristopher A. DetzelJacob FishmanCharles V. GagliardiRobert A. HeekinJeffrey A. HirschJohn H. JonesJohn E. Lawlor IIIRobert C. MalandPatrick F. MaroneyJennifer M. ParkerJerrold K. PhillipsAustin F. ReedLarry M. RothPatrick W. SkeltonDaniel Y. SumnerJames B. Tilghman, Jr.Clemon W. Tripp, Jr.Jose F. Valdivia, Jr.Craig G. Wolfson

Class of 1976Class Total: $33,514.24No. in Class: 375Participation: 8%Founders Society - goldBetsy E. GallagherFounders Society - silverElizabeth A. JenkinsPartnersWilliam A. BoylesBecky Powhatan KelleyMarjorie Bekaert ThomasWilliam A. WeberAssociatesRobert D. Critton, Jr.Trusler SocietyWilliam H. FergusonDaniel B. HarrellStephen W. SeemerEnrichment SocietyMichael R. BandMark P. BuellJames N. Daniel IIISally A. DornJack J. FineMarilynn G. Koonce-LindseyMark F. LewisJames J. LongAlan K. McCallMarilyn Wolf PetersonGlenna J. ReevesCharles A. Reinhardt, Jr.Tura L. SchneblyJanet R. StudleyJohn R. Wallace

Class of 1977Class Total: $17,805.00No. in Class: 318Participation: 7%PartnersLauren Y. DetzelJesse W. RigbyJohn J. ScrogginTrusler SocietyBarbara J. StarosEnrichment SocietyBruce D. AustinJoan F. Beer

David H. EvaulDon H. GoodeFreddie L. GoodeCharles J. Kahn, Jr.Roy H. LasrisCharles S. ModellThomas B. Smith

Class of 1978Class Total: $101,610.00No. in Class: 371Participation: 10%Founders Society - goldCheryl R. PeekDavid H. PeekPartnersW. Crit SmithTrusler SocietyDennis M. CampbellPatricia P. H. JonesDaniel F. MolonyPeter P. MurnaghanEnrichment SocietyF. Catfish AbbottMarci AdlerJeanelle G. BronsonTheotis BronsonJay P. CohenKaye CollieJames E. Eaton, Jr.Richard D. FultzMelinda Penney GamotCheryl L. GordonRobert E. GordonPeter J. GravinaMark S. KesslerChauncey W. Lever, Jr.Grace N. ManneRobert J. MerlinFrancis E. Pierce IIIJeffrey D. SegalMichael H. StreaterThomas J. Wilkes, Jr.

Class of 1979Class Total: $60,455.00No. in Class: 321Participation: 12%Founders Society - goldCarol M. BrewerBrian M. O’ConnellFounders Society - silverLadd H. FassettLindy L. PaullLawrence E. Sellers, Jr.PartnersJack O. Hackett II

David M. LaymanDavid S. PresslyAssociatesPeter T. KirkwoodTrusler SocietyJames B. Murphy, Jr.Enrichment SocietyChristine K. BilodeauFaye A. BurnerV. Robert Denham, Jr.James A. EdwardsJeanette K. HelfrichCraig P. HoffmanGlenn R. HoskenNeisen O. KasdinMichael J. KornAlfred J. MalefattoMoria RozensonBetsy L. RuffEric S. RuffHarold G. SchenkerDavid L. SobelScott A. SpechtRichard L. StocktonTimon V. SullivanJennifer A. WestGail I. Winson

Class of 1980Class Total: $29,057.50No. in Class: 349Participation: 7%Founders Society – platinumMary Lou D. DasburgFounders Society - goldPeter J. GenzPartnersRandolph J. RushAssociatesMark S. PetersTrusler SocietyRichard B. ComiterEnrichment SocietyAnonymous Penny H. BrillUsher L. BrownCharles A. BufordPatrick C. CrowellRobert I. GoldfarbCynthia A. HawkinsMichael S. HawleyRobin Paul MalloyNeil M. O’TooleMarshall R. PasternackCharles M. RandRichard B. Troutman

Richard I. WallshC. Douglas Wingate

Class of 1981Class Total: $41,500.34No. in Class: 376Participation: 10%Founders Society - goldCasey JohnsonMichael D. MintonFounders Society - silverKenneth R. JohnsonKimberly L. JohnsonBarristersJeffrey D. FeldmanTrusler SocietySusan E. CookCynthia A. HollowayCheryl K. LindgrenRobert R. LindgrenJames E. MoyeDavid H. VickreyEnrichment SocietyMary C. ArpeR. Mason BlakeRaymond O. BodifordPatricia L. Burquest-FultzFrederick C. Craig, Jr.Alan H. DanielsCherie H. FineStephen E. FogelPhares M. HeindlJesus M. HeviaNancy H. JacksonWilliam S. JoseyBrian B. JoslynMarvin A. KirsnerMartha A. LottNeal G. PattonMindy S. QuiatD. Lawrence RayburnHoward M. Rosenblatt

Class of 1982Class Total: $36,720.00No. in Class: 391Participation: 10%

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The Office of Development and Alumni Affairs coordinates alumni

activities and fundraising for the Levin College of Law. This includes

activities of the Law Center Association, Inc. Board of Trustees and the

Law Alumni Council. To make a contribution, please make your check

payable to UF Law Center Association to the address below. Donations

are tax-deductible as allowed by law. For more information on making an

endowed or estate gift, please contact: Lauren Wilcox, senior director of

Development & Alumni Affairs, at 352-273-0640 or wilcox@law.ufl.edu.

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PartnersJeffery A. BooneJohn C. BovayJohn N. GiordanoLouis NostroGary L. PrintyOscar A. SanchezMark SomersteinAssociatesMargaret D. MathewsTrusler SocietyKaren Meyer BuesingRichard C. Pfenniger, Jr.Enrichment SocietyCatherine B. BowlesKathryn Angell CarrAlys N. DanielsDavid A. EatonAlan S. GassmanMichael J. GelfandLinda R. GetzenRobert F. GoodrichLucy T. GraetzMichael P. HaymansRobert F. HooglandGrant C. JaquithRobert L. JenningsSusan S. LernerMichael R. LevinRita A. H. LowndesMarybeth McDonaldDavid B. NorrisRobert V. Potter, Jr.Darryl R. RichardsE. J. RichardsonKenneth M. RubinDavid SmolkerEdward T. StockbridgeMark J. WolfsonMitchel E. Woodlief

Class of 1983Class Total: $18,695.84No. in Class: 333Participation: 10%Founders Society - goldScott G. HawkinsBarristersJames A. GalePartnersEugenio HernandezGeorge A. VakaAssociatesScott C. IlgenfritzTrusler SocietyPerry G. GrumanEnrichment SocietyThomas J. AliM. Robert BlanchardLavinia J. DierkingDyanne E. FeinbergSusan G. GoffmanJohn E. HaleCecile B. HartiganRichard H. HiersEdmond D. JohnsonSuzanne D. LanierRussell D. LevittKeith G. MedleauDennis R. O’ConnorHenry Stephen PennypackerWilliam E. Reischmann, Jr.Lorinda M. SchreierSidney S. Simmons IILouise B. Zeuli

Class of 1984Class Total: $13,025.00No. in Class: 321Participation: 9%Founders Society - goldEdward DowneyPartnersMichael A. BedkeTrusler SocietyBill BoneAllen N. Jelks, Jr.Enrichment SocietyDavid J. AkinsMark G. AlexanderStephen M. DurdenBrian T. FitzgeraldP. Campbell FordMichael L. GoreCynthia Z. MacKinnonAlexandra M. MacLennanElizabeth C. MarshallElizabeth T. McBrideMichael L. O’NeillCatherine G. ReischmannKelly B. SimsJennifer B. SpringfieldBrian J. StackKimarie R. StratosDavid R. VetterSarah Ritterhoff Williams

Class of 1985Class Total: $18,436.00No. in Class: 363Participation: 9%BarristersEugene K. PettisAssociatesPhyllis P. HarrisTrusler SocietyRaul A. CuervoEduardo PalmerWilliam J. Schifino, Jr.Michael W. SmithEnrichment SocietyAnderson L. Baldy IIIR. Gregory ColvinBrenna M. DurdenSteven EllisonGregg H. FiermanAriadne M. FitzgeraldLinda C. HankinsTimothy M. IngramMichael G. KermanWilliam F. LangdonJohn E. LeightonDaniel F. McIntoshTheresa A. ParrishJames K. PowersLee A. SchreiberAli SteinbachLisa L. TroutmanSalome J. Zikakis

Class of 1986Class Total: $15,423.64No. in Class: 387Participation: 6%BarristersDouglas A. WrightAssociatesJeffrey R. DollingerTrusler SocietyEric S. GrumanEnrichment SocietyJ. Parker AilstockThomas T. AnkersenFrank M. Bedell

Mary C. CrottyJeffrey R. ElkinStephen V. HoffmanScott E. HuntLucy W. KermanRobert M. LoehrKevin M. McCartyJohnny L. Miller, Jr.Bill A. ParadyFrank A. Pavese, Jr.Hugh W. PerryT. Howard Smith, Jr.James A. Taylor IIISusan K. Warheit

Class of 1987Class Total: $11,660.00No. in Class: 373Participation: 6%PartnersLaura J. ThackerAssociatesJohn H. Dyer, Jr.Karen C. DyerEnrichment SocietyAnne M. BaldyJane D. CallahanCanon Kurt H. DunkleHarolyn H. DuttWendy R. EnglandRonald M. GacheKenneth B. GoldsmithJohn F. HalulaDavid S. LieberHelen W. McAfeeDennis J. McGlothinGregory M. PalmerGary M. PappasKathleen M. PaustianRonnie A. SabbDavid C. SchwartzJeffrey S. Weiss

Class of 1988Class Total: $8,292.40No. in Class: 364Participation: 5%Associates Kolleen P. CobbDarrell W. PayneTrusler SocietyR. Craig CooleyR. Scott CostantinoEnrichment SocietyGlenn A. AdamsRobert B. BattistaVirginia M. BuchananJonathan S. ColemanKraig A. ConnRobin K. DavisRobert T. GeisHenry N. GillmanNancy P. HalulaClifford C. HigbyFrank A. LandgraffBrian A. McDowellWilliam E. Tabor, Jr.

Class of 1989Class Total: $10,133.00No. in Class: 355Participation: 6%AssociatesJohn T. Rogerson IIITrusler SocietyMark A. AveraMichael FergusonBruce D. LandrumC. Richard Newsome

Enrichment SocietyJoseph E. AnkusJudith E. BeasleyRhonda B. BoggessW. Bard BrockmanMarc D. ChapmanPatrick S. CousinsDonald A. DvornikAndrew D. FisherCaroline E. KasperAna C. MartinezCharles P. MitchellEric T. OlsenMarta L. RubRobert D. Walker, Jr.

Class of 1990Class Total: $6,315.00No. in Class: 375Participation: 6%AssociatesDavid L. BilskerTrusler SocietyLeenetta B. GrizzardTate TaylorEnrichment SocietyGregory S. BandTracy D. ChapmanDerrick E. CoxThomas P. CrappsRobert B. Gough IIIBernardo LopezJohn D. MalkowskiDavid E. MallenEdward M. MullinsBradley M. Saxton

Class of 1991Class Total: $9,150.00No. in Class: 375Participation: 6%PartnersBradford D. KimbroAssociatesChris W. BoyettEnrichment SocietyDavid A. BrennenKelly-Ann G. CartwrightJohn R. DierkingLarry C. FrareyMichael D. KaminerJon A. MorrisRima Y. MullinsSylvia G. NorrisRobert J. PileKimberly Bonder RezankaScott L. RogersKatrina D. RolleKelly B. RoseMark N. Tipton

Class of 1992Class Total: $13,675.00No. in Class: 363Participation: 4%PartnersJohn W. Randolph, Jr.Associates DeeDee C. SmithEnrichment SocietyNeil A. DeLeonS. Katherine FrazierPamela S. JeevesCaren L. LoguercioBarbara A. PuestowPamela E. RogersJohn A. SaporaLynn M. Schackow

Diane A. TomlinsonMark E. Walker

Class of 1993Class Total: $18,970.00No. in Class: 405Participation: 7%PartnersScott G. BlewsAssociatesFrank S. GoldsteinTrusler SocietyBruce M. HarrisDonna L. LonghouseEnrichment SocietyJeffrey A. AronskyBrian J. BaggotNancy T. BaldwinYahn W. BernierHeather B. BrockGregory J. DeChurchJonathan D. GerberGregory S. HagopianWilliam J. HazzardVeronica S. McCrackinAmi R. PatelRachel P. RayJanice Matson RickertKathleen H. RobertsMichael D. SimonsRobert G. Thornhill IIIJeffrey A. TochnerKaren D. Walker

Class of 1994Class Total: $13,585.00No. in Class: 380Participation: 6%PartnersMatthew N. PosgayP. Kristen PresslyAssociatesMarc A. WitesEnrichment SocietyStacey Y. AdamsKenneth R. Fountain Tracy L. GerberKenneth P. HazouriLarry H. KuninMartin E. LeachThomas M. McAleaveyTheresa A. PennypackerSharon H. ProctorJack R. ReiterPaul J. ScheckCarol B. ShanninNicholas A. Shannin

Class of 1995Class Total: $6,985.00No. in Class: 378Participation: 4%Trusler SocietyLorie M. GleimKimberly R. KeravouriEnrichment SocietyScott E. AtwoodCaryn L. BellusMisty Taylor ChavesWillem A. DamanAnthony E. DenapoliTina A. DenapoliShane A. HartJoseph H. Lang, Jr.Christine R. SensenigCharlotte W. WilliamsTanya T. Wollery-Williams

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Class of 1996Class Total: $3,550.00No. in Class: 373Participation: 6%Enrichment SocietyCarolyn S. AnsayMichael R. AnsayDaniel K. CapesPatrick P. CollC. Joy L. FortsonAdriane M. IsenbergJames F. JohnstonFrank W. KenniastyCharles W. LammersScott MichelmanKathryn W. ObertoJeremy M. SensenigKetan S. VakilF. Scott Westheimer

Class of 1997Class Total: $9,870.00No. in Class: 372Participation: 5%PartnersBrian D. BurgoonRahul PatelAssociatesMaria C. CarantzasEnrichment SocietyJohn M. BelcastroChristina BohannanHope W. CalhounLerenzo CalhounRick R. ChavesChantal G. HookPhillip H. HutchinsonJeffrey A. JacobsJack T. KellerLara J. TibbalsChristopher M. Tuccitto

Class of 1998Class Total: $16,960.00No. in Class: 385Participation: 9%PartnersJ. Carter AndersenRebecca L. BrockMarco FerriTaylor K. RoseDavid M. SeiferGregory S. WeissTrusler SocietyBrent F. BradleyEnrichment SocietyBill R. AbramsEric N. AppletonBrannon B. BelcastroTina L. CaraballoMichael S. DorrisSantiago Eljaiek IIIEric M. EllsleyThomas J. Fraser, Jr.Jeffrey M. HazenBryan W. KeeneStephen M. LehrIvan A. MoralesKenneth S. PiernikBrian K. SzilvasyWesley D. TibbalsElisa S. Worthington

Class of 1999Class Total: $11,900.00No. in Class: 388Participation: 5%

PartnersJ. Grier Pressly IIIEnrichment SocietyBradley T. BordenKatie L. DearingAubrey H. Ducker, Jr.Jonathan A. FeldmanJoseph E. Fluet IIIDavid M. GonzalezBryan S. GowdyHolly J. GreerKimberly J. GustafsonMaureen M. HazenChristina V. LockwoodKathy-Ann W. MarlinCandy L. MessersmithJason W. Peterson

Class of 2000Class Total: $7,965.00No. in Class: 393Participation: 4%PartnersAsnardo Garro, Jr.Ian R. LeavengoodEnrichment SocietyDavid M. CayceSandra G. CayceMark H. DahlmeierDeborah S. EatonDianne FarbJulie L. SellersLaurie E. Torban

Class of 2001Class Total: $8,915.28No. in Class: 384Participation: 6%PartnersRobin L. LeavengoodTrusler SocietyStacey A. Prince-TroutmanEnrichment SocietyBen AlexanderFrank Cruz-AlvarezPaul E. De Hart IIIHBradley R. GouldScott L. HoustonMichael M. Mills, Jr.Terry F. NealyJeffrey A. NeimanWilliam C. Nijem, Jr.Lara Osofsky LeaderMonica J. Williams

Class of 2002Class Total: $4,775.02No. in Class: 402Participation: 6%Enrichment SocietyAmanda M. AbrahamJeffrey W. AbrahamSara S. BeckerSalvatore BochicchioNancy E. CasonShawn M. ClineJohn T. DekleByron D. FlaggAdam N. Frisch

“We give to the annual fund to give the

dean the flexibility to use the funds to

help meet the most current and pressing

needs of the law school.

“The law school and student organiza-

tions always have immediate needs

that were not adequately anticipated or

budgeted for. The annual fund gives the

dean a way to provide immediate fund-

ing to programs that need it the most

at a time when the funds are crucially

needed.”

—LADD FASSETT (JD 79) Commercial Trial Attorney Partner Fasset, Anthony & Taylor, P.A., Orlando

GIVING… for the unexpected

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Sierra D. FrischSteven T. Gold LaShawnda K. JacksonJames L. KauffmanBrian H. KochPhilip R. LammensSamantha Schosberg FeuerKellye A. ShoemakerFradyn SuarezMichael A. UngerbuehlerHNikitas G. Zissimopulos

Class of 2003Class Total: $7,035.00No. in Class: 428Participation: 6%Trusler SocietySarah CortvriendEnrichment SocietyLisa M. AcharekarNicole S. AllisonRobyn L. BatelmanJoshua L. BeckerBonnie C. DabollJames L. DavidsonBenjamin F. DiamondRoger D. HallPamela Jo HatleyKevin E. JakabNicole C. KibertSteven I. KleinJessica P. MalchowJessica C. MasonB. Darin PattonBradley P. RothmanKelly K. SamekStacey B. Steinberg

Class of 2004Class Total: $6,327.50No. in Class: 398Participation: 5%Trusler SocietyLuis A. MaldonadoEnrichment SocietyDouglas A. BatesLisa L. BatesLenore T. BrakefieldJoel R. FeldmanBrent A. GordonEmily HooksAdria M. JensenDarren K. McCartneyL. Robin McKinneyKenneth R. Noble IIIYong PengThomas G. SantomaggioJason M. TragerJames E. WalsonLaura Minton Young

Class of 2005Class Total: $8,945.77No. in Class: 376Participation: 8%AssociatesJulie C. MillerC. Ryan MorganTrusler SocietyAngela F. BenjaminDavid L. Benjamin Enrichment SocietyRobert A. CaplenSarah Z. CollinsBlake J. DelaneyMichael K. Freedman

Jarrett R. HoffmanCathy A. KammCarolyn M. KershnerKateena E. MannersMeredith NiewenhousAdina L. PollanWhitney M. UntiedtLeslie A. UtigerJennifer M. VossErica K. WilliamsThomas G. Wilson IIIJessica R. Zissimopulos

Class of 2006Class Total: $10,160.00No. in Class: 407Participation: 10%Trusler SocietyJeffrey P. LieserEnrichment SocietyJolyon D. AcostaJeffrey A. BekiaresJarrett D. BingemannKaitlin C. BinghamWillard A. BlairAmy N. BokorBrian K. BokorErik N. BonnettCourtney B. CaspRyan M. CorbettAshley N. CrispinMatthew A. CristJoshua D. CurryCharles T. Douglas, Jr.Stephanie DucheineAnthony P. FeliceEduardo J. FernandezDaniel J. GlassmanIvan D. IvanovKevin M. JinksSteve E. KellyHowell W. Melton IIIKristin Y. MeltonW. Edwards MunizAmanda D. PerryBrian A. RoofVeronica T. RoofJohn H. SeibertSara E. StephensonLynsey A. TempletonJeffrey T. TroianoJoseph R. Worst

Class of 2007Class Total: $13,725.07No. in Class: 445Participation: 13%Trusler SocietyGhada S. LieserEnrichment SocietyStephanie L. AdamsJeffrey L. AllenIan M. AlpersteinCecilia M. BidwellScott A. BowmanMichael P. CarolanBurns A. Dobbins IVChristina L. FaubelAshley K. FeasleyDina S. FinkelElizabeth B. FrockJennifer J. FrydrychowiczJessica Furst JohnsonJ. Seth GallowayChristian P. GeorgeMildred Gomez

Alexander HadjilogiouMichael V. HargettErin R. HinesMeghann Hoskinson BowmanJonathan P. HuelsLisa J. KanarekDaniel R. KosloskyGretchen M. LehmanBrian M. MalecKelly S. MeyersHolly R. MillerFarooq A. MithaKate B. MunkittrickThomas A. MunkittrickJohn M. PaglioNeil PatelCaroline C. PrintyGary L. Printy, Jr.Nathaniel T. QuirkJohn H. Rains IVCorinne R. SimonDwayne J. SimpsonDarryl F. SmithWilliam B. Spottswood, Jr.Carolyn R. WardJoshua C. WebbSteven J. WernickAlexandra N. Wilson

Class of 2008Class Total: $5,950.00No. in Class: 304Participation: 12%Enrichment SocietySteven J. AdamczykLauren M. AlpersteinJohn R. CampbellKristin E. CarpenterChristopher B. CortezElizabeth A. FaistBrandon P. FaulknerJeffrey A. GadboysNatalie F. Guerra-ValdesDiana L. HayesMichael A. HershMichael J. HooiSamuel J. HorovitzIlan G. KauferJoshua R. LevensonWilliam B. LewisGiannina MarinRyan D. MaxeyJamie L. MeolaMichael T. MorlockEdward N. RauschkolbSimon A. RodellLindsay A. RoshkindThomas F. VillantiS. Carey VilleneuveJorja M. Williams

Class of 2009Class Total: $6,725.00No. in Class: 419Participation: 10%Enrichment SocietyJoshua S. AltshulerDana M. ApfelbaumChristopher D. BaehmanAleksas A. BarauskasLance E. BerryJonathan M. BlockerDenise B. CazobonLisa ClasenChristine A. CovingtonDavid M. Crane

Lawrence J. DoughertyHunter S. EdwardsPatrick C. EmansMitchell W. GoldbergDennis C. GucciardoCorey HarrisHeather J. HowdeshellMohammad O. JazilJennifer Erin JonesNatalie C. LashwayBrian R. LevyAdam C. LoseyMary Catherine E. LoseyAlison L. MadduxEric D. NowakChristopher A. PavilonisJason A. PillMarisa E. RosenLindsay M. SaxeRichard D. ShaneShawn M. TaylorCarly C. ToddWesley A. ToddNatasha L. Waglow

Class of 2010Class Total: $9,850.00No. in Class: 381Participation: 13%Trusler SocietyTara J. NelsonEnrichment SocietyCary O. AronovitzKevin D. BarrRobert J. BraxtonClay M. CarltonPaul C. CipparoneDaMorus A. CohenRobert W. Davis, Jr.Anne N. GonzalezAmy L. HannaAndres C. HealyLauren M. HeggestadCassidy E. JonesJacquelyn J. JoyceDavid M. KernerAllison L. KirkwoodRyan E. LeBlancRachel L. MalkowskiDana B. MehlmanEugenia MizeJoshua A. MizeJamie W. OlintoAngela M. OwensFrancis E. Pierce IVKristen RasmussenTiffany C. RaushRyan A. SchmidGustav L. SchmidtKevin SharbaughPatricia I. SierraAllison D. SiricaMartin E. StrauchErin M. SwickChristie J. VetterAriana F. WallizadaMonica L. WilsonJay A. YagodaSara A. Younger

Class of 2011Class Total: $6,240.00No. in Class: 404Participation: 10%

Enrichment SocietyJustin S. AlexAmanda K. AndersonAnthony L. Bajoczky, Jr.Andrew S. BrownNicholas A. BrownChristopher B. BurtonKelly M. DamerowNathaniel M. EdenfieldMegan E. FlattNathaniel A. FrazierAdam D. GriffinDavid W. HughesJohn M. HuntJohn J. Joyce IIIJacob E. Lea-KellyFrank M. MariDevin A. MossKatherine A. MoumHeather S. NeedelmanMegan A. PolicastroMatthew J. RichardsonDwayne A. RobinsonDarren SchweigerBenjamin J. SteinbergMary K. TinsleyWilbert R. Vancol

Class of 2012Class Total: $3,345.00No. in Class: 326Participation: 6%Enrichment SocietyShelby M. AndersonJohn B. AtkinsonKelly G. DunbergJonathan E. FreidinRobert W. GidelJohn M. JanousekKathryn A. KimballJonathan L. MannMichael A. McMillanLeigh Anne MillerSarah A. MooreAdriana M. ParisLindsay L. PowellJonathan D. RamseyRobyn A. SheltonTara L. TedrowDeborah K. Tyson

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GIVING... time and expertise to build diversity at UF LawBY JENNA BOX (4JM)

Alumni can contribute to UF Law in more ways than writing a check. Giving time to important efforts via task forces and committees, lending expertise and mentoring ensure the success of the law school, too.

Last year, members of the Admissions and Diversity Task Force made such a contribution.

Committed to broad diversity and concerned with the small number of black students in the entering class of 2012, UF Law formed the task force and asked its members to join efforts to do better.

With the outside knowledge of alumni Mike Bedke (JD 84), Eugene Pettis (JD 85) and Chris-topher Chestnut (JD 05), combined with the inside knowledge of faculty, students and ad-ministrators, the task force built upon an alumni-student partnering program already in place.

“We have an Alumni Match Program where admitted students are matched with an alum and the alum helps them through the decision-mak-ing process of choosing a law school,” explained Assistant Dean for Admissions Michelle Adorno.

Bedke came up with the idea to expand the original program to cover the entire law school experience. He called it Team UF.

Bedke’s Team UF program is designed to re-cruit and retain minority students in a way that is analogous to how colleges recruit and retain student athletes, he said. Bedke introduced it to the task force as a “cradle-to-grave” ap-proach: alumni would make initial phone calls to admitted students, prepare them for the 1L year and answer questions, encourage them to get involved throughout the 2L and 3L years, help them graduate, pass the bar and land a job in their area of choice.

“I think that in such a competitive market we’ve got to differentiate ourselves,” Bedke said of UF Law. “Frankly, letting people know that we want them and that we’re committed to their success is the key.”

And far from over promising, the task force delivered, Bedke said. The results of Team UF were apparent in the numbers: Black student enrollment in the 1L entering class went from 10 in 2012 to 38 in 2013, and minority enrollment in

the entering class was the highest since 1999.“Team UF … has the potential to change posi-

tively the culture of our law school,” said Pettis, co-chairman of the task force and president of The Florida Bar. “Bringing an outside perspective is a positive contribution you couldn’t necessarily have if you’re coming from within the institution, and I think it’s critical that alumni work in part-nership with the law school to address issues not only of fundraising but issues such as this diver-sity task force did.”

The results of this alumni partnership with UF Law proves how critical alumni involvement truly is. For Bedke, he just says he’s “paying it for-ward.” He wouldn’t be where he is today with-out having attended UF Law, noted the partner at DLA Piper who heads its Real Estate Group in Florida.

“Even if someone, particularly in these chal-lenging economic times, doesn’t necessarily have the wherewithal to write a check, he or she can absolutely donate some time,” Bedke said. “Par-ticipation that puts (alumni) directly involved with other alumni or students on campus and gets them back to Gainesville is more fun and more rewarding than just sending your check.”

Want to get involved?• To mentor admitted students, contact Assis-

tant Dean for Admissions Michelle Adorno at madorno@law.ufl.edu or 352-273-0890.

• To join the Law Alumni Council, contact As-sociate Director of Development & Alumni Affairs Lindsey Farah at farah@law.ufl.edu or 352-273-0640.

• To mentor a current student or recent gradu-ate, contact Assistant Dean of Career Devel-opment Rob Birrenkott at rbirrenkott@law.ufl.edu or 352-273-0860.

• For information about serving as a judge in intramural moot court competitions or appel-late advocacy oral arguments, contact Mary Adkins at adkinsm@law.ufl.edu or 352-273-0875.

• For information about serving as a judge in trial team tournaments — including the UF Undergraduate Trial Team Program that UF Law co-sponsors — contact Jennifer Zedalis at zedalis@law.ufl.edu or 352-273-0814.

Bedke

Pettis

Brian Phillips (facing page) donates toward the book award for

Procedures in Tax Fraud Cases and to assistantships just like

the one Caitlin Foster received in Graduate Tax. In fact, the

assistantship has helped with her decision to pursue an LL.M.

at UF Law.

“It’s donations like these that make my position possible and provide

positions for many other LL.M. students as well,” Foster said.

Phillips said helping to preserve and grow UF’s nationally

recognized LL.M. program is part of his personal commitment

as an alumnus, adjunct faculty member and a “giant fan”

of the program.

“I think that attracting and rewarding the best students

strengthens the program and makes the entire experience better

for everyone.”

—BRIAN PHILLIPS (LLMT 90) Founding and Managing ShareholderA. Brian Phillips, P.A., Orlando

GIVING … an education in tax law

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(Loyalty Society members are recognized in the online version of the Annual Report). Please note: Names are listed for gifts of $100 and up.

Class of 1975Class Total: $4,625.00No. in Class: 38Participation: 18%Founders Society - silverRobert E. Glennon, Jr.K. Lawrence GraggTrusler SocietyDennis A. CalfeeEnrichment SocietyHarry S. Colburn, Jr.Lee J. Dixon IIDavid M. Hudson

Class of 1976Class Total: $3,950.00No. in Class: 43Participation: 19%Trusler SocietyJames B. O’NealRobert A. PierceEnrichment SocietyBernie A. Barton, Jr.Walter G. Clayton IIIJacob FishmanJohn H. JonesRonald L. Rowland

Class of 1977Class Total: $2,178.00No. in Class: 39Participation: 18%Trusler SocietyHarry M. EisenbergEnrichment SocietyThomas H. Carter, Jr.John J. Collins, Jr.James A. Watson

Class of 1978Class Total: $7,900.00No. in Class: 66Participation: 12%PartnersWilliam A. BoylesAssociatesEverett R. MorelandEnrichment SocietyDavid H. EvaulPaul D. FitzpatrickDon H. GoodeBradley C. GrossenburgRonald L. SiegelSusan Slagle

Class of 1979Class Total: $51,065.00No. in Class: 44Participation: 20%Founders Society - goldDavid H. PeekPartnersJohn J. ScrogginEnrichment SocietyMrs. Jean C. CokerCheryl L. GordonJonathan C. GordonKimon P. KarasRobert F. O’Connell

Class of 1980Class Total: $21,250.00No. in Class: 47Participation: 15%Founders Society - goldBrian M. O’ConnellFounders Society - silverLindy L. PaullAssociatesPeter T. KirkwoodEnrichment SocietyHarris H. Barnes IIIGerald R. Kleedehn

Class of 1981Class Total: $9,069.00No. in Class: 64Participation: 22%Founders Society - goldDavid E. BowersPartnersRandolph J. RushTrusler SocietyRichard B. ComiterEnrichment SocietyRichard G. CherryMark W. CochranMichael S. HawleyJennifer C. HeplerCraig P. HoffmanWilliam R. Lane, Jr.Gerald F. StackAnton H. Zidansek

Class of 1982Class Total: $12,232.00No. in Class: 61Participation: 7%Founders Society - goldMichael D. MintonEnrichment SocietyPatricia L. Burquest-FultzMarvin A. KirsnerAlan L. Rubens

Class of 1983Class Total: $7,000.00No. in Class: 60Participation: 18%PartnersMichael A. AbbottJohn N. GiordanoTrusler SocietyEllen R. GershowGregory F. WilderEnrichment SocietyStephen L. CordellKent B. CronquistAlan H. DanielsAlan S. GassmanMichael A. Levey

Mark E. ManovichRobert L. Miller

Class of 1984Class Total: $400.00No. in Class: 72Participation: 4%Enrichment SocietyJonathan L. HayFred Williams

Class of 1985Class Total: $2,120.84No. in Class: 74Participation: 12%AssociatesGuy E. WhitesmanEnrichment SocietyCharles L. Balch IIIR. Gregory ColvinChristopher A. DetzelStephen R. LooneyWalter H. NunnalleeRicky J. Weiss

Class of 1986Class Total: $650.00No. in Class: 47Participation: 6%Enrichment SocietyDavid K. CahooneDiana B. Chapman

Class of 1987Class Total: $6,875.00No. in Class: 62Participation: 10%BarristersDouglas A. WrightPartnersLouis NostroEnrichment SocietyScott E. HuntLisa S. OdomMark A. Prater

Class of 1988Class Total: $5,325.00No. in Class: 44Participation: 7%PartnersJohn C. BovayEnrichment SocietyJane D. Callahan

Class of 1989Class Total: $783.50No. in Class: 63Participation: 5%Enrichment SocietyCharles L. Cooper, Jr.John E. Lawlor IIIMichael R. Nelson

Class of 1990Class Total: $7,475.00No. in Class: 53Participation: 13%Founders Society - silverA. Brian PhillipsEnrichment SocietyGlenn A. AdamsWilliam L. CurryCaroline E. KasperJonathan H. Nason

Class of 1991Class Total: $650.00No. in Class: 63Participation: 5%Enrichment SocietyMichael G. LittleCharles PillitteriDaniel H. Waters, Jr.

Tax Alumni By Class. Graduates of the Graduate Tax Program, ranked No. 1 among publics, provided significant financial support so the college could continue to meet the challenge of achieving top-tier excellence in legal education.

Brian Phillips (LLMT 90) and LLMT candidate Caitlin Foster in the Marcia Whitney Schott Courtyard at UF Law.

Please report any correc-tions to Missy Poole at poole@law.ufl.edu or call 352-273-0647.

Class of 1993Class Total: $2,200.00No. in Class: 57Participation: 9%Trusler SocietyWilton B. HymanEnrichment SocietyDwayne W. BarrettLester B. LawMrs. Tance E. RobertsWilliam P. Zox

Class of 1994Class Total: $3,000.00No. in Class: 63Participation: 10%Trusler SocietyGary W. HustonDonna L. LonghouseEnrichment SocietyDavid A. BrennenDavid A. Roby, Jr.Mary P. Williamson

Class of 1995Class Total: $120.00No. in Class: 74Participation: 3%Enrichment SocietyBruce R. Jacob

Class of 1996Class Total: $325.00No. in Class: 77Participation: 4%Enrichment SocietyLamont C. LooPeter A. Rivellini

Class of 1997Class Total: $120.00No. in Class: 64Participation: 5%Enrichment SocietyKeith M. Olivia

Class of 1998Class Total: $775.00No. in Class: 79Participation: 6%Enrichment SocietyMonica D. ArmstrongDaniel K. CapesTina A. Denapoli

Class of 1999Class Total: $800.00No. in Class: 58Participation: 7%Enrichment SocietyJoseph M. DepewRahul P. RanadiveJames H. Sutton, Jr.Peter J. Walsh

Class of 2000Class Total: $1,100.00No. in Class: 79Participation: 5%Enrichment SocietyBradley T. BordenChristina V. LockwoodClancy V. MendozaBrenden S. Moriarty

Class of 2001Class Total: $400.00No. in Class: 77Participation: 4%

Enrichment SocietyDenise M. CordesKeith C. Kantack

Class of 2002Class Total: $6,130.00No. in Class: 71Participation: 10%PartnersHeath K. DedmondStacy L. KenyonTrusler SocietyStacey A. Prince-

TroutmanEnrichment SocietyWendy C. BreinigElena KaplanKerry A. Ryan

Class of 2003Class Total: $3,265.00No. in Class: 91Participation: 8%PartnersTerrence T. DariotisEnrichment SocietySalvatore BochicchioTelly J. MeierBenjamin A. Swift

Class of 2004Class Total: $860.00No. in Class: 91Participation: 7%Enrichment SocietyAlexander D. DeVitisJoanna D. DosikAdam N. FrischJames F. GoldsmithSusan L. St. John

Class of 2005Class Total: $1,375.00No. in Class: 88Participation: 5%Trusler SocietyCharles L. StakeEnrichment SocietyThomas B. Christenson IIMichael J. Faehner

Class of 2006Class Total: $715.00No. in Class: 81Participation: 7%Enrichment SocietyMrs. Kateena E. MannersYong PengPhyllis C. SmithTimothy L. Smith

Class of 2007Class Total: $850.00No. in Class: 99Participation: 5%Enrichment SocietyJolyon D. AcostaErik N. BonnettJeffrey T. TroianoRichard I. Withers

Class of 2008Class Total: $2,820.08No. in Class: 96Participation: 15%Enrichment SocietyScott A. BowmanBurns A. Dobbins IVDaniel J. Glassman

Katherine M. Hetherington

Brian M. MalecDavid F. PresslyWilliam C. RobertsAnne K. RussellJoseph R. Worst

Class of 2009Class Total: $1,500.00No. in Class: 105Participation: 7%Enrichment SocietyElizabeth A. FaistTiffany HamilMrs. Jamie L. MeolaLindsay A. RoshkindMark D. SniderWilliam B. Spottswood, Jr.Arik G. Turner

Class of 2010Class Total: $1,420.00No. in Class: 135Participation: 7%Enrichment SocietyDana M. ApfelbaumDenise B. CazobonWooje ChoiSarah Z. CollinsPatrick C. EmansMitchell W. GoldbergJames C. HamiltonRonald C. NesbittChristopher A. Pavilonis

Class of 2011Class Total: $650.00No. in Class: 110Participation: 4%Enrichment SocietyRobert J. BraxtonByron D. FlaggJames O. LangAriana F. Wallizada

Class of 2012Class Total: $400.00No. in Class: 116Participation: 3%Enrichment SocietyElizabeth M. NelsonJames A. Nelson, Jr.Jorja M. Williams

Other Graduate AlumniAlumni from our many graduate degree programs made financial commitments to help the college continue to be an institution of excellence. (Loyalty Society members are recognized in the online version of the Annual Report.) Please note: Names are listed for gifts of $100 and up.

Jorge D. Ramirez TubillaOlakunle Ayotunde Lawr

Memorials & Tributes

TAX ALUMNI

MEMORIALS

In Memory: Amnon & Marian GraetzLucy T. Graetz

In Memory: Bill H. McBride, Jr.Anonymous Rosemary E. ArmstrongJames W. & Eunice T. BarosDennis V. & Georgene M. BenderMitchell W. BergerHerbert BerkowitzNathan M. BiskWilliam S. & Patricia A. BlizzardBruce H. & Joanne K. BokorL. Kinder & Barbara S. CannonCollier County DemocraticSandra DiamondJames E. Eaton, Jr.Joseph W. & Joanne M. FleeceFlorida Democratic PartyFolsom GrovesSteve A. & Denise J. FreedmanLarry FuchsBruce W. & Evelyn L. GreerGregory, Sharer & StuartVirginia HarrellJ. Fraser HimesAmbassador Jeanette HydeWilliam L. & Nancy C. KirkEdward F. & Louise P. KorenGary B. LambertLieser SkaffGov. Kenneth H. “Buddy” &

Anne S. MacKayJohn MedicaManuel & Linda L. S. MenendezMark C. MichalowskiLynne M. MoellerJames S. & Kelli O. MoodySusan R. NolanJohn A. & Pamela M. NolandL. Glenn Orr, Jr.Mimi OsiasonRon Sachs CommunicationsAdam B. SchwartzLawrence E. & Cathy M. SellersRobert J. Shingler, Jr.Roger W. & Debbie SimsAdelaide A. SinkRobert M. & Sue A. StricklandRobert M. ThomasTrenam & KemkerTucker/HallBill WagnerAndrew H. WeinsteinAndrew W. Zerbock

In Memory: Johnson S. “Buddy” SavaryAnne L. AptDenise N. BarkerRobert J. & Kathryn Angell CarrLaurence D. ConnorArthur D. & Laurie S. Ginsburg

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LAW CENTER ASSOCIATION, INC. 2012-2013

Ladd H. Fassett, Chair, JD 79 Michael D. Minton, Vice Chair, JD

81, LLMT 82Scott G. Hawkins, Secretary, JD 83Laura J. Thacker, Assistant Secretary,

JD 87Dennis A. Calfee, Treasurer, LLMT 75Jeanne T. Tate, Assistant Treasurer,

JD 81Peter W. Zinober, Immediate Past

Chair, JD 69

ACTIVE MEMBERS

J. Carter Andersen, JD 98John C. Bales, JD 1982Leslie J. Barnett, JD 71 Michael A. Bedke, JD 84Jeffrey A. Boone, JD 82John C. Bovay, JD 82, LLMT 88David E. Bowers, LLMT 1981William A. Boyles, JD 76, LLMT 78Carol M. Brewer, JD 79 Timothy M. Cerio, JD 95 Martha L. Cochran, JD 73 Richard B. Comiter, JD 80, LLMT 81Anne C. Conway, JD 75 Lauren Y. Detzel, JD 1977Mayanne Downs, JD 1987Ladd H. Fassett, JD 79 Andrew J. Fawbush, JD 74 Jeffrey D. Feldman, JD 81James A. Gale, JD 83Betsy E. Gallagher, JD 76 Jacqueline R. Griffin, JD 75 Jack O. Hackett II, JD 79Bruce M. Harris, JD 93 Scott G. Hawkins, JD 83 Ben H. Hill III, JD 65 Paul C. Huck, JD 65 Yolanda C. Jackson, JD 90 Elizabeth A. Jenkins, JD 76

Lawrence Keefe, JD 86Mark W. Klingensmith, JD 85Roger C. Lambert, JD 75 Warren W. Lindsey, JD 79Bill McCollum, JD 68Joseph C. Mellichamp III, JD 70 Manuel Menendez Jr., JD 72 Michael D. Minton, JD 81, LLMT 82Louis Nostro, JD 82, LLMT 87Rahul Patel, JD 97 David H. Peek, JD 87, LLMT 79Eugene K. Pettis, JD 85 Gary L. Printy, JD 82Oscar A. Sanchez, JD 82 John J. Scroggin, JD 77, LLMT 79Abraham M. Shashy Jr., JD 73 Robert G. Stern, JD 90 Jeanne T. Tate, JD 81 Laura J. Thacker, JD 87 James S. Theriac III, JD 74 Glenn J. Waldman, JD 83Guy E. Whitesman, LLMT 85Peter W. Zinober, JD 69

EX-OFFICIO

J. Bernard MachenDennis A. Calfee, LLMT 75Robert H. Jerry IIIan R. Leavengood, Law Alumni

Council President, JD 00

LAW ALUMNI COUNCIL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 2012-2013

Ian R. Leavengood, President, JD 00

Taylor K. Rose, President-Elect, JD 98

Brian D. Burgoon, Secretary, JD 97Mathew N. Posgay, Immediate

Past President, JD 94

Cheryl L. & Scott E. GordonDarlene HansonWilfred F. & Barbara J. LorryMaglio, Christopher & ToaleThe Nickles GroupThomas R. OliveriDorothy ScheurenbrandT. Raymond SupleeWilliams, Parker, Harrison, Dietz &

Getzen Patricia T. Wilson

In Memory: Dr. Edna L. SaffyJeanette K. Helfrich & John D. Rayner

In Memory: E. Thom RumbergerManley K. Fuller IIIEllis GreenAnthony M. Malone & Pegeen

HanrahanNicholas J. Wittner

In Memory: Gerald A. WilliamsEmerson R. & Geraldine F.

Thompson

In Memory: J. Carter Perkins, Sr.Barbara K. Perkins

In Memory: James MalinCameron H. Malin

In Memory: Joseph G. Heyck, Jr.Mary L. Grable

In Memory: Joseph P. MiltonTony R. & Tiffany R. Otero

In Memory: Lacy Mahon, Jr.Manuel & Linda L. S. Menendez

In Memory: Lewis AnsbacherRichard S. Olson

In Memory: Lillian T. Coggin-ProctorKim O’Connor

In Memory: Marietta SmithMichael W. Smith & Jodi L.

Scheurenbrand

In Memory: Matilde Hume LandrumBruce D. & Elizabeth C. Landrum

In Memory: Michele W. SchulmanJustGiveClifford A. Schulman

In Memory: Rebecca J. JakubcinDouglas R. Sullenberger

In Memory: The Hon. Benjamin F. OvertonFletcher N. & Nancy T. BaldwinFlorida Municipal Attorney’s

AssociationFisher & SaulsJoseph W. & Joanne M. FleeceMandell & Joyce K. Glicksberg

In Memory: Tricia Bohnenberger VallesMichael G. Bohnenberger

In Memory: Wm. Reece Smith, Jr.Dean Mead

In Memory: Walter S. McLin IIIDuBose & Sallie M. Ausley

In Memory: Wilma M. KrentzmanSarah M. Walker-GuthrieMargaret M. Workman

TRIBUTES

In Honor: Bryce H. AlleyCynthia A. Holloway &

C. Todd Alley

In Honor: Dean Bob & Lisa JerryBetsy E. Gallagher

In Honor: Dean Bob JerryEllen T. Heffernan

In Honor: Douglas A. WrightRobert W. Gidel

In Honor: Pat LieberDavid S. & Kari M. Lieber

In Honor: Professor Dennis A. CalfeeDenise B. CazobonMark W. CochranJody E. Miller

In Honor: Professor Grace W. TaylorFletcher N. & Nancy T. Baldwin

IN MEMORIAM

We honor those donors who passed away during the year of their giving.

2012-2013 FISCAL YEARI. Patrick Golden (JD 50)Dean C. Houk, Jr. (JD 62)William H. McBride, Jr. (JD 75)Judith M. Nagan (JD 84)Edward G. PriceJohnson S. “Buddy” Savary (JD 56)Ned F. Sinder (JD 54)

The Office of Development and Alumni Affairs coordinates alumni activities and fundraising for the Levin College of Law. This includes activities of the Law Center Association, Inc. Board of Trustees and the Law Alumni Council. To make a contribution, please make your check payable to UF Law Center Association to the address below. Donations are tax-deductible as allowed by law. For more information on making an endowed or estate gift, please contact: Lauren Wilcox, senior director of Development & Alumni Affairs, at 352-273-0640 or wilcox@law.ufl.edu.

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TOP TAXuf law graduate

taxation since 1974

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An arc of excellence

Top scholars, student immersion keep Grad Tax No. 1

I n 1988, Michael Friel assumed the director’s position for UF Law Graduate Tax. He took over a program with a reputation as among the best in America that needed someone who could con-

tinue to guide it and maintain that status.“Don’t screw it up,” Friel says he kept

telling himself as he took the helm of the program.

Mission accomplished.As 2014 approaches, Graduate Tax

remains UF Law’s signature program, widely recognized by tax scholars and practitioners nationwide as among the best. Indeed, the UF Law tax program is consistently ranked first among public schools and in the top three by U.S. News & World Report.

Since its inception in 1974 through to-day, UF Law’s tax faculty have authored some of the most widely used textbooks and treatises in the field. They have been leaders in professional organizations and consultants for the Internal Revenue Ser-vice and other major entities. Graduates continue to be principal architects of U.S.

tax policies and their application, and alumni of the new LL.M. in International Taxation influence tax laws far beyond America’s shores.

The reputation of Grad Tax, as it is known among friends, was evident just a few years after its creation when a 1980 study by the accounting firm Ernst & Whinney placed Florida’s tax program among the top five in the nation.

Grad Tax is set apart from many of its peer programs by the fact that it is a full-time residential program. The major-ity of its tax professors are full-time as well. This allows for continued interaction among classmates and professors both in-side and outside the classroom, providing an immersive experience.

The program gets students ready to re-spond to tax issues that arise in practice, whether or not those problems have been encountered before.

“What’s been consistent is a method of teaching and a goal. I tend to express this as providing a foundation for tax prac-tice,” Friel said. “The incredible faculty we’ve had starting in 1974 and continuing

today are the ones who have provided that foundation, while building the program’s reputation to its current level.”

And when it comes to value, UF Law stands alone. According to data compiled by U.S. News & World Report, tuition is $21,421 per year for in-state full-time students. That’s less than half the yearly tuition paid by students at all but one of the other schools atop the U.S. News rankings.

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The LL.M. in Taxation program en-rolled about 60 students per year during its first 25 years, Friel said. Since then, the program has expanded class size to about 90 per year, including the addi-tion of the LL.M. in International Law and the nation’s first Doctor of Juridical Science in Taxation.

David A. Brennen (JD 91, LLMT 94) first became aware of the tax pro-gram when he was a J.D. student at UF

Law. Realizing he had an affinity for code-based courses while taking envi-ronmental law, Brennen applied to the LL.M. program during his third year of law school.

Brennen received his LL.M. in tax and went on to become the cur-rent dean of the University of Kentucky’s law school. UF con-tinues to set the standard for taxa-tion law, earning respect from its peers in the pro-cess.

“I have kept my eye on the program,” Brennen said. “They have been continuously hiring top-notch fac-ulty.”

As illustrated by the high-powered firms that regularly recruit its students, employers are aware of the high quality of graduates produced by the program as well, Friel said. The program’s repu-

tation proves advantageous for gradu-ates in a competitive job market.

Brennen said he expects UF Law’s tax program to continue to excel. “Tax law is one of those aspects of law that is going to be important for years to

come.” The LL.M.

in International Taxation Program places Grad Tax at the forefront in the study of interna-tional tax. UF Law created its Interna-tional Tax program in 2005 to meet the increasing demand from international students. The Inter-

national Tax degree program attracts stu-dents from all over the world. Typically the 20 to 25 who enroll each year have practiced in their home countries and many come from Latin America.

Meanwhile, an interconnected world demands international tax expertise.

Tax experts say legal multinational

“I have kept my eye on the program. They have been

continuously hiring top-notch faculty.”

—David A. Brennen (jd 91, llmt 94)Dean, University of Kentucky College of Law

Brennen

The 1975-76 class photo of UF Law’s Graduate Tax of LL.M. candidates and professors. In the front row from left are the professors: Dennis A. Calfee (LLMT 75), Steve Lind, C. Douglas “Doug” Miller, Richard B. Stephens, James J. “Jack” Freeland, Lawrence Lokken and Henry A. Fenn.

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Income tax forms from 1913 on dis-

play in the UF Law Graduate Tax Office.

It was the first year for a national

income tax after the 16th Amendment

became law.

UF Law started its graduate tax program in 1974 with some of the top figures in the field, and they quickly established one of the nation’s top centers for scholarship and tax law education.

James J. FreelandFreeland was co-founder of the Graduate Tax Program, its second director and a professor for nearly 40 years. He joined UF Law faculty in 1957 and retired in 1995. He co-authored Fundamentals of Federal Income Taxation and Federal Income Taxation of Estates and Beneficiaries. Freeland received the first Outstanding Tax Attorney of the Year award from the Tax Section of The Florida Bar. He passed away in 2000.

Stephen LindLind was one of the initial faculty of the UF Graduate Tax Program in 1974. Lind co-authored several influential tax texts with some of his fellow UF Law tax professors, including Fundamentals of Federal Income Taxation and Federal Estate and Gift Taxation. Lind left UF Law in 1998.

Lawrence LokkenLawrence Lokken joined UF Law as an associate professor in 1974 and was one of the initial faculty members of the Graduate Tax Program. He was named professor in 1977. After a decade at New York University he returned to UF Law in 1994 as holder of the first eminent scholar chair in Graduate Tax, the Hugh Culverhouse Eminent Scholar in Taxation. Now an emeritus professor, he continues to teach at UF Law.

C. Douglas MillerMiller joined the UF Law faculty in 1973 and was one of the initial faculty members of the Graduate Tax Program. He has served as a member of the Executive Committee of The Florida Bar Sections of Taxation and General Practice and as consultant to The Florida Bar Wills, Trusts and Probate Certification Committee. Miller attained emeritus status in 2006 and continues to teach at UF Law.

Richard B. StephensRichard B. Stephens taught at UF Law from 1949 until his retirement in 1977. He co-founded the Graduate Tax Program, served as its first director and co-authored several influential tax texts, including the Fundamentals of Federal Income Taxation, and two treatises: Federal Estate and Gift Taxation and Income Taxation of Estates and Beneficiaries. Stephens was the first UF Law faculty member to receive the Florida Blue Key Distinguished Faculty award. In 1985, he was selected as Outstanding Tax Attorney of the Year by the Tax Section of The Florida Bar. He passed away in 1988.

corporations, electronic commerce, and in-ternational business and investment trans-actions — in other words globalization — place a premium on knowledge of interna-tional tax rules. Meanwhile, foreign lawyers must become more familiar with both U.S. and international tax rules.

Grad Tax tries to deliver that exper-tise through its LL.M., but also through the S.J.D. in Taxation, which accepts one or two students per year. The S.J.D. is also aimed mainly at international students, es-pecially those who are interested in teach-ing tax law. The S.J.D. is typically neces-

sary in foreign countries, where full-time law teach-ing may require a Ph.D. or the equivalent.

Tax law continues to evolve. UF’s Grad Tax ex-pects to go right on evolv-ing with it.The Foundations of Graduate Tax

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Corporate taxation and its discontents

It’s a tangled mess and a creature of Congress. Guess who’s trying to fix it.

If a fundamental test of good law is whether it treats like people in a like manner, the tax code fails. A jumble of intertwined, some-time contradictory edicts, experts blame the

corporate tax code, especially, for warp-ing commercial trade and driving revenue into foreign coffers (See: Apple, Ireland). Now, Congress says it will build a better cor-porate tax code.

Citing the com-plexity, loopholes and inefficiencies, Sen-ate Finance Chair-man Max Baucus, D-Mont., and ranking member Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, declared: “America’s tax code is broken.” In the letter addressed to col-

leagues, they ask congressmen for ideas to make repairs.

When it comes to fixing the corporate tax code, UF Law alumni and faculty lie at the nexus of policy and practice.

Mark Prater (LLMT 87), chief tax counsel and deputy staff director for Sen-ate Finance Republi-cans, said Congress is interested in the topic in part because the world has changed so dramatically since the last major tax reform during Presi-dent Ronald Rea-gan’s administration.

“Business is much more global now,” Prater said. “Borders are much less of a factor. … U.S. companies tend to have future growth based in foreign

markets. The world has changed very dra-matically on the business side, and our tax code is still rooted in the world of 1986.”

He said the committee has been work-ing on a nonpartisan basis for three years to meet its goal: a system to meet Reagan’s still-relevant criteria of efficiency, fairness and simplicity. Practicing tax lawyers and tax professors are alive to the problems surrounding corporate tax law.

“What good tax lawyers do is help their clients conduct their business affairs and investment activities while minimiz-ing their tax burden in ways that are le-gal,” explained corporate tax lawyer Abra-ham “Hap” Shashy (JD 73). “It has not changed structurally, but it has continued to grow in complexity. Much of what is wrong in our tax system comes from the complexity of it.”

And the complexity puts tax lawyers with a working knowledge of its arcana in a powerful position.

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“The world has changed very

dramatically ... and our tax code is still rooted in the world

of 1986.”—Mark Prater (LLMT 87)

U.S. Senate Finance Republicans chief tax counsel

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Corporate taxation and its discontents

“I can describe it (the corporate tax code) concisely only using jargon that is unintelligible to anybody other than a tax policy expert,” said UF Law tax Professor Martin McMahon, the James J. Freeland Eminent Scholar, who teaches corporate, income and partnership taxation.

McMahon offered an illustration of the power wielded by tax lawyers, which also conveniently serves as an example of the code’s inequity.

“Assume that a corporation is going to be acquired in a merger. There are 10 share-holders, all equal. Four of them paid almost nothing for their stock, but it’s very valuable. Six of them paid more for their stock than it is currently worth. I could structure a transaction to give stock to those that were going to make a profit and give cash to those who were going to have a loss,” McMahon said.

“Those who got cash get to put the loss on their tax return. Those who got stock don’t have to put the gain on their tax return. Perfectly legal,” he said. “It’s right there in all the rules. It’s not even a loophole.”

So the tax code has become compli-cated and unfair.

But here’s the bad news for tax law-yers: Simplifying the code could reduce demand for their services, according to McMahon and Shashy.

“After the 1986 Tax Reform Act, a lot of tax lawyers lost their jobs because it shut down a lot of real estate tax shelters and other kinds of tax shelters,” McMahon said. “The demand for tax lawyers plunged for a couple of years. It rebounded, and it’s probably as strong as ever now.”

In fact, Congress has imposed more than 15,000 changes to the code since the Tax Reform Act of 1986, according to the Baucus-Hatch letter.

“The result is a tax base riddled with exclusions, deductions and credits,” the senators write. “The complexity, ineffi-ciency and unfairness of the tax code are acting as a brake on our economy.”

McMahon says these tensions have come into focus with the rise of economic globalization.

“One has to remember that most of those rules were put into place when U.S. corporations did very little business out-side of the U.S.,” McMahon said. “The statutory rules governing international taxation in particular simply have not kept pace with modern business and financial transactions.”

Today, more than 70 percent of the world’s purchasing power is outside of the

U.S., according to the International Trade Ad-ministration’s website.

Prater said tax re-form is particularly rel-evant on the corporate side because the U.S. is a leader in intellectual property law. But he said policymakers must be careful how they tweak the laws.

“We could make U.S. companies a lot

less competitive relative to their foreign counterparts if we impose the tax burden on U.S. companies just by virtue of being U.S. based,” Prater said.

Prater drew a dire picture of the con-sequences.

“That competitive imbalance could cause out-migration from place of incorpo-ration first. Eventually headquarters, man-agement, and research and other activities that are now U.S.-based could follow,” Prater added. “Moreover, U.S. companies could become attractive targets for foreign acquisition.”

McMahon said Congress is the main reason the tax code no longer functions efficiently, and that businesses are merely applying rules enacted by Congress to their best advantage.

He said many corporations lobby against reforming the corporate tax law because they are afraid of losing special provisions from which they benefit. They are “pouring untold millions of dollars into political contributions lobbying to have all of the profits of their foreign subsidiaries completely exempt from U.S. taxation for-ever, even if it’s brought back to the U.S.

International taxation rules have not kept

pace with modern

transactions.

Corporate tax system alternatives and the status quo

Worldwide consolidation system: Re-quires U.S. corporations to pay taxes on the worldwide income of all facets of the corporation, including all of its foreign subsidiaries. Credit is granted for foreign taxes paid.

Territorial system: Corporations are taxed only on income derived within the taxing jurisdiction. The U.S. gov-ernment would only be able to tax prof-its from business conducted in the U.S.

Current system: A hybrid of worldwide and territorial systems, according to Senate Finance tax counsel Mark Prater (LLMT 87). The U.S. taxes cor-porations on worldwide income at a 35 percent rate (though many tax benefits lower the effective rate), and corpora-tions are allowed a credit for taxes paid to other countries. The system is a hybrid because U.S. tax on overseas income is immediately due on certain types of income or otherwise when income is brought home.

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… One-hundred percent of the problem is caused by Congress.”

McMahon is skeptical that Congress will pass reform legislation, but he favors worldwide consolidation, requiring U.S. corporations to pay U.S. taxes on the world-wide income of all facets of the corporation, including all of its foreign subsidiaries.

UF Law Assistant Professor Omri Mar-ian said worldwide consolidation is one of

the best options for tax reform, but that a ter-ritorial tax system also is a viable course of action, assuming proper safeguards against tax avoidance are introduced.

“I prefer worldwide consolidation pri-marily for fairness reasons because I think it means – at least for the United States – that companies of the United States that op-erate globally will be subjected to the same system as U.S. compa-nies that do not operate globally,” he said.

He said that un-der worldwide con-solidation, Apple would be taxed in the U.S. on its worldwide income, including in-come earned by its foreign subsidiaries.

Under the current system, Apple’s able to shift much of its income to pocketbook Irish subsidiaries where the income re-mains untaxed, despite the fact that all of

Apple’s research and development is done in Cupertino, Calif.

Another reform alternative is to shift to a territorial system under which the govern-ment would only tax incomes sourced in the U.S.

McMahon warned that shifting to a ter-ritorial system would risk even more cor-porations moving out-side of the country.

But Shashy, a UF Law Board of Trustees member and former chief counsel of the Internal Revenue Ser-vice, argued that the U.S. should take a cue from other nations that use the territorial sys-tem. Shashy said a ter-ritorial system would

enhance capital flows into the U.S. by allow-ing multinational companies to move cash without tax penalties. America’s current tax system impedes this type of transfer, he said.

“The U.S. at this moment is out of step with the tax systems in

most of the rest of the world.”

— Abraham “Hap” Shashy (JD 73)

Shashy

What’s the best way to transform the business tax code? Well, it all depends on the details, if you ask

Karen Burke, the Richard B. Stephens Eminent Scholar and one of UF Law’s newest faculty members.

As one of about 50 eminent scholars universitywide, Burke brings a wealth of experience and expertise in the field of business tax law and policy. She’s written extensively on these subjects and argues that broad solutions may have hidden im-plications.

Burke, who specializes in federal tax law, says most people agree with the easy part of business tax reform: reducing the

corporate tax rate. But doing so could shift part of the tax burden to individuals who earn income through partnerships, a move that would prove politically unpopular.

“Everybody likes reducing taxes,” Burke said. “The difficult part is paying for it.”

Burke noted that cutting the corporate tax rate from 35 to 25 percent could cost the government significant revenue. If the corporate tax rate was cut and individual tax rates increased, more people would be encouraged to leave their money in cor-porations to avoid the higher individual rates. That also raises the question of how to differentiate between corporations and partnerships: Should all businesses be taxed under the same model? If so, which model?

“Those may seem like easy ques-tions,” she said, “but when you get to the details, it’s really difficult.”

One option is to place all businesses under a single-level tax system but col-lect that single tax at the entity level. This might help the government to audit large partnerships, which can get left by the wayside under the status quo. Even this seemingly straightforward approach has its gray areas.

“There are still plenty of details to work out — what do you do with nonresi-

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“The fact that we don’t have a territorial tax system — and the fact that we are differ-ent from most of the territorial countries in the world — has become more apparent,” Shashy said. “The U.S. at this moment is out of step with the tax systems in most of the rest of the world.”

Shashy said reform passing the Congress would take compromise and a lot of luck. But unlike McMahon, Shashy’s skepticism of the reform effort is tinged with optimism.

“It’s definitely possible, but there’s a lot of distance to be covered between where we stand now and meaningful tax reform,” he said.

Meanwhile, Prater and other Senate Fi-nance Committee staff have compiled a series of “option papers,” presenting proposals and perspectives on ways to fix the tax code. The papers are at ww.goo.gl/bcBKcm and include surveys of topics such as “Tax exempt Organi-zations and charitable giving,” “International Competitiveness,” and “Types of Income and Business Entities.”

Prater expressed confidence that Congress could move forward with a package.

“The tax reform policy machinery is in its best shape since 1986. The committee mem-bers could end up voting on the product — the reform product,” he said.

And Sen. Baucus, the Senate Fiance Committee’s Democratic chairman, staked out a preliminary position before Thanks-giving with draft legislation that sets a low-er top corporate tax rate than current law.

But it also also sets a floor, requiring U.S. companies with foreign subsidiaries to pay a minimum rate.

For now, lawmakers remain in the leg-islative construction phase, and there’s no telling what form a new corporate tax edi-fice might take.—Kelcee Griffis (4JM) contributed to this story

dents and tax-exempt owners?” Burke said.

Another option involves switching to a territorial system in which corpo-rations would not be taxed on income earned outside the U.S. Under this ap-proach, the U.S. government could tax only income earned in the U.S. The drawback is that businesses could move operations out of the U.S. and into countries with significantly lower tax rates.

“If we move to a territorial system in the manner that some business groups would like, it could lose quite a lot of revenue and probably have bad effects by encouraging businesses to move over-seas,” she said.

As with each potential remedy to the convoluted American tax system, Burke said it’s all in the fine print.

“The details will determine wheth-er a proposal is good or bad,” she said. “These are the kinds of ques-tions that make tax so interesting in the

classroom. Students come in with some general background and discover that every proposal involves difficult tradeoffs. Reform is essential, but it’s not easy.”

Burke earned a Ph.D. in Modern Eu-ropean History from Harvard University and a J.D. from Stan-ford Law School. While working at a major Boston law firm, she obtained an LL.M. in Taxation from Boston University. She came to UF from the University of San Diego School of Law, where she held an endowed chair. She now teaches partnership taxa-tion, corporate taxation and federal tax research at UF Law.

As one of the country’s leading scholars in income taxation, and partner-ship taxation in particular, Burke brings

national acclaim with her, said Michael Friel, the associate dean and director of UF Law’s Graduate Tax program.

“We are very fortunate that Karen ac-cepted our of-fer,” he said. “We’ve been in contact with her for a while, and I’m very pleased that the stars finally aligned so that it was the right time for

her to move here.”To the classroom, he said, Burke also

brings a zest for the profession and a drive to help students individually.

“What I think Karen brings to students is a great breadth of knowledge for teaching taxation,” he said. “But be-yond that, she loves teaching. She wants students to succeed.”

“Everybody likes reducing taxes.

The difficult part is paying for it.”

— Karen BurkeRichard B. Stephens Eminent Scholar

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A less scenic tax haven

Will U.S. crackdown on offshore banks drive cash into bitcoins?

The days may be coming to an end when Americans could send income to summer tax-free in the Swiss Alps or win-ter in the Caribbean.

Banks that shield income under bank secrecy laws — hiding earnings from tax authorities in their customers’ home jurisdictions — will be subject next year to the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act of 2010. The law will start turning the heat up on foreign banks that do not comply with United States requests for transparency about their clients’ information. Banks must turn over individuals’ previously anonymous in-formation or face a 30 percent withholding tax on certain payments sourced in the U.S., explained UF Law Assistant Professor Omri Marian.

“Almost all banks in the world have substantial activities in the United States,” said Marian, an international tax scholar and a member of UF Law’s international tax faculty. “So decide what you want to do, either tell us about your account holders or we’ll take 30 percent of your profits in the United States.”

He said the levy would be unacceptable to a num-ber of offshore banks, and the IRS expects them to comply with the requests

for account holder in-formation.

Monica Gianni (LLMT 95), a visiting tax professor, agrees that the law will have a significant impact on the number of individu-als who take advantage of tax havens, but it won’t stop everybody.

“It will have a major effect, however, there will still be people who aren’t truthful and aren’t disclosing that they’re U.S. per-sons,” she said.

Gianni also notes that the law will have numerous unintended consequences for American citizens liv-ing abroad or for those who want to honestly invest their money in overseas banks. Some foreign banks will simply not invest in the United States and won’t deal with Americans in order to completely avoid any financial risk associ-ated with the law.

“I think (the law) goes too far,” she said. “In theory it’s a good thing, but it’s basically the United States im-posing its laws on foreign banks.”

Abrahm Smith (LLMT 03), a partner at Baker & McKenzie LLP in Miami who counsels clients on undisclosed income from offshore accounts, has seen an uptick in busi-ness recently as more individuals come to him to learn how to comply with the law.

“We don’t see clients who say, ‘I want to hide money, how do I do it?’” Smith said. “What FATCA is doing is bringing people out of obscurity and into the light.”

The new law is part of a sea change in offshore account practices, Smith said.

“It is much more difficult to be noncom-pliant and hide your money and people are noticing that that just doesn’t work,” Smith said. “Today is a transparent world — the whole Swiss banking system has changed, and that’s happened in the last five or six years.”

So if the Swiss and Cayman Islands banking sectors are hammered by this law,

what options are left for the tax evaders of the world?

Cryptocurrencies, Marian said.

A 2013 essay by Marian in the Michi-gan Law Review gained national atten-tion when he suggested that cracking down on traditional tax havens could encourage tax evaders to find a new

tax haven in bitcoin and other cryptocurren-cies.

Bitcoin — a recently developed digital currency that only exists in the virtual world but holds real-world value — would be ap-pealing because it can be exchanged anony-mously and is not subject to government regulation, much less taxation.

“Banks are becoming agents in the ser-vice of tax authorities, they’re intermediaries, basically,” Marian said. “Let’s say that I still want to evade taxes. How do I get the finan-cial intermediary out of the picture?”

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He said cryptocurrencies appear to be a perfect choice because they are exchanged peer-to-peer and no party holds any infor-mation.

After Marian’s paper came out, the Silk Road takedown illustrated how bitcoin was serving just the sort of role he envisioned. Federal authorities arrested the mastermind behind the website that operated on the seedy underbelly of the Internet known as the Dark Web, trafficking in drugs, guns and other illegal fare. Dark Web transac-tions are conducted in bitcoin. Even after the bust, the digital currency proved its stay-ing power, holding most of its value. (As of mid-November, one bitcoin was trading at $430.)

Marian is quick to point out that the no-tion of evading taxes with cryptocurrencies did not originate with him, but it’s an inter-esting view of what the tax havens of the future might look like.

“You basically lost the traditional way of evading taxes, so I think this course of action is much more plausible now than it was even six months ago,” he said.

Premier tax talkGrad tax alumni launch high-powered institute

A “triple threat” — that’s how UF Law grad Lauren Detzel (JD 77) and UF Law adjunct professor described next year’s inaugural Florida Tax Institute in Tampa. Besides spreading the word about UF Law’s top graduate tax program to practitioners around the

country, she said the institute will generate funds to go back into the program and will serve as a teaching tool for students.

The Florida Tax Institute — co-sponsored by the University of Florida Levin College of Law Graduate Tax Program and the Florida Tax Education Foundation, Inc. — is Feb. 19-21 at the Grand Hyatt Tampa Bay.

The two-and-a-half day conference will bring together notable tax experts including speakers from the Internal Revenue Service, the U.S. Department of the Treasury, practitioners and tax professors covering the most pressing issues in tax law.

“Our thought was, Florida has, we think, the best tax program in the country, and why aren’t we touting that?” said Detzel, who is also the chair of the Tax Institute Steering Committee. “Why aren’t we taking advantage of our great professors and all of our graduates and putting together some kind of a program that would really highlight the level of sophistication that we have to the University of Florida Graduate Tax Program?”

Detzel said she joined colleagues Don Tescher (JD 69) and adjunct Graduate Tax Professor David Pratt to pitch the idea to Graduate Tax Director Michael Friel and Professor Dennis Calfee (LLMT 75). Everyone agreed on the institute, and the planning began — a two-year process leading up to February 2014.

“It is very exciting to see such a huge effort culminate into what we foresee as one of the premier annual tax institutes in the nation,” Friel said. “It’s a natural evolution for a leading law school and a leading tax program to participate in developing a leading tax institute.”

Friel said it is rewarding for the huge investments in time and energy over the past two years by the institute’s steering committee — which include a number of UF Law alumni and friends — finally come to fruition.

For complete details, registration information and agenda, visit www.floridataxinstitute.org/. The Florida Tax Institute has been approved for continuing legal education credits in Florida, Georgia and New York, and Accounting, Certified Financial Planner, Certified Trust and Financial Advisor, and Professional Achievement in Professional Education credits in all states.

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Silverware clinked against din-ner plates as a group of about 240 people – most of them attorneys and their spouses – gathered at Gainesville’s UF Hilton in April. A who’s who

of Florida tax professionals and academics came together for the annual conference and banquet of The Florida Bar Tax Section.

In the morning, UF Law tax faculty joined by high-powered private-sector and Washington, D.C.-based government law-yers delivered talks on the prospects for tax reform and nuances of the tax code. It was a feast of tax law, and it set the table for a real feast in the evening in honor of the tax lawyer of the year, as determined by the tax section.

The first person to receive The Florida Bar’s outstanding tax lawyer of the year award was James J. “Jack” Freeland in 1982. Freeland was a co-founder of UF Law’s Graduate Tax Program. The second UF Law faculty member to receive the award was Richard B. Stephens in 1985, also a co-founder of the Graduate Tax Program. Cur-rent adjunct Professor Samuel Ullman (JD 67) received the award in 1994, and former program director David Richardson received it in 2000.

Now it was the turn of Professor Dennis Calfee (LLMT 75).

Appropriately, considering the award’s history, the latest honor for a member of the UF Law Graduate Tax faculty went to some-one who has been serving the program and its students ever since he graduated from its first class in 1975.

Even the banquet in Calfee’s honor fea-tured as its centerpiece a major boost to the Graduate Tax Program. The funding of the Dennis Calfee Eminent Scholar Chair in Federal taxation gives the program a signifi-cant position to attract another outstanding professor that will further burnish the pro-gram’s credentials.

Richard Comiter (JD 80, LLMT 81) de-scribed how Calfee’s name eased the way to raising money for an eminent scholar chair.

“When you ask for a contribution in honor of someone who is so beloved by all, who has spent his entire life asking what he could do for you and not what others could do for him, it was only a question of how much,” Comiter said.

UF President Bernie Machen explained to the assembled tax lawyers how Calfee connects with students and graduates.

“Dennis has a reputation for staying at his students’ sides literally forever. He helps them network, he finds them jobs, he guides them to judicial clerkships, he remains a trusted friend and adviser,” Machen said. “Ten or 20 years after the students graduate, many won’t switch firms or make significant career moves without first consulting him.”

During his nearly 40 years associated with UF Law, Calfee has served as associate

dean of the college of law and as Alumni Research Scholar. He has taught at Peking University in Beijing, the University of Leiden in the Nether-lands, the Academy of International Tax in Taiwan, and the University of Mont-pellier in France. In 2006, the Republic of

China Ministry of Finance honored him with a third-level public finance specialty medal for developing Taiwan’s public finance sys-tem and training tax officers

And twice in his career Calfee was elect-ed college of law professor of the year.

“Students in Dennis’ classes say that they get the sense that he’s on the journey with them, and if you’ve ever shared that feeling with a teacher, you know what that’s really all about,” Machen said.

Calfee’s tax lawyer of the year award latest in line of faculty honors

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“Dennis has a reputation for staying at his

students’ sides literally forever.”

—UF President Bernie Machen

Dennis Calfee (LLMT 75) and wife Peggy attend the annual banquet of The Florida Bar Tax Section in April at the Gainesville UF Hilton. Calfee was named outstanding tax lawyer of the year. (Photo by Haley Stracher 4JM)

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WELCOME

In the fall semester, Todd Venie joined UF Law’s Legal Information Center as the new head of research and instruction. In this position, he will manage all of the LIC’s reference, instructional and faculty services.

Venie spent his last five years in Washington, D.C., as a reference librarian at the Georgetown University Law Library. In 2008, he earned his master’s degree in library science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he worked as the graduate assistant in the law library. Venie has a bachelor’s degree from Indiana University where he majored in history and political science, as well as a Juris Doctor from The Ohio State University.

Before he became a librarian, Venie worked as an assistant prosecuting attorney in Fairfield County, Ohio, where he prosecuted adult felony cases and advised the county offices about civil matters.

Rob Birrenkott (JD 05) chuckles when he remem-bers the day Dylan Shea

(JD 13) sat down facing him at his desk in the Center for Career De-velopment.

“‘I have four kids. I need a job,’” Birrenkott recalls Shea, a 1L at the time, telling him.

“One step at a time,” Birren-kott replied. “We’ve gotta crawl before we run.”

On the other hand, UF Law’s new assistant dean for career de-velopment is off and running. The graduate and four-year veteran of career development was handed the reins on May 28 to the office that helps clear the way for the em-ployment of Gator lawyers. Since then, Birrenkott has overseen the launch of a host of initiatives.

“In just a few months, Rob has designed and implemented a num-ber of new, innovative programs that I believe will help our students take advantage of opportunities I believe UF Law graduates are not fully taking advantage of,” UF Law Dean Robert Jerry said.

Jerry said Birrenkot has fo-cused on expanding career ser-vices to smaller firms and to the government sector and has been particularly successful at making job connections possible among small law firms, state attorney’s offices and other government sec-tor markets.

City Days is a career develop-ment initiative to organize legal re-cruiting events in Miami, Orlando,

Jacksonville, Tampa and Tallahas-see with an itinerary of interviews at multiple firms in the area. This is often more efficient for smaller firms than inviting them to visit UF Law in search of students to hire, Birrenkott said, and it also helps students avoid multiple trips to a location they want to work.

Bridge the Gap is another new initia-tive Birrenkott over-sees that pairs stu-dents or recent grad-uates with industry veterans who can provide professional mentorship and connections.

Rachel Inman, associate dean for student affairs, said Birren-kott lends stability to the office. Students have confidence in him, and he’s managed administrative responsibilities to allow time for meeting with students. He is will-ing to meet after 5 p.m. if their schedule requires that time.

“I think that when you are in charge of running a unit, you’re concerned about being able to do the thing we all love to do — that is work with students,” Inman said. “He’s managed that by lead-ing by example.”

Birrenkott previously served as the office director and interim dean. He took over after the departure of Pascale Bishop. Although he’s been working in the office in various ca-pacities for the past four years, his new role involves heavier admin-istrative duties. He said this greater

responsibility means a greater scope for coordinating programs to impact students individually.

“I’ve really worked with al-most every single segment of the student population,” Birrenkott said. “I’ve worked with 1Ls, 2Ls,

recent graduates, LL.M. students. That’s all been help-ful now that (I’m) overseeing the whole operation.”

One of his first clients was the afore-mentioned Dylan Shea, whose gradu-ation date was ap-proaching without

signs of a job offer. Birrenkott brought him on a visit to an Orlan-do law firm whose officials wanted to hear a student’s perspective on how it could improve its outreach to students. Shea delivered the talk.

Meanwhile, Birrenkott was pulling for him behind the scenes.

“I shot them an email and said, ‘While he’s down here, I think this is a student you should really, really take a look at. He has a lot of intangibles — strong leader. He’s a candidate I can eas-ily go to bat for.’”

That day scored a job inter-view for Shea, which resulted in a job at Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed, P.A.

“I was able to see the whole life cycle,” Birrenkott said. “You get to work with them throughout their journey, and then there’s a positive outcome at the end of it.”

Career Development chief sprints out of the gate

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When Darren Hutchinson moved back after 26 years of studying and teaching across the U.S., he drove

through his old East Gainesville neighbor-hood, and what he saw made him sad.

“Archer Road is totally different than when I grew up here. Then I drive to East University Avenue, and it’s exactly the same,” he said.

The desire for more equal economic development is just one indication of the strong sense of social justice and advocacy for change Hutchinson brings to the UF Law faculty.

Hutchinson, a Gainesville native who taught as a visiting professor last year, writes and teaches about constitutional law, racial justice, LGBT rights and other social issues.

The 1993 Yale Law graduate was award-ed the Stephen C. O’Connell Chair this fall, a distinction Hutchinson celebrated because he said it will give him “more resources to do things,” such as continuing his mission to educate about civil rights and equality.

The previous law schools he taught at — Washington College of Law and Ameri-can University — were private schools with large international populations, and he said this meant teaching very generalized ideas.

Coming to UF, he said, his target audi-

ence is more defined, so he has more lever-age to address specific issues he knows his students will encounter in the real world.

“I know most of my students grew up in Florida,” he said. “I know most of my students will practice law in Florida. A lot of them will become judges and lawmakers and policymakers here. I feel I have a direct influence on them.”

One such issue is public education.Hutchinson said the Gainesville el-

ementary school he went to as a child was comprised of a healthy mix of ethnicities and income levels. Now, he said, most of the attendees are low-income, black stu-dents.

“Those conditions are really bad for educating kids,” he said, noting that suc-cessful students — and lawyers — have multiple influences. “I really would like to see those schools be what they were before, so a kid can go there and become a law pro-fessor.”

Social change and social justice: “Those are my passions. That’s the heart of law to me. Lawyers have always been the enforc-ers of social justice, and I think that we have that role.”

To pass on his passions of social justice and change in the classroom, Hutchinson’s philosophy is to first build trust with his stu-dents so they feel they can freely exchange ideas.

“I try to create an environment that is very conducive to students saying their opinions in a legal context,” he said. “I work to get that trust, and then I’ll start question-ing them more. I don’t want to bombard them with my ideas.”

He said it’s all about challenging stu-dents to sharpen their ideas by helping them pinpoint weaknesses in their arguments and identifying how to strengthen their argu-ments.

“At the same time, I hope they become conscious of the need for more justice,” he said. “That’s why I love teaching.”

Spencer Winpol, a 2L who was one of Hutchinson’s students last year and who works as his research assistant now, said Hutchinson’s down-to-earth attitude wins his classes over.

“Everyone really likes him because he’s really approachable,” said Winpol, who en-joys chatting with Hutchinson about foot-ball. “You wouldn’t know that he knows all that he does because he doesn’t put it in your face. He’s very humble about all his accomplishments.”

Much of Hutchinson’s research deals with gathering concrete facts and figures to illustrate abstract social problems. To that end, Winpol is helping Hutchinson compile numbers to illustrate the “disparate treat-ment between blacks and Hispanics in gov-ernment-funded programs.”

Hutchinson is also striving to build col-laboration between UF’s law program and social sciences.

He recently received an email from UF’s African-American Studies program office, asking him to open his class seminar, constitutional law and civil rights, to gradu-ate students in that program.

Hutchison used the opening to contact UF’s political science and sociology depart-ments to begin coordinating similar partner-ships.

Because you must look at how laws op-erate within society to understand their full effects, Hutchinson said, fostering conver-sations between the social science and law fields is essential.

“Lawyers often believe they can solve every problem on their own, but we need the help of other experts,” he said. “Legal problems are bigger than just thinking about the law. You have to think about how soci-ety works as well.”

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(Photo by Javier Edwards)

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—DANIEL SOKOL Associate Professor of Law

“Insight: Flexing antitrust muscle, China is a new merger hurdle” (May 2, 2013, Reuters)

—KENNETH NUNN Professor of Law; Associate Director, Center on Children and Families; Assistant Director, Criminal Justice Center

“Untangling The Legal Issues In The Zimmerman Case” (July 14, 2013, NPR)

MEDIA HITS

“The prosecu-tion became the defense and the defense became the prosecution. And the defense lawyers did a very good job of pros-ecuting Trayvon Martin. And so, as a consequence, he was profiled in life and he was profiled in death, at least in his trial, as a violent and dangerous black male.”

“What this case shows is that we think the military jus-tice system can some-how solve the sexual assault problem, but it can’t.”

—DIANE MAZUR Professor Emeritus

“New Hearing in Rape Case Raises Alarm” (Sept. 20, 2013, New York Times)

“Firms will make all kinds of concessions. If this were the United States, people would say: I’ll see you in court. No one’s going to do that in China.”

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“What will probably happen is the (life in-surance) company is going to sue her, but she’s homeless and doesn’t have any money.”

—LEE-FORD TRITT Professor of Law; Director, Center for Estate Planning; Director, Estates & Trusts Practice Certificate Program; Associate Director, Center on Children and Families

“Brenda Heist: How to come back from the dead” (May 2, 2013, BBC News Magazine)

—DARREN HUTCHINSON Stephen C. O’Connell Professor of Law

“Zimmerman can legally retrieve gun he used to shoot Martin” (July 14, 2013, MSNBC)

—MARTIN McMAHON James J. Freeland Eminent Scholar

“Google, Facebook Workers Could Owe Taxes On Their Free Lunches” (April 8, 2013, The Huffington Post)

“Let’s say that an employee gets $2,000 in free meals and makes $50,000 a year. The company should report to the IRS that it paid the employee $52,000 in compensation on which the em-ployee would be taxed.”

“At this moment, however, federal prosecutors have not charged Zim-merman with a crime, not to mention secured a conviction. If he is convicted of a federal felony related to this act, under Florida law, he would lose his right to carry a handgun.”

—JASON NANCE Assistant Professor of Law; Associate Director, Center on Children and Families

“Surveillance Cameras Gain Ground in Schools” (May 31, 2013, Education Week)

“Many would argue that this is a substantial inva-sion of students’ privacy rights, especially because states have man-datory attendance requirements, so students are es-sentially required to be subjected to constant govern-ment monitoring.”

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NANCY E. DOWD David H. Levin Chair in Family Law; Director, Center on Children and Families

“What Men? The Essentialist Er-ror of The End of Men,” 93 B.U. L. Rev. (2013)

In response to Hannah Rosin’s book, The End of Men: and the Rise of Women (2012), this article, part of a symposium, argues Ros-in’s book ignores men who never experienced privilege as well as the existence of hierarchy among men. The article focuses on the life situ-ation and challenges of black boys, and its links to the subordinated position of black men.

ALYSON CRAIG FLOURNOY Senior Associate Dean for Aca-demic Affairs; Professor of Law; Alumni Research Scholar

“Wetlands Regulation in an Era of Climate Change: Can Section 404 Meet the Challenge?” 4 G.W. J. of Energy & Envt’l L. 67 (2013) with Allison Fischman (JD 12)

Flournoy and Fischman review the scientific literature on the potential threat to wetlands posed by climate change. Finding that the evidence warrants concern, they present an approach for assessing the threat

and developing a policy response by linking climate change projec-tions to information about the value of different types of wetlands.

ROBERT H. JERRY, II UF Law Dean; Levin, Mabie and Levin Professor of Law

LYRISSA BARNETT LIDSKY Professor of Law; Stephen C. O’Connell Chair; Associate Dean for International Programs

“Public Forum 2.1: Public Higher Education Institutions and Social Media,” 14 Fla. Coastal L. Rev. 55 (2013)

This article addresses administra-tive and First Amendment challeng-es public university officials face regarding the use of social media. Jerry and Lidsky examine current and likely future uses of social media in higher education and pro-vides a map of the complex terrain of First Amendment doctrine and guidance for navigating it.

E. LEA JOHNSTON Associate Professor; Assistant Di-rector, Criminal Justice Center

“Vulnerability and Desert: A Theory of Sentencing and Mental Illness,” 103 J. Crim. L. & Crimi-nology 147 (2013)

The article analyzes risks of seri-ous harms posed to prisoners with major mental disorders and inves-tigates their import for sentencing under the philosophical perspective known as retributive just deserts.

SHANI M. KING Professor of Law; Co-Director, Center on Children and Families

“Alone and Unrepresented: A Call to Congress to Provide Counsel for Unaccompanied Minors,” 50 Harv. J. Legis. 331 (2013)

King shows that unaccompanied minors lie at the nexus of human rights standards governing immi-grants, children, and civil counsel and that this underscores their need for counsel.

ELIZABETH A. ROWE Feldman Gale Term Professor of Intellectual Property Law; UF Research Foundation Professor; Director, Program in Intellectual Property Law

“Intellectual Property and Em-ployee Selection,” 48 Wake Forest L. Rev. 25 (2013)

Rowe is the first to examine bridging the worlds of employ-ment discrimination law and intellectual property law. She

recommends including consider-ations of intellectual property in the employment discrimination jurisprudence.

D. DANIEL SOKOL Associate Professor

Competition Law and Develop-ment (Stanford U. Press, 2013) — editor, with Thomas K. Cheng and Ioannis Lianos

Competition Law and Development investigates whether the competi-tion law and policy transplanted from Europe and the United States can be successfully implemented in the developing world.

DANAYA C. WRIGHT Clarence J. TeSelle Endowed Professor

The Law of Succession: Wills, Trusts, and Estates (Foundation Press, 2013)

This new trusts and estates case-book takes a radically different approach in both structure and content for teaching upper level courses, replacing long cases with short squib cases to illus-trate how different courts address different factual situations, and focusing on the tools of estate planning and planning scenarios.

U F L A W F A C U L T Y

A selection of recent articles and books For a complete list, see the UF Law Faculty Report at http://goo.gl/YvVpxl

FACULTY SPOTLIGHT

Grayson McCouch has some practi-cal advice about estate planning: Be careful; be realistic; don’t

procrastinate.McCouch, who joined the UF Law fac-

ulty full time in fall 2013 as the Gerald Sohn Professor of Law, teaches estates and trusts; taxation of gratuitous transfers; and estate planning. Although McCouch knows that these subjects can often instill “fear, anxiety, and misgiving,” he thinks everyone should know something about them.

McCouch acknowledges that execut-ing a will, trust, or power of attorney can be daunting. That’s why he urges students to take the subject seriously. Even if they do not end up specializing in estate planning, knowing the basics can help them plan their own affairs and avoid unwelcome surprises, he said.

Before coming to UF, McCouch taught at the University of Miami School of Law and the University of San Diego School of Law.

Estate planning is an especially practical field in Florida. “If you look at the amount of wealth, the legal and professional climate, and the demographics of the state,” he said, “it’s pretty clear that estate planning is an essential part of any lawyer’s basic education — partic-ularly for students at UF.”

He said the real-world applications for his subject areas offer a wide range of career opportunities for law grads. His estates and trusts class is the founda-tion for more advanced courses dealing with spe-cialized aspects of fidu-ciary administration, future interests and taxation.

“That’s why I like teaching in these areas,” he said. “I think a lot of students come out with something they will be able to use.”

McCouch became interested in estate planning as a law student and then special-ized in the area for several years in practice with a firm in Boston. “The law firm experi-ence was invaluable. I learned a great deal not

only about planning and drafting documents but also about client relations and profession-al responsibility.”

Lee-Ford Tritt, director of UF Law’s Camp Center for Estate Planning, said McCouch brings a high level of scholarship and a person-

able nature to the college.“He’s a proven com-

modity who fits perfectly into our premier tax program while adding to our already outstanding estate planning curriculum,” he said. “And I’m personally lucky to have another friendly col-league with whom to discuss pedagogical and scholarly issues. I couldn’t be happier to have Professor McCouch

right down the hall from me.”The feeling of collegiality is mutual. McCouch, who noted how much he en-

joys his UF faculty colleagues, said he was drawn to UF Law because of its dynamic and stimulating atmosphere. “It’s a very exciting place, with a diverse and talented faculty and first-rate students,” he said.

Professor emphasizes practical estate planningBY K E L C E E G R I F F I S ( 4 J M ) A N D S H A N N O N K A E S T L E ( 4 J M )

“Estate planning is an essential part

of any lawyer’s basic education

— particularly for students at UF.”—Grayson McCouch

Gerald Sohn Professor of Law

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All the fellows have their

sights set on careers in the public interest

sector.

UP & COMING

Fellowships support student career paths

From active duty in the Army to the trenches of government in-side the Beltway, from protect-

ing the future of the environment to ensuring a bright future for children — jobs in public interest law can take young attorneys in many different di-rections. For four UF Law students, those far-ranging opportunities were brought within reach by public inter-est fellowships.

UF Law boasts three new public interest fellowship options for students. The Bill McBride Public Interest Prac-tice Fellowship, the Justice John Paul Stevens Public Interest Fellowship and the E. Thom Rumberger Everglades Foundation Fellowship help fund pub-lic interest-related internships and ex-ternships, which can be expensive be-cause they are often unpaid and require summertime relocation.

The fellowships eliminate those worries, giving students access to valuable hands-on work experience with agencies across the country. Each fellow received $5,000 to cover the costs associated with their summer opportunities.

The inaugural Rumberger fel-low, who will receive up to $5,000 per year, had not yet been selected at press time, but two McBride and two Stevens fellows completed their work over the summer. Their paths are var-ied, but all have their sights set on ca-reers in the public interest.

Marissa Fallica (3L)The McBride Fellowship offered

Fallica an opportunity to follow her dream of working in the area of civil rights law. She externed in Atlanta at the United States Department of Edu-cation Office for Civil Rights, which handles discrimination cases in educa-tional settings.

Fallica spent a large part of the summer assisting in a compliance

review of a school district by inves-tigating the district for possible race discrimination violations in its disci-pline practices. The chief regional at-torney, Deborah Floyd, was Fallica’s mentor throughout the fellowship. Fallica said Floyd’s innovative and thorough approach to cases served as an inspiration for her own legal de-velopment.

“It was a great opportunity to learn from her,” Fallica said. “The mentoring of many of the attorneys I worked with there reinforced my commitment to do public interest work in the future.”

Patrick Todd (2L)Looking to expand his horizons

in environmental law, Todd got the opportunity to travel across the coun-try and work with veteran attorneys, thanks to the McBride Fellowship.

Todd split his summer between Tallahassee and Washington, D.C., making the most of his time in order to get experience at both the state and federal levels. He spent the first half of the fellowship at the U.S. Attor-ney’s Office for the Northern District of Florida and went to the Depart-ment of Justice Environmental Torts Branch for the second half. Todd said the fellowship provided him with the chance to explore public interest law without dealing with the stressful de-tails of arranging housing and cover-ing living expenses.

“If it wasn’t for the help, I don’t know how I would have managed,” Todd said.

Todd said he received construc-tive mentoring and advice from sea-soned trial attorneys, which made a lasting impact on his development as a lawyer.

Joshua Izaak (3L)Stevens fellow Joshua Izaak, whose

interests lie in politics, wanted to work on voting rights issues in the nation’s capital. His wish was granted with a po-sition in the Voter Protection Department with the Democratic National Commit-

tee in Washington, D.C. Izaak analyzed legislation from individual states to determine how laws were restricting voters from the opportunity to vote.

“I got great first-hand experience in seeing how our nation’s voting laws function in practical terms and how those laws can

both expand and restrict a person’s ac-cess to the polls,” Izaak said.

Izaak’s drive to break into politics was reinforced by the experience. He said he hopes to hold public office in the near future, beginning with a campaign for a seat in the Florida House of Repre-sentatives in 2014.

Kaylee Chabarek (3L)Kaylee Chabarek said the Stevens

Fellowship provided her with a stepping stone toward working in military law.

She said the fellowship opened av-enues for her that would otherwise have been impassable because of the costs as-sociated with pursuing her goal of enter-ing the Army Judge Advocate General Corps.

“Without the fellowship funds, I don’t know if I would have been able to do the internship,” Chabarek said.

Chabarek moved to Texas during the summer to extern with the JAG Trial Defense Service in Fort Hood. Because the fellowship allowed her to live in Fort Hood, Chabarek said, she was able to experience the role of an Army defense counsel. The opportunity, in turn, helped her realize she was interested in continu-ing to pursue a JAG career.

“The internship definitely solidified my future plans,” Chabarek said.

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FEBRUARY 7Richard E. Nelson Symposium“State and Local Elections: Rights and Wrongs”Hilton UF Conference Center

FEBRUARY 19-21Florida Tax InstituteGrand Hyatt, Tampa Bay

FEBRUARY 20Public Interest Environmental Conference“Feeding the Future: Shrinking Resources, Growing Population and a Warming Planet”UF Law campus

MARCH 14Center for the Study of Race and Race Relations Spring LectureGuest Speaker, Peggy McIntosh, Wellesley CollegeUF Law, HOL 180

MARCH 14E-Discovery ConferenceUF Law, Martin H. Levin Advocacy Center

APRIL 4Sports Law SymposiumUF Law, HOL 180

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