August 20, 2019

Limiting the Florida homestead exemption by broadening the application of the fraud or egregious conduct exception

Since 1868, the Florida Constitution has expressly shielded homestead property from forced sale except in certain delineated circumstances.[1] In 2001, in response to a certified question from the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, the Florida Supreme Court, in the case Havoco of America, Ltd. v. Hill, 790 So. 2d 1018 (Fla. 2001), reviewed over 100 […]

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April 7, 2019

Mentoring matters: The diversity and inclusion fellowship programs of The Florida Bar and its sections

By all accounts, the legal profession is facing a crisis: “Too many great minds are leaving the profession….Everyone needs to care about that — not just women, not just men.”[1] Although women comprise 45 percent of associates, they only account for 19 percent of equity partners in private law firms.[2] Gender inequity is a “multifaceted […]

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December 19, 2016

Gender bias in the legal field then and now

At the Annual Summit of the Florida Association for Women Lawyers (“FAWL”), a group of women lawyers and judges gathered to discuss the results of the 2015 Young Lawyers Division of The Florida Bar’s (“YLD”) Survey on Women in the Legal Profession (“Survey”). The Survey consisted of a random sample of more than 3,000 female […]

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