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Thursday, January 31st, 2008
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Angela Carlin has focused on estate planning, probate law, and estate administration and litigation her entire career. She is the Co-Chair of Weston Hurd’s Estate, Trust and Probate Practice Group. Angela has authored six editions of Merrick-Rippner Ohio Probate Law since 1960 and has been an active member of…
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Thursday, January 31st, 2008
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Warner Norcross & Judd LLP partner Mark K. Harder has been appointed to the Institute for Continuing Legal Education’s Probate Advisory Board. Harder concentrates his practice on trusts and estates law.
Also, partner Charles McCallum has been named chair of the American Bar Association’s Section of Business Law. McCallum, who specializes in corporate and international business law, served as the ABA’s chair of its Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility.
Attorney and shareholder Jami E. Leach of Garan Lucow Miller, P.C. has been appointed for a three-year term as…
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Thursday, January 31st, 2008
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Congratulations to The Florida Bar’s 50-Year Members–Class of 1951! Of the 189 lawyers marking their 50th year as a Florida Bar member, 136 of you have chosen to celebrate the occasion and, in your own words, share your stories with us in the following pages.
Among you are former judges, legislators, law professors and 17 past Board of Governors members, including one past Bar president. Also prominent in your numbers are veterans of World War II and the Korean War, as well as founders of prominent law firms.
The entire membership of The Florida Bar celebrates your service to the profession, service to the community and service to individuals by protecting their rights. We collectively thank each of you!
JOHN W. ACHOR, Naples
Family: Wife - Louetta; Children (sons) Roger, John, Jr., Philip, Steve, Earl; (daughters) Sarah Speer, Amy Gardner
Career Highlights: My greatest joy is that I was a trial lawyer for 50 years.
OWEN S. ALLBRITTON, Clearwater
Family: Wife - Peggy; children (sons) David E. and Steve; (daughters) Patti Chatleain and Mary Barnett
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Thursday, January 31st, 2008
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Dec. 24–FOX JOINS ADAMS, HEMINGWAY & WILSON, LLP: John Philip Fox has joined the law firm of Adams, Hemingway & Wilson, LLP as an associate focusing on estate planning, probate, estate administration and business law. Fox received his law degree from the Walter F. George School of Law at Mercer University after receiving a degree in English from the University of Georgia.
HUGGINS RECEIVES HUGH Q. WALLACE AWARD: The Macon Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers has presented Scott C. Huggins with the Hugh Q. Wallace Award, an annual award that recognizes one of their members…
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Thursday, January 31st, 2008
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Aug. 29–Dennis Kita is filling the newly created position of manager of community-based assistance programs for the Great Valley Center.
The Great Valley Center is a nonprofit organization that promotes the Central Valley’s economic, social and environmental well-being.
Kita will help to identify the organizational needs and opportunities of nonprofit agencies. He will develop programs that will increase the effectiveness of the philanthropic community.
Kita most recently served as a fund-development consultant with Radio Bilingue, a network of…
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Thursday, January 31st, 2008
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Apr. 6–Giving and providing effective ways to give will be recognized by the Community Foundation on May 1.
David and Patricia Nierenberg, residents of east Clark County, will be honored as the 2007 Philanthropists of the Year.
The couple have made major gifts to Southwest Washington…
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Thursday, January 31st, 2008
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Columbia Credit Union announces the promotion of Vancouver native Vicky Howell to assistant vice president of business development. Howell has more than 13 years of financial services experience. She recently received the Freeman Keller Award from the Clark County Association of Realtors.
Today’s Bank announces the additions of Christopher J. Forslund as vice president of business banking and Doreen Y. Kobelenz as personal banker. Diana Rummel has been promoted from senior personal banker to assistant vice president.
Forslund has more than 15 years of banking experience and holds a master’s of business administration with a concentration in financial…
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Thursday, January 31st, 2008
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Pierce County’s Superior Court judges have named Fircrest attorney Robyn Lindsay the county’s seventh court commissioner. Lindsay, a University of Puget Sound Law School graduate and Pierce County attorney since 1984, has a practice emphasizing family law, estate planning, probate, personal injury and real estate and business law….
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Thursday, January 31st, 2008
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Robert Barge III and Jessica Rivera have been promoted at Allstate Insurance Co.
Barge was elevated to field vice president of property and casualty operations in California as part of a nationwide realignment of the property and casualty operations. He previously was vice president of the Northern California region, which this year merged with the Southern California region.
Rivera was promoted to assistant field vice president for California and is responsible for ethnic marketing. Rivera was most recently a director in field administration working out of Allstate’s Chicago office.
ACCOUNTING
John Mellas has joined the accounting house Perry-Smith LLP as an audit manager in the education and government practice. Mellas is responsible for management of audit and consulting engagements for community colleges, school districts, joint powers authorities and other governmental clients. Mellas is a certified public accountant with 14 years’ experience in planning and execution of audit plans for a range of governmental agencies and departments. He previously was an auditor in the California controller’s office.
EMPLOYMENT DEVELOPMENT
Nancy Crooks and Marilyn Nelson have joined the executive recruitment firm of Wilcox, Miner & George.
Crooks was named administrator and has duties that include accounting, information technology oversight and benefits administration. She is a former vice president of finance and administration for the Animal Protection Institute, a controller for the Boy Scouts of America, and a database software consultant.
Nelson, appointed regional accounts manager in the outplacement division, has a background in client services and marketing. She was manager of client services for The Health Plan of America and manager of national accounts with Healthy-care Compare.
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Thursday, January 31st, 2008
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Richele Taylor Hires On At McAngus Goudelock & Courie, LLC
Attorney Richele Taylor has joined the McAngus Goudelock & Courie’s Columbia office.
Taylor’s areas of practice are elder law, long-term care planning, estate planning, probate administration, guardianships and conservatorships, and related probate law litigation.
She represents clients in a wide range of issues in this practice area. Throughout her career, Taylor has focused on elder law and government benefits issues such as Medicaid, as well as litigation and health-care issues.
Taylor graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a bachelor of arts in English. She…
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Thursday, January 31st, 2008
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Richard B. Poling Jr. has been reappointed as a lawyer member and Martha D. Moore has been appointed as a lawyer member of the Attorney Grievance Commission for terms ending Sept. 30, 2009.
Additionally, Karen Quinlan Valvo has been reappointed chair of the commission and Mike Murray has been appointed vice chair of the commission for terms expiring Sept. 30, 2007.
Eugene R. Milhizer has been appointed associate dean of academic affairs and Janice Selberg has been appointed director of the law Library and information technology for the Ave Maria School of Law….
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Thursday, January 31st, 2008
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The Sun House restaurant has opened at 111 Gulf Drive S. in Bradenton Beach at BridgeWalk resort.
The restaurant features “Floribbean Cuisine,” a fusion of American cooking traditions with Caribbean and Latin American ingredients. Floribbean food is a lighter version of its Caribbean cousin, with less frying and fewer oils involved in the preparation. Traditional seafood fare and a mix of strong spices, marinades and smooth dressings and sauces are used.
The two-story, 150-seat restaurant…
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Thursday, January 31st, 2008
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Gary Nadeau has been promoted to manager of Ayres Associates’ Sarasota office.
Olympia Children’s Theatre Co. of Palmetto has appointed modeling consultant Carole Lane to head its arts department.
Alan F. Gonzalez L.L.M., has joined the Sarasota law firm of Walters Levine Brown Klingensmith & Thomison P.A. as the…
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Thursday, January 31st, 2008
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Question: The most frequent questions asked of me as an attorney are, “Do I need a will?” and “What happens if I die without a will?”
Answer: Before answering the question I should briefly address a preliminary topic that usually comes up, that is, by having a will am I causing a probate of my estate? The answer is `no’. Whether you have a will or not has no relationship to the necessity of probate. Probate or no probate is determined by the nature…
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Thursday, January 31st, 2008
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Richard M. Unger, an attorney with Columbia-based Rogers Townsend & Thomas, P.C., will speak at the Professional Education Systems Institute’s (PESI) annual seminar — South Carolina Boundary Law & Landowner Disputes. The one-day seminar will be offered December 11, at the Adams Mark Hotel in Columbia, and December 12, at the Sheraton in North Charleston. Hours are 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. each day. Tuition cost is…
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Thursday, January 31st, 2008
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If the proposed legislation that would phase out the federal estate tax over the next 10 years becomes law, what will estate planners do?
That is the question facing lawyers who have dedicated their careers to understanding the estate tax rules and to devising strategies to help their clients reduce those taxes.
Though unlikely to survive President Clinton’s expected veto, a strong possibility exists that estate tax repeal will become a reality if George W. Bush is elected in November. If Al Gore is elected, though, he can be expected to veto estate tax repeal as well. However, if this fall’s election reconstitutes Congress, a Gore veto might be overridden and estate tax repeal would become a reality.
If the estate and gift tax laws are eliminated, estate planners will need to rethink their practices to continue to be viable members of the legal community.
Luckily for these…
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Thursday, January 31st, 2008
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The Board of Governors of the Bird Key Yacht Club has agreed to proceed with a renovation of the club, including a casual dining area, a bar and several multifunctional rooms.
James F. Soller & Associates Inc., a Venice architectural business, will lead the professional services team of Mary…
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Thursday, January 31st, 2008
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Communications Corp., a broadband integrated communications provider in Greensboro, announced that it has hired Richard Snead, Keith Brower and Robbi Padgaysky as account executives.
Alisa Wagner has joined Bernard Robinson & Company, LLP, a full-service accounting firm in Greensboro, as partner. Leigh Ann Travis has been promoted to audit manager, and Lisa Smith has been promoted to senior accountant.
Ashley Rusher has rejoined the law firm of Blanco Tackabery Combs & Matamoros, P.A. She previously practiced law with the firm from June 1991 to December…
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Thursday, January 31st, 2008
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Manatee Young Professionals is scheduled to host its monthly networking social today from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Mangrove Grill, 102 Riviera Dunes Way in Palmetto.
Soul Source will perform, and there will be complimentary appetizers and a cash bar.
For more information about…
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Thursday, January 31st, 2008
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Agents take documents, but IRS won’t say who investigation targets
Agents from the Internal Revenue Service searched a downtown Charleston law firm and at least two other businesses last week as part of a criminal investigation, according to the agency.
No arrests have been made, and other than confirming the searches took place last Wednesday, the IRS released no further information this week.
Witnesses said more than a dozen agents from the IRS Criminal Investigation Division visited the offices of the law firm Kachmarsky & Taylor at 171 Church St., near Cumberland Street, in the Franke Building. At the same time, a spokesperson said, the IRS also searched a business on Red Bank Road in Goose Creek, a residence on State Road in Summerville and an office on Main Street in downtown Columbia.
The IRS referred all questions to Assistant U.S. Attorney Rhett DeHart, who declined to comment because all court records in the matter remained sealed.
Charleston defense lawyer Andy Savage, who represents David Glenn Taylor, a partner in Kachmarsky & Taylor, said a search warrant was issued at the firm’s office and documents were taken. That “doesn’t mean he is the target of the inquiry,” Savage said Wednesday. The law office has not shut down, Savage said.
John Kachmarsky, who is Taylor’s law partner, could not be reached for comment Wednesday. An attempt to contact his attorney late Wednesday afternoon was unsuccessful.
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