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CLASS NOTES1990Fisher & Phillips LLP is pleased toannounce that Steven Bernstein hasbeen appointed regional managing partnerof the firm’s Tampa office.National Advanced Forum on LitigatingDisability Insurance Claims on the topicof “Techniques for Using Medical andVocational Experts to Prove or Refute aClaimant’s Disability” held in Boston,Mass. in June.Daniel Uhlfelder was chosen as oneof Florida’s future leaders by FloridaTrend magazine. Uhlfelder is the firstnon-minority member of the NAACP’sOkaloosa County branch, where hechairs the legal redress committee.Lopez 90Beiley 91Camerlengo 91Brooderson 96Prescott 96Johnson 97Lazarus 97Oyer 98The law firm of Hinshaw & Culbertsonannounced that Burke G. Lopez hasjoined the firm’s Tampa office as apartner. Lopez handles cases involvingcoverage issues, commercial disputes,personal injury, products liability,premises liability and wrongful deathlitigation.Florida Trend magazine recognizedboard certified criminal trial lawyer,Stephen M. Walker, as one of the 2008Florida Legal Elite. Walker is a solepractitioner in Sarasota specializing incriminal defense.1991Adorno & Yoss announced that litigationand bankruptcy attorney Steven L.Beiley has joined the firm’s Miami officeas a partner. Beiley also have beenincluded by Florida Trend magazinein its Florida Legal Elite list for 2008,which recognizes the top 1.8 percent ofFlorida’s 56,000 lawyers.Joseph Camerlengo was sworn in asthe president of the Jacksonville BarAssociation on June 12. Camerlengoalso was honored as a 2008 FloridaSuper Lawyer and named to theJacksonville Business Journal’s2008 top 40 under 40 list.jcamerlengo@theplaintiffsfirm.com.The Florida Bar has reappointed Miamiattorney Julio C. Jaramillo to a threeyearterm on the board of directors ofThe Florida Bar Foundation, a statewidecharitable organization that fosterslaw-related public service programs onbehalf of Florida’s legal profession.Beth S. Schick has joined the Orlandolaw firm of ShuffieldLowman. Herprimary areas of practice are corporate,estate planning and administration, aswell as employment law.Steven J. Solomon, a member of theBankruptcy and Insolvency Departmentof Adorno & Yoss, LLP, has beenincluded by Florida Trend magazinein its annual Florida Legal Elite list for2008.John V. Tucker of Tucker & Ludin, P.A.in Clearwater recently spoke at the 11thIn May Tad A. Yates took the office ofpresident of the Orange County BarAssociation. Yates practices criminaldefense law with Kirkconnell, Lindsey,Snure & Yates, in Winter Park.1993Scott Shuker, of Orlando-based lawfirm Latham, Shuker, Eden & Beaudine,has been named by Florida Trend magazineas one of Florida’s Legal Elite.1994Florida Trend magazine recognizedJack R. Rieter as one of the 2008Florida Legal Elite. Reiter is a partner ofAdorno & Yoss, LLP and concentrateshis practice the areas of state, federaland administrative appeals, as well asgeneral commercial litigation.1995Jeffrey M. Taylor was recently electedto the board of directors of the CentralAtlantic Region of the America-IsraelChamber of Commerce. Taylor alsohas been elected to the advisory committeeof the Middle Atlantic Chapterof the Society of Corporate Secretaries& Governance Professionals. Tayloris a partner at Blank Rome, LLP, inPhiladelphia, Penn. Taylor focuses hispractice on representing public andprivate companies in securities law,mergers and acquisitions, and corporatelaw matters.1996Richard J. Brooderson has joined theAltamonte Springs law firm of Chaires,Brooderson & Guerrero, P.L. as anamed partner. The firm representshealth care practitioners and entitiesand focuses in the areas of health law,business law and administrative law.Joanne Prescott, a shareholder inthe Orlando firm Zimmerman KiserSutcliffe, has become board certifiedin workers’ compensation through TheFlorida Bar, effective Aug. 1. As a boardcertified attorney, Prescott is identifiedas a lawyer with special knowledge,skills, and proficiency distinguishing heras a specialist in workers’ compensationlaw.1997Sherri L. Johnson, of Dent & Johnson,Chartered in Sarasota, received the2008 Lynn Futch Most ProductiveYoung Lawyer Award from the YoungLawyers Division of The Florida Bar.The award is given to the young lawyerin Florida who has worked mostdiligently in bar activities and/or lawrelated public activities and who has anexcellent reputation for legal abilities andintegrity. Johnson also was recognizedas the 2008 Woman Lawyer of the Yearby the Manatee County Chapter of theFlorida Association for Women Lawyers.Donald B. Stuart (LLM), a partnerin the tax practice at Waller LansdenDortch & Davis, LLP in Nashville, Tenn.,has been appointed to serve a one-yearterm as vice chairman of the Tax andFinance Practice Group of the AmericanHealth Lawyers AssociationJason D. Lazarus, an attorney in Holland& Knight’s West Palm Beach office,received the “And Justice for All” awardfrom the Legal Aid Society of PalmBeach County. The award was in recognitionof one of Lazarus’ recent pro bonocases, as well as his continued pro bonoservice to Legal Aid over the years. Theaward was presented at the Legal AidSociety’s 20th Annual Pro Bono RecognitionEvening, on May 10 at the PalmBeach County Convention Center.The law firm Broad and Casselannounced that Orlando associate PeterSchoemann (LLMT) has been recognizedas being among the brightest andmost promising young business peoplein Orlando in the Orlando BusinessJournal’s “40 Under 40” listings.1998Shutts & Bowen partner, Harvey E.Oyer III, was selected to join the UnitedStates Committee of the Blue Shield,which is the cultural equivalent of theRed Cross. The Blue Shield providesemergency response to cultural propertyat risk during periods of armed conflict.Lori V. Vaughan has been elected shareholderof Trenam Kemker of Tampa andSt. Petersburg.52 UF LAW
A man of firstsAlfredo Garcia (JD 81)BY JASON SILVERAs the first Cuban-born deanof a U.S. law school at the St.Thomas University School ofLaw in Miami, Fla., Alfredo Garcia(JD 81) takes great pride in beingthe first in his family to graduatefrom college and law school.Garcia, who was president of theHispanic and Latino Law StudentAssociation at UF Law, remembersthe school giving him an opportunityto be successful by working hard.“It was a distinct honor for mebecause I was a first-generation collegeand graduate school student,”he said. “UF Law gave me an opportunityto further my educationand represent my heritage and roots,which is a privilege.”After graduating UF Law,Garcia became an assistant stateattorney under Janet Reno duringMiami’s infamous high-crime “CocaineCowboys” era. During thattime he handled felony and narcotics-relatedcases, gaining experienceworking against the best criminalattorneys, he said.“Being an assistant state attorneywas an incredible experiencebecause I got great on-the-job trainingagainst the best criminal defenselawyers like Roy Black,” he said.“It really sharpened my criminallitigation skills, which prepared mego into private practice in criminaldefense law.”There was never a dull momentin Miami during the 1980s as acriminal attorney, Garcia said.“I always tell my students thatfive years of the Miami Vice daysgave me all the excitement I neededfor a lifetime of practicing criminallaw,” Garcia said. “I had scary clientswho even smashed in my carwindows, but I have no regrets.”Garcia’s first love was alwaysacademics, and there’s nothing elsehe’d rather do than teach his studentsand learn from them as well, he said.“Your work should be your hobbyand your hobby should be yourwork,” Garcia said. “I always wantedto be a teacher since I was a kid, andit’s great to see your students developand then teach you things.”When Garcia arrived at the St.Thomas University School of Law20 years ago, it had only 14 facultymembers and was newly approved bythe American Bar Association. Now,under Garcia’s leadership, the schoolboasts 40 faculty members and morethan 600 students. As an attorney andleading legal scholar, Garcia says studentsneed to know the key to successis hard work and preparation.“My favorite quote from ChuckClose is ‘Inspiration is for amateurs,the rest of us just show upfor work,’ ” Garcia said. “The bestattorneys I see in action are the oneswho prepare better than anyone, andGarcia“A lawyer who works harder thanhis opponent is the most successful.”a lawyer who works harder than hisopponent is the most successful.”Garcia, who has Gator footballseason tickets, said the most rewardingaspect of being the dean of St.Thomas University School of Lawis what he gets back from students.“You learn a lot from yourstudents; it’s a two-way street,” hesaid. “I’m very proud and excitedbecause my background mirrors themission and the values of the lawschool.” ■Gregory S. Weiss has joined the lawfi rm of Leopold-Kuvin in Palm BeachGardens.1999John Badalamenti, an appellateattorney with the federal defender’soffi ce in Tampa, was quoted in therecent ABA Journal article “CrimeRegistries Under Fire” concerningthe constitutionality of the AdamWalsh Act.Bryan S. Gowdy became a boardcertifiedappellate attorney and anequal shareholder in his firm, formerlyMills & Creed, which is changing itsname to Mills, Creed & Gowdy.Orlando attorney A. Brian Phillips(LLMT) has been appointed adjunctprofessor of law at the University ofFlorida Levin College of Law.Vee Leonard, general counsel forFlorida Gulf Coast University, hasbeen reappointed to a three-year termas an at-large director of The FloridaBar Foundation, a statewide charitableorganization that fosters law-relatedpublic service programs on behalf ofFlorida’s legal profession.Richard P. Rollo was elected directorof Richards, Layton & Fingerin Wilmington, Del. in July. Rollopractices in the fi rm’s CorporateLitigation Department, representingDelaware corporations and theirWeiss 98Leonard 99FALL 2008 53
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