Former Florida Supreme Court Chief Justice Gerald Kogan died in Miami on Thursday, March 4, 2021.  He was 87 and was Florida's 73rd Justice since statehood was granted in 1845.

Supreme Court Justice Alan Lawson used a shadowed checkerboard illustration during his February 25 CLE seminar on the well-being of lawyers. The seminar was the first of three on lawyer health and wellness sponsored by the Standing Committee on Professionalism and the Bar’s Henry Latimer Center for Professionalism.

Florida’s Chief Justice Charles Canady has issued an administrative order authorizing some remote criminal jury trials as COVID-19 pandemic conditions persist around the state. This order extends a similar authorization issued in June 2020 for some civil trials.

Courts and other governmental institutions have faced unprecedented strains but have withstood the stresses, underscoring the importance of an independent judicial branch, according to Chief Justice Charles Canady. Delivering his annual state of the judiciary commentary at the Supreme Court Historical Society’s annual (and this year virtual) Supreme Evening event...

Former Florida Supreme Court Justice and retired 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Chief Judge Joseph W. Hatchett has received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Florida Supreme Court Historical Society. Watch the award presentation on YouTube.

In this Open Ninth Podcast, Justice Jamie Grosshans chats with Chief Judge Don Myers of the Ninth Judicial Circuit (Orange and Osceola Counties) about life as the Supreme Court’s newest justice.

As they look for budget cuts in a COVID-19-battered economy, Florida lawmakers appreciate the vital mission that the courts perform. That’s the message Chief Justice Charles Canady gave the Board of Governors during a January 29 virtual meeting that was originally scheduled for Tallahassee.

Chief Justice Charles Canady addressed the widespread use of remote technology in an address to The Florida Bar on Jan. 29, 2021. 

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Justice Jorge Labarga and others participate in the Broward County Hispanic Bar Association (BCHBA)’s Bilingual Conference for High School Students.