Since 2006, the MDFL has supported a civil pro bono program. Since then, over 50 lawyers from around Jacksonville have offered to give their services and time to pro se litigants. Those lawyers run the gamut; from our area’s well-known legal giants to our young practitioners just starting their profession. The program is a win-win for all. [...]
John M. Fitzgibbons has announced the four finalists for our vacant U.S. District Judge position in the MDFL. They are Sheri Polster Chappell, Brian J. Davis, Elizabeth A. Jenkins, C. Alan Lawson. Our own Judge Monte Richardson is a finalist for the vacancy in the NDFL.
Revisions to the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure and Eleventh Circuit Rules took effect on August 1, 2012. You can view them on the Eleventh Circuit’s website by clicking here. Revisions include: (1) give capital case panels flexibility in whether or not to hear oral argument. 11th Cir. R. 22-4(a) and (b), and IOP 2 [...]
