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CLASS NOTES
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1970s
Chief Assistant State Attorney
Bruce Bartlett J.D. ’78 has
been assigned as a Marjory
Stoneman Douglas High
School Public Safety Commission
member, according to the
April 24 Bay News 9.
Dean Trantalis J.D.’79, has
been elected as the new mayor
of Fort Lauderdale, Florida,
according to the Norwich Bulletin.
He is the city’s first openly
gay mayor.
1980s
Haliczer, Pettis & Schwamm’s
co-founding partner Jim
Haliczer J.D. ’81 was
appointed co-chairperson
of the Trial Lawyers Section
of the Broward County Bar
Association by incoming
President Edwina Kessler.
Cassandra K. Jackson, B.S.
’84, J.D. ’86 was appointed
by the City Commission for
the City of Tallahassee as City
Attorney effective March 1,
2018.
Judicial Management Council.
Marstiller, appointed by new
Chief Justice Charles Canady,
will serve a four-year term
ending June 2022. Marstiller
is with the Gunster law firm’s
appellate and government
affairs teams, based in the
Tallahassee and Tampa offices.
The July 24 Traders ran the
news that Richard Nummi
J.D. ’91 is now director and
chairman of the executive
compensation committee of
INTREORG SYSTEMS Inc.
Florida’s Children First, a
statewide advocacy organization
focused on protecting the
legal rights of at-risk and foster
care children, announced that
Orlando attorney Richard B.
Schwamm J.D. ’91 has been
appointed to the organization’s
Board of Directors.
Burr & Forman LLP
announces the addition of
Jacksonville-based partner,
Troy K. Smith J.D. ’96.
James G. “Jim” Vickaryous
J.D. ’93 has been sworn in as
the 18th Circuit’s new representative
to the Florida Bar’s
Board of Governors in June at
the Florida Bar Convention in
Orlando.
S T E T S O N L AWY E R
1990s
Robert L. Blank J.D. ’92 was
recently Board Certified in
Civil Trial Law by the National
Board of Trial Advocacy. Since
2010, he has been Board
Certified in Civil Trial Law
by the Florida Bar. He is a
shareholder with Rumberger,
Kirk & Caldwell, P.A. and is
managing partner of the firm’s
Tampa office.
Edward B. Carlstedt J.D. ’97
has been named office managing
partner of the FordHarrison
LLP firm’s Tampa office.
Catherine E. Davey J.D. ’93
of The Law Office of Catherine
E. Davey, P.A. in Maitland
recently co-sponsored, along
with the Down Syndrome
Association of Central Florida,
the 6th Low Down on Law.
She was appointed to a special
committee charged by the
president of the Florida Bar,
Michael Higer, with developing
recommendations for improvements
to Florida’s mentalhealth
treatment system.
Michael J. Donohue J.D.
’94 was appointed to the New
Jersey Superior Court bench by
Governor Chris Christie and
confirmed by the New Jersey
State Senate in December of
2016. Judge Donohue was
assigned to the Criminal Part in
Atlantic County and is now the
senior Criminal Part Judge in
Cape May County.
Robert S. Freedman J.D. ’90
is now Board Certified by The
Florida Bar in Condominium
and Planned Development
Law. Freedman co-chairs
the firm’s Real Estate and
Commercial Finance practice
group, and the Real Estate and
Development industry groups.
Akerman LLP, a top 100 U.S.
law firm serving clients across
the Americas, continued its
national growth of the Real
Estate Practice Group with
experienced land use and
transactional real estate partner
Marilyn Mullen Healy J.D.
’93, in Tampa.
Retired Appellate Judge
Simone Marstiller B.B.A. ’88/
J.D. ’96 has been appointed to
the Florida Supreme Court’s
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