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Rishma D. Eckert LL.M.
’07 was invited to speak on
Capitol Hill by the Institute of
Caribbean Studies in June 2018
as part of Caribbean Legislative
Week on the topic of de-risking
and the loss of corresponding
banking relationships between
U.S. and Caribbean banks.
She is a partner at Cardozo,
Eckert & Sanchez, PLLC, a
Florida-based business law
firm representing domestic and
international companies and
entrepreneurs.
H. Amos Goodall Jr. CELA,
LL.M. ’09, was named
president of the National Elder
Law Foundation (NELF) on
June 1.
Korey Henson J.D. ’09,
associate director of the Office
of Career and Professional
Development, has been
appointed to two positions
with the National Association
of Law Placement: co-chair of
the CSO Employer Outreach
working group of the JD Advisors
Section and vice-chair of
the “Ask an Expert Webinars”
working group of the Newer
Professionals Section. He also
wrote an article for the March
2018 NALP Bulletin, “Counseling
the ‘Trailing Partner’ Law
Student.” He was selected to
co-present in the spring at the
2018 NALP Annual Education
Conference on “Closing the
Loop: Creating and Maximizing
PD Partnerships.”
2000s
Melanie Bean J.D. ’03 has
been named a partner at the
Law Offices of Lannom &
Williams. Bean has been an
associate attorney with the firm
for the past 15 years and is the
leader of its family law division.
Henderson, Franklin, Starnes
& Holt, P.A., is pleased to
announce that attorney
Suzanne Boy J.D. ’06 has
become Florida Bar Board
Certified in Labor and Employment
Law.
Joann Grages Burnett J.D.
’08, associate director of the
Office of Career and Professional
Development, has been
appointed the member services
coordinator for the American
Bar Association Young Lawyers
Division where she was named
Star of the Year. She was also
appointed the YLD co-chair
of the Tampa Bay Chapter of
the Federal Bar Association.
She co-authored the article,
“Reverse Mentorship Is the Key
to Success for Millennials and
Their Law Firms” for the ABA
Young Lawyers Division.
Beth Casey J.D. ’09, assistant
director of the Office of Career
and Professional Development,
was installed as the vice president
of the St. Petersburg Bar
Foundation Board of Trustees
on May 30. She has served on
the board for six years.
Greg J. Hoag J.D./M.B.A.’02
was recently installed as the
94th President of the St.
Petersburg Bar Association.
Cathrine A. Hunter J.D.’01
was recently appointed to the
2018 Board of Directors for
the Collier Building Industry
Foundation.
Dunn Law, P.A. in Miami,
is pleased to announce that
Joshua Kligler J.D. ’09 has
joined the firm as an attorney.
Kligler focuses his practice on
creditors’ rights, commercial
litigation and bankruptcy
litigation.
Eric Koenig J.D. ’05 is a new
shareholder at Trenam Law
according to the firm’s website.
Travis A. Harvey J.D. ’04, has
been elevated from attorney to
partner in the Kelley Kronenberg
business law firm.
Tampa Attorney Jason
Lambert B.B.A. ’02 J.D. ’12
has been named vice president
of the National Association
of the Remodeling Industry
(NARI) Tampa Bay Chapter.
C L A S S N OT E S
Frank T. Moya J.D. ’09 joined
Carlton Fields’ Tampa office
as a member of the firm’s
construction practice.
Melanie A. Mucario J.D./
M.B.A. ’01 has joined Lippes
Mathias Wexler Friedman
LLP as of counsel in the firm’s
Jacksonville, Florida area office.
Nicole “Nikki” C. Nate J.D.
’09 has been promoted to
shareholder status at Bryant
Miller Olive.
Adams and Reese is pleased to
announce that Eric J. Partlow
J.D. ’01 has been appointed
partner in charge of the firm’s
Tampa office by managing
partner Gif Thornton.
Kirtland and Seal L.L.C. senior
partner, Catherine Anne Seal
LL.M. ’08, has been awarded
the El Paso County Bar Association’s
2018 Mikki Kraushaar
Award for her outstanding
service to senior citizens in
the El Paso County, Colorado
community.
Jennifer Strouf J.D. ’02, a
Florida Bar Board Certified
Criminal Trial Attorney and
an improv performer, created
an educational and consulting
company in 2018 called
Improv4Lawyers PA, in which
she teaches trial skills, active
listening, and team building
workshops for attorneys.