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C L A S S N OT E S
CLASS NOTES
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1960s
Seymour A. Gordon, J.D
’60, has joined the firm of
Fisher and Wilsey, P.A., as
Of Counsel. Mr. Gordon has
practiced law in St. Petersburg,
with the firm of Gay and
Gordon, Attorneys, since the
early 1960s. Mr. Gordon has
served as Past President of the
St. Petersburg Bar Association,
Hospice, Kiwanis and the St.
Petersburg Museum of Fine
Arts, and is a recipient of the
Heroes Among Us Award
awarded by the St. Petersburg
Bar Foundation.
1980s
Mike Boryla, J.D. ’81
was a former Stanford All
American quarterback, former
Pro Bowl quarterback for
the Philadelphia Eagles and
former Tampa Bay Buccaneers
quarterback when he arrived
in Mickey Smiley's Torts 1
class. Smiley said that we
would never be the same after
his class. He was right. After
Boryla took his class and after
he met his wonderful Stetson
classmates he became a new
With corporations making
strides to improve their
environmental practices and
sustainability footprint amid
an increasingly complex
regulatory environment,
Gray Robinson, P.A.,
announces the establishment
of an Environmental and
Sustainability Law practice
group, led by chair Stephen
Tilbrook, J.D. ’94.
Florida law firm Lewis,
Longman & Walker (LLW) is
pleased to announce Robert
Angus Williams, J.D. ’95, has
joined the firm’s Tallahassee
office as Of Counsel. Robert
joins LLW from the Florida
Department of Environmental
Protection, where he served as
General Counsel, and before
that, as Chief Deputy General
Counsel, serving FDEP’s Public
Lands Section and Defense
Section.
S T E T S O N L AWY E R
man! Today he is a playwright
and a highly trained Stanislav
Method stage actor. He has
performed his one-man play,
The Disappearing Quarterback
(DQ) 40 times in Philadelphia
and Denver. In the first week
of October he performed DQ
at the Denver Performing Arts
Center. He cannot adequately
tell you how much his Stetson
Law degree helped him become
the playwright and stage actor
he is today. "I rest my case,
your Honor!"
Judge Gary Flower, J.D.
’87, is the recipient of the
Amy Karan award. This is
only the second time the
award has been given. The
award honors Judge Amy
Karan’s legacy and her special
contributions to the judiciary
and the legal system. This
award recognizes scholarship,
the faithful application in
the administration of justice,
and the education and
encouragement of stakeholders
in their public service. Above
all, the award goes to someone
who is a visionary in improving
the legal system locally and
statewide.
Tori L. Kaufholz J.D. ’86, was
appointed to the Florida Bar
Certified Arbitrator Committee
through June 2030.
Global law firm Greenberg
Traurig, LLP announced that
Bradford D. Kaufman, J.D.
’86, joined Ernest L. Greer
as co-president. Kaufman,
resident in the firm’s West
Palm Beach office, is currently
defending the key figure in
the Barclay’s case in London
— the only major prosecution
stemming from the financial
crisis. Most recently, he served
as a senior vice president
and treasurer of Greenberg
Traurig and as global chairman
of the firm’s Professional
Development and Integration.
1990s
1990s
Carlton Fields Shareholder
Robert S. Freedman, J.D. ’90,
who co-chairs the firm’s Real
Estate & Commercial Finance
practice, was elected as chair of
The Florida Bar’s Real Property,
Probate & Trust Law Section
(RPPTL).
John R. Herin Jr., J.D. ’91,
has joined the Fox Rothschild
LLP Miami office as partner.
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