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Bay Area Council of Boy
Scouts of America. He will be
the Vice Chairman of the Fort
Brooke District, one of nine
districts in the council. The
district encompasses the
western half and northern half
of Hillsborough County.
Baggé-Hernández, became a
judge January 2020, after
working for the U.S. Attorney’s
Office in the District of Puerto
Rico and in the Middle
District of Florida.
Carlos Gazitua, J.D./MBA
’07, is serving on the Florida
Restaurant and Lodging
Association 2021 Board of
Directors Executive
Committee. Gazitua is
president and CEO of Sergio’s
Family Restaurants in Miami.
Ashley Hodson, J.D. ’07, was
named partner at Shutts &
Bowen LLP. She is a member
of the Private Client Services
Practice Group. She focuses
her practice on estate planning,
estate and gift taxation, and
estate and trust administration.
She designs her clients’ estate
plans to meet their specific
personal and financial goals
with an emphasis on family
wealth transfer planning. She
also has significant experience
administering complex estates
and trusts, including the
preparation of federal estate tax
returns.
Todd Howard, J.D. ’07, has
been named president of
Redstone Family Realty, LLC.
This is in addition to serving
as president of Redstone Title
Services, LLC since 2014.
Redstone Family Realty, LLC
provides residential and
commercial real estate services
throughout the Tennessee
Valley.
Patricia M. Flanagan, J.D./
MBA ’08, an attorney with
Fox Rothschild LLP, was
named to the list of
Professional Excellence
Honorees “On the Rise” by
Daily Business Review. This
award recognizes attorneys in
the South Florida business
community for their earlycareer
accomplishments while
“showing expertise in litigation
or transactional work and
committing themselves to pro
bono, charitable and
professional volunteer work.”
Flanagan is a partner in the
firm’s Intellectual Property
Department.
Amos Goodall,
LL.M. ’09, has
been given a
Lifetime
Achievement
Award for 2020
as part of The Legal
Intelligencer’s 2020
Professional Excellence Awards
series. The award recognizes
the achievements of
Pennsylvania lawyers who have
made a significant, positive
impact on the legal profession
and who have left an imprint
on the legal history of the
state. In 2000, he was certified
as an Elder Law Attorney by
the National Elder Law
Foundation, and in 2009, he
earned an LL.M. (with honors)
in Elder Law from Stetson Law.
This year, he completed a term
as President of the National
Elder Law Foundation.
Lindsey Romano, J.D. ’09,
joined the San Francisco office
of Gordon & Rees as a
member of the Health Care
practice group.
J. Christian Barker, J.D./
MBA ’09, joined the Nashville
office of Shackelford, Bowen,
McKinley & Norton, LLP as
entertainment transactional
partner. He represents artists,
songwriters, producers,
independent record labels,
independent music publishing
companies, and boutique artist
management companies
nationwide. He also has
experience in family law
matters involving disputed
intellectual property assets.
Jessica Yeary, J.D. ’09, won
the race for Second Judicial
Circuit Public Defender,
marking the first time in at
least 30 years that a sitting
Second Judicial Circuit Public
Defender was unseated. She
earned 64 percent of the vote
across six counties in an upset
against the incumbent. A
former assistant public
defender and now private
attorney, she vowed to be
active in the defense of her
office’s clients, implement more
training and to advocate
outside of the courtroom.
Scott A.
Richards, J.D.
’09, was elected
to shareholder at
Carlton Fields.
He has
substantial experience
handling matters involving
business and commercial
litigation; construction
litigation; creditors’ rights,
securitization, and consumer
protection; insurance coverage
disputes; bankruptcy; and class
actions. He also has experience
representing hospitals and
insurers in health care
(litigation, compliance, and
transactional) matters.
Thomas
Rinaldi, J.D.
’10, has been
recognized as a
2020 Florida
Super Lawyers
Rising Star in the field of
Business Litigation. Thomas is
a trial attorney with Bond,
Schoeneck & King PLLC,
concentrating his practice on
general business litigation
involving contract disputes,
business torts, real estate disputes,
and creditor’s rights. He also
handles landlord-tenant,
employment, personal injury,
probate and trust litigation.
Whittni M. Hodges, J.D. ’11,
recently made partner at
Hamilton, Miller & Birthisel.
Helayne Levy Payne, J.D. ’12,
was named to the Super Lawyers
Best Lawyers in America list for
Elder Law.
Andrew D. Reder,
J.D. ’12, is now a
partner in the firm
Sessums Black
Caballero &
Ficarrotta, P.A.
Kimberly A. Koves, J.D. ’12, was
named shareholder of the law firm
Guerra King. Kim served as a
Notes and Comments Editor for
the Stetson Law Review and a
judicial intern for the Honorable
Elizabeth A. Jenkins, U.S. District
Court for the Middle District of
Florida. Kim focuses her practice
on complex commercial disputes,
with an emphasis on the
representation of financial services
institutions and professionals in
federal and state court, FINRA
and AAA arbitration, and
regulatory proceedings. Kim has
been recognized as a Rising Star in
securities litigation by Florida
Super Lawyers since 2016.
Matt McMurtrey,
J.D. ’13, has been
promoted to senior
associate at the law
firm Lowndes. He
focuses on real estate
transactions, development and
finance with an emphasis on
hospitality and leisure assets and
senior living facilities.