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Ryan Reinert, a partner in Shutts & Bowen LLP’s Tampa office, recently presented at the 2025 Alexander L. Paskay Memorial Bankruptcy Seminar, speaking on a panel regarding bankruptcy court.

Florida S.B. 556 went into effect on Jan. 1, establishing the Protection of Specified Adults Statute, codified in Florida Statutes Chapter 517, Section 415.10341, which implements protections for the financial accounts of elderly and vulnerable adults.

Shutts & Bowen LLP Fort Lauderdale Office Managing Partner Sidney Calloway  spoke at the University of Central Florida’s “Lounging with the Lawyers” event on February 5, 2025.

Marc Sarnoff, a Land Use partner in Shutts & Bowen’s Miami office and a member of Florida International University’s Board of Trustees, has been named Vice Chair of FIU’s Presidential Search Committee. This advisory committee, consisting of 15 members from the Board of Trustees, Foundation Board of Directors, faculty, students, alumni, and the community, was announced by Roger Tovar, Chair of the FIU Board of Trustees, on February 26, 2025.

Shutts & Bowen LLP is pleased to announce that Victoria Méndez, a partner in the Land Use & Zoning Practice Group, has been appointed to the Miami Beach Chamber of Commerce Board of Governors.

Shutts & Bowen LLP is pleased to announce that the firm has been awarded the 2025 John R. Hamilton Law Firm Award of Excellence by the Legal Aid Society of the Orange County Bar Association.

Shutts & Bowen Miami partner Marc Sarnoff, a member of the firm’s Land Use Practice Group, was featured in the Miami Herald. The article – “Could FIU land the Trump presidential library? A Trump lawyer has toured the campus” – explored the possibility of Florida International University (FIU) being considered as a potential site for President Trump’s Presidential Library.

On February 25, Shutts & Bowen LLP hosted a Financial & International Business Association (FIBA) breakfast presentation at its Miami office focusing on the Securities Law Regulatory Outlook and Priorities for 2025.

Shutts & Bowen LLP is pleased to share that Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier recently announced the appointment of Tallahassee Managing Partner Benjamin Gibson to a transition team composed of nationally-respected conservative attorneys. The team will play a pivotal role in assisting with transition activities and advancing the America First agenda.

On Monday, February 24, Shutts & Bowen LLP hosted a presentation titled "October 7th: Sending My Son to War."

On February 21, 2025, Shutts & Bowen LLP Orlando partner and member of the firm’s Executive Committee, Jennifer Slone Tobin, served as a speaker at the Florida Bar’s Real Property, Probate & Trust Law Section’s (RPPTL) Advanced Real Property Certification Review Seminar.

Elise Engle, an appellate attorney in the Tampa and Tallahassee offices of Shutts & Bowen LLP, recently presented for the third year as a panelist during Keystone Florida’s “Law and Government” event, held at the historic Capitol building in Tallahassee.