Justice Clarence Thomas and eight other high court jurists

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VOLUME 50 | FALL 2010–WINTER 2011
Year in
review
Justice Clarence Thomas
and eight other high court
jurists participate in Stetson
programs in 2009–2010
BP Oil Spill Analysis | Changing Face of Trial Advocacy | Alumni Entrepreneurs | Hand Library Dedication
FROM
THE
Dean
2010: A year of remarkable achievement
Greetings!
The year 2010 marked Stetson’s 110th anniversary as Florida’s first law
school. As significant as that milestone is, I also would like to share several
other noteworthy achievements with you.
Dolly & Homer Hand Law Library: In October, we celebrated the
naming of our magnificent library in Gulfport after two special members of
the Stetson family: Dolly and Homer Hand. A 1949 graduate of the College of
Law, Dolly and her husband Homer have created a tremendous legacy through
their integrity, passion for higher education, support of students, and love of
Stetson. The library continues to serve as the academic heart of the law school,
and I can think of no finer name to adorn this building that represents the
College of Law’s stature as Florida’s first law school and its long tradition of
academic excellence.
Justice Clarence Thomas Visit: U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence
Thomas visited Stetson for two days last February as Stetson’s Distinguished
Jurist in Residence. He spoke to hundreds of Stetson law and undergraduate
students, and I’m pleased to announce that he plans to visit us again in the
next academic year.
New College Relations Team: Several new and old faces have joined our
Office of College Relations, including four Stetson alumni. Ed Kominowski,
who most recently served as director of development and major gifts at Edison
State College, is the new associate vice president. He is joined by Robin Hoyle
JD ’91, Casey Stoutamire JD ’09 and Michael Stewart JD ’09. Stephanie
Vaughan JD ’91 also now serves as my special assistant for alumni and
development, in addition to her teaching responsibilities. We hope that many
of you will support us by volunteering in one of the new alumni chapters,
attending a regional event, making a gift, or including the College of Law in
your estate plan.
One Stetson: In March, Stetson officially inaugurated Dr. Wendy B.
Libby during the University’s 2010 Homecoming celebration at the DeLand
campus. Many faculty, staff, students and alumni from the law school attended
the event. Under President Libby’s leadership, we are continuing to strengthen
our connections and find synergies with other divisions of Stetson University,
including a new Pre-Law Institute program and other interdisciplinary
activities.
This issue of the Stetson Lawyer features many other stories of success
and innovation throughout our community. I am so proud of our many
accomplishments over the past year, which could not have happened without
the hard work and support of our dedicated faculty, students, staff, alumni and
friends. Thanks for all you do for Stetson!
Darby Dickerson
Vice President and Dean
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VOLUME 50 | FALL 2010–WINTER 2011
Features
Supreme Speakers
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Murky Waters: BP Oil Spill Litigation
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Dolly & Homer Hand Law Library
22
From Law to Business
25
The Changing Face of Trial Advocacy
28
Meet the 2010 Hall of Fame Inductees
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Departments
From the Dean
Inside front cover
Year in Review
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Faculty Forum
7
College Relations
31
Alumni News
34
Donor Report
40
Stetson University College of Law
Wendy B. Libby, Stetson University President
Darby Dickerson, Vice President and Dean
Kristen David Adams, Associate Dean for Academics
John F. Cooper, Associate Dean for International Programs
James W. Fox Jr., Associate Dean for Faculty Development
Michael A. Farley, Assistant Dean for Student Life
Frank P. Klim, Executive Director of Communications
Davina Y. Gould, Director of Publications and Online Communications
Contributors/Photographers: Trudy Futch, Matt May, Jeff Gage,
Robin Hoyle JD ’91, Brandi Palmer, C.J. Sagorski, Chris Stickney,
Casey Stoutamire JD ’09, Shannon Tan, Patricia Toups BBA ’09,
Brian Vandervliet, Brenda Wayne, Leslie Weaver, Lisa Yetter
The Stetson Lawyer is published annually by the Offices of
Communications and College Relations for alumni and friends of
Stetson University College of Law. Founded in 1900 as Florida’s first
law school, Stetson Law is located in the Gulfport/St. Petersburg area
with a satellite campus in downtown Tampa. Stetson University’s
historic campus, founded in 1883 in DeLand, is home to the College
of Arts and Sciences, School of Business Administration and School
of Music, and has a satellite center in Celebration offering advanced
degrees.
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Stetson University’s ninth
president, Dr. Wendy B. Libby, was
inaugurated March 20, 2010, in a
ceremony marked by the colorful
traditions of academia and the
promise of a bright future for Stetson
as “a university of significance.”
In her inaugural address, Libby
celebrated Stetson’s 126-year-old
commitment to integrating the
pursuit of education and truth with
the search for meaning in one’s
personal faith quest and spiritual
life. She vowed that Stetson would
not rest on its laurels in challenging
times, but would embrace a broad
vision to assure the university
emerges stronger and well-positioned
for the future.
Libby issued a challenge to a
“greater purpose” to the hundreds of
alumni, students, faculty, staff and
supporters at the inauguration in the
university’s Edmunds Center. Faculty
represented each of the university’s
colleges and schools — the College
of Arts and Sciences, the School
of Business Administration, the
College of Law, and the School of
Music — and each of the university’s
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four locations: the historic
campus in DeLand, the
law campus in Gulfport/
St. Petersburg, the Tampa
Law Center, and the
Stetson University Center
at Celebration in the
metropolitan Orlando area.
“I challenge and invite
each of you to join me in
embracing this vision for
Stetson University that is
Around 170 faculty and delegates processed through
enriched and informed by downtown DeLand from the university gates to the
history and tradition, but Edmunds Center, site of the inauguration ceremony.
requires our courage and
members of the community lined the
determination to always
roadway, some with congratulatory
seek the higher good, the deeper
banners.
commitment, the brighter future —
Libby became Stetson’s ninth
to be a university of significance,”
president in July 2009, succeeding
she said.
Dr. H. Douglas Lee, who has
Inauguration morning started
since passed away. Libby has had
with a procession of about
a broad career in higher education
130 Stetson faculty members,
and private industry, most recently
administrators and trustees, and
serving as president of Stephens
about 40 delegates representing
College in Columbia, Mo., from
colleges and universities across the
2003 to 2009. A native of Brooklyn,
United States, led by a bagpiper,
N.Y., she earned her doctorate in
from Stetson’s main gates north
educational administration from the
on Woodland Boulevard to the
University of Connecticut.
Edmunds Center. Students and
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Stetson ranked first for advocacy (again), third for legal writing
U.S. News & World Report has
again ranked Stetson University
College of Law first in the
nation among law schools for its
outstanding trial advocacy program
for 2011. U.S. News also ranked
Stetson Law third out of 200 law
schools for legal writing.
Stetson has consistently ranked
at the top for its trial advocacy
program since the publication’s
rankings began in 1995. Since the
legal writing ranking started, Stetson
has always placed among the top six
programs in the country.
“When you ask attorneys what
they value in law graduates — and
what skills attorneys need to serve
clients effectively — the ability to
Colbert ascends
to ABA House of
Delegates
At the annual
American Bar
Association meeting
in San Francisco
this August, student
Tiffany Colbert
was elected to serve as ABA Law
Student Division Delegate for
2010–2011.
“I am thrilled and honored to
continue Stetson’s long-standing
tradition of national leadership in
the American Bar Association Law
Student Division,” said Colbert.
As a delegate, Colbert is one of
three law students representing the
interests of approximately 40,000
law student members to the ABA’s
governing body.
Colbert was elected 5th circuit
governor of the ABA Law Student
Division, which represents Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi,
Puerto Rico and Tennessee.
communicate well both orally and
in writing are almost always at the
top of the list,” said law dean Darby
Dickerson. “This is one reason I am
proud that Stetson emphasizes skills
training and has been recognized for
excellence in that area.”
In August, the publication also
ranked Stetson University third
among the South’s top regional
universities for academic quality in
its 2011 “America’s Best Colleges”
issue.
“We are proud of Stetson
University’s continued recognition
as one of the top three universities in
the South,” said Dr. Elizabeth “Beth”
Paul, provost and vice president for
academic affairs at Stetson. “This
honor celebrates Stetson’s deep
commitment to academic excellence
and integrity. The university
community takes great pride in the
personalized and rigorous learning
experience afforded to each and every
student.”
The U.S. News rankings are based
on several measures, including peer
assessment, graduation and retention
rates, faculty resources, student
selectivity, financial resources and
alumni giving.
Stetson was featured in two other
sections of the 2011 “America’s Best
Colleges” guide — in the “Great
Schools, Great Prices” and the
“A-Plus Schools for B Students”
sections.
Community honors Dean Dickerson
Darby Dickerson, vice president and dean, received two
community recognitions last spring: the 2010 Business
Woman of the Year from the St. Petersburg Area Chamber of
Commerce, and the 2009 Chief Judge’s Award from Florida’s
13th Judicial Circuit.
Dean Dickerson was selected in March as Business
Woman of the Year for demonstrating outstanding
professional accomplishments in either the private or public sector, and
serving as role models and mentors for younger women. A panel of
community leaders chose the finalists.
Chief Judge Manuel Menendez Jr. of Florida’s 13th Judicial Circuit
presented Dean Dickerson with the Chief Judge’s Award in January. She
received the award for her outstanding efforts and commitment to the court,
and in recognition of Stetson Law’s contribution to the legal community.
“I was extremely honored to receive this award,” said Dean Dickerson. “We
are proud to partner with the court on a variety of projects that serve the
legal profession and improve our community.”
Under Dean Dickerson’s leadership, Stetson Law has increased nationally
recognized academic offerings and student diversity, expanded student
community service and pro bono work, and opened Stetson’s Tampa Law
Center.
Dean Dickerson has served the greater Tampa Bay community in
countless ways. She is a board member and past chair of the Tampa Bay
chapter of the American Red Cross and has served on the boards of both
the Tampa Chamber of Commerce and the St. Petersburg Area Chamber of
Commerce. She was also recently elected vice president of Scribes — The
American Society for Legal Writers, appointed to the American Association
of Law Schools’ prestigious Membership Review Committee, and named cochair elect for the AALS Section for the Law School Dean.
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Princeton Review, preLaw magazine recognize “green” efforts
cooperation with the Ramsar
Secretariat, assisting the
international group
that works to protect
wetlands. Two
recent Stetson Law
graduates worked
with the National
Audubon Society
on the application
for the Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary
in Naples, Fla., to be designated as a
Wetland of International Importance
last October.
Stetson University was also
recognized in The Princeton Review’s
Guide to 286 Green Colleges in April.
The guide, based on a survey of
hundreds of colleges nationwide,
looked at institutional commitments
to building certification using the
U.S. Green Building Council’s
LEED green-building certification
program, environmental
literacy programs, formal
sustainability committees,
use of renewable energy
resources, recycling and
conservation programs,
and more.
Stetson, one of six
Florida universities
named to the list, had the
first LEED-certified green
In February, Stetson became the first law school in
building in Florida, the
the world to sign a memorandum of cooperation
Lynn Business Center.
with the Ramsar Secretariat, assisting the
The university’s new
international group that works to protect wetlands.
The latest issue of preLaw
magazine listed Stetson University
College of Law among the top
“green” law schools in the nation.
The magazine used information
about curriculum, campus
environment and building trends to
develop its Honor Roll highlighting
the “best and brightest.” PreLaw also
considered “green” academic offerings
including faculty, classes, externships,
legal journals and summer programs.
“This is a wonderful affirmation
of the great work that Stetson
students, faculty and staff are
engaged in, from the local to the
global level,” said Professor Royal
Gardner, who directs Stetson’s
Institute for Biodiversity Law and
Policy.
In February 2010, Stetson
became the first law school in the
world to sign a memorandum of
Meet the
2010
Entering
Class
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This fall, Stetson
admitted 360 full-time and
part-time JD students, 17
LLM in Elder Law students,
and 17 LLM in International
Law students.
Just over half (51%) of
the entering JD class was
female and 20% were
minority students. These
students represented 29
states and 120 colleges
Rinker Environmental Learning
Center, which features a rainwater
collection system, recycled metal
roofing and a geothermal heating
system, received LEED’s gold
certification, in December.
The guide touted
Stetson’s Environmental
Responsibility Council and
six-point plan to achieving
the council’s mission “to function
as a university in ways that will
not compromise the lives of future
human generations nor diminish
the health of planetary ecosystems.”
It highlighted the university’s
commitment to environmental
education, environmentally
responsible purchasing, efficient
use and conservation of resources,
minimization of solid waste and
hazardous materials, and promotion
of a green campus design that
includes a native Florida landscaping
policy.
“By landscaping exclusively
with native plants, Stetson not only
reinforces its natural heritage, but
it cuts down on its use of fertilizers
and pesticides, since indigenous
plants require less maintenance when
compared to traditional landscaping
plants,” the guide said.
The Princeton Review released the
guidebook in partnership with the
U.S. Green Building Council.
and universities in seven
countries. Forty-four
students had earned
advanced degrees,
including LLM, MA, MAcc,
MBA, MD, MEd, MFA, MHS,
MLaw, MS and PhD. The
ages range from 19–57.
The 290 full-time
entering JD students had
a median LSAT of 156 and
median GPA of 3.44. The
70 part-time entering JD
students had a median
LSAT of 154 and a median
GPA of 3.26. Stetson’s
median LSAT scores have
steadily increased a point
annually since 2001.
For more information
about the demographics
of the student body, visit
www.law.stetson.edu/
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COMMENCEMENT CEREMONIES
Stetson Law commencement
ceremonies have featured three noted
legal speakers: Florida Supreme
Court Justice James E.C. Perry in
Fall 2009, legal writing expert Bryan
A. Garner in Spring 2010, and
journalist and civil rights advocate
John Seigenthaler Sr. in Fall 2010.
Garner serves as editor in chief
of Black’s Law Dictionary and has
authored many leading works on
legal style, including A Dictionary of
Modern Legal Usage, The Elements of
Legal Style, The Redbook: A Manual
on Legal Style, The Winning Brief,
and The Winning Oral Argument.
His latest books are Making Your
Case: The Art of Persuading Judges,
co-written with U.S. Supreme Court
Justice Antonin Scalia, and Garner
on Language and Writing.
Justice Perry is only the fourth
African-American justice to serve
on Florida’s high court. In 2000,
he was the first African-American
judge appointed to Florida’s 18th
Judicial Circuit. As founder of the
Jackie Robinson Sports Association,
Justice Perry built the nation’s largest
baseball league for at-risk youth.
Seigenthaler, who founded
the First Amendment Center at
Through a creative challenge to the law faculty, the Fall 2009 class
raised $70,266; half of the funds were pledged by students and half
by Stetson professors.
Number of Graduates
Fall 2009
Spring 2010
Fall 2010
Juris Doctor7226581
Part-time program
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22
J.D./M.B.A.11235
LL.M. in Elder Law
8
7
7
LL.M. in International Law 3
13
1
Total Graduates8328589
Vanderbilt University, was the
founding editorial director of USA
Today and long-time editor of The
Tennessean. His civil rights work led
to his service as chief negotiator with
the governor of Alabama during the
Freedom Rides. Freedom Rider Ernest
“Rip” Patton Jr. also was awarded an
honorary degree in Fall 2010.
Inclement weather led to the
relocation of the Fall 2010 ceremony
to Pasadena Community Church.
In Spring 2010, Professor Royal
Gardner safely wrangled a black racer
snake that ran through the faculty
tent during the ceremony.
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New semester-exchange programs in Nuevo Leon, Toulouse
Stetson has established formal
agreements with universities in
Nuevo Leon, Mexico, and Toulouse,
France, to broaden international
opportunities for students and
faculty.
On Aug. 24, Dean Darby
Dickerson and Don Jose Luis
Prado Maillard, dean of University
of Nuevo Leon Law School in
Monterrey, Mexico, signed a student
and faculty exchange agreement.
The agreement will bring the two
schools together for joint research in
oral advocacy, national security law
and criminology, and for the creation
of joint certificates of Legal Spanish
and Legal English. The exchange
program begins immediately and
calls for the exchange of two students
and two faculty
members for one
or two semesters.
Nuevo Leon
University law school
was established in
1933.
Stetson has
also arranged for a
semester-exchange
program with
Representatives of both schools look on as Darby Dickerson
the law school
and Don Jose Luis Prado Maillard prepare to sign an
at University of
international exchange agreement.
Toulouse, France,
which will take
effect in Fall 2011. Students in
Stetson continues to offer a
the Toulouse program will be able
foreign-exchange program with the
to take courses in English while
University of Granada, Spain, where
experiencing the culture of southwest
select students may also pursue the
France.
J.D./Grado dual-degree.
CHAMPIONS IN ADVOCACY
2010 champion, ABA National Trial Competition
2009 and 2010 champions, 2010 best brief and 2010 best
oralist, Earl Zehmer Workers’ Compensation Moot Court
Competition
2010 champion, Legal Ethics and Professionalism Moot
Court Competition
2010 champion, best brief and best oralist, Robert Orseck
Memorial Moot Court Competition
2009 and 2010 regional dual-champions, ABA Law
Student Division Arbitration Competition
2009 champion and best advocate, National Civil Trial
Competition
2009 and 2010 champions, 2009 and 2010 best oralist, and
2009 best respondent’s brief, Veterans Law Appellate Advocacy
Competition
2009 champion, John Marshall Law School International
Moot Court Competition in Information Technology and Privacy
2009 champion and 2010 best brief, Navy JAG Corps National
Moot Court Competition
2009 champion, AAJ National Student Trial Advocacy
Competition
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2009–10 faculty publications, presentations, awards and activities
Kristen David Adams
Associate Dean for Academics
Professor of Law
Dean Adams co-authored the
book Global Issues in Commercial
Law. She served as moderator
on a panel for the business law
section meeting of the American
Bar Association, and served as
vice chair for the ABA’s Uniform
Commercial Code Committee. She
served as a member of the American
Law Institute’s consultative groups
on the Principles of the Law of
Software Contracts, the Restatement
(Third) of the Law of Restitution
and Unjust Enrichment, and for
the Restatement (Third) of the
United States Law of International
Commercial Arbitration. Dean
Adams is also a member of the
Call for Papers committee for the
Southeastern Association of Law
Schools.
Michael P. Allen
Professor of Law
Professor Allen published “The
Law of Veterans’ Benefits 20082010: Significant Developments,
Trends, and a Glimpse into the
Future” in the Veterans Law Review.
He served on a panel discussing the
U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans
Claims at the Judicial Conference
of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the
Federal Circuit, and he presented
his paper on veterans benefits to
the Judicial Conference of the U.S.
Court of Appeals for Veterans
Claims. Professor Allen also served
as keynote speaker at a celebration
marking the 20th anniversary of the
first convening of the U.S. Court
of Appeals for Veterans Claims.
Professor Allen is the immediate
past chair of the American
Association of Law Schools Section
on Remedies and was a trustee for
the Southeastern Association of Law
Schools.
Linda S. Anderson
Associate Professor of Legal Skills and
Associate Director of Legal Research
and Writing
Professor Anderson spoke
on “Crowd Pleasers: How to
Propose, Submit, and Deliver
Stellar Presentations” at the
Legal Writing Institute Biennial
Conference; “Redefining Parent”
at the International Society of
Family Law/Midwest Family Law
Consortium and at the Florida Legal
Scholars Forum; and “Increasing
Learning by Decreasing Teaching:
Developing a Three-Dimensional
Legal Education” at the Association
of American Law Schools. Professor
Anderson serves as secretary of
the Part-Time Division Programs
Section of the Association of
American Law Schools and is
a member of the Legal Writing
Institute Professional Development
Committee and the LWI ABA
Standards Implementation
Committee.
Robert Batey
Professor of Law
Professor Batey published
“Moll Flanders: A (Cautionary)
Handbook of Criminal Advocacy”
in Charleston Law Review;
“Introduction to Symposium on
Criminal Defense, Ethics, and the
Client Who Plans to Lie” in the
Ohio State Journal of Criminal Law;
“Introduction to Law Literature and
Film Symposium” in the Stetson
Law Review; and “Reflections
on the Needle: Poe, Baze, Dead
Man Walking” in the Valparaiso
University Law Review. He was
a panelist for a program on “The
Future of Sentencing, Corrections
and Crime Reduction in Florida: A
Conversation Between Journalists
and Policy Makers” sponsored by
the Poynter Institute, the John Jay
College of Criminal Justice, and the
Pew Center on the States, and for
the Charleston Law Review’s “Law
& Society Symposium on Crime
and Punishment.” Professor Batey
served on the executive committee
of the Criminal Justice Section of
the Association of American Law
Schools.
Mark D. Bauer
Professor of Law
Professor Bauer published
“Department Stores on Sale:
An Antitrust Quandary” in
Georgia State University Law
Review, and presented on the
topic at the Association for Law,
Property and Society annual
meeting. He presented “A Global
Response to the Financial Crisis”
at the Teaching Consumer Law
conference at the University of
Houston, and organized and
moderated a panel, “Five Years After
Katrina: Access to Education,”
at the American Association of
Law Schools annual conference.
Professor Bauer delivered the
keynote speech “Renewing Our
Commitment to Seniors” at
the Nevada Attorney General’s
Conference on Senior Protection.
He served on the executive
committee of the Education Law
Section of the Association of
American Law Schools. He also
served on the mentor committee,
the programming committee and
the steering committee for the
Southeastern Association of Law
Schools, and is on the advisory
board for the Loyola University of
Chicago Consumer Law Review.
Robert D. Bickel
Professor of Law
Professor Bickel completed
development of an oral history
website that contains two
documentary films and seven
selected video histories related to his
experiential course on Civil Rights
History. The site will be made
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available to law schools nationwide
to allow students to watch first
person-accounts of historical events.
Joan Catherine Bohl
Professor of Legal Skills
Professor Bohl co-authored
Children and the Law: The Competing Rights, Privileges and Interests of
Children, Parents, and the State.
Paul Boudreaux
Professor of Law
Professor Boudreaux published
“Time Machine: Emma’s Legal
Education, 2025” in the Journal
of Legal Education. Professor
Boudreaux gave a talk on lessons
to be learned from wildlife and
wetlands law at the DELTAS2010
Conference at the Embassy of
the Royal Netherlands. He also
presented on land use law and
immigration, which is a chapter of
his forthcoming book.
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quire Congress to Explicitly Indicate
an Intent to Exempt Records from
FOIA in New Legislation” in the
Quinnipiac Law Review. She copresented “Paradigm Shift: Effectively Transitioning Students
Between Professors During the
First-Year Writing Curriculum, or
Let’s Talk about Switching it Up”
with Professors Lance Long and Jason Palmer at the Rocky Mountain
Legal Writing Conference.
John F. Cooper
Associate Dean for International
Programs and Professor of Law
Dean Cooper served as chairelect for the Committee of International Legal Exchange of the Association of American Law Schools.
Brooke J. Bowman ’02
Professor of Legal Skills
Professor Bowman co-authored
The ALWD Companion: A Citation
Practice Book and the accompanying
teacher’s manual. She moderated
panels on “Program Design” and
“Crowd Pleasers: How to Propose,
Submit, and Deliver Stellar
Presentations” at Legal Writing
Institute conferences, presented “The
Judicial Footnote” at the ALWD
Scholars’ Forum, and co-presented
“Team Teaching: A Combination
of Good Parenting and Good Cop/
Bad Cop?” at the Southeastern
Regional Legal Writing Conference.
Professor Bowman served as chair of
the archives committee for the Legal
Writing Institute and is Assistant
Editor in Chief of Legal Writing: The
Journal of the Legal Writing Institute.
Kirsten K. Davis
Associate Professor of Law
Director of Legal Research and
Writing
Professor Davis published
“Extending the Vision: An
Empowerment Identity Approach
to Work-Family Regulation as
Applied to School Involvement
Leave Statutes” in the William and
Mary Journal of Women and the
Law. She served as a panelist on
“Redefining Superwoman” at the
Motherhood Conference at the
University of Denver, and “Reflect,
Reconnect, Re-Energize ­— Retreat!
How A Program Retreat Can Move
You Forward” at the Legal Writing
Institute Biennial Conference.
Professor Davis serves on the board
of directors of the Association
of Legal Writing Directors, the
editorial board of Legal Writing: The
Journal of the Legal Writing Institute,
and the panel planning committee
for the AALS Section on Women in
Legal Education.
Catherine J. Cameron
Professor of Legal Skills
Professor Cameron published
“Fixing FOIA: Pushing Congress to
Amend FOIA Section b(3) to Re-
Cynthia H. DeBose
Professor of Law
Professor DeBose co-authored
Mastering Property, which is being
published in 2010.
Darby Dickerson
Vice President, Dean and
Professor of Law
Dean Dickerson published the
4th edition of ALWD Citation
Manual: A Professional Citation
System. She also published “Signed
and Release? Using Waivers and
Releases as Risk-Management
Tools” in Campus Activities
Programming; “Law and Campus
Violence,” a chapter in the book
Violence Goes to Campus; and
the co-authored paper “From
Competition to Collaboration:
College Alcohol Prevention in an
Era of Competing Risks” in the
U.S. Department of Education
publication Catalyst. Dean
Dickerson presented “Revisiting
Student-at-Risk Response Teams” at
Tufts University, “Professionalism
and Legal Writing” as part of a
Scribes presentation at ChicagoKent College of Law, and “Bullies
on Campus” and “Risks in the
Admissions Process” at the National
Conference on Law and Higher
Education. She also co-presented a
national webinar, “Cyberbullying
on Campus” for the American
Association of Fraternity/Sorority
Advisors. Dean Dickerson received
the Business Woman of the Year
Award by the St. Petersburg
Chamber of Commerce and the
Chief Judge’s Award from the 13th
Judicial Circuit. Dean Dickerson
was re-elected to the executive
committee of the Part-Time
Division Programs Section and
elected to the executive committee
of the Section for the Law School
Dean for the Association of
American Law Schools. She also
serves on the Members Consultative
Group for the Restatement (Third)
Torts: Economic Torts and Related
Wrongs of the American Law
Institute, is on the editorial board of
the Journal of College and University
Law, and has been selected to serve
on the AALS Membership Review
Committee.
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Kelly M. Feeley ’95
Associate Professor of Legal Skills
Professor Feeley presented “The
Pedagogy of Interviewing and
Counseling II” at a conference
sponsored by UCLA and Brigham
Young University. She co-presented
“Negotiating and Mediating in
a Global Community” at the
Global Legal Skills conference at
Georgetown University in June.
Michael S. Finch
Professor of Law
Professor Finch published
“Choice of Law and Enforcement of
Judgments,” a chapter in Overview
of U.S. Law. Professor Finch also
serves as editor of the law section
of the Association for the Scientific
Advancement of Psychological
Injury and Law. He was lead counsel
in a recent appellate case, Rotell v.
Kuehnle, in which the children’s
guardian alleges that the treating
psychologist negligently failed to
discover that her child-patients
were being abused by their mother,
resulting in the death of one child.
Peter L. Fitzgerald
Professor of Law
Professor Fitzgerald received
Stetson’s Homer and Dolly Hand
Award for Excellence in Faculty
Scholarship in Spring 2010. He
presented “E.U.-Canada Seal Hunt
Ban Dispute” at the 12th International Wildlife Law Conference,
moderated a panel on the Obama
Administration’s Trade Policy at the
ABA Section of International Law
Meeting, and presented “‘Pawsibilities’ in Witness Testimony” at the
Barney Masterson Inn of Court. He
published opinion pieces on Michael
Vick and the NFL in the Citizens
Voice and the Tampa Tribune.
Roberta K. Flowers
Wm. Reece Smith Jr. Distinguished
Professor of Law
Professor Flowers published
“The Role of the Criminal Defense
Attorney: Not Just an Advocate” in
the Ohio State Journal of Criminal
Law. She and Professor Judith
Scully founded and now supervise
the Innocence Initiative at Stetson,
which reviews facts in cases where
individuals claim to be innocent of
the crimes for which they have been
convicted. She is co-chair of the
Professionalism subcommittee of
the ABA Litigation Section’s Ethics
Committee.
James W. Fox Jr.
Professor of Law
Associate Dean for Faculty
Development
Dean Fox published “Fourteenth
Amendment Citizenship and the
Reconstruction-Era Black Public
Sphere” in the Akron Law Review.
He was a moderator and panelist
on “Forming Contracts and Similar
Relationships” at the International
Conference on Contracts at the
University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
Royal C. Gardner
Professor of Law
Director of the Institute for
Biodiversity Law and Policy
Professor Gardner co-authored,
with Professor Theresa Radwan,
“Corporate Shell Games: LLPs,
LLCs, and Responsibility for
Mitigation Sites” in the National
Wetlands Newsletter, which was
selected as the publication’s best
work in the last year and republished
in the Environmental Forum.
He also co-authored “Official
Development Assistance: Toward
Funding for Sustainability” in
Agenda for a Sustainable America,
and delivered multiple presentations
at the Beijing Wetland Legislation
International Workshop in China.
He presented “The Ramsar
Convention: Wetlands in a Global
Context” at Louisiana State
University; “Climate Change:
Post-Kyoto Challenges” at Stetson
University’s DeLand campus; and
“A Brief History of No Net Loss
of Wetlands: Origins, Challenges,
and Opportunities” at the Ramsar
Scientific and Technical Review
Panel Mid-Term Workshop in
Gland, Switzerland. He was an
instructor at the National Training
Course for Canadian Ramsar Site
Managers in British Columbia,
Canada. Professor Gardner served
as co-chair of the International
Environmental Law Committee
of the American Bar Association’s
Section of International Law and
Practice and is an invited expert to
the Ramsar Scientific and Technical
Review Panel.
Nagle Appointed to International Bar
Association Council for Four-Year Term
On Oct. 7, Professor Luz Nagle was elected by
acclamation to the International Bar Association Legal
Practice Division Council for a four-year term starting in
January 2011.
“As a member of the LPD Council, I am thrilled to have
an opportunity to contribute substantively to one of
the world’s leading legal organizations,” Nagle said. Her
election caps prior appointments as secretary, vice-chair,
and co-chair of the IBA’s criminal law committee, and
serving on several IBA task forces on the rule of law and counter-terrorism.
Deeply involved in the international fight against human trafficking
and modern-day slavery, she serves on the Florida Governor’s Task Force
on Human Trafficking, and was honored with the Florida Coalition against
Human Trafficking’s 2009 Freedom Award.
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Carol Henderson
Professor of Law and Director of the
National Clearinghouse for Science,
Technology and the Law
Professor Henderson co-authored
The Future of Evidence for the
ABA Science and Technology Law
Section, “Legal Issues Concerning
Expert Evidence and Testimony” in
The Forensic Laboratory Handbook:
Procedures and Practices, and an
annual update to Scientific Evidence
in Civil and Criminal Cases. She
wrote forewords for Italian Forensic
Encyclopedia: Introduction on the
Future of Forensic Sciences and The
Real World of a Forensic Scientist:
Renowned Experts Reveal What it
Takes to Solve Crimes. She presented
on “The CSI Effect in Jury Trials” at
the University of Florida; on Expert
Evidence at the Hong Kong Forensic
Science Society in Hong Kong,
China; and “International Issues
Facing Digital and Multimedia
Sciences” at the IFIP International
Conference on Digital Forensics
in Hong Kong, China. Professor
Henderson served as co-chair of
the Future of Evidence Committee
of the American Bar Association’s
Science & Technology Law Section,
as well as vice chair of the Scientific
Evidence Committee. She serves
on the editorial boards of Forensic
Science, Medicine and Pathology;
the Journal of Clinical Forensic
Medicine, and the Journal of Forensic
Sciences, as well as several working
groups on Forensic Issues for the
National Institute of Justice and
the International Association of
Chiefs of Police (IACP) Forensics
Committee. The Clearinghouse
received the IACP August Vullmer
Excellence in Forensic Science
Award for Innovation in Forensic
Technology.
Coexist with Global Governance of
Forests” in the Journal of Natural
Resources Policy Research, and
wrote “The Public and Wildlife
Trust Doctrines and the Untold
Story of the Lucas Remand” in the
Columbia Journal of Environmental
Law. He presented his forthcoming
paper “Climate Change, Forests
and Federalism: Seeing the Treaty
for the Trees” at Duke University;
“Revisiting Lucas: What the
Remand Tells Us About Lost
Opportunities and the Tragedy of
Unargued Legal Arguments” at
the University of South Carolina;
“Carbon Markets and Climate
Finance” at Clemson University;
and “Seeing the Global Forest for
the Trees: How U.S. Federalism can
Coexist with Global Governance of
Forests” at Yale University.
R. Blake Hudson
Assistant Professor of Law
Professor Hudson co-authored
“Seeing the Global Forest for the
Trees: How U.S. Federalism Can
William A. Kaplin
Distinguished Professorial Lecturer
Professor Kaplin co-authored
the second edition of A Legal Guide
for Student Affairs Professionals,
Bruce R. Jacob ’59
Dean Emeritus
Professor of Law
Dean Jacob was the keynote
speaker at the conference “The
Future of Sentencing, Corrections
and Crime Reduction in Florida: A
Conversation Between Journalists
and Policy Makers,” co-sponsored
by the Poynter Institute, the John
Jay College of Criminal Justice, and
the Pew Center on the States.
Marco J. Jimenez
Associate Professor of Law
Professor Jimenez published “The
Many Faces of Promissory Estoppel:
An Empirical Analysis under the
Restatement (Second) of Contracts”
in the UCLA Law Review. An edited
version of his 2008 article on “The
Value of a Promise: A Utilitarian
Approach to Contract Law
Remedies” appeared in Perspectives
on Contract Law.
as well as the 2009 cumulative
supplement to The Law of Higher
Education: Student Version. He also
wrote “Expanding Student Access to
and Success in Higher Education:
Confronting Systemic Inequities,”
available on the Social Science
Research Network.
Timothy S. Kaye
Professor of Law
Professor Kaye published
“Rights Gone Wrong: The Failure
of Fundamentalist Tort Theory”
in the Mississippi Law Journal
and presented “Fundamentals of
Campus Risk Management” at the
31st National Conference on Law
and Higher Education.
Peter F. Lake
Charles A. Dana Chair
Director of the Center for Excellence
in Higher Education Law and Policy
Professor Lake presented
“Building Strong Foundations to
Combat High Risk Alcohol Use”
at the University of Tennessee —
Chattanooga; “What Prevention
and Counseling Staff Should Know
about CARE/Threat Assessment
Teams” at the NASPA Substance
Abuse Conference; “Beyond
Discipline — Reducing Legalisms
to Improve Our Educational
Environments” at the ASCA annual
conference; and “Are Our Campuses
Too Legalistic?” at the 10th annual
Meeting of the Minds Conference.
Professor Lake also gave an address
at Wake Forest University and was a
panelist at The Network’s National
Forum for Senior Administrators.
Professor Lake served on the
editorial board of the Journal of
College and University Law and
the review board for the Higher
Education Center for Alcohol and
Other Drug Prevention.
Lance N. Long
Associate Professor of Legal Skills
Professor Long presented “Does
Good Appellate Brief Writing Make
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Legal Writing Conference and
co-presented “Paradigm Shift:
Effectively Transitioning Students
Between Professors During the FirstYear Legal Writing Curriculum” at
the Rocky Mountain Legal Writing
Conference. He served as program
co-director for the Southeast
Regional Legal Writing Conference,
where he presented “Using Media
Clips to Enhance Student Learning
and Student Evaluations.”
Janice K. McClendon
Professor of Law
Professor McClendon
published “The Perfect Storm:
How Mortgage-Backed Securities,
Federal Deregulation, and
Corporate Greed Provide A WakeUp Call For Reforming Executive
Compensation” in the University
of Pennsylvania Journal of Business
Law. She presented on “Executive
Compensation Reform and the
2009/2010 Proxy Season” at the
Tampa Bay Pension Council,
“Financial Industry Crisis and
Executive Compensation Reform”
at the Association of American
Law Schools conference, and “The
Wall Street Reform Act of 2010”
at the Southeastern Association of
Law Schools conference. She was
co-chair of the Employee Benefits
Section of the Association of
American Law Schools.
Jeffrey J. Minneti
Associate Professor of Legal Skills
Director of Academic Success
Professor Minneti published
“Is It Too Easy Being Green? A
Behavioral Economics Approach to
Determining Whether to Regulate
Environmental Marketing Claims”
in the Loyola Law Review. Professor
Minneti presented “Constructing
a Behavioral Economics Model
to Assess Whether and to What
Extent Environmental Marketing
Claims Ought to Be Regulated”
at Washburn University School
of Law and at the Florida Legal
Scholars Forum; “Pre- and PostTesting: An Effective Instructional
Tool for Professors and Students”
at the University of Denver; and
“Creating Dual Degree Agreements
with Law Faculties Outside the
United States” at the Global Legal
Skills Conference in Monterrey,
Mexico. Professor Minneti served
on the executive committee of
the Academic Support Section of
the Association of American Law
Schools.
Rebecca Morgan ’80
Boston Asset Management Chair in
Elder Law and Director of the Center
for Excellence in Elder Law
Professor Morgan co-authored
Planning for Disability, annual
updates to Planning for the Elderly
in Florida; Tax, Estate & Financial
Planning for the Elderly and its
companion form book, and Fundamentals of Special Needs Trusts. She
published “The New Importance of
Advance Directives” in Estate Planning & Community Property Law
Journal and co-authored “Today’s
Elderly in Bankruptcy and Predictions for the Elderly of Tomorrow”
in the NAELA Journal. Professor
Morgan presented on “The New
Importance of Advance Directives”
at the Texas Tech Law School and
spoke frequently at national and
state conferences, including at the
NAELA 2010 Symposium, the
Florida Bar Elder Law Section Public Benefits Program, the Spokane
County Guardian Ad Litem Program, and at the National College of
Probate Judges fall meeting.
Joseph F. Morrissey
Associate Professor of Law
Professor Morrissey published “A
Contractarian Defense of Corporate
Regulation” in Transactions:
Tennessee Journal of Business Law.
He presented “Lochner, Lawrence,
and Liberty” at the 4th annual
Critical Race Studies Symposium
at UCLA, and “Law, Economics &
Gay Rights” at Mercer University.
He served as chair of the New Law
Professors Section of the Association
of American Law Schools and
organized and moderated a panel on
the “Transformative Power of Law”
at the AALS annual conference.
Luz Estella Nagle
Professor of Law
Professor Nagle published
“Corruption Among Politicians,
Law Enforcement, and the
Judiciary” in Narcos over the Border:
Gangs, Cartels and Mercenaries;
“Should Terrorism Be Subject to
Universal Jurisdiction?” in Santa
Clara Journal of International Law;
and “U.S. International Criminal
Law” in the ABA Criminal Justice
Section’s State of Criminal Justice
2009 publication. She presented
a paper at the 2010 International
NACDL awards highest honor to Podgor
Professor Ellen S. Podgor was awarded the 30th
annual Robert C. Heeney Memorial Award, the
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers’
most prestigious honor, on Aug. 14 at its 52nd Annual
Meeting in Toronto. This award is given annually to the
one criminal defense lawyer who best exemplifies the
goals and values of the NACDL and the legal profession.
Founded in 1958, the NACDL has more than 10,000
direct members in 28 countries and more than 40,000
attorneys through its 90 state, provincial and local
affiliate organizations.
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Congress on Human Trafficking
at the University of Minnesota
and was a keynote speaker at a
University of Florida conference
on globalization and human
trafficking and the Tallahassee
Women Lawyers Association
Empowerment Series. She spoke at
the International Bar Association
annual conference in Madrid, Spain,
and the ABA Standing Committee
on Law and National Security in
Washington, D.C. She co-chaired
the IBA 13th Transnational Crime
Conference in Paris in June 2010
and chaired a session on “Seeking
justice worldwide: an examination
of whether criminal defendants
across the globe can receive a fair
trial.” Professor Nagle presently
serves on the Florida Governor’s
Taskforce on Human Trafficking,
the ABA Criminal Justice Council,
is co-chair of the ABA International
Criminal Law Committee, and is a
member of the ABA Task Force on
International Child Abduction, and
the IBA Special Task Force on the
International Criminal Court.
Jason Palmer
Assistant Professor of Legal Skills
Professor Palmer published
“Transnational Mass Claims
Processes in International Law
and Practice” in the Berkeley
Journal of International Law and
“Remedying Mistakes in Mass
Claims without Compounding
Errors — Lessons from the
Palestinian Late Claims Program”
in Designing Compensation after
Upheaval: Insights for the Experience
of the United Nations Compensation
Commission. He presented his
paper “The Convention on the
Rights of Persons with Disabilities:
A Human Rights Approach to
Post-Secondary Education” at the
Cumberland School of Law; and
co-presented “Paradigm Shift:
Effectively Transitioning Students
Between Professors During the
First-Year Writing Curriculum,
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or Let’s Talk About Switching
it Up” at the Rocky Mountain
Legal Writing Conference. He
was a panelist at the 2009 ABA
fall meeting on “Associates Boot
Camp: Nuts and Bolts of Drafting
for Clients.” Professor Palmer serves
on the executive committee of the
AALS New Law Professors Section.
Professor Palmer is a corresponding
editor for the American Society of
International Law’s International
Legal Materials, and was a deputy
editor of The International Lawyer’s
International Legal Developments in
Review: 2009 and an assistant editor
for the Legal Writing Institute’s
Journal of Legal Writing.
Ann M. Piccard
Professor of Legal Skills
Professor Piccard published
“U.S. Ratification of CEDAW:
From Bad to Worse?” in Law and
Inequality. She also wrote an article
for the The Scholar: St. Mary’s Law
Review on Minority Issues, which was
published in November.
Ellen S. Podgor
LeRoy Highbaugh Sr. Research Chair
Professor of Law
Professor Podgor co-authored
Mastering Criminal Procedure,
Volume I: The Investigative Stage and
published third editions of International Criminal Law: Cases and
Materials and White Collar Crime:
Law and Practice. She authored
“Intangible Rights —
­ A Déjà Vu” in
the Vanderbilt Law Review En Banc,
“White Collar Innocence: Irrelevant
in the High Stakes Risk Game”
in Chicago-Kent Law Review, and
“Educating Compliance” in American Criminal Law Review. She was a
panelist at the 19th Annual National
Seminar on the Federal Sentencing
Guidelines and an ABA Business
Law Section meeting. She spoke at
the University of Texas, Washington
and Lee, University of Chicago, and
Southwestern Law School. Professor
Podgor serves on the Members Con-
sultative Group for the Model Penal
Code: Sentencing of the American
Law Institute, the Lexis Law School
Advisory Board, and the board of
directors of the International Society
for the Reform of Criminal Law.
Theresa J. Pulley Radwan
Professor of Law
Professor Radwan co-authored
“Today’s Elderly in Bankruptcy
and Predictions for the Elderly of
Tomorrow” in the NAELA Journal
and “Corporate Shell Games:
LLPs, LLCs, and Responsibility for
Mitigation Sites” in the National
Wetlands Newsletter. She presented
“Confirmation Issues in Chapter
13: Modification, Conversion,
Discharge by Declaration and
More” at the Judge Alexander L.
Paskay Seminar on Bankruptcy Law
and Practice. Professor Radwan is
president of the Ferguson-White
American Inn of Court, and
served on the advisory board of the
American Bankruptcy Institute Law
Review.
Charles H. Rose III
Professor of Excellence in Trial
Advocacy and Director of the Center
for Excellence in Advocacy
Professor Rose published the
second edition of Fundamental
Trial Advocacy this fall. Professor
Rose also published two case
files (one civil and one criminal),
with accompanying materials and
the book Evidence in Context:
Evidentiary Problems and Exercises
this fall. Professor Rose was the
keynote speaker at the U.S. Army
Trial Defense Service 2009 annual
conference and at the U.S. Air Force
Trial and Defense Counsel Course.
He also presented at the Externships
5 Conference at the University of
Miami College of Law.
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Susan Rozelle
Professor of Law
Professor Rozelle published “The
Type of Possession is Nine-Tenths of
the Law: Criminal Responsibility for
Acts Performed Under the Influence
of Hypnosis or Bewitchment” in
Law and Magic; four chapters for the
book Criminal Law Conversations;
and “Pure Insanity” in the Texas
Tech Law Review. Professor Rozelle
was a panelist at the Law and Society
annual meeting and is chair for
the Criminal Justice Section of
the Association of American Law
Schools and the New Law Professors
Teaching Materials Network.
Judith Scully
Professor of Law
Professor Scully served on a panel
that discussed police violence at the
2009 Black Leadership Conference
held in New Orleans. She also
presented on “Police Violence and
International Human Rights Law”
at Florida A&M School of Law.
She served on the panel “A Walk
in the Shoes of the Prosecution
and Defense” at a conference cosponsored by the Poynter Institute,
the John Jay College of Criminal
Justice, and the Pew Center. She
presented her paper on “The Human
Rights Implications of Quinacrine
Sterilizations of Women” at the 1st
Congress on Women’s Health and
Abortion in Bangkok, Thailand.
Professor Scully and Professor
Flowers co-founded and serve as codirectors of the Innocence Initiative
at Stetson Law, where she supervises
students investigating cases of
individuals claiming to be wrongfully
convicted and working on research
projects for the Florida Innocence
Commission. She also serves on the
steering committee of the Criminal
Justice Section of the Association
of American Law Schools and is
an active member of the National
Conference of Black Lawyers.
Rebecca Trammell
Professor of Law, Director of Electronic
Education, Dolly & Homer Hand Law
Library Director
Professor Trammell published
“The Orphan Trained Legend — A
Legal Reality” in the journal Modern
America. She presented “Innovative
Strategies and Tools for Tough
Economic Times” at the Innovative
Interfaces Inc. Academic Library
Director’s Meeting in San Francisco.
Stephanie Vaughan ’91
Professor of Legal Skills and Special
Assistant to the Dean for Alumni and
Development
Professor Vaughan was honored
for her 10 years of service advising
Stetson’s Moot Court Board, which
won 17 championships, 47 oralist
awards and 47 brief/memorial
awards, among other accolades
under her leadership. She was named
Special Assistant to the Dean for
Alumni and Development in August.
Louis J. Virelli III
Associate Professor of Law
Professor Virelli published
“Scientific Peer Review and
Administrative Legitimacy” in the
Administrative Law Review and
“Evolutionary Due Process” in
the Northwestern University Law
Review Colloquy. In December,
Professor Virelli presented a paper
on “Traditionalism in the Roberts
Court” at Florida International
University College of Law. He also
served on the planning committee for
the Southeastern Association of Law
Schools annual meeting.
Darryl C. Wilson
Attorneys’ Title Insurance Fund
Professor of Law and Co-Director,
Institute for Caribbean Law and Policy
Professor Wilson co-authored
Mastering Property Law. He
published “The Thing, The Invasion,
The Tax Patent; Great Sci-Fi or
Golden Raspberries?” in the Florida
A&M University Law Review, and
the annual ACLI case notes in
the American & Caribbean Law
News. He served as Stetson’s legal
reference point for the RAMSAR
Convention Inaugural Caribbean
Wetlands Initiative in the Dominican
Republic and participated as a
U.S. Representative for ADR
Introduction and Training in Haiti.
He also chaired the ACLI summer
conference on International ADR
in Trinidad. He continued his work
as Commissioner and Vice Chair of
the St. Petersburg Code Enforcement
Board and as member of the Council
of Neighborhood Associations and St.
Petersburg’s Civilian Police Review
Commission.
Candace Zierdt
Professor of Law
Professor Zierdt co-authored
a book in the Lexis Nexis Skills
and Values series on Contracts.
She presented “Analysis of Recent
Federal and State Cases Dealing
with the Intersection of MagnusonMoss Federal Warranty Act and
The Warranties in UCC Article
Two” at an ABA Business Law
Section meeting, “The AntiDisclaimer Statutes: A Review of
Non-Uniformity in UCC § 2-316”
at the ABA Annual meeting, and
served on the Members Consultative
Groups on the Principles of the
Law of Software Contracts and the
Restatement (Third) of Restitution
and Unjust Enrichment for the
American Law Institute. She serves
as a commissioner for the National
Conference of Commissioners
on Uniform State Laws and on
numerous NCCUSL committees. She
also is chair of the Study Committee
for Tribal Legislation on Child
Custody and Domestic Issues.
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Faculty Appointment News
Kristen David
Adams is
Stetson’s new
Associate Dean
for Academics.
She is a member of Phi Beta
Kappa, Order of the Coif, and
the American Law Institute.
She authored Commercial
Transactions: A Survey of United
States Law with International
Perspective, as well as several
other co-authored books.
Tishia Dunham
joins Stetson as
Assistant Professor
of Legal Skills and
Director of Bar
Preparation Services.
She has spent the past seven
years practicing with Bush
Ross in Tampa, specializing
in commercial litigation,
employment law and real
property, with an emphasis
on community associations.
Ellen S. Podgor
has been
appointed to
Stetson’s LeRoy
Highbaugh Sr.
Research Chair. Editor of
the popular White Collar
Crime Prof blog, Podgor
has co-authored several
criminal law books, including
Understanding International
Criminal Law and Mastering
Criminal Law, and she has
published more than 50
academic articles and papers.
Patricia
Brumfield Fry,
visiting professor
of law, is a
member of the
American Law Institute and
the National Conference of
Commissioners on Uniform
State Laws, where she chaired
the drafting committees
which produced the Uniform
Electronic Transactions Act
and Revised Uniform Law on
Notarial Acts. Professor Fry
has published widely in the
fields of commercial law and
electronic commerce.
Charles H. Rose
III has been
named Stetson’s
first Professor
of Excellence in
Trial Advocacy. This endowed
position was made possible
through the generosity of
S. Sammy Cacciatore Jr., BA,
JD ’66 and Michael C. Maher,
JD ’65, who funded the
endowed position to honor
retired Professor William
McKinley Smiley Jr.
Professor Rose directs
Stetson’s Center for
Excellence in Advocacy
and has authored and coauthored books in the areas
of advocacy, evidence and
military law. He served in
the U.S. Army in a variety of
intelligence and legal roles
for 20 years, retiring to join
Stetson’s faculty.
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Edward J.
Kionka, visiting
professor of
law, served on
the Southern
Illinois University faculty
for 30 years and has been
a visiting professor at law
schools across the country.
He authored Torts in a Nutshell
and Torts Black Letter, and
co-authored two additional
books.
Diane Klein,
visiting professor
of law, joins
Stetson from the
University of La
Verne, Calif. She has taught at
Thurgood Marshall School of
Law and Albany Law School,
and has visited at three other
law schools.
John Lenich,
visiting professor
of law, joined
Stetson for Fall
2010 from the
University of Nebraska.
Professor Lenich has taught
in the areas of antitrust,
appellate advocacy, civil
procedure and remedies.
Theodore
Parnall, visiting
professor of
law, is from the
University of
New Mexico, where he is an
emeritus professor and former
law dean. He has served
as an instructor or resident
legal advisor in 11 overseas
posts. He is widely published
in the areas of international
and comparative law and
corporate/securities law.
Nancy Shurtz,
visiting professor
of law, is the
Bernard Kliks
Professor of
Law at the University of
Oregon. She previously
taught at the University of
Pennsylvania Wharton School
of Business and practiced
law in Washington, D.C. She
has authored the treatise
Education Planning: Taxes,
Trusts and Techniques and
co-authored another treatise,
Corporate Tax.
James Maxeiner,
visiting associate
professor of law,
joined Stetson for
Fall 2010 from the
University of Baltimore, where
he is a tenured associate
professor. He earned his
LL.M. from Georgetown
University, and his doctor
of juridical science degree
from the Ludwig Maximilians
Universität in Munich.
James Sheehan
JD ’77, visiting
assistant professor
of law, has been
a civil litigation
attorney for more than 30
years. Professor Sheehan has
published two works of legal
fiction, The Mayor of Lexington
Avenue and The Law of
Second Chances. Recently, he
completed writing his third
novel, The Alligator Man.
Bradley Areheart,
Bruce R. Jacob
Fellow, practiced
law with DLA
Piper in Austin.
His teaching and research
interests include contracts,
cyber law, disability and
health law, employment
discrimination, and
intellectual property.
Monu Bedi,
Bruce R. Jacob
Fellow, was
senior editor
of the Harvard
Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law
Review. He served in the Navy
JAG Corps, then worked for
Ropes & Gray in Boston.
Christine
Cerniglia, visiting
assistant professor
of legal skills, is a
member of both
the Louisiana and Florida
bars. Before joining Stetson
as a visiting professor in 2009,
she practiced maritime law
in New Orleans and served
as a staff attorney for Florida’s
Sixth Judicial Circuit.
“I am an ordinary person, to whom extraordinary things have happened.”
— U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas
Supreme
Speakers 2009-2010
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Supreme Speakers
Nine supreme court justices from
around the world participated in
Stetson programs in 2009-2010.
Justice Clarence Thomas,
Supreme Court of the United States,
visited for two days in February 2010
as Stetson’s Distinguished Jurist in
Residence. During the visit, he made
several presentations before Stetson
law and undergraduate students,
including a campus-wide questionand-answer session.
Rt. Hon. Beverley
McLachlin, Chief
Justice of Supreme
Court of Canada,
continued to serve
as one of Stetson’s Distinguished
International Fellows, a position she
will hold through 2011.
Justice Susan
Gageby Denham of
the Supreme Court of
Ireland, participated
in the Introduction
to Irish Law course, where Stetson
students traveled to Ireland during
spring break.
Justice Adrian
Saunders, Caribbean
Court of Justice,
participated in Stetson’s
Winter Break Cayman
Islands Course in January 2010.
The female chief justices of three
state supreme courts, Chief Justice
Carol Hunstein ’76 of Georgia, Chief
Justice Peggy Quince of Florida
and Chief Justice Janice Holder of
Tennessee, presented Stetson’s Wm.
Reece Smith Jr. Distinguished Lecture
in January 2010 as part of the annual
Inns of Court banquet at Mirror Lake
Lyceum.
Justice James
E.C. Perry, Supreme
Court of Florida,
served as Stetson’s Fall
Commencement Speaker
in December 2009.
“Education is never wasted. You
cannot be better prepared in
this anemic job market. It is
those unpredictable avenues
that you take along life’s
journey that can offer you the
greatest reward.”
— Justice James E.C. Perry
Supreme Court of Florida
Justice Andrew
G.T. Moore, Supreme
Court of Delaware
(ret.), taught a course in
March 2010 as one of
Stetson’s Distinguished Professorial
Lecturers. Justice Moore also donated
his judicial papers to the Stetson
University College of Law, and they
are housed in the Dolly & Homer
Hand Law Library.
Justice Thomas: From Pin Point to the Highest Court
On Feb. 2., U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas
visited to talk with a crowd of students gathered in the Great
Hall at Stetson University College of Law.
Justice Thomas talked about the importance of the
law and of the courts and then engaged in a lively topical
discussion with students.
“It’s a humbling job,” Justice Thomas said of his role on
the Supreme Court.
“Do not give up,” he urged the law students gathered
to hear him talk on Tuesday morning. He said of his own
experience as a law student, “One day, years later, everything
clicked.”
Born in the tiny impoverished town of Pin Point, Ga.,
Justice Thomas grew up in Savannah, Ga., and ultimately
graduated with a law degree from Yale.
From 1981-1982, Justice Thomas served as assistant
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secretary of education for the Office of Civil Rights in the U.S.
Dept. of Education and from 1982-1990, was chairman of
the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
He served on the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals before
being nominated to fill a seat on the U.S. Supreme Court.
“You have to be honest, conscientious and thorough,”
Justice Thomas said of being a good lawyer.
In 2007, Justice Thomas published My Grandfather’s
Son: A Memoir. The book spans Thomas’s life from early
childhood through the present, focusing on his upbringing,
struggles against racism, intellectual evolution, self-reliance
and conviction, and ultimate confirmation to the Supreme
Court. Justice Thomas succeeds Thurgood Marshall as only
the second African-American to serve on the high court. His
book was number one on the New York Times non-fiction
best-seller list.
“Don’t let anyone define who
you are or what you can or
cannot do.”
— Chief Justice Janice Holder
Supreme Court of Tennessee
“Be proud of who you are and
what you do. Keep true to
yourself.”
— Chief Justice Carol Hunstein ’76
Supreme Court of Georgia
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Cover and article photographs courtesy of BP on Flickr
by Brandi Palmer
On April 20, an explosion
erupted and the Deepwater Horizon
drilling platform sank off the coast of
Louisiana. Eleven workers were killed,
and 17 sustained injuries. A damaged
well on the ocean floor began gushing
oil into the Gulf of Mexico.
An Aug. 23 Associated Press
article reports 206 million gallons
of oil leaked into the gulf. NOAA
reported that hundreds of thousands
of gallons of dispersants were used
to break down the oil. In mid-July, a
temporary cap stopped the leak.
The oil has stopped flowing into
the gulf, but the lawsuits have only
just begun to surface. People, animals,
industries and the environment in
four states along the Gulf coast all
face the possibility of lasting impacts
from the offshore accident.
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BP has spent millions of dollars in
cleanup efforts and says the company
takes full responsibility and will pay
all legitimate claims and the cost
of the cleanup. A $20 billion BP
compensation fund has been set up
to cover damage claims from gulf oil
disaster victims, to be administered
by 9/11 fund administrator Ken
Feinberg. An investigative panel
including the U.S. Coast GuardBureau of Energy Management
is looking into what caused the
explosion and how to improve
regulation, safety and oversight to
avoid another drilling disaster.
Four months after the oil well
blowout in the gulf, we gathered a
roundtable of legal experts at Stetson
Law on the Gulfport campus to
discuss how the law has responded to
similar disasters in the past, what we
can expect to see this time, and what
legal experts should be talking about
now to prevent this type of disaster
from happening again in the future.
Dr. Tim Kaye is originally from
the U.K. and teaches torts and
product liability. He addressed
the first question to the faculty
roundtable regarding BP’s liability.
“BP in principle is liable for, at the
moment, an indefinite amount,” said
Kaye. “But however it’s sliced, the law
won’t allow that to be an indefinite
amount and won’t allow an indefinite
number of people to make a claim.”
He explained that there are claims
for myriad people: the families of
people killed on the oil rig, people
injured in or around the oil rigs,
people whose livelihoods have been
damaged, and people who have lost
property value because tourists don’t
want to visit the Gulf Coast. Kaye
said people with purely economic
Stetson professors discuss the potential
legal impact of the Deepwater Horizon disaster
losses, like loss of property value or
loss of business, may be out of luck in
the law of torts. According to Kaye,
the fund set up to be administered
by Ken Feinberg may ultimately be
more generous than the law would be.
“What this fund is, is simply ringfenced money,” Kaye explained. Even
if BP went bankrupt or ran out of
money, the fund would be in place to
pay people.
The roundtable examined another
historic incident, the Exxon Valdez
oil spill, for some parallels to the
gulf spill. “It is likely that some of
the money from BP will be used
to perform health assessments. It
is notoriously tricky, however, for
someone who has gotten sick to sue
or recover from a polluter, considering
the multiplicity of different potential
causes of illnesses. Using the
experience of the 1989 Alaska oil
spill as precedent, we might see some
use of money to set up local clinics,
etc., that do not necessarily respond
directly to the oil spill,” said Professor
Paul Boudreaux. Boudreaux, who
teaches environmental law, natural
resources law, property and land use
law, was away from campus during
the roundtable, but shared some ideas
during a separate interview.
Professor Ellen Podgor is a former
deputy prosecutor and criminal
defense attorney who teaches white
collar crime, criminal law and
international criminal law, and
edits the White Collar Crime Blog.
She dissected some of the charges
resulting from Exxon Valdez. “The
initial Exxon Valdez oil spill produced
charges under the Clean Water Act,
the Refuse Act, the Migratory Bird
Treaty Act, the Ports and Waterways
Act, and the Dangerous Cargo
“ BP in principle is liable
for, at the moment, an
indefinite amount. But
however it’s sliced, the
law won’t allow that to be
an indefinite amount and
won’t allow an indefinite
number of people to make a
claim.
”
— Timothy S. Kaye
Professor of Law
Act,” Professor Podgor said. “All of
these carried criminal penalties with
them. However, they pled guilty to
violations of the Clean Water Act,
the Refuse Act, the Migratory Bird
Treaty Act, and the company itself,
Exxon Corporation, only pled guilty
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to violating the Migratory Bird Treaty
Act. The other violations were Exxon
Shipping company.” As a result of
the spill, Exxon paid a $25 million
fine and Exxon Shipping paid a $125
million fine.
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder
has opened a criminal investigation
into the gulf oil blowout, and in past
spills the government has investigated
and often pursued criminal charges,
Podgor explained. “No one has
charged BP with any criminal
violations yet,” Podgor told the group.
“If, in fact, there are charges that
come against BP, I think that Holder’s
office will probably look at some of
these same statutes,” Podgor said.
“The government cannot, of
course, put a corporation in jail. But
it can impose very large fines on a
corporation found guilty of criminal
activity, beyond the amount that
might be imposed for a merely ’civil’
penalty,” said Professor Boudreaux.
“Criminal conviction also means, in
certain cases, that the corporation is
disqualified from certain government
programs and benefits.”
“Many parties will sue BP and
other corporations in connection
with the spill, as well as suits
against the government,” Professor
Boudreaux said. “The Oil Pollution
Act authorizes more than $75 million
in penalties if the polluter acted
with ’gross negligence’ — an issue
“ If we vilify one entity,
BP, a gas and exploration
company, what makes
us think they won’t pick
up and drill elsewhere,
somewhere else in the
world where they aren’t
vilified? The fact is we’re
dependent upon oil.
”
— Christine Cerniglia
Assistant Professor of Legal Skills
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that remains to be determined. BP
has already spoken of spending $20
billion. This would be apportioned
among direct cleanup efforts and
indirect lost profits for people such as
fishermen, food processors and beach
motel owners.”
The Ocean Pollution Act, or
OPA, which was a result of the Exxon
Valdez spill, defines the responsible
party as the person who leases the
well, and BP leased the well that
blew in April in the gulf. Visiting
professor Christine Cerniglia began
her legal career in New Orleans
practicing maritime law, specifically
offshore drilling personal injury
defense, where she became skilled in
both state and federal litigation. She
explained that BP does not drill for
oil by itself. “It’s truly a floating city
out there,” Cerniglia said. Within the
city, Cerniglia explained that there is
a contractual conglomerate of people.
Looking beyond BP, she said that
there are other parties that might be
held accountable and responsible for
the oil blowout in the gulf. “It’s a
dissection of claims,” Cerniglia said.
“Long story short, it’s going to take
a while to get through all of this and
try to figure out and sort through it to
figure out what law applies, but right
now, everyone is operating under
OPA.”
After the Exxon Valdez spill, OPA
was passed in 1990 as a legislative
response in order to create a national
contingency plan and disaster fund.
Professor Blake Hudson has a master’s
degree in environmental science
in addition to a law degree, and
teaches property, natural resources
and environmental law. He said one
of the responses from Exxon Valdez
was to throw money at the problem.
“But developing a comprehensive
plan on addressing the problem
itself or prevention of the problem
is something that we’ve not learned,
I don’t think, from past experiences
with Exxon and Texas City Refinery.”
“Yes, environmental regulation
will be strengthened, at least in the
“
States have the tools
available to them to
take the environment
and natural resource
management more
seriously, but they don’t
really show concern until a
disaster occurs.
”
— Blake Hudson
Assistant Professor of Law
short run,” said Professor Boudreaux.
“The MMS has already been replaced
by a new bureau of the U.S. Interior
Department, called the Bureau of
Ocean Energy. A branch of this
bureau will focus specifically on safety
and environmental enforcement. This
bureau will receive more funding that
the MMS got for overseeing offshore
drilling, and there will be far greater
public scrutiny of drilling activities.
New regulations are likely to impose
new and expensive safety measures,
such as additional safeguards against
oil well blowouts, as happened at the
Deepwater Horizon rig. A less certain
question is whether public attention
and funding will last.”
Professor Podgor said that she
was hopeful about positive change
as a result of some careful analysis
and education. She referenced major
changes in the SEC after a Ponzi
scheme was unearthed and studied.“I
can see that happening here. I can see
there being some major changes in
the regulatory structure and the way it
operates as a result of this.”
“I do think there is one problem
that we have not already mentioned,”
Dr. Kaye said. “No matter what
regulations are introduced, companies
will adjust their behavior accordingly.”
The contractual matrix still exists, he
said. “The problem with bringing in
new regulations is you’ve always got
to be aware that while you’ve changed
the ground rules, that doesn’t stop the
Ken Feinberg to visit Stetson Law
Ken Feinberg, administrator of
the oil spill escrow fund and past
administrator of compensation
funds for the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist
attacks and Virginia Tech victim
donations, has committed to speak
at Stetson Law in 2011 as the Nichols
Foundation Prominent Speakers
Lecturer. Watch www.law.stetson.edu
for future details.
players changing their behavior.”
“Things like Exxon Valdez, 9/11
and this blowout show that the
traditional legal mechanisms often
don’t work,” Kaye said, adding that
without the fund, we might have
20 years of litigation. “We need
something quite a lot more radical,”
he said, pointing to some models
around the globe with better safety
records. “I would like to see some sort
of creation of corporate manslaughter
or corporate homicide statutes.”
“If we vilify one entity, BP, a
gas and exploration company, what
makes us think they won’t pick up
and drill elsewhere, somewhere
else in the world where they aren’t
vilified?” Professor Cerniglia asked.
“The fact is, we’re dependent upon
oil.” After a massive moratorium in
the gulf subsequent to the blowout,
many rigs pulled out of the gulf and
moved elsewhere, impacting the local
economies of Louisiana and Texas,
Cerniglia said.
“States have the tools available
to them to take the environment
and natural resource management
more seriously, but they don’t really
show concern until a disaster occurs,
and I would like to see more of a
comprehensive focus and studies of
ways in which these types of things
can be avoided ahead of time instead
of just suing for the money after it
happens,” said Hudson.
Back in 2005, the Texas City
Refinery explosion in Houston that
killed 15 people and injured more
than 100 resulted in heavy fines for
BP. Hudson worked in Houston at
the Baker Botts law firm and closely
studied the 2005 case. He said OHSA
fined the Texas refinery for failing
to fix safety hazards revealed in the
2005 explosion. “BP didn’t take any
steps to fix some of the problems
that existed,” Hudson said. Ongoing
problems and disasters like the one at
the oil refinery and in the gulf beg for
change, Hudson explained. “I think
that it will be an impetus for looking
at how we assess process safety and
health and safety standards in general
for corporations that are operating
within the United States.”
While differing in their approach
to the tangle of legal issues surfacing
in the wake of the oil blowout in the
gulf, in one matter, the roundtable
agreed. A proactive, educational
approach, they concluded, is better
than taking the traditionally reactive
stance. While accidents always
happen, Dr. Kaye said, “I think that
trying to prevent them — regulating
and educating to prevent them — is
definitely the way to go, rather than
saying well, it’s likely to happen and
we’ll try to fire-fight it as best we can
after the event because we can never
do it as well.”
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Giving Hands
On a warm day last October, the
College of Law celebrated 110 years
of legal education by naming the
library on its Gulfport campus after
philanthropists Dolly ‘49 and Homer
Hand. A crowd of alumni, students,
faculty and university leadership
gathered in the sunny Mediterraneanstyle library courtyard to honor the
Hands’ generosity and to witness a
historic day.
“It really does seem like just a few
short years ago that I was a student
in the law school back when it was
located in DeLand,” Dolly Hand
said at the naming ceremony. Truly a
pioneer, Dolly was the only woman in
her graduating class and the youngest
student, at age 20, to ever graduate
from Stetson Law.
Dolly Hand has since dedicated
decades to serving Stetson University.
She is a 16-year Stetson University
trustee and a member of the College
of Law Hall of Fame. Homer received
Stetson Law’s Distinguished Service
Award and numerous civic awards.
“This library serves as a testament
to the courage and generosity of two
and Homer Hand have nourished academic excellence at
“Dolly
Stetson University for more than 50 years. Their generosity has
created educational opportunities for literally thousands of
students at Stetson and across Florida. We are grateful for their
philanthropy.
”
remarkable people, Dolly and Homer
Hand,” President Wendy Libby
remarked at the naming ceremony.
“They have unselfishly dedicated
their lives to creating educational
opportunities for young people.
Today, as we celebrate precisely 110
years of outstanding legal education at
Stetson University College of Law, it
is fitting that we name this library for
Dolly and Homer Hand.”
The Hands are long-time
supporters of education and the arts
throughout the state of Florida. In
1996, they were presented with the
Champion of Higher Independent
Education in Florida Award.
Dean Darby Dickerson described
the 110-year evolution of the law
— Darby Dickerson
Vice President and Dean
school from a handful of students in
DeLand to more than 1,000 enrolled
today at two campuses in Tampa Bay.
“Despite the many changes, a few
things have remained constant over
the past 100 years, and one of those is
the law library,” said Dean Dickerson.
“Opened in 1998, this law library is
a tribute to so much that is good and
special about Stetson.”
Dean Dickerson credited Dean
Emeritus Lizabeth Moody and
Library Director Emeritus Lamar
Woodard with the vision for the new
library, a hub of scholarly activity at
the law school. “In short, our library
represents the heart and soul of the
College of Law,” Dean Dickerson
said.
Stetson and civic leaders spoke at
the ceremony honoring the Hands
upon the dedication of the library and
celebrating the law school’s 110th
anniversary on Oct. 2. Pictured left
(L to R): Gulfport Vice Mayor Michele
King, SBA President Evan Raymond,
Congressman Gus Bilirakis JD ’89,
Overseer Chair Joshua Magidson JD
’80, Library Director Rebecca Trammell,
Homer and Dolly (LLB ’49) Hand,
President Wendy Libby, Dean Darby
Dickerson, and Trustee Chair Harlan
“Butch” Paul BA ’76.
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Dolly Hand thanked her entire Stetson family, with
campuses stretching from the east to the west coast of Florida.
She applauded the partnership between President Wendy
Libby and Dean Darby Dickerson. She credited the late
Chancellor H. Douglas Lee with forging the strong bond
between the historic DeLand campus and the law school in
Gulfport during his 22-year tenure as university president.
Dolly tearfully gestured to the entrance to the law library
at the conclusion of her speech. “The greatest honor I have
received on this day is to look up on that wall and see my
name next to Homer’s,” Dolly said. “For that is the way it has
always been and that is the way it will always be … Homer
and Dolly, side by side.”
Dedicated in 1998 by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth
Bader Ginsburg, the 59,100-square-foot Dolly and Homer
Hand Law Library has a collection of nearly 400,000 volumes.
The collection includes rare materials from the Nuremburg
Doctors Trials, archives from the law school’s 110-year history,
and a new collection of judicial papers from a former chief
justice of the Delaware Supreme Court.
The generosity of Dolly and Homer Hand is evident across
Stetson University’s four campuses. The Hands endowed
an annual award for excellence in faculty research, provided
principal funding for the Homer and Dolly Hand Art Center,
and made the lead gift for the Doug and Margaret Lee
Scholarship.
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From Law to Business
Many Stetson lawyers
choose to apply their
education to fields
outside the practice
of law. Meet three
alumni who are using
their legal skills to
successfully grow their
businesses.
by Brian Vandervliet
Controlling His Own Destiny
When Stuart
Appleby sank a 10’ 10”
putt for a final round
59 and a dramatic
one-stroke victory at
the Greenbrier Classic
in August, you can be certain that
Bobby Kreusler ’91 was cheering
him on. It’s a part of his job.
Far from the courtrooms where he
was once a litigator, Kreusler is now
the CEO of Blue Giraffe Sports – an
Atlanta-based talent management
and marketing agency that promotes
a stable of 20 professional golfers
such as Appleby, Paul Goydos, Arjun
Atwal, Mathew Goggin, and other
PGA stars from around the world.
Kreusler is well at ease with
high-profile clients. Prior to creating
Blue Giraffe Sports in 2004, he was
co-owner and executive vice president
of Wilhelmina Models where he ran
the artist management division and
oversaw endorsements and marketing
for celebrities like Beyonce, Usher,
and Jessica Simpson, and helped
execute multimillion dollar contracts
with L’Oreal, Covergirl, Hugo Boss,
Levis, and others.
What led Kreusler into business
was not the bright lights or green
fairways associated with representing
and marketing well-known athletes
and entertainers, but the chance to be
in greater control of his own destiny.
“If you want to do things a
certain way, and you have a certain
vision and plan you’d like to follow,
then the only way you’re ever going
to be able to do that is by embarking
on your own,” said Kreusler.
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Kreusler described his clients, and
his company, with energetic fondness.
He said that he appreciated that
he could use both his creative and
analytical talents to “build something
up.” In addition, he also liked the
certain “surreality or nervousness”
that occurs as a CEO when making
decisions of consequence. “I think
it makes you feel more alive,” said
Kreusler.
At Blue Giraffe Sports, Kreusler’s
responsibilities are legion. While
working to improve a client’s
brand, he said that his eightmember company will advise
clients, coordinate events, negotiate
contracts, work with media outlets,
or frequently take late-night calls
from clients, whom he described as
“family,” to discuss business, or even
personal, matters.
Kreusler, who has also served as
general counsel for other premier
talent management companies,
said that legal work now comprised
less than 20 percent of his daily
responsibilities and focus. But his
legal skills, he said, factor into many
aspects of his decision-making.
“Make no mistake about the fact
that being a lawyer is what makes me
a good businessman,” said Kreusler,
46. “It’s my legal training that allows
me to be a better businessman than I
would be, by far, without it.”
Kreusler, who also has an MBA
from Florida State University,
said that having earned a J.D. has
significantly helped during business
negotiations.
“It has given me confidence to
know that when I am sitting at a
bargaining table, negotiation table, or
maybe a discussion, that the person
sitting across from me, who might
be a lawyer or with a lawyer, doesn’t
have something over me or have an
experience or knowledge base that
they could use against me,” said
Kreusler.
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Did you know?
Stetson University has the largest
JD/MBA dual-degree program in
the United States.
An Orientation to Business
On his first day
of orientation at
Stetson Law, Nathan
DeVault ’01 lined
up in alphabetical
order behind Megan
Costa, also a first-year
student. For DeVault, this fateful
1L introduction in 1999 would lead
to two successful partnerships —
in marriage with Megan, and in
business with Linda Costa, his future
mother-in-law.
Just weeks after graduating,
DeVault joined Linda Costa’s public
relations firm, which provides
strategy development, media
relations, design services, and crisis
management to clients ranging from
start-ups to Fortune 500 companies.
He has been at the Orlando firm ever
since, later becoming partner and
vice president of “Costa DeVault.”
“I had started to gravitate towards
an interest in business, and that led
me to what I was going to do best,”
said DeVault, who married Megan
while at Stetson. “The opportunity
arose with Linda, and it was a perfect
fit. The timing was perfect.”
Since joining Costa nearly 10
years ago, DeVault said that he had
helped the firm double its revenue, in
part by helping to enlist new business
from law firms, real estate developers,
transit companies and other clients
with complex needs.
While in school, DeVault said he
realized he did not want to practice
law. Despite the change of heart,
he said that his legal education
had still served to prepare him
for responsibilities ranging from
managing staff to analyzing strategies
to working with clients, about 40 at
any given time.
“I think having a legal
background provides a good bit of
comfort to the clients I work with,”
said DeVault, 34. “They know that
while I’m not representing them from
a legal standpoint, I can recognize
when there’s a potential issue and can
raise a concern if I need to.”
His legal education, DeVault said,
had helped open doors professionally and had served as a “jump-start”
into the more difficult areas of public
relations. A few of his first clients were
real estate developers, and he said that
his Stetson Law courses in property
law had been particularly helpful.
“Having an understanding from
law school of what it is they were
trying to do and what the strategy
was behind the real estate deals
made it easier for me to make good
decisions and advise them about
when we should do certain things
and when we shouldn’t.”
DeVault said that he had also
found his prior study of mediation especially useful in the business world.
“It made a lot of sense to me to try
to work with somebody to deal with
a problem versus trying to fight with
them,” said DeVault. “That’s what
I do a lot of now is really just try to
make sure everybody is on the same
page, communicating as effectively as
we can. It’s as fundamental a concept
or practice in business as anything.
That’s really what it’s about,
negotiating back and forth, coming
up with terms or scenarios that will
be beneficial to everyone.”
DeVault appears to often use his
legal knowledge. But when asked if
he’d ever like to formally practice law
and leave public relations, he dryly
answered “Not at all.”
“I anticipate doing this and being
here until I don’t work anymore, until
the day I retire,” said DeVault. “I love
this. I love doing this.”
Man on the Run
As a self-described “runner geek,”
Matt Carrillo ’08 likes to stay in
motion. So perhaps it’s no surprise
that only months before graduating
from Stetson Law, he began drafting
plans with his brother to open a
specialty shoe store in his hometown
of Gainesville.
“I don’t really limit myself on
what I want to do, and I think
because of that, I was able to jump
so quickly with my brother into this
idea,” said Carrillo, 25. “I’ve always
wanted to try new things. That’s the
type of person I am.”
After passing the bar exam in July
2008, Carrillo, along with his brother
Mike, launched their new business,
Gainesville Running and Walking,
just a month later. Impressively,
Carrillo has been able to co-manage
the new business while also joining
his father’s legal practice as a fulltime partner.
For Carrillo, it’s not easy to
answer the question as to whether
he is a businessman or a lawyer first.
That’s because, in his estimation,
the two skill sets often coincide.
At his shoe store, he has often used
his legal expertise to renegotiate
contracts with vendors or to examine
issues. And at a small family firm
such as Carrillo and Carrillo P.A.,
his business acumen is equally
essential.
Although Carrillo noted
specific Stetson Law courses such as
Contracts, Commercial Transactions,
and Business Entities as being
particularly relevant to business,
he said that it has been his legal
education, on the whole, that has
been most beneficial.
“Even if I hadn’t taken those
specific classes, I think that just the
way law school teaches you how
to think analytically lends itself to
preparing you to take apart difficult
situations and deal with them
appropriately.”
Law school, Carrillo added, had
taught him to adequately prepare
for challenges, but also not to
hesitate when immediate action is
required. Using the random nature of
courtroom arguments as an example,
he suggested that unforeseen events
would always occur.
“You can’t be 100 percent ready
and prepared for everything. If we
had waited until we were absolutely
sure everything would work out
and be okay, then we would have
never started the business. You’re not
always going to be ready, but you still
have to go forward.”
Carrillo said that sales revenue at
Gainesville Running and Walking
had grown more than 30 percent
each year, despite the poor economy.
He credited having discovered a
marketable niche and having a
knowledgeable staff that can discuss
the details of running gear and
biomechanics with customers.
Although he described feeling a
sense of accomplishment in having
created a business, Carrillo added
that he plans to keep moving
forward. In addition to continuing
his law practice, he said that perhaps
one day he would open another retail
store or maybe a restaurant.
“It’s been a dream to own a
business, but it’s never been that I
want this one business and that’ll be
it for me. I don’t think this is the end
by any means.”
think that the way law
“ Ischool
teaches you how to
think analytically lends itself
well to preparing you to take
apart difficult situations
and deal with them
appropriately.
”— Matt Carrillo ’08
Co-owner, Gainesville Running
and Walking
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Up-and-coming attorneys share their perspectives
on how shifts in technology, competition and gender
are influencing the practice of trial law
by Shannon Tan JD ’08
When Todd A. Romano ’99 went
on family vacations in the 1980s, the
only way his father — a trial attorney
— could check on his cases was to
call his office from a pay phone. Now,
thanks to an onslaught of technology,
it is virtually impossible to completely
leave the office. Skype, remote
access, video-conferencing, iPhones,
and iPads have made younger trial
lawyers more efficient and productive.
“Many of the more seasoned
trial lawyers have not embraced
the available technology that is out
there,” said Romano, a partner at
The Romano Law Group in Lake
Worth. “The downside is you can
never get away from work, unlike our
predecessors.”
Jodi Leisure ’99, managing
partner at Carey & Leisure in
Clearwater, agrees that young trial
lawyers are more technologically
savvy. She sees older lawyers using
hardboards in the courtroom, while
younger lawyers rely on PowerPoint
for their presentations.
“Jurors almost expect to see
the latest electronics in use,” said
Tammy J. Judge ’99, an attorney at
the Yerrid Law Firm P.A in Tampa.
“We recently started using a trial
consultant group that has every
exhibit and video deposition scanned
in, and we merely make mention of
what we need and it instantly appears
on the screen.”
While Gene Odom ’00 of the
Martinez-Odom Law Group also
incorporates technology in his
courtroom presentations, he warns
attorneys not to use it as a “crutch”
or substitute for effective advocacy.
“Trial lawyers have always used
demonstrative aids, and they will
always be essential to proving a case.
However, I believe that too much
technology can be an impediment
to effective communication with the
jury.”
Judge says she is excited about
the new iJuror application for the
iPad. The application allows attorneys
to electronically track individual
juror trends and patterns through
icons. “Jury selection is probably the
most difficult part of the trial for a
plaintiff’s lawyer, who has moments
to assimilate the juror data and
immediately begin asking questions,”
she said. “If this app does what
it touts, it will be priceless in the
courtroom. I immediately went to the
patriarch of our firm and shared this
new technology with him.”
Chinwe O. Fossett ’00, an
attorney at Cohen, Foster & Romine
P.A. in Tampa, said that potential
jurors will visit a law firm’s website
and even search for the firm’s
attorneys on Facebook. As a result,
she will question potential jurors to
ferret out any biases they might have
against her, her firm or her client.
“Jurors can read or find out things
you do not want them to find out,”
she said.
Eric Romano ’97, a partner at
the Romano Law Group, says that
the use of technology is not the only
thing that differentiates seasoned
lawyers from younger attorneys.
“With increased competition for
legal work, there has become a much
greater need to focus on the business
side of practicing law,” he said. “More
experienced trial lawyers were able to
spend more time practicing law and
less time worrying about running a
business. These days, that is a recipe
for disaster.”
Eric Romano said that law firms
must now focus on marketing,
cash flow, employees, case selection
and firm structure in order to be
successful. “Implementing efficient
systems and new technologies, and
keeping them current, is an essential
part of managing a law firm in
today’s climate,” he said.
Odom, who has seen talented
lawyers suffer financially, agrees. “To
have the freedom to practice and
adequately represent your clients, you
have to have a solid business model
that allows for the uncertainties that
are inherent within our practice.”
Another change that young trial
lawyers have noticed is the rising
number of women in the courtroom.
Jill Thomas ’97 was a JAG lawyer
for nine years in the U.S. Air Force
before becoming an assistant U.S.
attorney for the Northern District
of California. She estimates that she
has handled more than 40 jury trials,
including a few public corruption and
drug trafficking cases.
“It seems that more female
lawyers are in the profession these
days when compared to when I first
started in law,” she said. “Male trial
lawyers likely still outnumber female
trial lawyers, but the gap appears to
be closing.”
Leisure says she thinks women
bring something different to the
courtroom. “I think women generally
approach conflict resolution a little
differently then men do. I notice a big
difference between the way men and
women litigate. Sometimes, depending
on the case, it can be an advantage.”
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Todd Romano sees another
difference in the way younger trial
lawyers approach litigation: They
are more patient. “Trial dockets are
more log-jammed than they used to
be. There are fewer judges and court
resources due to budget cuts, and
it is much tougher to get hearings
set. I see many of the more seasoned
trial lawyers who have been around
for a while get incredibly frustrated
by these factors, and it causes them
to completely lose focus and get
wrapped around the axle.”
Even though the courtroom and
trial practices are evolving, these
young trial lawyers recognize that
many things remain the same.
“The fundamentals of good
trial practice are the same,” said
Robert J. Sniffen ’93, the founder
and managing partner of Sniffen
& Spellman P.A. in Tallahassee.
“A good trial lawyer is a good
storyteller and someone who can take
a large amount of information and
synthesize it into a format that the
jury can understand. I do not believe
much has changed in this regard.”
Sniffen advises trial lawyers to
find their own style and embrace
it. “Juries can smell a phony a mile
away.”
Eric Romano agrees. “If you don’t
have an intense passion for each
client and each case, then you cannot
succeed as a trial lawyer. Judges and
jurors can tell when an attorney
believes in her client and in her case,
and they will see right through an
attorney who isn’t sincere.”
And the best way to become a
successful trial lawyer is still to try as
many cases as you can.
“When I got into the courtroom,
I was terrified because I felt I was
not as well-armed as an experienced
lawyer, but it is a completely even
playing field,” Leisure said. She
advises lawyers to not be afraid to
take on “ugly” cases. “You can learn
more from your losses than your
wins.”
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“With increased competition for legal work, there is a much
greater need to focus on the business side of practicing law.
More experienced trial lawyers were able to spend more time
practicing law and less time worrying about running a business.
These days, that is a recipe for disaster.”
— Eric Romano ’97
Partner, The Romano Law Group
Fossett, a former assistant state
attorney with more than 70 jury trials
under her belt, says that the best way
to learn trial work is to work for the
State Attorney’s Office or the Public
Defender’s Office.
That’s what Rachel May Zysk
’04 did. During her internship at
the Office of the Federal Public
Defender for the Middle District of
Florida, Zysk became involved in a
major terrorism case involving Hatem
Fariz, one of Dr. Sami Al-Arian’s
codefendants. After passing the bar,
she was given a permanent position.
The trial lasted approximately six
months.
“The jury failed to return a single
guilty verdict,” said Zysk, who is now
a criminal litigator at Carlton Fields.
“It was an incredible experience.”
Fossett and Zysk credit Stetson
with giving them a headstart against
other litigators. Fossett said that
when she first started practicing, she
was surprised to find that experienced
lawyers on the opposing side would
not have the same grasp of the rules
of evidence as she did. “The trial
team program was just amazing. I
didn’t realize how amazing it was
until I came into the real world.”
Zysk said she learned how to be
a litigator at Stetson. “While I do
not believe that anything can truly
prepare you for the responsibility
of another person’s life, Stetson’s
emphasis on practical skills provided
me with the know-how when I took
on that responsibility for the first
time.”
Writer Shannon Tan ’08 is a staff
attorney with Florida’s Second District
Court of Appeal in Lakeland.
Rising Stars in
Trial Advocacy
Gene Odom ’00
The Martinez-Odom
Law Group
Tampa
Todd Romano ’99
The Romano Law Group
Lake Worth
Jodi Leisure ’99
Carey & Leisure
Clearwater
Chinwe Fossett ’00
Cohen, Foster & Romine
Tampa
Eric Romano ’97
The Romano Law Group
Lake Worth
Rachel May Zysk ’04
Carlton Fields
Tampa
Tammy J. Judge ’99
The Yerrid Law Firm
Tampa
COLLEGE
Relations
New alumni, development leaders
Ed Kominowski
Robin Hoyle ’91
Several new staff have joined Stetson
University College of Law to lead alumni
relations and fundraising efforts.
Ed Kominowski joined Stetson
in September as the Associate Vice
President for College Relations.
Kominowski most recently served as
director of development and major
gifts at Edison State College in Fort
Myers. Before that, he served as
Executive Director of Development
for the University of South Florida’s
College of Engineering, and director
of development for the University
of Florida’s College of Engineering.
He also has 10 years’ experience in
various development positions at
Indiana University, where he earned his
bachelor’s and master’s degrees.
Kominowski specializes in strategic
fundraising, planned giving and securing
major gifts. He also gained insights into
Casey Stoutamire ’09
the broader issues in higher education
as a past assistant to the president at
Indiana University.
Robin Hoyle JD ’91 joined Stetson
in August as executive director of
the Tampa Law Center. In addition to
practicing law, Robin has an extensive
background in fundraising and external
relations. She has developed strategies
to research, increase and solicit funds
for an endowment to advance cancer
research; cultivated relationships with
biotechnology and pharmaceutical
companies; and executed securing a
variety of gifts from corporations and
individuals. As part of her duties at
Stetson, Hoyle will support alumni and
development activities.
Casey Stoutamire JD ’09 joined
Stetson in July as assistant director for
alumni relations. Stoutamire has been
working on several projects related to
Michael Stewart JD ’09
alumni events, planned giving and classgift campaigns. As a Stetson law student,
she served as an Ambassador and
student leader, and after her graduation
she continued to work with Stetson’s
Center for Excellence in Elder Law with
Stetson Trustee Leo Govoni and John
Staunton ’97.
Michael Stewart JD ’09 is the new
assistant director of alumni services. He
is responsible for developing alumni
chapters throughout the country,
planning special alumni events, and
creating and maintaining online alumni
communities. He previously worked
with Stetson’s office of admissions and
financial planning.
Professor Stephanie Vaughan JD ’91
has added the role of special assistant to
the dean for alumni and development to
her teaching responsibilities as professor
of legal skills.
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Honoring Lifetime
Eight new members were inducted into the Stetson
University College of Law Hall of Fame in October 2010.
Now in its seventh year, Hall of Fame inductees have
had a profound impact on the legal profession and on
Stetson University College of Law.
“All of these individuals have reached the pinnacle of
their professions and have made a profound positive
influence on Stetson University College of Law,” said
Dean Darby Dickerson.
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Dan Warren ’52
Firestone Family
Dan Warren has
served as a Daytona
Beach municipal judge,
justice of the peace,
and city commissioner.
In the early 1960s,
Florida Governor Ferris Bryant
named Warren to serve as special
counsel and state attorney to resolve
the St. Augustine civil rights crisis.
Warren’s book, If It Takes All Summer:
Martin Luther King, the KKK, and
State’s Rights in St. Augustine, 1964,
chronicles his experience.
Warren ordered the desegregation
of St. Augustine public beaches and
authorized the Florida Highway
Patrol to arrest anyone who attempted
to infringe on the rights of others to
access the beaches. He had members
of the KKK arrested and prosecuted
for violence. He met privately
with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
in an attempt to reach a peaceful
settlement, and empaneled a grand
jury to have a biracial committee
appointed to ease the violence. Since
1968, Warren has spent the remainder
of his legal career defending the
constitutional rights of others,
especially minorities.
Harvey Firestone III
began law school in Fall
1955 at Stetson with
the encouragement and
support of his father,
Harvey Firestone Jr.,
then president and CEO of the
Firestone Rubber Company of Akron,
Ohio. The younger Firestone had
cerebral palsy, and despite his physical
challenges, he earned his law degree in
1959, graduating third in his class.
Since his physical condition left
him unable to use his hands, Harvey
Firestone III dictated his Florida bar
examination answers to the exam
questions to then-Assistant Dean
Richard Dillon, who was familiar
with Harvey’s speech patterns and
recorded Firestone’s every word. He
passed the bar exam, but did not live
to know it. In 1960, he tragically fell
from a hotel balcony and died while
vacationing with friends.
Harvey Firestone Jr. was a major
benefactor to Stetson Law. Prior to
his son’s death, Harvey Firestone Jr.
gave $42,000, which transformed the
campus with a new classroom, two
faculty offices, a modern courtroom
and a suite for guests to the college.
Thirteen years after his son’s death,
Harvey Firestone Jr., gave $150,000
to rebuild and expand the law school’s
recreation facilities. This included
the building of new tennis courts, a
basketball court and a workout area,
and the swimming pool was renamed
in honor of the late Firestone son.
Professor Ruthann Robson ’79
Ruthann Robson has
taught at City University of New York School
of Law since 1990 in
the areas of constitutional law and sexuality
and the law. She has
made presentations throughout the
United States, Australia, U.K., Africa
and New Zealand.
Robson has been called a
pioneering legal theorist in the field
of lesbian jurisprudence, and is an
award-winning novelist, accomplished
poet, experimental essayist, and
dedicated mentor and teacher. In
2007, she was named a distinguished
professor in recognition of her
significant scholarly accomplishments.
Professor Robson received her
LL.M. from the University of California at Berkeley. She clerked for U.S.
Achievement
District Judge William J. Castagna
of the Middle District of Florida and
U.S. Circuit Judge Peter T. Fay, of
the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals.
She then worked as an attorney with
Florida Rural Legal Services.
Kay Eddy
Kay Eddy served as
assistant to the dean,
registrar, and director
of admissions over
two decades after the
College of Law’s move to
Gulfport.
Many students of that era
confirmed Kay Eddy’s capabilities.
She helped lay the foundation for
our present law school. She was the
person anyone could go to with a
problem, and she would do anything
she could to be helpful. Students
adored her.
Prior to her work at Stetson Law,
Eddy owned and operated a business
and secretarial college.
Edward D. (BA ’67, JD ’71) and
Bonnie B. Foreman (BA ’68)
Bonnie Brown and
Edward Foreman
experienced love
at first sight at a
festival on Stetson
University’s DeLand
campus, and they
married in October
1967. This incredible
partnership continued
through Ed’s time at
Stetson Law and his
brilliant legal career
while Bonnie guided young people
as a school teacher. Four decades of
community contributions continued
until Ed’s passing in 2004. However,
Bonnie Foreman refused to let
their legacy of love be silenced. She
memorialized her soul mate in May
2004 with the Edward D. Foreman
Most Distinguished Student Award,
the most prestigious recognition
given at each graduation. It honors
the “best all-around student” who
has demonstrated a passion for the
legal profession and commitment
to community service. Over the
years, these graduates have become
part of the Foreman family and
have committed to “pay it forward.”
Bonnie has served on the College of
Law Board of Overseers and on the
University Board of Trustees. Her
philanthropic work includes other
academic scholarships and a new
SPCA Adoption Center, which bears
Ed’s name and honors his love of
animals and wildlife.
Gary Trombley ’73
Gary Trombley is
the principal attorney
of Trombley & Hanes
P.A. and for the past 35
years has concentrated
his practice in the
areas of federal and state criminal
investigations, trials and complex
civil litigation. He is a highly awarded
attorney who has been named among
Florida Trend’s Legal Elite and the Best
Lawyers of America.
While attending Stetson, he was
a member of the Stetson Law Review
and Phi Delta Phi. From 1973 to
1977 he served as an assistant U.S.
attorney in the Middle District of
Florida, where he was responsible for
the prosecution of complex criminal
cases and received the attorney
general’s “Outstanding Performance
in Trial Practice Award.” In 1977, he
entered private practice.
Trombley is active in community
and educational organizations. He
served as president of Stetson Lawyers
Association and was a member of the
College of Law Board of Overseers. In
July 2004, Gary received the Paul M.
May Meritorious Service Award for
his continued support of the College
of Law. He was a major contributor
to the law school’s “Cornerstone
Campaign,” which raised more than
$30 million.
Jim Shore BA ’76, JD ’80
Jim Shore was born
blind in one eye and lost
his vision completely
in a 1970 car accident,
but that didn’t stop him
from becoming the first
attorney in the Seminole Tribe in
1981.
Upon graduation, Shore worked
for the 3,000-member Seminole Tribe
of Florida as deputy counsel, and a
year later became general counsel, a
role he has had ever since. He helped
form the Seminole Police Department
and effectively advocated in a number
of land and water use challenges
with state and federal governments.
Shore’s successful negotiations
enabled the Seminole Tribe’s 2007
gaming agreement with the State of
Florida, which was approved by the
U.S. Department of the Interior and
allows Vegas-style gaming at each of
the Tribe’s seven Florida casinos. He
negotiated the Tribe’s acquisition of
the Hard Rock hotel, restaurant and
casino operations, with 168 venues in
52 countries.
When not serving as the tribe’s
general counsel, Shore dedicates his
time to a variety of non-profit civic
organizations.
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ALUMNI
News
International Academy of Trial Lawyers names Searcy president
Christian Searcy ’73 has recently
been inducted into the International
Academy of Trial Lawyers as
president. The announcement took
place at the IATL’s annual meeting in
Phoenix, Ariz.
The International Academy of
Trial Lawyers is an invitation-only
organization limited to just 500
attorneys in the United States and
100 fellows from the rest of the
world. Inductees must undergo a
rigorous membership evaluation
process that encompasses legal skills,
Bass receives
Burton Award for
Legal Writing
Forrest Bass ’09
was one of only 15
recent law graduates
nationwide to receive
a national Burton
Award for student
legal writing on June 14 at the
Library of Congress in Washington,
D.C. This is the second consecutive
year a Stetson graduate was honored
with a Burton Award.
Bass was honored for his article
“Calming the Storm: Public Access
to Florida’s Beaches in the Wake
of Hurricane-Related Sand Loss,”
which was published in the Stetson
Law Review’s spring 2009 issue.
Bass also received the St. Petersburg
Times Award for his writing on the
Stetson Law Review.
On June 17, the U.S. Supreme
Court issued its opinion in the case
Bass analyzed in his article. Bass
now practices estate planning and
tax law with the Punta Gorda law
firm of Farr, Farr, Emerich, Hackett
& Carr P.A.
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character, integrity and
trial record.
Searcy previously
served as vice president
of the IATL. He is
named in the Best
Lawyers in America, Florida Super
Lawyers and among the top lawyers
in the South Florida Legal Guide.
“My induction into the
International Academy of Trial
Lawyers is quite an honor,” said
Searcy. “The organization exemplifies
my personal philosophy of advocacy,
which is a quest for justice to protect
standards of fairness on behalf of
people whose rights have been
violated.”
Searcy is a past president of the
Florida Justice Association, diplomat
of the American Association
for Justice, and member of the
International Society of Barristers,
American Board of Trial Advocates,
foundation board of directors of the
University of Virginia, and Florida
Supreme Court Historical Society
board of trustees.
Three alumni lead National Academy
of Elder Law Attorneys
Three Stetson graduates were elected to leadership
positions at the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys
during its annual meeting in May.
Edwin Boyer ’77 became NAELA’s president-elect on
June 1. Also a Stetson adjunct professor, Boyer is a partner
in the firm of Boyer and Jackson, which specializes in
Boyer
elder law with an emphasis on guardianship, estate
planning and administration, advance directives, end
of life issues, nursing home residents’ rights, and elder
exploitation.
Catherine Seal LLM ’08 and Amos Goodall LLM
’09 were sworn in as members of the NAELA board of
directors. In 2008, Seal earned Stetson’s first LL.M. degree
in elder law. She is a senior partner in the Colorado firm of
Seal
Kirtland & Seal, specializing in elder law, estate planning,
and probate and real estate law. Seal authored Colorado
Elder Law in the Thomson-West Colorado Practice Series.
The National Elder Law Foundation certified her as an
elder law attorney in 2003, and she received a graduate
certificate in gerontology in 2004.
Amos Goodall is president and partner of the law
firm of Goodall & Yurchak PC in State College, Penn.
Goodall
His practice emphasizes elder law matters, business
organization, litigation and planning, as well as real estate
litigation. He was certified as an elder law attorney in 2000. He is a fellow of
the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. His community service
awards include the Pennsylvania Bar Association Pro Bono Service Award,
Centre County Youth Service Bureau R. Paul Campbell Award, IOLTA Board
Recognition Award, and the Clearwater Conservancy Award for Thompson
Wood Project.
ALUMNI
News
ALUMNI & FRIENDS HONORS
The Stetson Lawyers Association
honored alumni and friends in Boca
Raton on June 23 during the Florida
Bar annual convention.
Fred R. Dudley ’68 received
the Ben C. Willard Award for
humanitarian achievements of
distinction. A member of the College
of Law Board of Overseers, Dudley
is senior counsel with Holland &
Knight and is a board certified
construction lawyer. He served 16
years in the Florida Legislature,
retiring from the Florida Senate in
1998, where he chaired the Senate
Judiciary Committee.
Judge Simone Marstiller
BBA ’88, JD ’96 received the
Distinguished Alumna Award for
extraordinary service to Stetson Law
and to the legal profession. Judge
Marstiller of Florida’s First District
Court of Appeal in Tallahassee has
served the state of Florida in a variety
of ways. Before becoming a judge,
she was the state’s chief information
officer and deputy attorney general,
as well as executive director for the
Florida Elections Commission.
Scott J. Sternberg ’98 received
the Paul M. May Meritorious Service
Award for his generous contribution
of time and gifts to the College
of Law and alumni association.
Sternberg owns a firm in Boca
Raton that concentrates on workers’
compensation. He supports various
projects at the College of Law and is
an active member of the College of
Law Board of Overseers.
Judge Gail A. Adams ’80 and
Donald A. Pumphrey ’96 both
received Outstanding Alumni
Representative Awards for dedication
and service to the Stetson Lawyers
Association. Judge Adams, a circuit
court judge in Orange County,
hosts the annual alumni gathering
in her home. Pumphrey, a criminal
defender and member of the Stetson
Lawyers Association, also regularly
hosts alumni events in his home and
reaches out to alumni.
Thomas W. Carey, Connie
Pruitt, Arturo M. Rios and Myrna
Rios each received Distinguished
Service Awards for significant,
meritorious and continuing
contributions benefiting the College
of Law. Carey, a partner in the
Carey & Leisure law firm, represents
plaintiffs in personal injury and
complex tort cases. His law firm
established an award for the top
student in each first-year Torts class
at Stetson. Pruitt, executive director
of the Hillsborough Bar Association,
supports Stetson Law student
scholarships and many collaborations
between the bar and Stetson. Arturo
Rios, an immigration attorney in
St. Petersburg, and his wife Myrna,
manager of the Rios Law Firm,
regularly host several Stetson events,
including the annual moot court
party, as well as alumni receptions in
Puerto Rico.
Lori Y. Baggett JD ’02 received
the Stetson Lawyers Association
President’s Award for service and
dedication as immediate pastpresident of the SLA. Baggett, who
dedicated substantial time to helping
to advance the SLA as president,
received the presidential gavel from
incoming SLA president Barbara
Cowherd JD ’00.
The Stetson Lawyers Association
is comprised of more than 8,000
graduates of Stetson University
College of Law.
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ALUMNI
News
Alumni honor retiring professor J.J. Brown with roast, scholarship
Around 200 alumni and friends gathered to celebrate
Professor James Jay Brown with a roast upon his
retirement from full-time teaching in spring 2010.
The event featured a video presentation, remarks and
recordings from the students he mentored and colleagues
he befriended over his 29 years at Stetson. Many guests,
as well as alumni who could not attend, made gifts to the
Professor J.J. Brown Merit Retention Scholarship Fund in
his honor.
Professor Brown has authored and edited several
treatises and publications on real property, environmental
law and land use planning. He has served on several
committees for The Florida Bar and the State of Florida
and is a past president of Scribes, the American Society of
Writers on Legal Subjects.
Professor Brown began teaching law in
1970, following five years of practice in
Cleveland, Ohio.
To support the J.J. Brown
scholarship fund, call
(727) 562-7818.
Stetson lawyers
rank highly on
national, state lists
A total of 238 Stetson Law
alumni were recognized in this
year’s Florida Super Lawyers list, and
134 alumni were listed in the 2010
“Florida Rising Stars” list. Super
Lawyers is a list of outstanding
lawyers from more than 70 practice
areas, and “Rising Stars” is a list of
the top up-and-coming attorneys in
the state — those who are 40 years
old or younger, or who have been
practicing for 10 years or less.
Stetson University College of
Law also placed 69th out of 180
law schools in the Super Lawyers
magazine’s first-ever rankings of the
nation’s ABA-approved law schools
in Fall 2009.
The rankings are based on the
number of law school graduates who
were selected for the 2009 Super
Lawyers list. Super Lawyers polls
practicing attorneys and conducts
research to determine the top
lawyers in each state. This is the first
ranking system that focuses on the
success of law school graduates.
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IN MEMORIAM
Clarence Boswell ’63
Nov. 9, 2009, Bartow
Hon. Robert E. Lee Jr. ’49
May 13, 2010, Daytona Beach
John L. Burns Jr. ’55
Sept. 18, 2009, Atlantis
Steven R. Loewenthal ’99
Jan. 16, 2010, Tampa
Maureen Sullivan Christine ’83
April 16, 2010, St. Augustine
J. Carter Perkins Sr. ’47
Aug. 19, 2010, Leesburg
Louis Cianfrogna ’71
Oct. 17, 2009, Titusville
Hon. Melvin Orfinger ’49
Nov. 11, 2009, Port Orange
Hon. Mack Cleveland BA ’49 JD ’51
Oct. 17, 2010, Longwood
Hon. Robert E. Pyle ’62
Oct. 6, 2009, Lake Alfred
Charles Corces, Jr. ’58
June 22, 2009, Tampa
Thomas E. Reynolds ’75
July 13, 2010, St. Petersburg
William F. Cowart ’55
July 28, 2010, Tallahassee
G. Don Ritter ’62
Nov. 19, 2010, Lakeland
Michael Crotty ’94
Oct. 7, 2010, Ormond Beach
Hon. John M. Scheb LLD ’83
Nov. 17, 2010, Sarasota
Charles W. Ehrlich ’71
June 20, 2010, St. Petersburg
Dean M. Sears ’60
Nov. 27, 2008, Bloomington, Ill.
Katherine Emerson ’03
Nov. 4, 2009, Safety Harbor
Douglas Stenstrom ’48
June 24, 2010, Lake Mary
Robert M. Jockers ’97
March 27, 2010, St. Petersburg
Hon. Peter J.T. Taylor ’58
July 3, 2010, Tampa
ALUMNI
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New awards established to recognize top students
First-year Stetson Law students
Chelsea C. Harrison, Christian
M. Leger, Ming J. Lin, Patrick
S. McArdle and Haley R. Meher
received the inaugural Carey &
Leisure Torts Book Award on Feb. 5
in St. Petersburg.
The award was created this
academic year by the Clearwater
law firm of Carey & Leisure, which
specializes in plaintiff’s personal
injury work. The five student
winners, who all started law school
at Stetson in Fall 2009, were
selected for the award based on their
outstanding final exam grades in
torts, a first-semester law course.
The students also attended a
dinner hosted by partners in the
law firm. The Carey & Leisure law
firm, now in its 25th year, has been
a leader in jury verdicts, legislative
efforts and charitable endeavors,
particularly in the fight against
drunk driving, setting the jury
verdict record multiple times in
Pinellas County. Partner Thomas
W. Carey has served as an instructor
at Stetson, and partners Jodi Leisure
JD/MBA ’99 and Katherine C. Neal
JD ’04 serve on the Stetson Lawyers
Association Advisory Council. Five
of the firm’s six attorneys are Stetson
Law graduates.
The Akerman Senterfitt law
firm has honored two Stetson Law
students with the new Corporate
Law Award.
Monique Hannah Baros and
Nicholas G. Popp received their
awards on April 26 in Tampa for
having the highest grades in Stetson’s
Delaware Influence on Corporate
Law course, taught by Professor
Clark Furlow and Justice Andrew
G.T. Moore, a retired justice of the
Delaware Supreme Court. Akerman
Senterfitt created the award to
recognize students who have excelled
in an advanced corporate law course.
While on the bench, Justice
Moore, who serves as a distinguished
professorial lecturer at Stetson,
authored many notable corporate law
opinions, including Unocal Corp. v.
Mesa Petroleum Co. and Revlon Inc. v.
MacAndrews & Forbes Holdings Inc.,
which are considered to be among
the 10 most important cases in the
last 100 years. He has been described
as one of the most influential persons
in corporate law during the 20th
century.
Before joining Stetson’s faculty,
Furlow practiced corporate law and
argued many cases in the Delaware
Supreme Court and the Delaware
Court of Chancery.
With more than 500 attorneys
and government affairs professionals,
Akerman Senterfitt is one of the
largest firms in Florida and is ranked
among the top 100 firms in the
U.S. by The National Law Journal
in 2009. The firm practices in the
areas of antitrust, banking and
finance, bankruptcy, construction,
corporate, labor and employment,
health care, immigration, insurance,
commercial litigation, real estate,
tax and transportation. It is ranked
number one by Chambers USA
for Corporate/M&A in Florida
and recognized by The Legal 500
within the National-Middle Market
category.
In May, the first Marc L. Levine
Award was presented to Jessica
Lynn Crown, a Stetson Law student
who has demonstrated significant
professional growth and leadership
during her time at Stetson.
The award was established by
Marc’s parents, Dr. and Mrs. Paul
A. Levine, to honor a graduating
student who, like Marc, emerged as a
campus leader at Stetson.
“I am deeply honored that my
parents decided to create an award
in my name at Stetson Law,” said
Levine, the award’s namesake.
“However, I believe that the award
is more of an acknowledgement
of the amazing experience and
education that Stetson Law provides
its students than of my individual
accomplishments while in law
school.”
Levine, an Orlando attorney
with GrayRobinson P.A., graduated
cum laude in 2006 from Stetson
Law; he received the Walter Mann
Award for professional leadership
and the William F. Blews Pro Bono
Award for community service. While
a student, he interned for Judge
Elizabeth A. Kovachevich of the
U.S. District Court for the Middle
District of Florida, and Judge
Ralph C. Stoddard of Florida’s 13th
Judicial Circuit. Levine is a member
of the Stetson Lawyers Association
Advisory Council.
Left: Carey & Leisure
Torts Book Award
presentation;
middle: Akerman
Senterfitt presents
its Corporate Law
Award; right: Marc
Levine ’06.
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Alumni news
available online
Looking for news updates about
your favorite classmates? Visit www.
law.stetson.edu/alumni/news
to find news about alumni
promotions, service, awards and other
achievements. Deaths, marriages and
new additions are also included on
the site.
The new Stetson Law alumni news
site will be updated quarterly, and
submissions will be posted for two
years (or for as long as we know the
information is accurate, whichever
comes first).
To submit your news or update
your contact information, e-mail
alumni@law.stetson.edu or send in
the Alumni News Update Form on
page 25 of this magazine.
Select alumni accomplishments
and other Stetson news items
may also be posted to the Stetson
Law Twitter feed at twitter.com/
StetsonLaw.
Alumni may also visit
www.law.stetson.edu/alumni to
join Stetson’s Hatternet, a searchable
online network tailored to graduates
of the entire university.
Alumni Marriages and New Additions
Erin Barnett ’02 married
David Fiorenza on Oct. 9, 2009, in
Harrodsburg, Ky.
Travis Coy ’02 and Theresa JeanPierre ’04 married on April 18, 2009.
The couple resides in Tampa.
Kimberly Matot ’03 married Ty
Wymore on May 17, 2009 in
St. Pete Beach.
Kathryn Block ’05 and Justin
Faires ’05 married in Islamorada on
June 6, 2009.
Robert Kunkel ’73 married Carol
Ann on June 20, 2010.
Mary L. Wakeman ’86 and partner
Dixon announce the adoption of
Alexandra on Nov. 24, 2009.
James Vickaryous ’93 and wife Jen
announce their second child,
Irelyn Gabrielle, born Aug.
Heidi Lawson ’96 and husband
David Philpott announce the adoption of Elizaveta Lynn and Eliana
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Diana Lawson on May 24, 2010.
Aimee Nocero ’96 and husband
Rodney
announce the birth of
Hunter Alexander
on July
James McGee III ’97 and wife
Megan announce their second child,
Justine Elizabeth Cassidy McGee,
born Sept.
Jennifer Schellenberg ’97 and
husband Drew welcomed their second
child, Avery Grace, on March
Cedric Hall ’00 and wife Deadra
welcomed twin daughters Camille and
Cydney on Dec.
Kevin ’00 and Jenay Iurato ’00
announce the birth of Dario Giordan
Iurato, born Feb.
Shawn Brown ’02 and wife Ashley
announce the birth of Hunter Jack,
born March
Angel
Caracciolo ’03
and husband Rory announce the birth
of Zachary on May
Michelle Pitman-Gellis ’03 and
husband David welcomed Rowan
Olivia Gellis on Dec.
Gayle
Conner ’04 and
husband Nathan announce the birth
of Caralee Brielle, born Feb.
Katherine
Neal ’04 and
husband Chris welcomed daughter
Ella on June
Rachel
Zysk ’04 and husband
Nicholas welcomed Pela May on Dec.
Garrett Pendleton ’04 and wife
Daria announce Mason Rush, born
April
Sarah Wesley ’08 and husband
Dan welcomed Daniel
on
Feb.
Rhiannon
Funke ’10 and
husband Michael announce the birth
of daughter Maggie, born July
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Back in the game
More than a few professional
football players have chosen to
attend law school after their playing
days were over. Playing pro ball after
graduating from law school is a rarer
feat.
While most of Stetson’s May
2010 juris doctor graduates spent
their summer studying for the
bar exam, Nick Robinson JD ’10
was playing professional football
in Germany for the Schwaebisch
Unicorns. Days after receiving his
law school diploma, Robinson was
on a flight to southern Germany
to play as a kicker in the German
Football League.
Robinson’s football career has
never taken a traditional path. He
only played soccer through his
senior year of high school. His
soccer experience earned him an
invitation to walk onto Wofford
College’s football team as a kicker,
and he won a place as a starter on
the team. His team won a conference
championship and made it to the
NCAA Division I-AA national
semifinals, and he tied the college’s
record for most PATs in a single
season. He was offered a football
scholarship to supplement his
academic one, and by the time he
earned his bachelor’s degree, he set a
new college record for career PATs.
When Nick came to Stetson,
football took a back seat to law
school. He played intramurals and
practiced kicking and punting on
his own, and he kept in touch with
his former Wofford teammate and
roommate Kyle Horne. Horne,
who played football in Germany,
encouraged his coaches to recruit
Nick as a kicker.
“This was an awesome
opportunity that timed out perfectly
with my graduation,” said Robinson.
His part-time commitment
with the Unicorns afforded him
ample time to experience the
local culture and travel. He and
the other American players have
volunteered in the coaches’ grade
school classes, teaching football,
making appearances in uniform, and
speaking with students in English
classes.
In August, the Unicorns had
nearly cinched a spot in the GFL
playoffs and were in contention
for their division championship.
The season ended with the German
Bowl in October, when Robinson
returned to the states to prepare for
the February bar exam and seek legal
employment.
Event Photos
Enjoy seeing photos of
classmates and friends as they
happen at our events page,
www.law.stetson.edu/alumni/events,
powered by Flickr.
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for their continued support of Stetson Law during the 2009-2010
academic year, running from July 1 through June 30. Your gifts
make the critical difference in the life of the College of Law and our students
by helping us to maintain Stetson’s well-deserved reputation for superior
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Michele L. Cline ’10
Alfred A. Colby ’93
Betty R. Cole BA ’55
Beverly C. Cole
Douglas S. Connor ’82
Richard D. Connor Jr. ’86
William G. Crawford Jr. ’75
Beth A. Cronin ’95
Dennis E. Dabroski ’76
M. Eleanor Davidov
Angela L. Dazzio MBA ’05, JD ’05
Lana Larson Dean ’99
David L. Dees ’78
J. Allison DeFoor II ’79
Lawrence J. Disparti ’02
Celeste R. Donovan ’92
Theodore A. Doremus ’69
Hon. William D. Douglas ’67
DSM.net Inc.
Pamela M. Dubov ’01
Courtney M. Dunn ’07
Thomas C. Dunn
Homer Duvall III ’88
Sacha Dyson ’01
Thomas S. Edwards ’83
Edwards & Ragatz P.A.
John L. Ehrler
Sherry F. Ellis ’98
Joseph A. Eustace Jr. ’82
H. Stephen Evans ’75
Ralph L. Evans ’75
Connie P. Evans
Harry A. Evertz III BS ’54, JD ’60
William C. Falkner ’84
Nancy G. Farage ’81
Assistant Dean Michael A. Farley S
Ann W. Fiddler ’07
Michael W. Fisher ’67
Catherine K. Fitch S
Horace J. Fite ’62
Hon. Marion L. Fleming ’83
Christa D’Urso Folkers ’03
Mary Kestenbaum Fortson ’97
Hon. Florence W. Foster ’85
Hon. Matthew M. Foxman ’98
Martin S. Friedman ’75
Andrew I. Friedrich ’70
Gardner, Wadsworth, Duggar
Holly K. Ghelfi ’06
Chet Giordano
Richard D. Gish ’87
Miriam Gomez
Barry J. Goodman ’77
Jay M. Gottlieb ’76
Davina Y. Gould BA ’97 S
John B. Grandoff III ’85
Tamara L. Graysay ’02
William S. Greiner ’07 S
Linda E. Griffin ’91
Curtis A. Griffin ’07
John M. Grosso ’76
Kristen C. Gunter ’77
Robert L. Hamilton BSB ’64, JD ’67
Kim R. Helper ’93
Joseph M. Hendry II ’89
Cristin M. Herendeen
James P. Hewitt III ’75
Alicia M. Hill S
John R. Hixenbaugh ’08
Peter T. Hofstra ’77
Hon. Michael J. Hogan ’73
Cheryl L. Hogue S
Patice L. Holland ’07
Hon. Donald E. Horrox ’82
Donald W. Howard S
Robert C. Hulcher
Homer H. Humphries ’61
Dean Emeritus Bruce R. Jacob ’59 F
Charles E. Jacobson III ’74
Aleksandra I. Jagiella ’04
William R. Jenkins ’65
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Vera June ’04
Bernard Kanner ’74
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Douglas Kemp ’02
Lawrence E. Keough ’60
Frank Kreski
Kevin ’91 and Mary Beth C. Kuenzel ’93
Herbert L. Kurras ’59
Prof. Peter F. Lake F
Jan E. Langford ’81
Megan W. Lattz ’07
Hon. John C. Lenderman ’69
Michael Lenehan ’75
Meredith E. Level ’94
Norma Lewis
Lewis, Longman & Walker
Michele L. Lieberman ’97
Prof. Lance N. Long F
Eunice A. Luke ’66
Kristina G. Macys S
Jessica P. Mahoney ’01
Marcia & Harvey Abel Family
Foundation Inc.
Bruce Marger
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Hon. Kenneth A. ’77 and Deborah L.
Marra ’76
Elvin L. Martinez ’62
William T. McKinley ’07
Nicola J. Melby ’92
Larry K. Meyer ’66
Harlow C. Middleton ’67
David C. Miller ’98
Joe M. Mitchell Jr. ’68
John W. Monroe, Jr. ’78
Hon. Ashley B. Moody LLM ’10
Hon. James S. Moody
Richard A. Morgan
William McG. Morrison Jr. ’50
MRI Associates of Palm Harbor Inc.
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Lawrence J. Najem ’87
Michael D. Neben
Richard W. Neiser ’63
Daniel A. Noble
Mary Ann Noud ’04
William W. O’Dell
Barbara Olsen
William A. Ottinger ’62
Stephen C. Page ’77
Jo Ann Palchak ’05
Clinton Paris MBA ’00, JD ’00 A
Pamela J. Pautler ’09
Dominique Heller Pearlman ’07
Mark E. Pena ’93
Garrett L. Pendleton MBA ’04, JD ’04
Elizabeth C. Pennewill ’98
Donald A. Pensiero
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Donald A. Pickworth ’73
Genellen S. Pike ’02
Yunior Pineiro ’00 A
Pinellas County Chapter ACLU
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John M. Potter ’59
Katherine C. (Poux) Neal ’04 A
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James N. Powell ’73
Connie R. Pruitt
Russell L. Querry ’94
Matthew S. Ransdell ’09
Timothy Reilly ’58
Louis W. Ricker
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Rachel V. Rose ’10
Robert P. Rosin ’59
James J. Rowan ’66
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Pamela J. Rush ’96
Stephen B. Russell ’75
Adrian Rust ’95
Debra M. Salisbury ’92
Dr. Gail E. Sasnett Stauffer ’89
Sheila F. Scarlett
Schakolad Chocolate
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J. Peter Schultes
Matthew M. Setley ’09
Susan Heath Sharp ’03
Laura Simic
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James S. Slater ’04
Mary K. Sloan ’87
John S. Slye ’64
Leslie R. Stein ’76 O
Gary N. Strohauer ’72
John E. Sullivan ’87
Brett L. Swigert ’90
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Tampa Bay Trane
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John R. Thomas ’90
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Lawrence C. Updike ’74
Verizon Foundation
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Veterinary Center at Fishhawk
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Carleton L. Weidemeyer ’61
Deborah L. Werner ’83
Brianna J. Wetherwax S
Cynthia D. Wiles
Jeffery M. Wilkins
Thomas H. Williams Jr. ’96
Thomas R. Williams ’79
Williams, Parker, Harrison, Dietz & Getzen
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Carol G. Wolf ’89
Laura M. Zuppo S
Rare Earth Sciences Inc.
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Dennis R. DeLoach Jr. ’63
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Shannon Mullins Edgar S
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Kathryn L. Everlove-Stone ’06
Kristen M. Fiato S
Robert T. Fitch ’80
Michael B. Ganson ’78
John Paul Getting MBA ’09, JD ’09
Jonathan T. Gilbert ’08
Susan Glazier S
Joann K. Grages ’08 A
Anthony P. Granese ’72
Hon. Oliver L. Green ’58
Louis R. Grieco
William G. Grigsby
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J. Kelsey Grodzicki ’09
Ronald M. Gruesbeck ’65
Scarlett R. Guy ’02
Frank F. Haak
James A. Hellickson ’74
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David T. Henniger ’65
Hugh D. Higgins ’07
Corey K. Holthaus ’05
Home-Based Business Centers Inc.
William J. Hornbeck ’79
Melony F. Howard ’04
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Lyndy C. Jennings ’04
Arlene D. Jensen
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Christopher Ryan Jones ’06
Gertrude H. Kaplan St
Peter Keating ’73
Doris T. Kennedy
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Risa W. Klemans ’88
Edward B. Knauer ’84
Asher E. Knipe ’08
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Michela Magenheim-Morganti
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Richard McAlpin ’84
Stacey W. McConnell ’80
Peggy J. McCord ’90
Robert C. McCurdy ’73
Kelly A. McKnight ’04
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Dr. Sheila F. McNeill ’90
Thomas O. Michaels ’78
Katherine Hurst Miller ’06 A
Robert B. Miller ’62
David J. Miller ’09
Thomas S. Miller ’57
Elise A. Minkoff ’94
Kenneth A. Mirkin ’08
Kristen R. Moore ’09
Emily E. Morgan ’07
Carol C. Murphy ’78
Joseph T. Murray III ’08
Joe Muscato
Nicholas Narushko
Hon. G. Carey Nelson ’77
Russell J. Newman MBA ’08, JD ’08
Glenn L. Nye ’79
Thomas D. Oates ’03
Kelly A. Overfield ’94
Dana Panza ’01
John H. Pecarek ’71
Pecarek & Herman
Shirley D. Pellarchy ’97
Krista L. Pendino ’09
David V. Pennella
Anita Devi Persaud Misir BA ’06, JD ’09
Dorothy M. Pessillo ’83
Thelma A. Peters
Louise J. Petren S
Brett B. Pettigrew ’09
Erica G. Pless ’08
Patricia A. Powers
Principal Financial Group
Daniel S. Propp
Francine L. Rackoff ’83
Charles E. Ray ’80
Casey G. Reeder BA ’05, JD ’07
John H. Rhodes ’60
Tracy Rich S
Kenneth W. Richman ’76
G. Don Ritter ’62
John Rivera ’81
William M. Roberts III BA ’66
Mary A. Robinson
Col. Jorge E. Rodriguez Sr., BA ’73
Jason R. Rodriguez ’07
Maritza Rodriguez
Lindy Howell Rogers
George D. Root ’09
Peter W. Rotella ’72
Alyssa A. Ruge ’03
Charmaine Rushing S
Dayton D. Russell
Bonnie E. Russell ’84
Keith W. Rutter
Juan A. Salazar ’00
Aisha A. Sanchez ’09
John E. Schaefer ’81
Ann Schoenacher
Gerard K. Short
Wendy Short ’04
Jason A. Shrive ’09
Denise O. Simpson ’93
Caitlin Sirico ’08
Pam D. Skoularakos S
W. Lawrence Smith ’82
Sarah M. Sorgie ’08
Jason P. Stearns ’08
Anne G. Stinnett ’65
Susan A. Stinson S
Stephen D. Stone ’96 A
Casey A. Stoutamire ’09 S
Elizabeth L. Strawn ’95
Mort Stupp
Anthony Tamburello ’87
Jennifer L. Terrana ’09
Angela M. Thompson
J. Harley (Chivers) Toufanian ’05
Douglas I. BBA ’83 and Deborah A.
Tozier BA ’83, JD ’86
Joseph J. Tschida ’84
Sarah B. Van Schoyck ’09
Jerry M. Wade II ’87
Adron H. Walker BBA ’77, JD ’80
Brian A. Watson ’07
Leslie J. Weaver S
Joshua P. Welsh
Leah L. Whelan
Patrick G. White
Vicki Wiggins ’94
G. Barry Wilkinson ’87
Shirley A. Wimpfen
Yummoi Woerner
John C. Wolfe ’73
Suzanne Wright
Thomas R. Yaegers MBA ’05, JD ’05
Katherine Hope Earle Yanes ’97
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