Court Connection: e-Edition

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The 2022 CFBLA Board of Directors would like to thank the following members for their outstanding service and dedication to the Board over the last three years:

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Southwest Florida Bankruptcy Practitioners Association

 By:  Jonathan M. Bierfeld, Esq., President SWFLBPA

I hope everyone had a safe and happy holiday season. I know we said the same thing last year, but hopefully we will finally be getting back to close to normal in 2022.

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Editors:

Bradley M. Saxton, C. Andrew Roy, and Michael C. Caborn, Winderweedle, Haines, Ward & Woodman, P.A.

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TENTH ANNUAL BENCH BAR CONFERENCE

By: Ana V. De Villiers, Esq., District-Wide Steering Committee Member 2019-2021

On November 10, 2021, the District-Wide Steering Committee hosted its 10th Annual Bench Bar Conference on November 10, 2021. Once again, circumstances dictated that the Committee host the Conference virtually.

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Swearing-in Ceremony

of

Judge Jacob A. Brown

and

Judge Grace E. Robson

On November 3, 2021, Jacob A. Brown and Grace E. Robson, the Middle District’s two new bankruptcy judges, were sworn in by Judge Funk and Judge Jennemann in Judge Funk’s courtroom.

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A Message from Hon. Jacob A. Brown

I am honored to have been selected to serve as a United States Bankruptcy Judge for the Middle District of Florida in the Jacksonville Division and look forward to getting to know the members of the Middle District Bankruptcy Bar better in the coming months.

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A Memory from the Past...

Pictured: Steve Paskay (one of the original producers), Rose Paskay, Bob Saget, and Hon. Alexander L. Paskay.

This photo was taken after the first winner of America’s Funniest Home Videos was announced in 1990.

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Clerk's Message

By: Sheryl L. Loesch, Clerk of Court

I hope everyone had a safe and happy holiday season, and I wish everyone a Happy New Year.

I want to take a moment and acknowledge our Chief Deputy, Johnnie Prophet, who retired at the end of the calendar year after 40 years of service to the United States – 18 years working in both our Bankruptcy Court and District Court here in the Middle District of Florida, and 22 years serving in the Air Force.

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Florida Middle Bankruptcy Implements the Next Generation of Case Management/Electronic Case Filing

By now, you all have used the NextGen (CM/ECF) system. To those of us who have been around a while, so many changes have come our way that it’s mind boggling. Think about this: over the past three decades, we have gone from paper and notebooks to fancy typewriters and large filing rooms to Word processing of court documents to scanning and archiving documents and then migrating them all over to CM/ECF.

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Thanks for the Memories

By: Hon. Karen S. Jennemann

Over 28 years ago, on November 3, 1993, Eleventh Circuit Judge Gerald Tjoflat swore me in as the first woman bankruptcy judge in Florida. Thirteen years later, in 2006, Laurel Isicoff joined me as a female colleague in the Southern District of Florida. On February 2, 2022, I will retire with an expected six women serving as bankruptcy judges in just the Middle District of Florida, and countless more throughout the 11^th Circuit and the United States. This is just one change I lived. 

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On November 3, 2021, the Jacksonville Bankruptcy Bar held a retirement luncheon at the River Club to commemorate Judge Funk’s retirement after 28 years on the bench.

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Welcome to the Middle District’s Two New Bankruptcy Judges:  

Jacob A. Brown & Grace E. Robson

By Hon. Caryl E. Delano, Chief Judge

Please join me in welcoming the Middle District’s two newest bankruptcy judges: Judge Jacob A. Brown (Jacksonville) and Judge Grace E. Robson (Orlando), who were sworn in as judges on November 3, 2021. Judge Brown and Judge Robson bring to the bench a wealth of bankruptcy experience.

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