Court Connection: e-Edition

The Court is proud to share the e-edition of the Court Connection.

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Local Bar Associations News and events from your local bar association

By:  Allan E. Wulbern, Esq., President

The Jacksonville Bankruptcy Bar Association is excited that two of its own, Judge Jay Brown and Judge Jason Burgess, have been recently appointed to the Bench in the Jacksonville Division.

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CFBLA’s first in-person luncheon since the start of the pandemic was held on April 21, 2022, at the offices of Akerman LLP.

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Southwest Florida Bankruptcy Professionals Association

By: Jonathan M. Bierfeld, Esq., President

On March 24, 2022, we held our Ninth Annual Alexander L. Paskay Memorial Dinner for the first time since November 2019. At the dinner, we announced two new officers: Christian Haman was elected Secretary; Ryan Really was named Vice-President.

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Lawyers Help Welcome Court Staff Back to the Office

On Wednesday, April 6, 2022, the Court staff for the Middle District of Florida resumed their pre-pandemic “core day” schedule. To help everyone ease back into their office routine, members of the TBBBA, CFBLA, and JBBA teamed up to provide breakfast to the Jacksonville and Orlando staff and lunch for the Tampa staff.

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Judge McEwen Serenades Court Staff at Welcome Back Lunch

Judge McEwen led the TBBBA Chorus in a welcome-back tribute to our staff in Tampa during the TBBBA’s Clerk’s Staff Appreciation Luncheon on the first core day since the pandemic hit. 

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Tech Production Tip   By: Honorable Catherine Peek McEwen

For those of you (and you know who you are) who look down at your laptop during video hearings...

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Editors:

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

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UNITED STATES TRUSTEE'S CORNER

Upon Director Clifford White’s Retirement, Ramona D. Elliott Is Appointed Acting Director of The Executive Office for United States Trustees

By:  Jill Kelso, Orlando Office of the U.S. Trustee

Clifford White, Director of the Justice Department’s U.S. Trustee Program (USTP), which oversees the administration of bankruptcy cases, retired on March 31, 2022.

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FLMB Welcomes New Law Clerks

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The State of the District 2022

By:  Hon. Caryl E. Delano, Chief Judge

The title of my column in the April 2021 issue of the Court Connection was “Light at the End of the Tunnel?” As I wrote the column, we were a year out from the beginning of the pandemic, vaccines were becoming widely available, and we were looking forward to a busy year.

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Judge's Corner

Retirement And Portrait Ceremony

For Judge Karen S. Jennemann

By: Jeanne Kraft Herdeker and Chelsea Moore, Law Clerks

On February 4, 2022, the Middle District of Florida Bankruptcy Court, District Court, and Magistrate Judges; Florida State Court Judges; family; and friends, along with the Central Florida Bankruptcy Law Association, attorneys, and other distinguished guests, gathered at the George C. Young United States Federal Building and Courthouse for the retirement and portrait ceremony of the Honorable Karen S. Jennemann.

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Judge Vaughan’s Investiture - February 25, 2022

By: Hon. Caryl E. Delano, Chief Judge

The Honorable Lori V. Vaughan’s formal investiture was held in Tampa on Friday, February 25, 2022, exactly two years after her swearing-in as a United States Bankruptcy Judge for the Middle District of Florida.

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Sworn In As Middle District of Florida Bankruptcy Judges

Judge Jason Burgess

Judge Tiffany Geyer

The Honorable Jason Burgess and the Honorable Tiffany Geyer were recently appointed as the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Florida’s newest judges.

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Baby Judge School, Cherry Blossoms, and COVID

By: Hon. Jacob A. Brown

Proposed Amendments to Local Rules

By: Hon. Lori V. Vaughan, Judicial Chair, Local Rules Lawyers’ Advisory Committee

The judges of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Florida are considering proposed amendments to the Local Rules. The proposals are now posted for public comment until April 29, 2022. When promulgated by the judges, the amended Local Rules will become effective on July 1, 2022.

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