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2025 Jacksonville Board Certified Attorneys

2025 Jacksonville Board Certified Attorneys

The Florida Bar Board of Legal Specialization announced the 82 lawyers who earned Florida Bar board certifications in June. We sat down with some of the recently certified lawyers here in Jacksonville to discuss their aspirations and inspirations.

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2026 Florida Bar Convention

The Florida Bar held its Annual Convention at the Signia by Hilton. Jacksonville attorney Michael Fox Orr was sworn in as the 78th president on June 19. […]

Jacksonville Women Lawyers Association Hosts Judicial Reception

Over 500 attorneys, judges and legal professionals attended the Judicial Reception on June 3 at Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront […]

JWLA Founder Barbara Bost McGriff Lifetime Member Award

Barbara Bost McGriff has received the lifetime membership award from the Jacksonville Women Lawyers Association. She helped found the organization in 1982 and served as president in 1985-1986. […]

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In what year was the United States Department of Justice established?

CORRECT!

Congress established the Department of Justice in 1870 to centralize the federal government’s legal affairs under the leadership of the Attorney General.

 

WRONG! This is the year Congress created the office of the Attorney General, but the Department of Justice did not yet exist. 

WRONG! This was the year the Civil War ended. Although the federal government was expanding its legal responsibilities, the Department of Justice had not yet been created.

 

WRONG!

This year is associated with major federal developments such as the creation of the Federal Reserve System, not the establishment of the Department of Justice.

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Legal Directories: A Strategy for the Past or Future?

Over the past ten years, legal directories have become a focus for the legal link-building industry. And now, with one of the biggest changes coming throughout the next few years, “AI Search” and an increase in the use of “Large Language Models (LLMs)”, lawyer directories have a whole new use case, moving back to the mandatory column if you are investing in SEO and marketing!