Angones receives Henry Latimer Diversity Award.Florida Bar The Florida Bar is the mandatory state bar association for the state of Florida. It is the third largest such bar association in the United States. Its duties include the regulation and discipline of attorneys. President Frank Angones Frank Angones (born as Francisco Ramon Angones y Del Monte on July 21, 1951 at Havana, Cuba ) is the first Cuban born head of the Florida Bar. Mr. Angones is also the first Hispanic to be elected president of the Dade County Bar Association and the youngest attorney to be will receive the Henry Latimer Henry Latimer may refer to:
The award is presented in honor of the late Henry Latimer and his commitment to ensure that members of the legal profession reflect the diversity of the communities they serve. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Angones will accept the award at a joint luncheon June 20 hosted by the Bar's Equal Opportunities Law Section, the Virgil Hawkins Florida Chapter of the National Bar Association, and the Florida Association for Women Lawyers. A long-time Board of Governors member, Latimer was poised to be the first African American African American Multiculture A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa. See Race. Bar presidential candidate before his untimely death in an automobile accident Ask a Lawyer Question Country: United States of America State: Utah Say you're at a red light in a left hand turning lane and the light turns green so you let up slightly on the break antedating moving forward and the vehicle in 2005. It was widely assumed Latimer would have run unopposed and 2007-2008 would have been his year as Bar president. EOLS EOLS Eastern Oregon Livestock Show Chair Harley Herman said Angones often refers to his presidency as the year Latimer would have been president and has tried to stay true to Latimer's commitment to diversity. "We wanted to recognize both Frank's humility in terms of presenting his presidency that way and wanted to recognize what he has accomplished during this term," Herman said. Also at the luncheon, FAWL FAWL Florida Association of Women Lawyers will present its 2008 Rosemary Barkett Outstanding Achievement Award to 11th Circuit Judge Gill S. Freeman, chair of the Florida Supreme Court Standing Committee on Fairness and Diversity, and EOLS will present its Equal Opportunities in the Profession Award to Tony Cabassa and John Kozyak for their diversity efforts in organizing minority mentoring picnics. VHFCNBA will present its President's Award to Eugene Pettis, chair of this year's Bar Diversity Symposium, and its Affiliate Chapter of the Year Award to the George Edgecomb Bar Association. For more information on the Annual Convention, visit www.floridabar.org. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] |
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