Rigsby to lead bar examiners.R. Terry Rigsby recently began a one-year term as chair of the Florida Board of Bar Examiners. A shareholder in the Carlton Fields firm in Tallahassee, Rigsby has been a member of the Board of Bar Examiners since 2001, and is a former member and former chair of the Florida Commission on Ethics. Miguel de la O, with the firm of de la O and Marko in Miami, will serve as the board's vice chair. The Florida Supreme Court also recently appointed three lawyer members and two public members to the board. The lawyers are Reginald J. Clyne of Clyne and Associates in Coral Gables; Carolyn House of Stewart Macfarlane Ferguson and McMullen of Tampa; and Jeffry Wahlen of Ausley & McMullen in Tallahassee. The public members are certified public accountant Certified Public Accountant (CPA) An accountant who has met certain standards, including experience, age, and licensing, and passed exams in a particular state. Loretta Fabricant fab·ri·cant n. A manufacturer. of Miami, and psychotherapist psy·cho·ther·a·pist n. An individual, such as a psychiatrist, psychologist, psychiatric nurse, or psychiatric social worker, who practices psychotherapy. Veronica White of Winter Park. Clyne is a 1986 graduate of Duke University School of Law  The Duke University School of Law is the law school and a constituent academic unit of Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States. and a
former president of the Wilkie Ferguson Chapter of the National Bar
Association. He practices in the area of employment and insurance
defense.
Stewart is a 1977 graduate of the University of South Carolina
• • School of Law, who practices eminent domain and insurance defense law. She recently co-chaired the 2005 Annual Meeting of the National Bar Association in Orlando. Wahlen is a 1990 graduate of Florida State University College of Law Florida State University College of Law, a law school in the Southeastern U.S., is one of the professional graduate schools of Florida State University, located in Tallahassee, Florida. The law school borders the South-East quadrant of the University's campus, near the Donald L. and is a member of the Florida Chamber of Commerce Board of Governors. He serves as the attorney for the Leon County School Board. For the past 13 years, Wahlen has been among the group of distinguished attorney scholars who draft questions and grade essays on the Florida bar examination. White is a licensed mental health counselor A mental health counselor is a professional who provides counseling to individuals, couples, families, groups, or larger systems. A mental health counselor may also have training in educational and vocational counseling (MacCluskie & Ingersoll 2001). who obtained a doctorate in counselor education from the University of Florida University of Florida is the third-largest university in the United States, with 50,912 students (as of Fall 2006) and has the eighth-largest budget (nearly $1.9 billion per year). UF is home to 16 colleges and more than 150 research centers and institutes. in 2000. She is an adjunct professor at Rollins Collins and is a trained American Red Cross American Red Cross: see Red Cross. Disaster Mental Health Volunteer. Fabricant is a returning member of the Florida Board of Bar Examiners, having previously served on the board from 1991-96, and later serving as an emeritus member. A 1969 graduate of Ithaca College, she also serves on the board of the Dade County Marine Institute. The new board members began serving on November I, at the end of the terms of the current board Chair Paul Schwiep of Miami, Gloretta H. Hall of Stuart, Yvonne Loggins-Coleman of Orlando, Mary Harris Moore of Tallahassee, and Leighton D. Yates of Orlando. JUSTICE LEWIS recently swore in the four new members of the Florida Bar and Board Examiners at the Supreme Court. Their terms began November 1. From the left are Jeff Wahlen, of Tallahassee; Carolyn H. Stewart of Tampa; Justice Lewis; Winter Park psychotherapist Veronica White; and Reginald Clyne of Miami. Not pictured is the other public member, certified public accountant Loretta Fabricant of Miami. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] |
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