BEFF Firm News
Amy Farrior and Tom Elligett with Judge Edward LaRose of the Second District Court of Appeal presented Professional Appellate Motion Practice for the Hillsborough County Bar Association Appellate Practice Section Seminar in November 2025.
Tom Elligett was a panel member in The Florida Bar Appellate Section webinar “Learning from the Best: Secondary Sources to Live By” in November 2025.
Amy Farrior won the Hillsborough County Bar Association 2025 Margaret D. Mathews Mentoring Award
Tom Elligett’s chapter on appellate ethics appears in the Thirteenth Edition of Florida Appellate Practice
Amy Farrior completed eight years of serving on the Florida Bar Board of Governors, representing the Thirteenth Circuit.
Tom Elligett received the 2024 Herbert G. Goldburg Award from the Hillsborough County Bar Association Trial & Litigation Section. The award recognizes a distinguished legal career exhibiting fairness, integrity, courtesy, zeal, forensic skill, legal acumen, good sense, and respect for fellow lawyers.
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Amy Farrior presented the Hillsborough County Bar Association’s 2024 Liberty Bell Award to Mary Lee Farrior, founder and sustainer of Mary Lee’s House. The Liberty Bell Award recognizes an outstanding non-lawyer citizen whose community service strengthens the effectiveness of the American system under the law. For more on Mary Lee’s House visit https://maryleeshouse.org/
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Shirley Faircloth, Tom Elligett, and Amy Farrior authored the chapter on Appeals for the Thirteenth Edition of the Florida Bar’s Florida Eminent Domain Practice and Procedure treatise:
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Tom Elligett and Amy Farrior, and Shirley Faircloth have been recognized in the 2026 Best Lawyers list.
Tom Elligett has been recognized in Florida Trend’s Legal Elite. See www.floridatrend.com
Tom Elligett and Amy Farrior have been selected to the Florida Super Lawyers 2025 list. See www.superlawyers.com
The firm has been recognized in Best Law Firms by U.S. News. https://bestlawfirms.usnews.com
Shirley Faircloth has been appointed to the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit Local Professionalism Panel and the Thirteenth Circuit Professionalism Committee