BEFF Firm News

Shirley Faircloth, Tom Elligett, and Amy Farrior authored the chapter on Appeals for the Fourteenth Edition of the Florida Bar’s Florida Eminent Domain Practice and Procedure treatise:

The Ninth Edition of Florida Appellate Practice and Advocacy (2026) is now available on this site at no charge.

Tom Elligett’s article “10 Legal Movies All Lawyers Should See” was published in the March 2026 issue of the American Inns of Court magazine, The Bencher. American Inns of Court

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.

Tom Elligett’s article “Vacation Reboot” appeared in the September Inns of Court Bencher online magazine. Home

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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