BEFF Firm News
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.
Amy Farrior presented the Hillsborough County Bar Association’s 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/
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:
Tom Elligett spoke as part of the Oral Argument panel at the St. Petersburg Bar Association 2024 Practice in the Second DCA seminar.
Tom Elligett and Amy Farrior’s article on “What to Write – Analysis in Legal Writing” appeared in the May/June 2023 issue of the American Inns of Court Bencher Magazine.
Tom Elligett authored the chapter on professional responsibility in the Florida Bar’s new edition of Florida Appellate Practice.
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Mark Buell, Tom Elligett, Amy Farrior, and Shirley Faircloth have been recognized in the 2023 Best Lawyers list.
The 8th Edition of Florida Appellate Practice and Advocacy by Tom Elligett and Judge John M. Scheb has been published.
Mark Buell and Tom Elligett have been recognized in Florida Trend’s Legal Elite. See www.floridatrend.com
Mark Buell, Tom Elligett, and Amy Farrior have been selected to the Florida Super Lawyers 2024 list. See www.superlawyers.com
Amy Farrior has been re-elected to the Florida Bar Board of Governors, representing the Thirteenth Circuit.
The firm has been recognized in Best Law Firms by U.S. News. https://bestlawfirms.usnews.com
Mark Buell has become a Fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers. Membership is extended by invitation only, after a thorough evaluation to confirm the lawyer has mastered the art of advocacy and exemplifies the highest standards of ethical conduct, professionalism, civility and collegiality. More information on the College is available at http://www.actl.com/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Home
Shirley Faircloth has been appointed to the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit Local Professionalism Panel and the Thirteenth Circuit Professionalism Committee