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ROSALYN S. BAKER-BARNES (’00) was recognized as one of Legacy Magazine’s “50 Most Powerful Black Leaders in Business & Industry” for 2020. Baker-Barnes is a shareholder at Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley P.A. in their West Palm Beach office.
NICKI MOHR HALL (’10) was promoted to county court director at the State Attorney’s Office in Tampa in October 2020. Also, on January 4, 2021, she and her law school sweetheart, Jason Hall (’10), welcomed the arrival of their first child, Wyatt Charles Hall.
BARRY DICKSON (’03) has been appointed to the Escambia County court by Gov. Ron DeSantis. Dickson had been an assistant public defender for the First Judicial Circuit since 2004. He also currently serves as a reserve lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Air Force Chaplain Corps.
G.C. MURRAY II (’12) was named the Brian Dassler Young Floridian of the Year and was honored during the Bob Graham Center Awards for Excellence in Public Service ceremony on October 16, 2020.
LYNWOOD F. ARNOLD, JR. (’73) was
HEATHER BEATO (’02) was appointed to fill a Tenth Judicial Circuit judge vacancy. Beato had been an assistant state attorney since graduating in 2002.
posthumously awarded a Florida Bar Pro Bono Award for the Second Judicial Circuit. At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, Arnold was one of the first people to create a statewide model to deliver eviction relief and legal services to those in need, and records show he donated well over 1,500 hours of his time over the past five years alone. Arnold passed away in August 2020.
BRIAN R. TOUNG (’83) authored a book titled “Verdict Justice,” which is available for online purchase. STEVEN B. KELLEY (’88) passed away on March 15, 2021. He was the founding partner at Kelley Law Firm and had practiced law in South Georgia and North Florida for more than 30 years. Kelley often went out of his way to help individuals who did not have resources to seek legal assistance for themselves.
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