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Cover may-June 2020 Cover_Layout 1 4/28/20 6:08 pm page 1 LAWYERTHE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION TAmpA, FLORIdA | mAY - JUNE 2020 | VOL. 30, NO. 45 Cover may-June 2020 Cover_Layout 1 4/28/20 6:08 pm page 2 HCBA lawyer May-June 2020 Proof 4_layout 1 4/28/20 6:14 PM Page 1 THE HIllSBoRoUGH CoUNTY BAR ASSoCIATIoN LAWYER MAY - JUNE 2020 | Vol. 30, No. 5 divisions features & events 6 10 Coffee aT The CourThouse 14 2020 honorable roberT J. simms high sChool moCk Trial ComPeTiTion 17 yld reCognizes lyndsey siara 10 18 beyond The robe: Judge Caroline TesChe arkin byLyndseyE.Siara 29 Criminal laW seCTion lunCheon 4 Caring Through a Crisis 34 eminenT domain seCTion Editor’sMessage lunCheon/Cle byDineenPashoukosWasylik 36 17Th annual JudiCial food 29 6 sTaying sTrong in This fesTiVal & 12Th annual Challenging season 5k Pro bono riVer run HCBAPresident’sMessage byGraceH.Yang 40 healTh Care laW seCTion lunCheon/Cle 8 PraCTiCing Wellness, esPeCially in 49 managing ParTners roundTable Troubling Times 53 seCuriTies laW seCTion YLDPresident’sMessage lunCheon/Cle 34 byJeffWilcox 55 senior Counsel seCTion lunCheon 12 amid CoVid-19 PandemiC, signs of hoPe: healTh Care, 59 young laWyers diVision fronTline CommuniTy holds annual Cle Workers are ameriCa’s 62 Trial & liTigaTion neWesT heroes seCTion lunCheon ExecutiveDirector’sMessage byJohnF.Kynes 71 ask-a-laWyer 16 CourT oPeraTions in a 72 laWyer magazine 30-year CoVid-19 enVironmenT anniVersary: faVoriTe 36 FromtheThirteenthJudicialCircuit CoVers from 2011-2015 ChiefJudgeRonaldFicarrotta about the Cover Continuing with our theme of highlighting unique and meaningful architecture and locations about the County, we are featuring this beautiful photo from MacDill Air Force Base, in honor of Memorial Day. MacDill Air Force Base has been a part of our community, since its founding in 1939. Today, MacDill is a busy and important base, serving as home to the 6th Air Refueling Wing, its 310th Airlift Squadron flying the C-37A, and its 50th Air Refueling Squadron and 91st Air Refueling Squadron flying the KC-135. It also is home to the headquarters for two of the U.S. military’s unified combatant commands: United States Central Command (USCENTCOM) and United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM). We are proud to call MacDill and the service members and airmen who are stationed at the base part of our community. (Photo, courtesy of MacDill AFB) MAY - JUNE 2020 | HCBA LAWYER 1 HCBA lawyer May-June 2020 Proof 4_layout 1 4/28/20 6:15 PM Page 2 seCtions 56 Committees 30 26 24 breaking The rules: 45 nuTs & bolTs of family laW florida’s reVised mandaTory disClosure 26 bar leadershiP insTiTuTe rulemaking ProCess Marital&FamilyLawSection TeaChes The imPorTanCe byRichardJ.Mockler AppellatePracticeSection of CommuniTy engagemenT byJoeEagleton 52 seCure aCT and esTaTe BarLeadershipInstitute 28 “JoinT exPerT” Vs. 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Perrone, brad kimbro Chester H. Ferguson law Center direCTors 1610 N. Tampa St., Tampa Fl 33602 adVerTising alex Caballero Vivian Cortes hodz amanda m. uliano Telephone (813) 221-7777 Pr/Communications director Christine derr anthony d. martino Jeff Wilcox www.hillsbar.com stacy Williams Victoria n. ferrentino Cory J. Person [email protected] (813) 221-7779 matthew hall Jacqueline simms-Petredis (ISSN1553-4456)THEHILLSBOROUGHCOUNTYBARASSOCIATIONLawyer ispublishedsixtimesperyearbytheHillsboroughCountyBarAssociation.Editorial,advertising,subscription,andcirculationoffices:1610N.TampaSt.,Tampa,FL 33602.ChangesofaddressmustreachtheLawyer officesixweeksinadvanceofthenextissuedate.Givebotholdandnewaddress.POSTMASTER:SendchangeofaddressnoticestoHillsboroughCountyBarAssociation,1610N.TampaSt., Tampa,FL33602.OnecopyofeachLawyer issentfreetomembersoftheHillsboroughCountyBarAssociation.Additionalsubscriptionstomembersorfirmlibrariesare$50.Annualsubscriptionstoothers,$100.Singlecopyprice,$15.00. (Allplustax.)TheLawyer ispublishedaspartoftheHCBA’scommitmenttoprovidemembershipwithinformationrelatingtoissuesandconcernsofthelegalcommunity.Opinionsandpositionsexpressedinthearticlesarethoseoftheauthors andmaynotnecessarilyreflectthoseoftheHCBA.Submissionsoffeaturearticles,reviews,andopinionpiecesontopicsofgeneralinteresttothereadershipoftheLawyer areencouragedandwillbeconsideredforpublication. 2 MAY - JUNE 2020 | HCBA LAWYER HCBA lawyer May-June 2020 Proof 4_layout 1 4/28/20 6:15 PM Page 3 The Hillsborough County Bar Foundation wishes to thank these sponsors (to date): Silver Sponsors Marquee Sponsor Adams and Reese LLP Rywant, Alvarez, Jones, Russo & Guyton, P.A. Barnett, Bolt, Kirkwood, Long, Koche & Foster Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP The Yerrid Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP Smoak, Chistolini & Barnett, PLLC Law Firm Burr & Forman LLP Tampa Bay Rays Carlton Fields TECO Clark & Martino* Trentalange & Kelley, P.A. 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It has been so heartening to watch our profession jump into action: interpreting the rapid-fire changes in law, advocating for those in need, and supporting businesses, schools, hospitals,A and individuals as they navigate daily uncertainty. Just because we have risen to the challenge does not mean it has been easy. We are adapting to new technologies, reduced productivity, reduced support, and in many cases reduced income or unemployment, while balancing increased responsibility at home (there is a reason I am a lawyer and not a teacher!), increased client demands, increased health worries, and deadlines that do not know there is a crisis. garb. And the virtual video happy hour with friends I’ve watched fellow attorneys make the best of it with from around the country may well be the best thing to humorous social media posts — sharing silly pictures of their come out of 2020. “colleagues,” a.k.a. pets and children, in funny situations, or their “business on top, party down below” video conference Continued on page 5 4 MAY - JUNE 2020 | HCBA LAWYER HCBA Lawyer May-June 2020 Proof 4_Layout 1 4/29/20 9:39 AM Page 5 EDITOR’S MESSAGE Dineen Pashoukos Wasylik – DPW Legal Continued from page 4 making him angry or sad or mean? I don’t know, but I do know it is not about me. So I remove myself from But there’s also an undercurrent of coping difficulties the equation and find I can handle the situation much (so, so many references to “wine-o’-clock” and day drinking better when I don’t let taking offense get in the way.