Jones Foster is proud to announce that Florida Trend has recognized Litigation Shareholder Joanne M. O’Connor in the magazine’s Legal Elite Notable – Women Leaders in Law special section of its December issue for the second consecutive year. Joanne was one of only 125 nominated women attorneys statewide who were selected for this distinction.

Corporate Transparency Act Update: On December 3, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas issued a nationwide preliminary injunction halting the enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) and its accompanying Beneficial Ownership Information (BOI) reporting requirements.

Jones Foster litigation shareholder Peter A. Sachs and litigation attorney Hanna B. Rubin successfully represented the son of a decedent against a motion seeking attorneys’ fees upwards of $104,000 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. The dispute arose out of a lawsuit filed by the client pro se contesting an amendment to his late father’s revocable trust.