Jones Foster is pleased to announce that litigation attorney Lainey W. Francisco has been appointed to the Executive Board of the 19th Judicial Circuit Professionalism Panel by Chief Judge Charles A. Schwab. As one of five members selected to serve on the Professionalism Panel, Lainey will work to address complaints against attorneys within the 19th Judicial Circuit, which comprises Martin, St. Lucie, Indian River, and Okeechobee counties.

Jones Foster real estate attorneys John Campo, Carlee Mattison, and Ben Alexander discuss Florida House Bill 799, which allows property owners to create an easement, servitude, or other interest in the owner's real property, and how the new legislation might conflict with state laws already in place, such as the the common law merger doctrine.

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.