Interview with Invest: Scott Hawkins, Chairman & Shareholder, Jones Foster
Interview / January 5, 2026
Invest: Palm Beach 6th Edition / Capital Analytics Associates
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What Judicial Benches Does DeSantis Have to Fill in His Last Year as Florida's Governor?
Legal Source / January 9, 2026
Daily Business Review
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Fla. Legal Industry Eyes AI Use, Mid-Law Firm Growth In 2026
Legal Source / January 5, 2026
Law360
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South Florida Federal Magistrate Judge Rises to Chief
Legal Source / July 24, 2025
Daily Business Review
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Florida Court's Reversal of Attorney Fees Triggered by Client's Death
Legal Source / November 4, 2024
Daily Business Review
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Midsize Firms Claim Attorney Disengagement Has Yet to Hit Them Even as Some Offer Remote Options
Legal Source / September 6, 2024
ALM | Law.com Pro Mid-Market
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Learning from a Legend | A 100-Year Milestone: Lessons Learned
Author / June 2024
Chamber of Commerce of the Palm Beaches Insights Newsletter
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Jones Foster's New Chair Has Been Decades In The Making
Interview Q&A / February 6, 2024
Law360 Pulse
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Jones Foster Taps Florida Bar Past President As New Chair
January 25, 2024
Law360 Florida Pulse
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Slow and Steady Has Served Jones Foster Well For A Century, Says Incoming Chair Scott Hawkins
Interview Q&A / January 24, 2024
Daily Business Review
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Time is Money: A Guide to Claiming Attorneys' Fees
Author / November 2, 2023
Best Lawyers 2024 Best Law Firms
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$200 million: How Palm Beach County’s affordable housing plans are starting to take shape
Legal Source / October 3, 2023
Sun Sentinel
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Face Off: Palm Beach County Legal Leaders on Community, Diversity and More
Interview Q&A / September 12, 2023
Invest: Palm Beach
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Circuit Civil Session – Don’t Be an Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer
Session Moderator / March 11, 2022
Palm Beach County Bar Association
Bench Bar Conference / West Palm Beach, FL
A Frank & Open Conversation Regarding Ethics and Litigation
Speaker / February 18, 2022
Spellman-Hoeveler American Inns of Court
Bench & Bar Conference / Miami, FL
Town Hall: Report for Improved Resolution of Civil Cases
Panelist / January 26, 2022
Palm Beach County Bar Association / Work Group Panel virtual presentation
Proving Attorney Fees in Court
Panelist / March 25, 2021
National Association of Legal Fee Analysis (NALFA) / CLE Webinar
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What Can We Learn from the Supreme Court's Recent Arbitration Opinion?
Co-Author / September 2019
Our Perspective
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Arbitration: Past, Precedents, and Future
Co-Author / June 17, 2019
Our Perspective
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Separating Fact from Fiction: State Scrutiny of Institutionally Related Foundations
Speaker / April 19, 2018
Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE)
Annual Conference for Institutionally Related Foundation / Miami, FL
Transformational Readiness Relative to Preparation for the University of Florida's Next Capital Campaign
Author / January 2015
Association of Governing Boards / Foundation Leadership Forum
Perspective on Judicial Merit Retention in Florida
Author / October 17, 2012
Florida Law Review, Volume 64, Issue 5, Article 8
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On April 12, 2015, the Supreme Court of the United States cited this article in their opinion in Williams-Yulee v. Florida Bar.
Looking Back, Leaving a Legacy
July 2012
The Florida Bar
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Back to the Future - It's About Leadership
Author / June 2012
The Florida Bar / President's Page
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Why Do We Trust Judges?
Author / May 2012
The Florida Bar / President's Page
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To Retain or Not to Retain - That is the Question
Author / April 2012
The Florida Bar / President's Page
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Demystifying What Judges Do
Author / March 2012
The Florida Bar, President's Page
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When Pride Still Mattered...
Author / February 2012
The Florida Bar, President's Page
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Fair, Civil, a Person of Integrity: Are You?
Author / January 2012
The Florida Bar, President's Page
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Charting a New Course for Funding our Courts
Author / December 2011
The Florida Bar / President's Page
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Be Prepared...and Prepare Yourself
Author / November 2011
The Florida Bar, President's Page
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Self Assessment
Author / September-October 2011
The Florida Bar, President's Page
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The Florida Bar’s Response to Historic ‘Court Reform’
Author / July -August 2011
The Florida Bar, President's Page
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What’s Your Legacy?
Author / September 2000
Palm Beach County Bar Association
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