HCBA Lawyer Magazine Vol. 28, No. 2 | Page 62

AROund THE ASSOCiATiOn Do you have office space for rent? Advertise it in the Lawyer magazine by emailing [email protected]. Steven M. Berman - The law firm of Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP is pleased to announce that Tampa partner Steven M. Berman moderated a panel discussion at the 25th Annual Southwest Bankruptcy Conference in Coronado, California. Arda Goker - Burns, P.A. is pleased to welcome new associate Arda Goker, a former notes and comments editor for the Stetson Law Review, who graduated in the top ten percent of his class. Goker will join the firm’s appellate practice. M. John Burgess - Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP, is pleased to welcome M. John Burgess at the Tampa office as a partner in the Employee Compensation and Benefits and Taxation practice groups. Sessums Law Group, P.A. - Mark A. Sessums and Brittany M. Pinson attended the Interdisciplinary Collaborative Practice Training at Barry University School of Law in August 2017. The two-day training included lawyers, as well as financial and mental health professionals, interested in the practice of Collaborative Marital and Family Law. Alex Caballero - The law firm of Sessums Black Caballero Ficarrotta PA is proud to announce that shareholder Alex Caballero has been selected as chair of the Judicial Nomination Commission for the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit, in and for Hillsborough County, Florida. Dionne C. Fajardo - The law firm of Wiand Guerra King is pleased to announce that Dionne C. Fajardo has been named a shareholder of the firm. Since 2010, Fajardo has led the development of Wiand Guerra King’s Compliance and Regulatory Consulting Group. Amy S. Farrior - Buell and Elligett is pleased to announce that Amy S. Farrior has recently been elected to The Florida Bar Board of Governors. Tom Scarritt - Tom Scarritt of Scarritt Law Group, P.A. received the Chair’s Award from the Hillsborough County Democratic Party for Outstanding Public Service at the Kennedy- King Dinner Gala on September 16, 2017. Scarritt was recognized for leading the effort to raise private funds to relocate a Confederate Memorial located at the Hillsborough County Courthouse Annex. April Zinober - Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP, is pleased to announce that Tampa associate April L. Zinober has been named to the Board of Directors of the PACE Center for Girls, Hillsborough County. Submit your news for this “Around the Association” column to [email protected]. 60 NOV - DEC 2017 | HCBA LAWYER