Category: Florida Bar Association

Florida Bar Association Investigating Lawyer Charged With Domestic Terrorism in ‘Cop City’ Attack

March 10, 2023
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The Florida Bar Association has said it is investigating a lawyer who was part of a group of activists that attacked the site of a planned police training center in Atlanta on March 5 and were subsequently arrested. Thomas Webb Jurgens, a 28-year-old employee at the nonprofit legal advocacy organization, Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), was among 23 people arrested on…

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Florida Supreme Court Disciplines 19 Attorneys—Including a Former State Attorney

June 1, 2022
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The Florida Supreme Court recently disciplined 19 attorneys, including a former state’s attorney, the Florida Bar Association announced on May 31. Former state attorney Jeffrey Siegmeister received permanent disciplinary revocation, which involves agreeing to surrender his license rather than contesting the disciplinary charges, according to the association’s senior communications coordinator Leslie Smith. Siegmeister pleaded guilty…

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