Former EVP for Enterprise Florida, Inc. to Focus on Economic Development Issues Tallahassee, FL – February 19, 2019 – Becker, a multi-practice commercial law firm with attorneys, lobbyists and other professionals at offices across the Eastern Seaboard, today announced that Michael A. Grissom has joined the Government Law and Lobbying […]
José Bermudez has been appointed Managing Director of Governor-elect Ron DeSantis’ inaugural team. In this role, José is responsible for organizing and executing events in advance of the January 2019 Florida gubernatorial inauguration. Governor-elect DeSantis, along with Lieutenant Governor-elect Jeanette Nuñez, will be sworn into office January 8, 2019 at […]
Florida has kept a relatively low profile when it comes to Confederate symbols in public places, except for one very public place — National Statuary Hall in the U.S. Capitol. One of the state’s statues honors Confederate Gen. Edmund Kirby Smith. Becker shareholder Yolanda Cash Jackson helped lead a campaign […]
Science Offers Scrutiny
Ellyn S. Bogdanoff, Shareholder in Becker’s Government Law & Lobbying Group and former Senator, has supported efforts to allow for post-conviction DNA testing in Florida. In a Tampa Bay Times article discussing how today’s DNA technology can be used to scrutinize old cases, Ms. Bogdanoff commented, “When we allow government […]
Ellyn S. Bogdanoff, shareholder in our Government Law & Lobbying group and former State Senator, was appointed September 21 to the Florida Historic Capitol Museum Council. Ellyn was appointed by Richard Corcoran, Speaker of The Florida House of Representatives.