TALLAHASSEE – The Florida Bar will honor 226 attorneys for 50 years of dedication to the practice of law during a luncheon at The Florida Bar Annual Convention at the Hilton Orlando Bonnet Creek in Orlando. To be recognized, attorneys must be members in good standing of The Florida Bar, active or inactive, and attain their 50th anniversary of admittance to the practice of law in 2016.
Eleven Senior Counselors — who have practiced for 50 years or more but have not been members of The Florida Bar for the entire period — also will be recognized at the luncheon.
The luncheon, which is sponsored by The Florida Bar's Young Lawyers Division, will be held Friday, June 17, at 12:30 p.m. Benjamin H. Hill III, a former president of The Florida Bar and one of the 50-year honorees, will be the featured speaker.
Northwest Florida’s First Circuit attorneys are:
Edward Turner Barfield, Pace
Frank L. Bell, Pensacola
Charles L. Cetti, Pensacola
John Clifford Foster III, Destin
Roderic Gregg Magie, Pensacola
Louis Francis Ray, Jr., Pensacola
G. Thomas Smith, Gulf Breeze
This article originally appeared on Santa Rosa Press Gazette: Florida Bar honors 226 attorneys for 50 years of service