The meeting hosted a wide variety of attorneys from all areas of practice and the local judiciary. The annual event covered a broad range of topics, to include elections for the boards of the Volusia Bar and Young Lawyers Division and the State of the Judiciary from the Honorable Leah Case, Chief Judge for the […]
Partner Phil Bonamo, who is a member of the Florida Bar’s Board of Governors, representing the attorneys for the 7th Judicial Circuit of Florida (comprising of Volusia, Flagler, Putnam, and St. John’s counties), attended the Board’s meeting in Key West, held in May, 2025. Mr. Bonamo was elected by his fellow board members to serve […]
Partner Philip Bonamo on April 17, 2025, attended the Volusia County Bar Association’s (VCBA) annual Bench & BBQ event held in New Smyrna Beach, Florida. This is one of the VCBA’s largest attended events each year, with local attorneys and judiciary in attendance. Philip Bonamo (pictured right) is a past president of the VCBA.
Attorneys Matthew Shapiro and MaryCatherine Crock attended the spring meeting for the Dunn Blount Inn of Court on March 27, 2025. The meeting hosted a panel of the local judiciary which gave significant and beneficial insight into courtroom procedure and professionalism. The panel presented to an audience of the local Volusia Bar and took questions […]
Partner, Philip Bonamo, attended the Florida Bar Board of Governor’s Board meeting held January 15 through January 17, 2025, in Tallahassee, Florida. Mr. Bonamo is the Board of Governor’s member/representative for the Seventh Judicial Circuit of Florida. Mr. Bonamo is going into his fifth year on the Board. He sits on the Florida Bar Board […]
For the 8th year in a row, the Rice Law Firm is participating in the Volusia County Bar Association’s Holiday Toy Drive. Paul Rice is pictured holding some of the gifts the law firm is donating to the drive. The gifts were selected from wish lists prepared by foster children in the Volusia County area. This […]
Attorneys Matthew Shapiro and MaryCatherine Crock attended the Dunn-Blount Inn’s member meeting on November 14th, 2024. The Dunn-Blount Inn of Court is the local chapter for the American Inns of Court, an organization focused on engaging attorneys, judges, and legal professionals to further professionalism and ethics within the legal community. The meeting hosted Professor Christopher […]
The Volusia County Bar Association is losing its long-time executive director, Kathie Selover. Kathie, pictured here next to me, is retiring on May 30th after a 20 year tenure with our local Bar association. I met Kathie through little league and other activities when our kids were young. I was president of the Bar just before […]
