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Incoming ABA President Stephen Zack Receives the Distinguished John F. Cosgrove Founders Award

April 23, 2010 Business, Video No Comments

American Bar Association president-elect Stephen Zack was honored with the John F. Cosgrove Founders Award during the Miami-Dade County Days. Zack grew up in Cuba and is the first Hispanic-American president-elect of the American Bar Association in its 130-year history.

The John F. Cosgrove Founders Award was established in honor of John Cosgrove, a dear colleague and friend of Zacks, who passed away in April of 2006. Cosgrove served as a Florida Representative for 17 years, during which his love for the community touched many lives throughout Miami-Dade County. Cosgrove also was the founder of Miami-Dade County Days in Tallahassee more than 22 years ago.

Fred Leonhardt, of Gray Robinson Law Firm presented the award to Zack during the annual awards luncheon at Kleman Plaza. The Miami-Dade County Days is the largest two-day event in Tallahassee, showcasing the countys diverse community.

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By Greg Giordano Senator Mike Fasano’s SB 694,which establishes standards of care for adult day care centers, passed the Senate Health Regulation Committee on January 25th. This is the second of three committee stops in the Senate. It has one more committee hearing remaining before it will be ready for a floor hearing. The House [...]

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By Greg Giordano State Senator Mike Fasano has filed two bills that will prohibit cozy employment and investment relationships between the State Board of Administration and investment firms that do business with the State of Florida.  The State Board of Administration (SBA) is Florida’s agency which oversees investment of public dollars.  In recent months Senator [...]