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The Volusia County Bar Association held its annual membership luncheon on February 20, 2026. The guest speaker for the luncheon was attorney Paige Greenlee on the legal educational topic of ‘The Sustainable Lawyer: Systems, Strategies, and Ethics for Modern Practice.’ Ms. Greenlee is a litigation attorney from Tampa, Florida and serves on the Florida Bar’s […]

Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Ratings were created in 1887 as an objective tool that would attest to a lawyer’s ability and professional ethics, based on the confidential opinions of other lawyers and judges who have worked with the lawyers they are evaluating. In this highly competitive environment for legal services, the Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Rating is […]

Attorney MaryCatherine Crock attended the inaugural meeting for the Dunn Blount Inn of Court on November 13, 2025. The meeting hosted a local member of the community specializing in mental health efforts in the workplace. The presentation gave significant and beneficial insight into maintaining a healthy balance between everyday work and attorneys’ mental health.

Happy 20th Work Anniversary to Our Paralegal Ashleigh Drexler!

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 […]

Paul Rice, Phil Bonamo, Mary Catherine Crock and Serena Baldacchino of the Rice Law Firm attended the Florida Bar’s annual Marital & Family Law Review Course.