The Firm

• At the Florida Diversity and Leadership Conference held on January 14, 2011 at the University of Central Florida, Olga Pina was one of the recipients of the 2011 Most Powerful and Influential Women Awards
• Fowler White Boggs is pleased to announce that Cathy J. Beveridge,  Heather B. Brock, Rhea F. Law and Hala A. Sandridge were listed among the Top 50 Female Florida Super Lawyers in 2011.  
• Florida Super Lawyers named seven female attorneys in the 2011 edition: Cathy J. Beveridge (Employment & Labor); Heather B. Brock (Employment & Labor); Amelia M. Campbell (Estate Planning & Probate); Rhea F. Law (Land Use & Zoning); Hala A. Sandridge (Appellate); Linda L. Shelley (Land Use/Zoning); and Julie S. Sneed (Class Action Mass Torts).
• Five of our women attorneys were recently named to Florida Trend magazine's 2010 Legal Elite list. The Florida Legal Elite are the top lawyers practicing in Florida, according to the results of the magazine's statewide attorney surveys.  For the second consecutive year, Rhea F. Law and Linda Loomis Shelley were named to the Legal Elite Hall of Fame category. To be considered, an attorney must have been a Legal Elite winner for each of the past five years. A panel of lawyers was consulted to evaluate the Legal Elite and make the final selection of Hall of Fame honorees.
• Chambers USA 2011 selected four women practitioners as American’s Leading Business Lawyers.
• The Best Lawyers in America® 2011 (Copyright 2010 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, S.C.) selected twelve Fowler White women attorneys.
• Finalist for 2009 Tampa Bay Business Journal Diversity & Inclusion Award.
• In 2009, the eWomen Network awarded Fowler White Boggs as the Company Most Supportive of Women in Business.  eWomen Network is an international women's business group with 114 chapters including Tampa/St. Petersburg.

Individuals

• Fowler White Boggs is pleased to announce that W. Donald Cox received our Firm’s inaugural “Diversity Award” for his dedication to diversity and inclusion.  Mr. Cox is the Firm’s General Counsel and practices in the area of securities litigation, commercial litigation and insurance regulatory litigation. 
• Rhea F. Law, Chair of the Board, and CEO of Fowler White Boggs was awarded the University of South Florida President’s Fellow Medallion by President Judy Genshaft at the USF graduation ceremonies on August 7, 2010. Established in 1988, the President's Fellow Medallion is awarded at the President's discretion to highly distinguished meritorious individuals.
• Shareholder Julie Sneed received a DiversityFIRST Award from the National Diversity Counsel recognizing individual achievement and commitment to diversity. Also, Fowler White Boggs sponsored and Ms. Sneed served as a panelist at the inaugural Florida Leadership and Diversity Conference in Orlando on January 15, 2010 discussing, "The Balancing Act: Is it possible to be a Superwoman?" The vision of the National Diversity Council is to establish state and regional councils across the U.S. to take a leadership role in promoting diversity and inclusion within our workplaces and communities. The Council's goal is to advocate for diversity as a business imperative - to increase our chances to innovate and create sustainable wealth in our communities.
• Julie Sneed, a shareholder with the law firm of Fowler White Boggs, has been appointed Co-Chair of the ABA Section of Litigation Minority Trial Lawyer Committee for the 2009-2010 term.  The Committee aims to contribute to minority communities by facilitating discussion of the impact of race on the law, addressing issues of racial bias in the courts and the profession, and promoting programs to prepare minority students.
• Additionally, Ms. Sneed was appointed to the Hillsborough County Bar Foundation Board of Trustees for the 2009-2010 term.  The mission of the foundation is to support and promote programs and projects which encourage assistance to the poor and disadvantaged, primarily with regard to their legal needs and to educate the public about the legal system.
• The Commonwealth Institute recognized Rhea F. Law, Chair of the Board and CEO of Fowler White Boggs, as one of the top women business leaders in Florida.
• Julie Sneed was selected as a Finalist Civic Young Professional of the Year Award in June 2009 by the South Tampa Chamber of Commerce.
• Florida Trend Magazine named Tirso Carreja and Ceci Berman as “Up and Coming Legal Elite”.
• Sarah Lahlou-Amine received the William F. Blews Pro Bono Service Award.
• In 2008, Chambers USA listed Fowler White’s CEO, Rhea Law, as a leading Zoning/Land Use lawyer in the state of Florida. Tampa Bay CEO Magazine also named Ms. Law as 2008’s Tampa Bay CEO of the Year.
• The University of South Florida appointed Jason Liu, to the Advisory Board of the USF Center for Entrepreneurship.
• Olga Pina was a 2007 finalist for Tampa Bay International Woman of the Year, and she also received the 2003 Tampa Bay Legal Elite Award.
• The Florida Bar recognized Hala Sandridge with the Pro Bono Service Award for her individual services in each of Florida’s jurisdictional circuits. The Hillsborough County Bar Association also bestowed Ms. Sandridge with the Jimmy Kynes Pro Bono Award for her numerous hours devoted to appeals representing low income residents.