Press Releases from Spohrer & Dodd (6 total)
Spohrer & Dodd provides scholarships to Florida Coastal Law school students
Jacksonville, Fla., May 2, 2017 – For the ninth year in a row, Spohrer & Dodd held a closing argument competition at Florida Coastal School of Law with the student winners receiving cash scholarships from the firm. The competition was held in the law school’s courtroom and the top eight students from the school’s mock trial team competed for the chance to win.
Each of the students gave a ten-minute…
Spohrer Dodd paralegal named second vice president for local chapter of Paralega …
Jacksonville, Fla., April 27, 2017 – Sarah Shedlarski, Florida Registered Paralegal at Spohrer & Dodd, has been appointed second vice president of the board of directors for the 2017-2018 First Coast Chapter of the Paralegal Association of Florida, Inc. Shedlarski was elected to the position after serving as secretary on the 2015-2016 and 2016-2017 board of directors for the organization and will take over the position in June.
“I am…
Robert Spohrer, senior partner at Spohrer & Dodd, has been named a 2017 Lawyer o …
Jacksonville, Fla., April 12, 2017 – Robert Spohrer, senior partner in the law firm of Spohrer & Dodd, was named the Best Lawyers® 2017 Medical Malpractice Law-Plaintiffs "Lawyer of the Year" in Jacksonville. Spohrer is among 33 Jacksonville attorneys who were chosen for the Lawyer of the Year designation by a vote of their peers in The Best Lawyers in America©, the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the…
Roger Dodd, partner at Spohrer & Dodd, has written a new book focused on deposit …
Jacksonville, Fla., March 23, 2017 – Roger Dodd, partner in the law firm of Spohrer & Dodd, has co-authored a new book titled “Cross-Examination for Depositions.” Dodd wrote the book with his son, Matthew Dodd, founding partner of Dodd Law Firm, P.C. in Montana. The book is a guide for attorneys to maximize their effectiveness at depositions.
“Preparing a line of questioning that focuses on the theory of the case can…
Jacksonville attorney admitted to practice law in Kenya
Jacksonville, Fla., Dec. 19, 2016 -- Barry Newman, partner in the law firm of Spohrer & Dodd, has been admitted to practice law as a foreign advocate before the High Court of Kenya in Nairobi. Kenya Attorney General Githu Muigai approved Newman’s application to allow him to appear with Muthoga Caturu & Co. before the Kenyan courts on behalf of two United Kingdom residents who were injured in the crash…
Spohrer & Dodd Trial Attorneys Win Judgment for Child vs. Federal Government
Jacksonville, Fla., August 17, 2016 - Spohrer & Dodd trial attorneys, Jay Howanitz and Bob Spohrer, received a federal court order awarding a Georgia family $6.15 million dollars in a case against the federal government. The attorneys filed the medical negligence complaint against the United States of America under the Federal Tort Claims Act, a federal statute allowing private parties to sue the United States for torts committed by persons…
