BrewerLegal, P.A.

09/29/2021

Microsoft, Google, Facebook and other tech firms are pressing lawmakers to enact new rules to stop prosecutors from secretly snooping on private messages, photos, search history and more.

08/10/2021

Congrats to a great attorney hanging her shingle! Highly recommended for those in the Dade City area!

05/17/2021

***Monday Spotlight***

This week’s Monday Spotlight is a special edition to celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. Today meet Judge Andrea Teves Smith, who was appointed to the Second District Court of Appeals on January 7, 2019 by Gov. Rick Scott. Prior to being appointed to the 2nd DCA, Judge Smith served over 5 years as a circuit judge in the 10th Circuit. Prior to being a judge, her legal career included working for Peterson & Myers, P.A., where her practice included complex business litigation and appellate law in the areas of contract disputes, employment, creditor's rights, eminent domain, and land use law in state and federal court throughout Florida. Judge Smith is a member of the Lakeland Bar Association, Polk Association of Women Lawyers, and Willson American Inn of Court. She served on the Florida Bar Standing Committee on Professionalism and the Committee on Relations with CPAs. She was also a member of the Federal Bar Association. Judge Smith was a legal advisory board member of Florida Southern College, Lakeland Chamber of Commerce General Counsel, Secretary of Explorations V Children's Museum, and graduate of Leadership Lakeland (Class of XXI). Judge Smith has served on the advisory board of the Academy of Legal Studies at George Jenkins High School since 2014, and mentors the mock trial team.
Judge Smith’s favorite quote is:
"Do the best you can in every task, no matter how unimportant it may seem at the time. No one learns more about a problem than the person at the bottom." Sandra Day O’Connor

05/08/2021

But masks and social distancing are still required to enter courtrooms, says the chief justice of the Florida Supreme Court.

05/07/2021

11/25/2020

Chief Justice Charles Canady issued two new and two amended administrative orders late on November 23 addressing court operations during the pandemic. They extend the term of the court COVID-19 Workgroup to July 2, 2021, and update requirements, benchmarks, and guidelines for the four phases of a re...

10/06/2020

Despicable.

Third Judicial Circuit State Attorney Jeff Siegmeister, whose district includes Columbia County, resigned unexpectedly last December. Now, it turns out, according to a recently filed federal forfeiture complaint, the FBI has been investigating Siegmeister and his mother for stealing $985,000 in asse...

08/12/2020

Marion County Sheriff Billy Woods says "effective immediately, any individual walking in to any one of our lobbies ... wearing a mask will be asked to remove it."