Jennifer Ficarrotta Quoted in Florida Bar News Article

The Florida Bar News recently published a story about the Marital and Family Law Certification Committee’s consideration of a request to include collaborative law questions on the annual family law certification exam. SBCF Shareholder Jennifer Ficarrotta chairs the committee and is supportive of including the material, but the request came too late for the March 2021 family law certification exam. Jennifer, whose practice includes collaborative law, said she doesn’t see a problem including the subject on the 2022 exam: “We could have drafted it [collaborative questions] on the test, but it isn’t already part of the study materials. We wanted to be as transparent as possible for studying.” Twenty former Florida Bar Family Law Section chairs, including SBCF Shareholder Caroline Black Sikorske, signed the petition to include collaborative law questions on the certification exam.
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Jennifer Ficarrotta Donates 100+ Pro Bono Hours

We are exceptionally proud of SBCF Shareholder Jennifer Ficarrotta, who has donated more than 100 hours of pro bono legal services in the last year. In the past three years, SBCF attorneys have donated approximately 1,258 hours to Bay Area Legal Services, which provides free civil legal services to low-income Tampa Bay area residents. We are pleased to have earned the 13th Judicial Circuit Pro Bono Committee’s 2020 award for “Outstanding Pro Bono Service by a Law Firm.” Firm founder Stephen Sessums has instilled the concept that we all give back to the community by performing civic work and pro bono work to those who are in need. It is through his leadership, guidance and example that the firm encourages us all to give back and participate in pro bono.

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