Adverse Witness
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ADVERSE WITNESS - A PUBLICATION OF THE COLLIER COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION
The Florida Bar will honor 605 attorneys and senior counselors for 50 years of dedication to the practice of law during a luncheon at The Florida Bar Annual Convention at the Hilton Orlando Bonnet Creek in Orlando, Florida. To be recognized, attorneys must have been members in good standing of The Florida Bar, active or inactive, as of January 1 of their admittance to the practice of law anniversary Bar year. Congratulations to the following CCBA Members who are part of the Class of 1972!
John Pollara Cardillo FL Bar 50th year membership re-union When I first came to practice law in Naples via New York City (admiralty practice) and Columbia S.C. (taxes and trusts) there were only about 50-60 lawyers registered here and about half were retirees who were not practicing. I got here through the persuasion of my grandfather who settled here in 1954 and while I was in law
in 1976, and we have 4 children born in Naples. Linda has helped me through this journey in both rearing our children and assisting me, along with my legal assistant of 44 years, Susie Robinson, in much of what we have accomplished for which I am most grateful. I am a fortunate person.
Fred Grunst Fred Grunst is a long-standing member of the CCBA who recently retired. He worked as a solo practitioner focusing on real estate and trusts and estates issues. Fred remains active in the CCBA, despite his retired status.
school in the mid-1960s he would send me postcards of the Bank of Naples saying, “this is where you should put your money” or “this is a growing young town for a growing young lawyer”, or “thinking of you”. It was a great landing spot from a city of 8,000,000 people or a state capital city of 80,000, as Naples had about 7-10,000 people and only 30,000 in Collier County and was the 64th out of 67 ranked county population in the state. There are now 360,000 people here and 1,200 lawyers. There was an abundance of opportunities to participate in various civic and charitable organizations that led to leadership positions, and you could start your own organization where the need showed. By 1976, I had become president of the Collier County Bar and while that may seem like small potatoes, we won all four awards for superior performance the Florida Bar had to offer at the 1976 Bar convention in Orlando. Over the course of 50 years, I have had the privilege of leading various civic and charitable organizations including the Naples Chamber of Commerce, the YMCA, Leadership school, Fine Arts Society and Collier County Environmental Advisory Council, and for the last 23 years helping form and serving as chair of the nationally acclaimed Neighborhood Health Clinic. I served as a Trustee of Edison College and the Alumni Board of Furman University. These and other accomplishments led in part to being selected as the Outstanding Citizen award by the Naples Daily News. My Bar duties included president of our local Bar, Florida Bar Board of Governors for the 20th Circuit for 10 years, The Florida Judicial Qualifications Commission and presently the board of directors of the Florida Bar Foundation, as well as co-founding our Inns of Court. I was awarded the Florida Bar Humanitarian Award, the Collier County Judges Professionalism Award, and the Collier County Bar Lifetime Achievement Award, as well as the University of South Carolina Law School Compleat Lawyer Platinum Award. Lastly, and more importantly, my wife Linda and I were married
Carson McEachern Carson McEachern is a long- standing member of the CCBA who retired several years ago. He worked as a solo practitioner focusing on real estate issues. Carson remains active in the CCBA, despite his retired status.
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