Shullman Fugate certified as a Women’s Business Enterprise by Women’s Business Enterprise National Council
April 23rd, 2018
We are delighted to announce the firm’s national certification as a Women’s Business Enterprise by the Women’s Business Development Council of Florida, a regional certifying partner of the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC).…
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Categories: Honors
Giselle Girones Coordinates Team for Breast Cancer Awareness
October 23rd, 2017
As the Co-Chair of Special Events for the Jacksonville Women Lawyers Association (JWLA), Giselle has been working hard to organize a team for the annual Making Strides Against Breast Cancer 5k Walk in Jacksonville hosted by the American Cancer Societ…
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Categories: Other News
City of Riviera Beach Invokes Stricter Attorneys’ Fee Provision in Seeking to Deny Requester Attorneys’ Fees
October 9th, 2017
The City of Riviera Beach, facing a public records lawsuit over records related to the firing of its City Manager, is testing a new provision of the Florida Public Records Act that restricts fee recovery in some access cases. The update to Section…
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Associate Attorney Position
June 30th, 2017
About Our Firm
Attorneys Deanna Shullman and Rachel Fugate have been working together in respected Florida media, IP, and commercial litigation firms for nearly 20 years. We have recently established our own boutique law firm concentrating in these a…
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Deanna Shullman and Rachel Fugate Repeat Honors as Florida Super Lawyers
June 27th, 2017
Attorneys Deanna Shullman and Rachel Fugate have been included in the 2017 Florida Super Lawyers list. Fewer than five percent of attorneys in any state receive this honor in a given year. Deanna has been recognized by Super Lawyers each year since 2…
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Categories: Honors
Rachel Fugate Presented at PRNDI Annual Conference
June 22nd, 2017
Rachel Fugate led a hot session in Miami focused defamation and invasion of privacy as part of the Public Radio and News Directors Incorporated’s (PRNDI) Annual Conference on June 22. PRNDI is an association representing local public media newsro…
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Categories: Speaking
Mugshot Law Targets Pay to Remove Sites Only: news organizations unaffected
June 19th, 2017
A bill signed into law at the end of June, requiring websites and other publications to remove mugshots upon request, will not impact traditional publishers. The bill, Chapter 2017-130, Florida Laws, takes effect on July 1, 2018 as Florida Statute Se…
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Categories: Other News
Appellate Court Denies Review of Trial Court Order Determining Unpublished Dr. Phil Interview Given by Man Accused of Murdering Couple in their Garage is Public Record
February 27th, 2017
In Harrouff v. State, Case No. 4D17-575 (Fla. 4th DCA. Feb. 27, 2017), Deanna Shullman and Rachel Fugate successfully obtained access in the trial court to discovery material containing an interview given by a murder defendant to a syndicated talk s…
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Categories: Cases
Court Orders Release of 911 Calls from Night of Pulse Nightclub Massacre
November 10th, 2016
In ABC, Inc. v. City of Orlando, Case No. 2016-CA-005528-O, 2016-CA-005536-O (9th Jud. Cir. Fla. Nov. 10, 2016), Rachel Fugate successfully obtained over 400 audio recordings and transcripts from the night of the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando.…
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Deanna Shullman co-authors Communications Lawyer article
September 15th, 2016
Deanna Shullman co-authored the recent article, “Seeing Stars: Courts and Congress Consider Whether to Knock Out Online Ratings to Defamation Claims.” The article appears in the American Bar Association publication Communications Lawyer,…
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Categories: Publications
