News & Notes

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… Read More

Rachel Fugate will be a panelist on a fake news session at the 2017 Florida Bar Reporters’ Workshop in Tallahassee on October 16-17.  Each fall, The Florida Bar Media and Communications Law Committee presents a two-day event for print, TV, radi… Read More

Shullman Fugate is pleased to announce the addition of a new associate to our team. Attorney Giselle Girones will be working out of the firm’s Jacksonville office. She is a cum laude graduate of Stetson University College of Law, where she served a… Read More

Nestled in the heart of downtown Jacksonville, Shullman Fugate’s new Jacksonville office will serve the firm’s client’s needs in the northern end of the state.  With offices in West Palm Beach, Tampa, and now Jacksonville, Shullman Fugate has… Read More

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… Read More

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… Read More

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… Read More

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… Read More