The firm has provided three presidents to the state bar (George C. Bedell, John DeVault and Hank Coxe), and three presidents to the local bar (including Hank Coxe and Tom Beverly) and the present attorneys are actively involved in the areas of their practice and interest in the local, state or national bar organizations.
We believe that our involvement in professional activities and pro bono work begins, but does not complete, our obligations to our community and members of the firm are active in a number community organizations, from Rotary to the local Little League. Here are some of the Bar and community organizations to which we contribute our efforts:
Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers
Advisory Committee on Rules, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida
American Arbitration Association
American Bar Association, Criminal Law Section
American Bar Association, House of Delegates
American Board of Trial Advocacy
American College of Trial Lawyers
Association of Trial Lawyers of America
Big Brothers/Big Sisters of America
Board of Library Trustees, Jacksonville Public Libraries
Catholic Lawyers Guild
The Chester Bedell Inn of Court
Christian Legal Society
Disciplinary Grievance Committee of the U.S. District Court, Jacksonville Division
Executive Council, Criminal Law Section, The Florida Bar
Federal Bar Association
Federal Judicial Nominating Commission of Florida
The Florida Bar
Florida Bar Board of Bar Examiners
International Society of Barristers
The Jacksonville Bar Association
Jacksonville Community Council, Inc.
Jacksonville Public Library Board of Trustees
Jacksonville Symphony Youth Orchestra
Judicial Nominating Commission for the First District Court of Appeal
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
NOL Little League
Ortega United Methodist Church
Riverside Presbyterian Church
Rotary Club of Jacksonville
Spina Bifida Association
Supreme Court Committee on Standard Jury Instructions in Civil Cases
Westside Christian Family Chapel