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2/1/08 James B. Thompson, Jr., selected as member in the Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel.
 
4/1/08 Jason Stedman was appointed the Senior Warden of St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church.
 
7/1/08 – Jeffrey M. Goodis was selected as one of the “Best Lawyers in America”. 
 
8/1/08 - James B. Thompson, Jeffrey M. Goodis, James B. Thompson, Jr. and Lynn H. Groseclose have all been named by Florida Super Lawyers magazine as one of the top attorneys in Florida for 2008. 
  •          Only five percent of the lawyers in the state are named by Super Lawyers. The selections for Super Lawyers are made by Law & Politics, a division of Key Professional Media, Inc. of Minneapolis, Minn. Each year, Law & Politics undertakes a rigorous multi-phase selection process that includes a statewide survey of lawyers, independent evaluation of candidates by Law & Politics’ attorney-led research staff, a peer review of candidates by practice area, and a good-standing and disciplinary check.
  •         Law & Politics publishes Super Lawyers magazines across the country. In addition to the magazines, Law & Politics publishes newspaper inserts and magazine special sections devoted to Super Lawyers. In 2008, Super Lawyers will reach more than 13 million readers. Super Lawyers was first published in Minnesota in 1991. William White, attorney and founding publisher, remains the publisher today. Law & Politics is owned by attorney Vance Opperman, the former president of West Publishing.  
  •          Super Lawyers, where lawyers can be searched by practice area and location.
 
10/1/08 – Jeffrey M. Goodis was elected as an Associate of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA).
 
10/1/08 - James B. Thompson, Jr., was re-elected as Chairman of the Board for the St. Petersburg Free Clinic. See the full article here.
 
11/21/08 - Tina Manolakos was the Co-chairwoman for the 2nd Annual American Foundation for the Greek Language and Culture dinner dance. Ms. Manolakos is the legal advisor to the Tampa Center and is on the AFGLC Board of Trustees.
 
12/1/08 - Chandra Miller completed the required training to become a Certified Circuit Court Mediator through the Conflict Resolution Collaborative at the Universtiy of South Florida. She is looking forward to obtaining her certification. For more on Alternative Dispute Resolution, see the Florida State Court.
 
12/7/08 - Tina Manolakos was re-elected to the Parish Council of St. John Greek Orthodox Church in Tampa, Florida.
 
12/10/08 – Jeffrey M. Goodis presented at Stetson College of Law on “The Art and Science of Expert Witnessing”.
 
12/13/08 - John R. Richardson was recently inducted into the Gamma Omicron Boulé of Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity
 
1/17/09 - Chandra Miller was elected into the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA).
 
2/13/09  Chandra Miller has been certified by the Supreme Court of Florida as a Circuit Court mediator.
 
6/1/09 - James B. Thompson, Jr., and Chandra L. Miller authored the "Article of the Month" for the Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel entitled "Indecent Exposure: Can the CDA protect your web site from liability?". 
 
6/9/09 - Jeffrey M. Goodis was elected as to the Executive Committee for the St. Petersburg Bar Association for the 2009-2011 term.

6/15/09 -
Chandra L. Miller was selected as a Florida Rising Star by Florida Super Lawyers Magazine.

6/20/09 - Todd Miller has become Board Certified in Civil Trial law by the Florida Bar.
 
07/01/09 - Thompson Goodis was once again a sponsor of the St. Petersburg Bar Association's Holidays in July Charity Event. 
 
8/13/09 - Jeffrey M. Goodis selected for inclusion in 2010 edition of The Best Lawyers In America in the specialty of Medical Malpractice Law.
 
8/27/09 - James B. Thompson, Jr., has been selected as vice-chair of the Premises Liability and Technology and E-Commerce Substantive Law sections of the Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel.
 
1/15/10 - James B. Thompson, Jr., was elected as the President Elect of the St. Petersburg Downtown Rotary Club. 
 
4/22/10 - James B. Thompson, Jr., presented for adjustor education credits seminars entitled Bad Faith Primer for Adjustors and Percutaneous Endoscopic Discectomies - What You Need to Know for Evaluation, Deposition and Trial.

5/01/10 - Jeffrey M. Goodis has been selected as one of the "Tampa's Best Lawyers" by the Tampa Bay Business Journal.

8/9/10 - Selected by peers for inclusion in the 2011 edition of The Best Lawyers in America® in the practice area of Medical Malpractice Law.