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11/06/2025

Thank you to Best Lawyers in America for dubbing Dineen Wasylik Tampa's Lawyer of the Year for Trademark law!

10/07/2024

Please know your zone and evacuate if you are being advised to do so. We are sending strength to our clients and colleagues and friends and their families.

UPDATE (4 P.M. ON 10/7):
Mandatory evacuations are now in effect for Zones A, B, and C.

ORIGINAL POST:
MANDATORY evacuations ARE NOW IN EFFECT for the following areas of :
• Evacuation Zones A and B
• Everyone living in a manufactured home, mobile home or RV anywhere in Pasco
• Everyone in low-lying areas or areas prone to flooding
• Everyone in an area ordered evacuated by local authorities due to life-safety hazards
VOLUNTARY evacuations ARE NOW IN EFFECT for the following:
• Evacuation Zone C
• Everyone registered with Pasco as a Special Needs Resident
• Everyone who would be vulnerable in the event of a power loss
Don’t know your zone? Click HERE and enter your address on our interactive map: mypas.co/Map

If you are evacuating and are not able to stay with friends or family, Pasco County is OPENING SHELTERS today at 12 p.m. All shelters are accepting family pets:
The following shelters will open Monday, October 7, at 12 p.m.:
• Centennial Middle School, 38505 Centennial Road, Dade City
• Fivay High School, 12115 Chicago Avenue, Hudson
• River Ridge Middle and High Schools, 11646 Town Center Road, New Port Richey
• Wesley Chapel High School, 30651 Wells Avenue, Wesley Chapel

The following Special Needs Only shelter is open:
• Fasano Regional Hurricane Center, 11611 Denton Avenue, Hudson
Pasco County Public Transportation bus services will be running regular routes and offering free rides to Pasco shelters starting at 12 p.m. Monday, until weather conditions deteriorate.
Have questions? Call or chat with Pasco County Customer Service Center: 727.847.2411 | MyPasco.net

04/30/2024

Attention Florida entities -- have you filed your annual report? The deadline to do so without paying a $400 late fee is May 1, 2024 by Noon. Don't wait!

06/01/2023

I've had an appellate procedure blog for years, but today I ended up writing an email to a client explaining how an appeal is different from a trial court proceeding, and so we decided to expand on it for our blog readers as part of our Appeals 101 series.

An appeals court is a reviewing court, and it can only review for “preserved error.” Here's what that means to a potential appellant.

05/04/2023

The Florida Supreme Court has amended Rule 1.530 and 12.530 again -- and the change makes things more or less confusing, depending on how you look at it. Check out or blog post for tips on how to ensure preservation.

Rule 1.530 and 12.530 require rehearing motions to challenge the failure to make required findings of fact -- but how do you navigate the rule to ensure preservation when the findings are in non-final orders?

04/03/2023

Join Women Lawyers of Pasco TOMORROW for the Judicial Reception!

Registration is now open!  You can download the sponsor form [pdf] here or claim your sponsorship directly via the registration form. 

01/26/2023

Just gave a presentation to 50 lawyers about the new Copyright Small Claims process that started taking cases in June. I really enjoyed employing my 19-year-old to gather the data for me to crunch.
A small preview:
317 cases filed so far
56% are filed pro se
146 have been dismissed (mostly because they were not filed correctly)
21 defendants have opted out
And of the 14 cases filed on the first day, 9 have been dismissed, and five are still in play. None have had an answer filed yet (but the first answers will be due in February).

Stay tuned!

01/06/2023

Happy clients make for a happy Friday! We love getting clients good results and helping them start the new year without litigation hanging over them.

09/03/2022

Great morning presenting a comprehensive CLE on the new Copyright Small Claims system. Happy to answer questions about this complex “simplified” procedure!

📸: Woody Pollack

08/30/2022

Learn about important changes to Florida Rules of Civil Procedure Rule 1.530 and Florida Family Law Rules of Procedure Rule 12.530 and their affect on Florida Appeals in our latest blog post.

https://floridaappellate.com/2022/08/30/rule-change-rehearing-required-to-preserve-challenge-to-sufficiency-of-trial-court-findings/