Shutts & Bowen’s John Patterson awarded Florida Bar ‘Medal of Honor’

Shutts & Bowen legal professional John Patterson has been chosen for The Florida Bar Basis’s 2022 Medal of Honor Award.

Patterson, a companion on the Sarasota department of the regulation agency, obtained the award for making “a profound distinction within the lives of hundreds of individuals and for bettering the administration of justice in Florida” all through his 50-plus yr profession.

“I’m honored to have been chosen by The Florida Bar Basis for this award,” Patterson mentioned. “I hope to proceed to contribute to the nice work that the Basis does, in addition to inform others on the significance of equal entry to justice, for years to come back.”

In keeping with a information launch, the choice committee’s determination was unanimous. Patterson might be formally acknowledged in an award ceremony held throughout The Florida Bar’s annual conference.

The Florida Bar Basis goals to enhance entry to justice within the state by funding native and statewide civil authorized help organizations in addition to tasks to enhance the administration of justice and extra effectively ship authorized help.

Patterson served on the Basis board from 2004 to 2015. He has chaired the event, finance and audit, and Authorized Help for the Poor/Regulation Pupil Help Grant Program committees. He additionally has served as President and Vice-Chair of the chief, grant program and nominating committees.

Patterson is a Florida Bar Basis Fellow, a member of the Basis’s Gold Society for lifetime giving, and a member of its Legacy for Justice, which acknowledges those that have made or facilitated main presents to the Basis.

In 1985, he obtained The Florida Bar President’s Award for professional bono service for Florida’s twelfth Judicial Circuit. He’s additionally an officer and member of the Board of Administrators of Innocence Undertaking of Florida, a non-profit group that works to assist harmless prisoners in Florida acquire their freedom and rebuild their lives.

At Shutts & Bowen, Patterson is a member of the Company Apply Group. He commonly represents purchasers in business actual property, enterprise, and financing issues in a variety of industries, together with manufacturing, inns and resorts, retail, marinas, private storage, cell residence parks, and actual property improvement.

Final up to date on June 29, 2022

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