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1901 |
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Giddings Mabry opened his Tampa law firm, known as Giddings E. Mabry, a Carlton Fields predecessor. |
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1912 |
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Mabry & Carlton was formed when Doyle Elam Carlton joined the firm following his graduation from Columbia University. |
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1917 |
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Carlton was elected to the Florida State Senate and is credited with leading the fight in Tallahassee for women’s suffrage. | |
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1921 |
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The firm became Mabry, Reaves & Carlton after Judge OK Reaves joined. |
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1929 |
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Doyle Carlton became governor of Florida, resigned from the firm, and was replaced by Morris White. The firm became Mabry, Reaves & White. | |
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1934 |
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Carlton completed his term as governor and returned to the firm, which became Mabry, Reaves, Carlton & White. |
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1938 |
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Wallace (Wally) Fields joined the firm. He later became Florida’s leading oil and gas lawyer, representing up to 17 oil companies and drafting the state’s first oil and gas code. | |
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1945 |
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Arthur Anderson joined the firm and it was renamed Mabry, Reaves, Carlton, Anderson & Fields. |
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1947 |
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The firm was renamed Mabry, Reaves, Carlton, Anderson, Fields & Ward after Dave Ward joined. | |
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1953 |
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Wm. Reece Smith, Jr., Rhodes scholar and quarterback in the first Gator Bowl, joined the firm. |
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1957 |
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President Eisenhower appointed Doyle Carlton to the Federal Civil Rights Commission. Carlton served until 1961. | |
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1961 |
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At a time when law firms were largely segregated along religious lines, Mabry, Reaves, Carlton, Fields & Ward became the first mainstream Florida firm to hire a Jewish partner, Edward Cutler. |
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1963 |
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Sylvia Walbolt, the firm’s first female, was hired. She was the only woman in her law school class at the University of Florida.
Renamed Carlton, Fields, Ward, Emmanuel, Smith & Cutler, the firm grew to 18 lawyers. |
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1966 |
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The firm offered an alternative work schedule to Walbolt. |
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1967 |
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The firm opened its Orlando office. |
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1969 |
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The firm was the first large Florida law firm to incorporate. | |
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1971 |
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The firm became the first large Florida law firm to hire a black attorney, Eurich Griffin, who was later elected shareholder. |
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1972 |
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The firm’s now-Chairman Emeritus, Wm. Reece Smith., Jr., was sworn in as president of The Florida Bar. |
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1977 |
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The firm opened its Tallahassee office. | |
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1980 |
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Reece Smith became president of the American Bar Association. |
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1987 |
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The firm became one of the first large Florida law firms to promote a black woman attorney, Mary Scriven, to shareholder. She is now a U.S. federal judge for the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida. |
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1988 |
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Reece Smith was elected president of the International Bar Association. | |
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1991 |
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The firm opened its West Palm Beach office. |
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1992 |
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The firm opened its St. Petersburg office. |
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1995 |
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The firm was renamed Carlton Fields. |
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1997 |
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The firm opened its Miami office. |
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1999 |
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The firm became the first large Florida law firm to elect a woman, Sylvia Walbolt, to chair its Board of Directors.
The firm extended domestic partner benefits.
Carlton Fields shareholder Edith Osman was sworn in as president of The Florida Bar.
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2001 |
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Carlton Fields celebrated its 100th anniversary.
After long being a pioneer in diversity practices, the firm launched its formal diversity program. |
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2004 |
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The firm opened its Atlanta office.
The firm established the Minority Lawyer Network.
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2005 |
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The firm established the Women’s Initiative Network, piloted an outside mentoring program, and conducted formal firmwide diversity training. |
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2007 |
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The firm established the Gay and Lesbian Equality Network. | |
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2011
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Carlton Fields shareholder Gwynne Young was sworn in as president-elect of The Florida Bar.
The first annual Carlton Fields Diversity Scholarships were awarded.
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