Roland Sanchez-Medina, president of the Florida Bar. Courtesy photo New Florida Bar President Wants to Provide More Tools To Help Combat Stress
Incoming Florida Bar president Roland Sanchez-Medina envisions a tenure where he can offer lawyers tools to help them become more efficient. Helping solo practitioners and small firms address cybersecurity, for example, can be a way to help ease stress for lawyers across the state.
June 26, 2024 at 03:31 PM
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- Incoming Florida Bar president Roland Sanchez-Medina is hoping to offer lawyers more tools during his tenure.
- One example is the Florida Bar's recent offering of trust accounting software.
- Sanchez-Medina sees tools like that as a way to help lawyers ease stress in a sector plagued by mental health challenges.
With mental health concerns looming large over the legal profession, incoming Florida Bar president Roland Sanchez-Medina sees technology as a way to ease some of the burden on lawyers facing those issues.
In this interview Sanchez-Medina, founder of Miami-based boutique SMGQ Law, discusses his vision for the Florida Bar in providing lawyers with technology that could help them become more efficient and less stressed.
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