Florida Bar to appoint Miami lawyer as president

Miami attorney Ramón A. Abadin will be sworn in this week as the 67th president of The Florida Bar during its annual convention at the Boca Raton Resort & Club.

The swearing-in will be at the General Assembly on Friday. Tampa attorney William J. Schifino Jr. will be sworn in as president-elect.

Abadin is a partner in the Miami office of Sedgwick LLP, where he focuses on complex commercial, insurance and corporate litigation.

Abadin joined the Florida Bar’s Board of Governors in 2006. He has chaired the Legal Education Committee of the Vision 2016 Commission, an in-depth study of the future practice of law.