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Iman Zekri Receives the Florida Bar Journal’s Excellence in Writing Award Fort Myers, FL, February 17, 2021 (PR.com) Henderson, Franklin, Starnes & Holt, P.A., is pleased to announce that Iman Zekri is the recipient of the 2020 Florida Bar Journal Excellence in Writing Award. Members of The Florida Bar Journal’s Editorial Board nominate outstanding submissions based on substance, style, and quality of writing and research. Zekri’s article, “Respectfully Dissenting: How Dissenting Opinions Shape the Law and Impact Collegiality Among Judges,” originally appeared in the September/October 2020 edition of the Florida Bar Journal.
“My love of research, writing, and oral advocacy are what inspired me to pursue a career in law. I became a lawyer to touch people’s lives, to solve problems whether big or small, and to challenge myself to think creatively in maneuvering complex legal situations. No matter what I write (be that a letter to a client, a brief to an
News Editorial Board selected Iman Zekri as the recipient of the 2020 Florida Bar
Journal Excellence in Writing Award for her article, “Respectfully Dissenting: How Dissenting Opinions Shape the Law and Impact Collegiality Among Judges,” which was published in the September/October 2020 issue. The article explores the historical role of dissenting opinions in the development of the law and discusses how and when judicial dissents are most valuable and appropriate.
Zekri practices family law at Henderson Franklin as an associate in their Ft. Myers office. She earned her juris doctor,
cum laude, in May 2020 from the University of Florida Levin College of Law, where she was a member of the Florida Moot Court Team and an editor for the