FBBE Chair Kuvin dies at 80
FBBE Chair Kuvin dies at 80 FBBE Chair Kuvin dies at 80 Lawrence P. Kuvin, chair of the Florida Board of Bar Examiners, died April 13 in Ft. Lauderdale. He was 80. When Kuvin, a mediator with Florida Mediation Group and former partner with Kuvin & Stettin in Ft. Lauderdale, assumed leadership of the FBBE in November 2013 he said he hoped to reenergize the board by encouraging more lawyers to seek involvement with the bar examiners and that he got involved in FBBE work to “give back for all the good years they gave me as a lawyer.” He had been a member of the FBBE since 2009.“Larry Kuvin was one of the hardest working, most decent people that I have ever known,” said Supreme Court Justice Fred Lewis, a former partner of Kuvin. “He served as a role model for all the lawyers who followed him.”Kuvin received his undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania and his J.D. from the University of Miami Law School. A member of The Florida Bar since 1958, Kuvin was a member of the Dade County and Broward County Trial Lawyers Association and the American Board of Trial Lawyers.Kuvin also was a member of the Federation of Insurance & Corporate Counsel and served as chair of The Florida Bar’s Ad hoc Committee for Legal Malpractice Insurance.While Kuvin was at UM, his uncle, Herbert Kuvin, was a law professor. He began his career in Miami and was one of the first Jewish insurance defense attorneys practicing in South Florida.Kuvin had five children, three of whom are members of The Florida Bar: Lowell J. Kuvin in Miami, Spencer T. Kuvin in West Palm Beach, and Grant A. Kuvin in Orlando. He is also survived by his wife, Kristina Kuvin; daughter, Beth K. Jones; and another son, Kyle L. Kuvin. The family asks that contributions be made in Kuvin’s name to the American Lung Association.
May 1, 2014 Regular News