A professional golf icon lost in court. One state judge’s private demons became very public, while another continued to battle decade-old ethics allegations. The Florida Supreme Court and the Florida Bar both celebrated historic firsts. A developer’s wager on Miami’s Design District started to pay off, as did a legal team’s efforts to overturn Florida’s gay marriage ban. And the fight between the city of Fort Lauderdale and a 90-year-old advocate for the homeless went viral.

Welcome to South Florida, 2014.