Florida Bar News back issues from September 2006:
Candidates may answer controversial questions: judicial candidates must, however, be careful not to bind themselves with their answers.
Sep 01, 2006; ... Judicial candidates may respond to questions that cover such subjects as same-sex marriage, parental notification, and school vouchers, and whether the candidate agrees or disagrees with recent court decisions so long as the candidate clearly indicates that the answers do not constitute a ...
Lawyers on longboards: Florida attorney catches the perfect wave in Hawaii.(ack Kirschenbaum)
Sep 01, 2006; ... Rip that suit and tie off Melbourne lawyer Jack Kirschenbaum. Dress him in floral boardshorts. Plunk him in the ocean atop his 9-foot, 2-inch longboard. Wait for the perfect wave. Make that ocean the Pacific. Let the beach be Queen's, ...
Florida's Finney to lead National Bar.(National Bar Association's Linnes Finney)
Sep 01, 2006; ... When Linnes Finney was a kid growing up in the segregated South in Milledgeville, Georgia, he would sit in the courtroom and watch trials. "People with money and influence got better justice than others," recalled Finney of those lasting impressions that planted a seed for his ...
Florida Lawyers Assistance can help attorneys get back on track.(Mike Cohen services)
Sep 01, 2006; ... Airport security lines can drive any reasonable person to drink. Mike Cohen of Florida Lawyers Assistance, Inc., knows that drive well. He knows even better how to resist that urge. It's his job. Cohen is the executive director of FLA, and he's in the airport waiting to board a flight to ...
Florida lawyers taking advantage of Fastcase.(floridabar.org)(Statistical table)(Brief article)
Sep 01, 2006 ... Since Fastcase, the free legal research service available through floridabar.org, went online in June 2005, members have been taking advantage of the benefit at a steady clip. Below is the number of total logins over the ...
Dr. of Law.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
Sep 01, 2006; ... The Bar just declared that "lawyers who want to use their law degrees in advertising are limited to using the language on their diplomas, with no translations." ("Bar board settles Dr. of Law debate," August 15, News.) Bar Ethics Counsel Elizabeth Tarbert explained this new bright line ...
Reflections of an old lawyer.(Letter to the editor)
Sep 01, 2006; ... I must admit to being pleasantly shocked to have received the elegant certificate, engraved silver plate, and lapel pin, all proudly congratulating me on having survived 50 years as a lawyer. It caused me to reflect on some of the early circumstances that led to arriving at this ...
McGraw petitions for Bar reinstatement.(Letter to the editor)
Sep 01, 2006 ... Pursuant to Rule 3-7.10. Andrew Reynolds McGraw of Pensacola has petitioned the Supreme Court for reinstatement to The Florida Bar. Any persons having knowledge bearing ...
In memoriam.
Sep 01, 2006 ... Nathan G. Dinitz. Daytona Beach Admitted 1983: Died April 14, 2006 Paul J. Ellenburg, El Paso, TX Admitted 1999; Died August 28, 2005 Joaquin N. Fernandez, Miami Admitted 1977; Died February 4, 2006 Carolyn Goodman, Altamonte Springs Admitted 2000; Died July ...
Disability Mentoring Day scheduled for October 18: Florida lawyers are asked to participate.
Sep 01, 2006 ... Florida Disability Mentoring Day--part of a national, broad-based effort to promote career development for students and job seekers with disabilities through hands-on career exploration, job shadowing, internships, or employment opportunities--is set for October 18, in conjunction with ...
Wendy S. Loquasto.
Sep 01, 2006 ... Caption: WENDY S. LOQUASTO of Tallahassee was recently installed as president of the Florida Association for Women Lawyers by Judge Patricia Seitz. The other newly installed officers on the FAWL Board of Directors include President-elect Sherri L. Johnson, Secretary Rebecca H. Steele, ...
Poniewaz joins Journal & News.
Sep 01, 2006 ... Carrie May Poniewaz has joined The Florida Bar Journal & News as a law clerk. Poniewaz, 29, coordinates and contributes to the book review section of the Journal, edits the substantive law articles, and will write some stories for the News. Poniewaz grew up in ...
Cannon supports an independent judiciary.(Dean Cannon on judicial independence)
Sep 01, 2006 ... A strong and independent judiciary is essential for democracy, but so are strong and healthy legislative and executive branches, according to state Rep. Dean Cannon, R-Winter Park. Cannon, who is scheduled to be House Speaker in the 2010-12 legislative term--if the GOP maintains ...
Help yourself by surveying your clients.(Brief article)
Sep 01, 2006 ... Although many lawyers feel uncomfortable asking their clients what they think About their service, there is a great deal that can be learned from a "client survey." Some insights that can be determined from a client survey are: * The level of satisfaction the client has with the ...
Dickey, Gewirtz join the Board of Bar Examiners.
Sep 01, 2006 ... The Florida Supreme Court recently appointed Michael P. Dickey of Panama City and Jerry M. Gewirtz of Tampa to the Florida Board of Bar Examiners for five-year terms beginning in November. The vacancies were created by the expiration of the terms of Benjamin Redding of Panama ...
Colombian American Bar to honor Avalos.
Sep 01, 2006 ... The Colombian American Bar Association will host a reception in honor of Broward County Judge Catalina M. Avalos--the first Colombian-born U.S. judge--September 12 at 6 ...
Suncoast ALAs plan September 19 event.
Sep 01, 2006 ... The Suncoast Chapter of the Association of Legal Administrators in the Tampa Bay Area is holding its Fourth Annual Vendor Show and Luncheon September 19, from 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m., at the Radisson Hotel & Conference Center in St. Petersburg. For more information contact Valerie ...
Rosenthal & Levy.
Sep 01, 2006 ... Caption: ROSENTHAL & LEVY recently helped sponsor three weeklong creative arts summer camps put on by an affiliate organization of New Life Christian Centre, the Firehouse Youth Center in Ft. Pierce. The centre provides assistance to youth in need, irrespective of their race, social ...
Rules sent to the court: the Civil Procedure, Small Claims, and Probate rule amendments were endorsed by the Bar's board.
Sep 01, 2006 ... Three-year cycle rule amendments for Civil Procedure, Small Claims, and Probate have been endorsed by the Bar Board of Governors and will be forwarded to the Supreme Court by February 1, 2007. The board reviewed the amendments, proposed by the respective procedural rules ...
Lawyer discipline information may soon be on the Internet.
Sep 01, 2006 ... The Bar's Communications Committee is continuing to work on details of publishing member disciplinary information on the Bar's Web site. Committee Chair Tim Sullivan, reporting to the Board of Governors recently, said the panel has agreed that public reprimands, suspensions, ...
Stetson's courtroom caters to the elderly: every detail was designed to provide the ultimate in access.
Sep 01, 2006; ... See that step up to the witness box? Seems small, unless you can't bend your knees, and then it might as well be a mountain to climb. Put that witness box at floor level. That podium in the center of the courtroom looks mighty tall to someone in a wheelchair. Let's ...
Martinez honored by Florida's public defenders: the Cuban immigrant's impoverished childhood helps him relate to clients.(Public Defender Association with the Craig Stewart Barnard Award to Carlos Martinez )
Sep 01, 2006; ... When a Freedom Flight delivered 9-year-old Carlos Martinez from Cuba in 1969, he started the fifth grade in Miami not knowing a word of English. His father, Celedonia Martinez, had endured two years of forced labor in camps in order to leave Cuba, only to spend his first year in ...
Shackled juveniles will be debated at General Meeting.
Sep 01, 2006 ... The girl was only 3-foot-7-inches tall and 11 years old, but she was shackled as she was led to juvenile court at Tallahassee's Leon County Courthouse. Not just handcuffs, but a belly chain connected to both handcuffs and to leg irons--usually reserved for adults who are flight ...
Disciplinary actions.
Sep 01, 2006 ... The Florida Supreme Court in recent court orders suspended nine and disbarred seven attorneys. The following lawyers are disciplined: Daniel Everett Abrams, 4800 N. Federal Hwy., Ste. 208A, Boca Raton, suspended from practicing law in Florida for one year, effective ...
Revised Bar ethics opinion makes it easier to represent elected officials.
Sep 01, 2006 ... It will be easier for attorneys representing elected city and county commissions to represent a single commissioner on an ethics complaint under a revised ethics opinion approved by the Bar Board of Governors. The board had directed Bar staff to prepare a revision to Ethics ...
Newly Board Certified Florida lawyers.
Sep 01, 2006 ... The Florida Bar recently certified 131 Florida lawyers as specialists in 19 areas of legal practice. Board certification recognizes attorneys' special knowledge, skills and proficiency in various areas of law and professionalism and ethics in practice. "Board certification is ...
JWLA will host annual reception.
Sep 01, 2006 ... The Jacksonville Women Lawyers Association will host its Annual Opening Reception September 6 at The Cellar Grill at the Jacksonville Landing from 5:30-7:30 p.m. The cost is free for JWLA members and $15 for nonmembers. For more information contact Rita Mairs at rmm@pd4.coj.net ...
Proposed board actions.(Notice)
Sep 01, 2006 ... Pursuant to Standing Board Policy 1.60, the Board of Governors of The Florida Bar hereby publishes this notice of intent to consider or take final action at its September 29, 2006 meeting in Ponte Vedra Beach on the following items. These matters are additionally governed by Rule 1-12.1, ...
Andrew Needle.(News and Notes)
Sep 01, 2006 ... Andrew Needle of Needle & Ellenberg in Miami spoke on jury selection in the medical malpractice tort reform era at ...
Bruce A. Blitman.(News and Notes)
Sep 01, 2006 ... Bruce A. Blitman of Ft. Lauderdale presented "Ten Ways to Promote Your Mediation Practice Inexpensively, ...
William W. Corry.(News and Notes)
Sep 01, 2006 ... William W. Corry of Tallahassee moderated the Academy of Florida ...
Howard P. Ross.(News and Notes)
Sep 01, 2006 ... Howard P. Ross of Battaglia, Ross, Dicus & Wein was recognized as a ...
Florida Association for Women Lawyers.(News and Notes)
Sep 01, 2006 ... Carolyn C. Coukos of Fowler White Boggs Banker was ...
Miami-Dade Expressway Authority.(appoints Justin Sayfie)(Brief article)
Sep 01, 2006 ... Justin Sayfie of Blosser & Sayfie in Miami was appointed to the Board of Directors of ...
Anne-Marie L. Bowen.(News and Notes)
Sep 01, 2006 ... Anne-Marie L. Bowen of Orlando recently spoke on Ethics at the ...
Brett Alan Panter.(News and Notes)
Sep 01, 2006 ... Brett Alan Panter of Panter, Panter & Sampedro in Miami will serve ...
The Spring of Tampa Bay.(News and Notes)
Sep 01, 2006 ... Karen A. Dean of Fowler White Boggs Banker was elected ...
Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers' Board of Directors.(News and Notes)
Sep 01, 2006 ... Theodore "Ted" J. Leopold of Ricci Leopold in Palm Beach Gardens was ...
Brandon 86' Rotary Club.(News and Notes)
Sep 01, 2006 ... Latour "L.T." Lafferty of Fowler White Boggs Banker was elected president of the Brandon 86' Rotary Club for 2006-07 and was also presented with "The Rotarian of the Year Award by ...
Tampa Bay Estate Planning Council.(News and Notes)
Sep 01, 2006 ... Donna L. Longhouse of Fowler White Boggs Banker was ...
Jacksonville Bar Association.(News and Notes)
Sep 01, 2006 ... Kelly B. Mathis Jacksonville was elected president of the ...
Hugh Cotney.(News and Notes)
Sep 01, 2006 ... Hugh Cotney of Jacksonville gave an ethics update for the Sole ...
Property and Casualty Insurance Reform Committee.(News and Notes)
Sep 01, 2006 ... Linda Loomis Shelley of Fowler White Boggs Banker was appointed to the Property and Casualty Insurance Reform Committee ...
Junior Achievement of Central Florida.(News and Notes)
Sep 01, 2006 ... R. Lee Bennett of GrayRobinson's Orlando office has been ...
Inter-American Bar Association.(News and Notes)
Sep 01, 2006 ... Renaldy J. Gutierrez of Miami was elected first vice president of the Inter-American Bar ...
Seth Rodner.(News and Notes)
Sep 01, 2006 ... Seth Rodner of Tampa wrote a chapter in The New Perils of ...
20th Circuit Judicial Nominating Commission.(News and Notes)
Sep 01, 2006 ... Jason Hunter Korn of Cohen & Grigsby in Naples was appointed to a ...
Jeffrey M. Thompson.(News and Notes)
Sep 01, 2006 ... Jeffrey M. Thompson of Alvarez, Sambol, Winthrop & Madson spoke at the Florida Health Care Association/Florida ...
Business Law Section of the American Bar Association.(News and Notes)
Sep 01, 2006 ... Nathaniel L. Doliner of Carlton Fields' Tampa office has been elected as secretary of the ...
American Bar Association.(News and Notes)
Sep 01, 2006 ... Emilia A. Quesada of Adorno & Yoss in Miami was appointed to the ...
The Spring of Tampa Bay, Inc.(News and Notes)
Sep 01, 2006 ... Christopher L. Griffin of Foley & Lardner has been elected ...
Leonard J. Dietzen III.(News and Notes)
Sep 01, 2006 ... Leonard J. Dietzen III of Rumberger, Kirk & Caldwell spoke about the different negotiating methods that public employers ...
Hillsborough County Bar Association.(News and Notes)
Sep 01, 2006 ... Melissa G. Thorn of Foley & Lardner was appointed chair of the ...
Steven H. Meyer.(News and Notes)
Sep 01, 2006 ... Steven H. Meyer of Boca Raton will be an on-court umpire for the sixth consecutive year at the U.S ....
S. Brent Spain.(News and Notes)
Sep 01, 2006 ... S. Brent Spain of Theriaque Vorbeck Spain in Orlando recently presented "Judicial Appeals, of Zoning Decisions' and ...
Carlos Bodden joined Ellis & Ged in Boca Raton as a partner, changing the firm's name to Ellis, Ged & Bodden, P.A.(Brief article)
Sep 01, 2006 ... Carlos Bodden joined Ellis & Ged in Boca Raton as a partner, changing the firm's name to ...
Jacqueline Schneider established Jacqueline Schneider, P.A., offering services in the area of elder law, estate planning, Medicaid and long-term care planning, probate, and guardianship.(On the Move)
Sep 01, 2006 ... Jacqueline Schneider established Jacqueline Schneider, P.A., offering services in the area of elder law, estate planning, Medicaid and long-term care planning, probate, and guardianship ....
Adam E. Crall and Eric R. Pellenbarg joined Shutts & Bowen in Tampa.(On the Move)
Sep 01, 2006 ... Adam E. Crall and Eric R. Pellenbarg joined Shutts & Bowen in Tampa. Both attorneys are experienced in all ...
Stephanie R. Bolton has joined Carlton Fields' Tampa office.(On the Move)
Sep 01, 2006 ... Stephanie R. Bolton has joined Carlton Fields' Tampa office ...
Stacey R. Morris joined Alvarez, Sambol, Winthrop & Madson.(On the Move)
Sep 01, 2006 ... Stacey R. Morris joined Alvarez, ...
Marty Fulgueira joined Rumberger, Kirk & Caldwell's Miami office as an associate practicing in several areas.(On the Move)
Sep 01, 2006 ... Marty Fulgueira joined Rumberger, Kirk & Caldwell's Miami office as an associate ...
Dorothy "Doris" Negrin joined the Miami office of Rumberger, Kirk & Caldwell.(On the Move)
Sep 01, 2006 ... Dorothy "Doris" Negrin joined the Miami office of Rumberger, Kirk & Caldwell as an associate practicing in the ...
Jenessa M. Stearns joined Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler.(On the Move)
Sep 01, 2006 ... Jenessa M. Stearns joined Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler in Ft. Lauderdale ...
Grant J. Smith joined Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler.(On the Move)
Sep 01, 2006 ... Grant J. Smith joined Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler in Ft ....
Cathleen E. O'Dowd joined the Tampa office of Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick.(On the Move)
Sep 01, 2006 ... Cathleen E. O'Dowd joined the Tampa office of Shumaker, Loop & ...