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THURSDAY NOTES
Claudia Robinson!Blacks Need Not Apply? - all eyes on both the Federal and State JNC's to see if the appointment process is as biased against Black lawyers as many observers think it is ...The Florida...
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SUNDAY NOTES
Miami in the House!JAABLOG Trivia - Q1: What circumstances would necessitate Gentleman Eric Hendon spending last Friday afternoon on Special Assignment in Broward County for, of all things, a...
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WHAT DID BELANGER SAY?
Bad day on the bench, or par for the course?The Fourth DCA recently came down hard on the 19th Circuit's Bob Belanger, for ragging on a lawyer outside the presence of the jury. It's an important...
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The Fed list - courtesy of SDFL, here are the interviewees for two open Federal judgeships: Beatrice Butchko, Jack Tuter, Jr., John Thornton, Jr., David Haimes, Thomas Rebull, Mary Barzee Flores,...
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Twenty-nine hopefuls are vying for the county court seat vacated by the promotion of Stacy Ross to circuit. The list is a mixture of old and new. The JNC will pare the list down on Tuesday, and...
View Article2014 GULKIN AWARD
Congrats to Hilly Moldof, this year's Harry Gulkin Award winner. The lawyer who stood by Seth Penalver again and again gets the nod for not only a superlative performance, but a career full of...
View ArticleJNC INTERVIEWS
The JNC has made its first round of cuts. Of the twenty-nine applicants, twelve got the ax earlier today. The following seventeen hopefuls will be interviewed on Monday, September 23rd, at the...
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WEDNESDAY NOTES
So Long, Pat!Gold Watch Time - September 12th marks both the thirty-third anniversary of Jury Room Chief Pat LaVigne's hiring by the Clerk's Office, and her well earned retirement. Make sure to stop...
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JAABCAM
1.) 2014 BACDL Gulkin Award Honoree Hilly Moldof; 2.) TV's Jay Hurley and PWBC's Andrea Tianga; 3.)Bill Dimitrouleas, en route to Pat's bon voyage, earlier today; 4.)Al Milian and Howard Forman. Al's...
View ArticleNO PC!
17th Circuit Grievance Committee "C" (GC) has disposed of Bar v. Blog. Nothing official yet, but the Bar told Russell Cormican this morning that both the Bobby Diaz and Marni Bryson centered...
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NORMAN 1, NEVINS 0
Buddy Nevins' lawsuit against Bob Norman may finally be over. It's so old we can't even remember what it was about, and there isn't much to link to for background except for here and here. In any...
View ArticleJNC PICK SIX
The following six names were sent to Rick Scott today for consideration to replace Stacy Ross on the county court:1.) Mari Blumstein2.) Susan Hugentugler3.) Dan Kanner4.) Giuseppina Miranda5.) Abbe...
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COURT DEPUTY BUSTED
Say it ain't so ...Garrett Cunningham, Jeff Levenson's long serving Court Deputy, is currently incarcerated in the St. Lucie County Jail. The link is here, detailing some very serious charges alleged...
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THAT WAS FAST ...
Same day service ...It appears BSO's Garrett Cunningham has already been the recipient of some extra special treatment. Arrested Monday night in St. Lucie, he's already a resident of the Broward...
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JAABCAM
1.) Force of nature Sheila Alu, last Friday. Sheila started back to work in the SAO's Case Filing division on Monday, cancer free; 2.)Dan Kanner is one of six under consideration to become your next...
View ArticleCRIMINAL E-FILING UPDATE
Criminal lawyers have been busy panicking all week due to the impending October 1st deadline for criminal courts E-filing. Training sessions have been held in the main courthouse for both judges and...
View ArticleE-FILING DEADLINE NOW 2/3/14
Here is the Supreme Court Administrative Order spoken of in the last post, extending the deadline for Criminal Courts E-filing to February 3rd, 2014.One last thing. Howard Forman indicated there may...
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CAST YOUR VOTE!
Mark Speiser, Ginger Lerner-Wren, and Howard Finkelstein sparked an international movement ...Treatment Court Nominated for International AwardFort Lauderdale, FL – Broward County’s ground-breaking...
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Head on over to HiiL to support Broward's Mental Health Courts, if you haven't done so already. Voting closes Friday at five. After casting your vote, make sure to reply to the confirmation email...
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