Conference of County Court Judges of Florida 201 SE 6th Street, #335 Ft. Lauderdale, FL. 33301 (954) 831-7675 Inside This Issue! Minutes of Board Meeting Dade & Monroe News Committee Reports Education Report Ignition Interlock Devices& Civil Jury Management DUI Update& Merit Selection Article Re: Merit Selection Letter from the Editor, "Thank you" from Judge Grube Artist Lydia Friedman OFFICERS President Eugene Turner Pres-Elect Jeff Colbath Past President Hubert L. Grimes Secretary Nancy L. Pollock Treasurer Leonard Feiner Courier Editor Peggy Gehl D.C.A. VICE PRESIDENTS First Richard Townsend Second Jimmy Dominguez Third Beth Bloom Fourth Joel Lazarus Fifth A.B. Majeed |
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 The Summer Conference of County Court Judges in Naples
was filled with poolside sun tanning, waterside shopping and 3rd Street dining for our
families. We were entertained with perhaps our best education session ever presented by
the Education Committee chaired by Judge Beth Bloom of Dade County. The committees brought
to our almost 200 participants the traditional dynamic Judge Dave Demers with his DUI
update. Palm Beach County Court Judge Peter Evans and Pinellas County Judge Karl Grube
presented their traditional comic civil law update known as the “Peter and Karl
Show,” Justice Penny J. White, formerly of the Tennessee Supreme Court, spoke on the
realities of merit selection and retention of judges, and Palm Beach County Judge Nelson
Bailey presented a history of Florida’s Judiciary during which you could hear the
“Crack-Crack-Crack” of an old Florida cow whip. The Education Committee members can be assured they have presented an exceptional program when standing ovations from an audience of judges become a daily event. To the hard-working presenters and Education Committee members, the conference thanks you. In addition to our Educational sponsors, I would like to extend my sincere appreciation to 11th Judicial Circuit Chief Judge Joseph Farina and the Collier County Sheriff’s Department Bailiff Bureau and Honor Guard for their participation in the swearing in reception on Thursday, July 15. I am confident that everyone who attended the reception enjoyed the entertainment as well as the meal. The Conference continues its recognition of a Florida judge who represents the ideal of today’s judiciary through its presentation of the Harvey Ford Award. This year’s recipient is a past Conference manager, past Conference president, and a past national chair of the ABA Specialty Courts Committee. He received his masters in Judicial Studies from the National Judicial College, is a member of the Faculty Council of the National Judicial College, and continues to lecture at the National Judicial College. Further, he is a Judicial Fellow with the National Traffic Safety Administration for Traffic Education Programs and he has recently revised the Magistrate Training Program for his county, Pinellas. Congratulations to the 1999 recipient of the Harvey Ford Award, Judge Karl Grube. The 1999 Fall Executive Board and Committee meeting will be held in the Florida Panhandle for the first time in over a decade. It is this pre-conference preparation that has been an essential ingredient to our conference's exceptional education success. Please make every effort to bring your energy and ideas to our October 20-22, 1999 meeting in Pensacola. See you there. |
