Event Assistant: Reports to the Event Manager Overall Responsibilities: Responsible for assisting the Event Manager in events and continuing legal education seminars, as well as marketing. Responsibilities & Duties: Assists with communications to events participants, supporters and suppliers. Assists in the promotion of events, making use of internet, social media, and printed materials, as well...Read More
PRESS RELEASE-FOR IMMEDIATE PUBLICATION 4/3/2018 BRUCE A. BLITMAN, a longtime member of the Broward County Bar Association and resident of Broward County, was recently elected to the Dr. Nan S. Hutchison Broward Senior Hall of Fame. Blitman, who has been a Florida Supreme Court Certified Circuit, Family and County Court Mediator for almost thirty years,...Read More
The Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA), 25 U.S.C. §1911, provides for transfer of jurisdiction of state court cases involving an Indian child to that child’s tribal court. Specifically, ICWA provides that “In any State court proceedings for the foster care placement of, or termination of parental rights to, an Indian child not domiciled or residing...Read More
Statement by the Executive Committee of the Broward County Bar Association Re: Proposed Federal Defunding of Legal Services Corporation Also Known as Legal Aid. The Broward County Bar Association, and its more than 3300 members and 10,000 lawyers living in Broward County Florida, fully support adequate funding for Legal Services Corporation I.e. Legal Aid and...Read More
“Opinion is like a pendulum and obeys the same law. If it goes past the center of gravity on one side, it must go a like distance on the other; and it is only after a certain time that it finds the true point at which it can remain at rest.” ~ Arthur Schopenhauer...Read More
The Legal Aid September Attorney of the Month is an associate at the firm of Velasquez Dolan Arias, P.A. Alejandro Larrazabal has been involved in pro bono work for most of his career and has provided life changing assistance to some of the most vulnerable members of our community. Recently, Larrazabal helped a client with...Read More
JUDICIAL NOMINATING COMMISSION Seventeenth Judicial Circuit JNC COMMISSIONERS Sidney C. Calloway Belinda M. Keiser David Keller, Vice Chair B. Russell Marcus William G. McCormick Terrence P. O’Connor Kevin P. Tynan Levi Williams Reggie P. Zachariah, Jr., Chair NOTICE OF JUDICIAL VACANCIES-INSTRUCTIONS As a result of the resignation of Broward County Judge Eric Marc Beller, there...Read More
