23rd annual bench
bar Conference,
membership Luncheon
& Judicial Reception
The HCBA Bench Bar Conference, Membership
Luncheon & Judicial Reception enjoyed record
attendance yet again this year as more than 500
attorneys, judges, and other legal professionals
came out for a day of great CLE programming and
networking on October 3.
The Conference featured breakout sessions on
effective advocacy and legal strategies regarding
offers of judgment, on Florida’s newly adopted
Daubert expert witness criteria, and on recent
U.S. Supreme Court decisions and the upcoming
term. At noon, the Membership Luncheon
featured Thirteenth Circuit Chief Judge Ronald
Ficarrotta and Second DCA Chief Judge Nelly
Khouzam. The judges spoke on the significant
changes that have occurred in the court system
over the past five decades, as well as providing
an update on future projects. The Hillsborough
County Bar Foundation also presented seven local
charities with checks totaling $120,000. In the
afternoon, the attendees enjoyed the ever-popular
“View To and From the Bench” panel discussions
with the local judiciary, and a well-attended
“View from the Box” jury panel feedback session.
The conference ended with attorneys, judges,
and friends of the legal community mingling at
the Judicial Reception in the evening.
The HCBA would like to thank the members of
the Bench Bar Committee and all of the event’s
sponsors for making this conference possible.
Photography is courtesy of Thompson Brand Images (www.thompsonbrandimages). Thank you also to TCS for providing A/V assistance and signage at the conference (www.trialcs.com).
Thompson Brand Images and TCS are benefit providers for the HCBA.
Additional photos from the event are available at www.facebook.com/HCBATampabay.
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