The Bulletin
Palm Beach County Bar Association
Andrea Lewis President
Carla Tharp Brown Executive Director
OFFICERS:
Andrea Lewis, President Jean Marie Middleton, President-Elect / Secretary Grasford W. Smith, Immediate Past President Lauren Johnson, Treasurer Jean Marie Middleton, Secretary
DIRECTORS:
Grasford Smith, Immediate Past President Lauren Johnson Michael Kranz Victoria Mesa-Estrada Scott B. Perry Jack Rice Kelly Schulz Nichole J. Segal Lawonda Warren Kelsey Burke Arrieta, YLS President Jonathan Wasserman, NCS President Wilnar Julmiste, Ex Officio SPBCBA President
Poorad Razavi
ABA Delegate:
Florida Bar Board of Governors Members:
Robin Bresky Manuel Farach Michael J. Gelfand Grasford Smith
Florida Bar Young Lawyers Division Members:
Michael Kranz Freddelle Menard Imani M. Williams Masimba Mutamba, Ex Officio Member
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The mission of the Palm Beach County Bar Association is to serve its members, foster professionalism and enhance the public’ s understanding and awareness of the legal system.
M. D. CARMICHAEL *
Past Presidents
RICHARD P. ROBBINS * L. R. BAKER * HARRY A. JOHNSTON * GEORGE W. COLEMAN * J. C. FISHER **** MARSHALL B. WOOD * E. HARRIS DREW *** B. F. PATY * JOSEPH S. WHITE * HENRY P. LILIENTHAL * MANLEY P. CALDWELL * WILBUR E. COOK * W. MURRAY HAMNER * RICHARD PRESCOTT * RUSSELL MORROW * CULVER SMITH * RAYMOND ALLEY * C. Y. BYRD * WILLARD UTLEY * C. H. ERNEST * PAUL W. POTTER * WAREING T. MILLER * CHARLES B. FULTON ***** J. LEO CHAPMAN * ELWYN L. MIDDLETON * H. ELMO ROBINSON * J. STOCKTON BRYAN JR. HAROLD G. MAASS * ROBERT F. CROMWELL * CHARLES H. WARWICK III * PHILLIP D. ANDERSON * FREDERICK CRANE PRIOR JAMES C. DOWNEY * WILLIAM A FOSTER ALAN F. BRACKETT * ROBERT D. TYLANDER * ROBERT MCK FOSTER * JOHN M. FARRELL * H. LAURENCE COOPER, JR.* JOHN R. DAY * JOHN L. BURNS * HARRY ALLISON JOHNSTON II * GAVIN LETTS * JAMES S. ROBINSON * CHARLES HENRY DAMSEL, JR.* EDWARD D LEWIS * RAYMOND W ROYCE PETER VAN ANDEL
* DECEASED ** FLORIDA BAR PRESIDENT
LARRY ALAN KLEIN THEODORE BABBITT JOHN F FLANIGAN SIDNEY A STUBBS JR. JOSEPH JOHN REITER ** JOHN B. MCCRACKEN * DAVID LOUIS ROTH D. CULVER SMITH III TIMOTHY W. GASKILL ARTHUR G. WROBLE * GUY C. HILL * PATRICK J. CASEY JAMES G. PRESSLY, JR. PATRICK C. MASSA STEVEN A. STINSON CARL M. MATHISON, JR.* ROBERT V. ROMANI * MICHAEL P. WALSH JULIEANN RICO MICHAEL A. VISCOMI CAROL MCLEAN BREWER JERALD S. BEER JOHN G. WHITE III *** MICHAEL T. KRANZ EDWARD DOWNEY SCOTT G. HAWKINS ** AMY L. SMITH GREGORY W. COLEMAN ** LISA S. SMALL STANLEY D. KLETT, JR. THEODORE J. LEOPOLD MANUEL FARACH MEENU T. SASSER * RICHARD D. SCHULER MICHELLE SUSKAUER ** MICHAEL J. NAPOLEONE JOHN M. HOWE ADAM T. RABIN JILL G. WEISS THEODORE S. KYPREOS J. GRIER PRESSLY, III JOHN R. WHITTLES ROSALYN SIA BAKER-BARNES GREGORY P. HUBER JESSICA CALLOW DEAN T. XENICK JULIA WYDA SCOTT B. SMITH GRASFORD W. SMITH
*** DECEASED, FLORIDA BAR PRESIDENT, SUPREME COURT JUSTICE
Palm Beach County Bar Association Bulletin P. O. Box 17726, West Palm Beach, FL 33416 561.687.2800
Director Carla Tharp Brown, Executive Director
Editor Derek Loiseau
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PRESIDENT ' S MESSAGE
4 NEW MEMBERS
6 LRS PROGRAM
11 LAW DAY LUNCHEON HIGHLIGHTS
12 REAL ESTATE CLE
14 PBCBA JOIN A SECTION
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BOARD MEETING ATTENDANCE
7 ADR CORNER
8 ADR CORNER( CONTINUED)
9 103RD ANNUAL INSTALLATION BANQUET
10 BANKRUPTCY CORNER
13 HEALTH & WELLNESS CORNER
15 PBCBA BECOME A MEMBER / COMMITTEE MEMBER
16 JUDICIAL CORNER
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LEGAL JUNCTION
PROFESSIONALISM CORNER
PROFESSIONALISM CORNER( CONTINUED)
PROFESSIONALISM CORNER( CONTINUED)
ELDER LAW CLE
YLS APRIL HAPPY HOUR HIGHLIGHTS
REAL ESTATE CORNER
REAL ESTATE CORNER( CONTINUED)
CLASSIFIEDS
CLASSIFIEDS( CONTINUED)
CALENDAR OF EVENTS