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Palm Beach County Bar Association Committee Chairs & Board Members 2018-2019 Fact Sheet C ONTACTING THE B AR O FFICE Lawyer Referral Service: P HONE : 561-687-2800 Phone:[phone] A DDRESS : P.O. B OX 17726 WPB, FL 33416 Email: [email protected] Carla Tharp Brown Lynne Poirier Jennifer Iacobucci Dee Maeyens Eva Gray Kathy Clark Mikki Johnson Nicole Nelson Executive Director Communications Director CLE Coordinator Lawyer Referral Service Lawyer Referral Service/Admin Asst Membership/Event Coordinator Publications Coordinator Bookkeeper/Admin Asst to ED [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] 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. C ONTINUING L EGAL E DUCATION S EMINARS All CLE Committees are expected to produce at least one CLE seminar each year. Your responsibility is to plan the content of each seminar. This includes selecting a topic and obtaining speakers. Please be sure to contact CLE Coordinator, Jen Iacobucci, before scheduling a seminar to make sure the date doesn’t conflict with any other events. The bar office will make all arrangements concerning location and pricing. All requests for CLE credit must be received in the PBCBA office no later than 12 weeks prior to the event in order to meet The Florida Bar CLE requested requirements. Seminars should be advertised at least two times in the Bulletin, through the Bar’s web site, as well as through broadcast e-mailing, which is done by Bar staff. The Bulletin Practice Committees are encouraged to submit at least one substantive law article for the Bulletin each year. Articles should be no longer than about 800 words and should be e-mailed to [email protected]. The Bulletin is published 11 times per year. Issue September October November December January February March April May June July/August P REPARING F OR Y OUR Y EAR Congratulations! Please know that the Bar staff is available to provide you with as much assistance as possible during the coming year. We encourage you to get others involved and increase participation. USE YOUR WEBSITE Don’t forget about all of the great things on the Bar’s award-winning web site and encourage your members to use it! www.palmbeachbar.org  Updated calendar of events, seminars and the ability to register for those events on- line  Past Bulletin Copies  Judicial Profiles  Classified Advertising Including Job Listings  Up-to-date legal announcements such as judicial openings  Legal research links  Listing of Member Benefits BULLETIN P RODUCTION S CHEDULE Deadline July 25 August 24 September 25 October 25 November 15 December 14 January 25 February 22 March 22 April 25 June 14 N E E D CL IE N T R E FE R R A L S ? The Bar offers two Programs: 1) FIND A LAWYER-This is a web based search program. $150.00/month; only $99.00/month with a 1 year commitment. Info: [email protected] 2) LAWYER REFERRAL SERVICE Our LRS staff vets calls and matches them with the appropriate attorney to handle their legal needs. $150/yr with a small percentage coming back to the bar on successful cases. For additional info: [email protected]