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North County Section’s               The North County Section is accepting letters of recommendations for its 17th annual Jurist of the Year Award. Send a letter including which local judge you feel deserves to be honored and state why. The recipient will be selected based upon the following criteria: 1. The judge should be one with an excellent reputation for sound judicial decisions and an unblemished record. 2. The judge should be recognized by Bar members as highly qualified. 3. The judge should be active in Bar related activities. 4. He or she should be respectful of the law and understanding of cases. W HO IS ELIGIBLE ? Any judge who currently presides over cases in Palm Beach County W HO CAN MAKE A NOMINATION ? Any NCS member W HEN WILL THE WINNER BE ANNOUNCED ? Thursday, May 16, 2019 during dinner at Ruth’s Chris Steak House in North Palm Beach S END YOUR NOMINATION by email to [email protected] D EADLINE : Friday, April 5, 2019 Previous award recipients include Judges Mary Lupo, Roger Colton, Peter Blanc, Thomas Barkdull, Barry Cohen, Jonathan Gerber, David Crow, Edward Fine, Jack Cook, Ron Alvarez, Richard Oftedal, Lucy Brown, Ken Marra, John Phillips, Laura Johnson and Meenu Sasser.  VIEW FROM THE NORTH COUNTY BENCH:  Judges and seasoned attorneys offer practice points for navigating the North County Courthouse and provide an overview of NCC’s the three primary practice areas of criminal, probate and family law P R O G R A M Date: APRIL 12, 2019 Time: 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Pae: Pam Bea Gae Maio, 000 RCA B., Pam A G E N D A: Presented by the North County Section Hear from our panel of judges from the North County Courthouse, including J UDGE F RANK C ASTOR and J UDGE S COTT S USKAUER . Find out what each Judge sees in his Division that’s problematic and learn what NEW programs have been implemented, P LUS we’ll cover the Basics of Misdemeanor Criminal Defense and the Essentials of Family Law presented by Christopher Bruce, Esq. Program moderated by David Steinfeld, Esq., NCS President R E G I S T R A T I O N: NCS Members: $35.00 includes lunch and CLE Credit Receive 1.5 General CLE Credit PBCBA members who are not Section members: $40.00 Name: ___________________________________ Attorneys who are not PBCBA members: $50.00 Email: ___________________________________