The Bulletin
Palm Beach County Bar Association
Jack Rice President
Carla Tharp-Brown Executive Director
OFFICERS:
Jack Rice, President Scott B. Perry, President-Elect Jean Marie Middleton, Immediate Past President Victoria Mesa-Estrada, Treasurer Lawonda Warren, Secretary
DIRECTORS:
Kelsey Burke Arrieta Lauren Johnson Michael Kranz Ryan M. McCarthy Kelly Schulz David P. Vitale, Jr. Steven Kranz, YLS President Brett Barner, NCS President Scott Weiss, 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 LARRY ALAN KLEIN
* DECEASED ** FLORIDA BAR PRESIDENT
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 ANDREA LEWIS JEAN MARIE MIDDLETON
*** 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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NEW MEMBERS | BOARD MEETING ATTENDANCE
5 PRESIDENT ' S MESSAGE
6 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FAREWELL
7 PBCBA ' S LAWYER REFERRAL SERVICE
8 ADR CORNER
9 ADR CORNER( CONTINUED)
10 MEMBERSHIP CORNER INFORMATION
11 BANKRUPTCY CORNER
12 YLS JUNE HAPPY HOUR HIGHLIGHTS
13 TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE CLE
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HEALTH & WELLNESS CORNER
HEALTH & WELLNESS CORNER( CONTINUED)
NCS PASS THE GAVEL HIGHLIGHTS
PROBATE CORNER
THE READER ' S LOUNGE
THE READER ' S LOUNGE( CONTINUED)
PRO BONO CORNER
REAL ESTATE CORNER( CONTINUED) REAL ESTATE CORNER( CONTINUED)
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