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Legal Association Calendar

This directory includes contact information and news from area legal associations. Every effort has been made to obtain accurate information and any corrections will be appreciated. Information for this directory should be submitted to editorial@baileypub.com or faxed to 353-2628. If your association is not included, call Mike Sharkey or Joe Wilhelm Jr. at 356-2466.

Updated: 03/08/2010

The Jacksonville Bar Association

(Susan Sowards, executive director, 399-4486 or www.jaxbar.org. Dan Bean, president, 798-7294 or daniel.bean@hklaw.com)

Tuesday: Law Week Committee meeting at noon at the JBA office

March 12: National Citizenship Planning and Training meeting at noon at FCSL in Room 275

March 19: Juvenile Judicial Panel Luncheon at noon in the County Courthouse, Room 505

March 19: Vintage Lawyers Section at noon at Golden Corral on Southside Boulevard

March 25: Business Valuation in Family Law CLE from 1-4 p.m. at Florida Coastal School of Law

April 4: Swearing-in ceremony, 4 p.m. at the Federal Courthouse

April 13: Law Day Proclamation at 10 a.m. in Mayor John Peyton’s office

April 17: Naturalization Day at Florida Coastal School of Law

April 22: Rendezvous on the River, 5:30-8:30 p.m. at River City Brewing Co.

April 23: Juvenile Section CLE, 1-3 p.m., location TBD

April 27: High School Mock Trial Competition, 10 a.m. at the County Courthouse

May 5: Special Needs of Children CLE

May 13: CME/CLE Seminar at Florida Coastal School of Law, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., lunch is included

May 20: Annual golf and tennis tournament at Deerwood Country Club

June 3: Ehrlich-Nimmons Trial Advocacy Seminar at the Federal Courthouse

Jacksonville Association of Defense Counsel

(Deborah Halvorsen, president, 346-3166, ext. 3009 or dhalvorsen@oharalawfirm.com)

The Jacksonville Bar Association’s YLS Sports League

(Charlie Jimerson, cjimerson@jimersonlawgroup.com and Rick Britton, brittonlaw@bellsouth.net; Sports League Commissioners. The Law League consists of the following sports: softball, basketball, football and golf.)

Until April 13: Spring co-ed flag football

April 1-May 28: Spring co-ed golf

April 20-June 1: Spring co-ed ultimate frisbee

June 1-Aug. 3: Summer co-ed basketball

Aug. 30-Oct. 5: Fall co-ed softball

Oct. 12-Dec. 14: Fall co-ed kickball

Federal Bar Association Jacksonville Chapter

(Kim Israel, president, 398-7038; David Reeves, president-elect, 356-1306)

Family Law Inns of Court

(Clay County Judge Daniel Wilensky, president, or Jim Keenan, secretary, 359-9060 or james@jtkeenanlaw.com)

Christian Legal Society

(Judi Setzer, president, judisetzer@comcast.net)

Luncheons at the University Club every second Friday of the month except January, July and August. For more, e-mail Setzer.

Jacksonville Women Lawyers Association

(Mary Scott, president, 636-8600 or mscott@josephandmarees.com)

Wednesday: Luncheon at the River Club at noon. The guest speaker is self-defense expert Andrew Wooten. RSVP to Stephanie Harriett by March 5

April 14: Luncheon at the River Club at noon. The guest speaker is Ted Bundy prosecutor George Dekle Sr. RSVP by April 9 to Stephanie Harriett.

May 12: Luncheon at the River Club. Speaker TBD. RSVP to Stephanie Harriett by May 7.

June 10: Annual Judicial Reception at the Hyatt from 5:30-7:30 p.m. RSVP by June 4 to Amanda Webb at aw@jacksonvilletriallawyers.com

Hispanic Bar Association of Northeast Florida

(Vanessa A. De Rosa, president, 208-0156, ext. 256 or vderosa@ejlaw.com)

Tuesday: Mentor-mentee mixer at Bistro Aix from 6-7:30 p.m.

March 30: General meeting at the Ed Ball Building in the first floor conference room. Gunster, Yoakley & Stewart attorney Michael Cavendish will present “NanoJurisprudence”

May: Co-sponsoring a Cinco de Mayo happy hour with the Young Lawyers Section of the JBA.

The Jacksonville Bar Association’s Young Lawyers Section

(Kirby Oberdorfer, president, 680-7645 or koberdorfer@fcsl.edu)

April 3: YLS “Run for Cover!” 5K Run to benefit the Florida Skin Care Foundation. Registration forms available at area 1st Place Sports stores. For volunteering, contact Christian George at cgeorge@lgcglaw.com.

Jacksonville Asian American Bar Association

(Beejal Patel, president, 742-8878 or bspatel82@gmail.com)

Thursday: Regular meeting, location TBD

May 6: Election meeting, nominations due for new officers, location TBD

July 1: Elections for new officers, location TBD

North Florida Chapter of the Friends of 440 Scholarship Fund Inc.

(Ray Holley or Tara Sa’id, co-chairs, 346-5422, or Alan Gordon, vice-chair, 348-2790)

The group meets the first Friday of every month at 4 p.m. at Mudville Grill in the St. Nicholas area.

Jacksonville Bankruptcy Bar Association

(Jerrett McConnell, president, 727-7850 or jmcconnell@fandmlaw.com. Douglas Neway, vice president, 358-6465 or dneway@ch13jaxfl.com. Barbara Campbell, association administrator, 358-6465 or bcampbell@ch13jaxfl.com. The association’s Web site is www.jaxbkybar.com)

D.W. Perkins Bar Association

(Leslie Scott Jean-Bart, president, 396-5555 or ljean-bart@farahandfarah.com)

Jacksonville Area Legal Aid

(Christa Figgins, development director, 356-8371, ext. 316 or www.jaxlegalaid.org)

Catholic Lawyers Guild

(Elizabeth R. Ondriezek, president, 396-3900 or eondriezek@ondriezeklaw.com)

Friday: First Friday Mass at noon at Immaculate Conception Chapel

Tuesday: Luncheon meeting at noon at the University Club

May 7: First Friday Mass at noon at Immaculate Conception Chapel

May 11: Luncheon meeting at noon at the University Club

June 4: First Friday Mass at noon at Immaculate Conception Chapel

Jacksonville Beaches Bar Association

(Bryan Goode III, president, 247-1755)

Meets the third Thursday of the month at The Wine Bar at 320 N. 1st. St. in Jacksonville Beach

Nassau County Bar Association

(Chanda Rogers, president, 321-0202 or chanda_rogers@hotmail.com)

Elder Law Section of the Jacksonville Bar

(Mike Jorgensen, chair, 619-8890 or mjorgensen@seniorcounsellaw.com)

The group meets the third Wednesday of every month at the JBA offices offices; 841 Prudential Dr., Suite 1320.

Jacksonville Chapter of Association of Legal Administrators

(Jean Pimental, publicity chair, 630-1844 or JeanP@coj.net)

American Board of Trial Advocates Jacksonville chapter

(Hugh Cotney, president, 356-0162 or cotneypa@bellsouth.net)

Jacksonville Justice Association

(Mark Calvin, president, 632-2424 or calvin@terrellhogan.com. Jason Roth, executive director, 401-0010 or jacksonvillejusticegmail.com)

Legal Marketing Association Southeastern Chapter, Jacksonville City Group

(Jessica Sloan, chair-elect; 346-5757 or jsloan@rtlaw.com)
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• Publix remains No. 1 in market share among grocery stores in Northeast...
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• Speaking of Publix, its 46 area stores accounted for 32.2 percent of...
• Gov. Charlie Crist reappointed two members of the University of North Florida’s Board of Trustees Wednesday: Dr. Edythe Abdullah, president of the Downtown Campus of Florida State College at Jacksonville; and Dr. Bruce Taylor, chair and CEO of Jacksonville-based Taylor Engineering. Their terms started Tuesday and end Jan. 6, 2015.
• Gov. Charlie Crist reappointed two members of the University of North Florida’s...
• Mark Constantine has been named vice president for strategy, policy and learning at the Jessie Ball duPont Fund. He was a Senior Fellow for the fund from 2005-09 and before that advised the fund as an independent consultant.
• Mark Constantine has been named vice president for strategy, policy and learning...
• According to real estate consultant Ray Rodriguez, home sales under $100,000 are rising, but that may be attributable to the number of area foreclosures. Between 2008 and 2009, the sale of homes under $100,000 in Duval County rose 58 percent. At the same time, the sale of foreclosures increased 600 percent.
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• Lots of shoes will be for sale during the Gate River Run Expo today through Saturday, but there’s a place for used shoes, too. Organizations such as SolePurpose will set up booths to collect those old running shoes to distribute to the homeless at the St. Francis Soup Kitchen Downtown.
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• Movies in the Park returns to Treaty Oak Park on Prudential Drive April 16 with “Shrek” on the big outdoor screen. The rest of this season’s lineup includes “Sixteen Candles” April 23, “Back to the Future” April 30 and “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” May 7. The films begin at dusk and admission is free, as is parking in the Suddath garage. The annual family film series is sponsored by Downtown Vision Inc. and The City of Jacksonville.
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• The Jacksonville Suns 2010 regular season begins April 8 and single-game tickets go on sale Monday online at www.jaxsuns.com and at the Baseball Grounds box office. Tickets also are available for the April 2 Major League exhibition game featuring the 2009 Southern League Champions taking on the Florida Marlins. The Suns will sport new uniforms and colors this season. While not a full redesign, the colors will change from blue, yellow and red to black and gold. The change is the first since the “Expos” were renamed the “Suns” in 1991.
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