Legal Calendar
01/23/2006
Jacksonville Bar Association
(Diane Gill, executive director. 399-4486 or www.jaxbar.org)
Thursday: Luncheon. Speaker Jeremy Foley, athletic director, University of Florida. Omni. Noon.
Feb. 9: Luncheon. Speaker TBA, luncheon dedicated to Jacksonville Area Legal Aid. Omni. Noon.
Feb. 16-19: Annual Family Law Seminar. King & Prince Resort, St. Simon’s Island, Ga. Ten CLE hours applied, including one Ethics CLE. Registration deadline Feb. 6.
March 16: Luncheon. Speaker TBA. Omni. Noon.
April 3: Law Day. Speaker John Edwards. Hyatt Regency.
April 7: Raymond Ehrlich Trial Advocacy Seminar. Radisson Hotel.
Florida Bar Association
(John Harkness, executive director. 850-561-5600 or www.flabar.org)
Wednesday-Saturday: 2006 mid-year meeting. Hyatt Regency. Miami.
Feb. 16: Pro Bono awards ceremony. The Supreme Court Building. Tallahassee.
Feb. 16-17: Board meeting, Florida Bar Annex, Tallahassee.
Jacksonville Bar Association’s Young Lawyers Division
(Troy K. Smith, president. 346-5770; contact tks@rtlaw.com for further information)
Saturday: Holiday In January Project. Koger Center. 8 a.m.-noon.
Feb. 25: Special Olympics Project. Pine Castle. 8 a.m.-2 p.m.
March 9: Tee-it-Up Golf Tourney. Ponte Vedra Inn & Club. Noon-6 p.m.
Jacksonville Women Lawyers Association
(Deborah Greene, president. www.jwla.org)
Feb. 8: Luncheon. Speaker: Judge Susan Black, U.S. Circuit Judge, 11th Circuit and former state judge. River City Brewing Co. Noon.
March 1: Luncheon. Speaker: Florida Coastal School of Law professor Nancy Hogshead-Makar, expert regarding Title IX. River City Brewing Co. Noon.
April 5: Annual judicial panel luncheon. River City Brewing Co. Noon.
June: Annual judicial reception.
Jacksonville Beaches Bar Association
(Vincent Dirito, president. 247-1755)
Monthly meetings are held on the third Thursday of each month at Casa Marina in Jacksonville Beach. Meetings start at 5:30 p.m.
Catholic Lawyers Guild
(Laurel Owens, president. 549-1918)
Feb. 3: First Friday Mass. Immaculate Conception Chapel. Noon.
March 3: First Friday Mass. Immaculate Conception Chapel. Noon.
March 21: Luncheon. University Club. Noon.
April 7: First Friday Mass. Immaculate Conception Chapel. Noon.
May 5: First Friday Mass. Immaculate Conception Chapel. Noon.
May 16: Luncheon and elections. University Club. Noon.
June 2: First Friday Mass. Immaculate Conception Chapel. Noon
D. W. Perkins Bar Association
(Juanita Powell, president. 354-0104)
The D.W. Perkins Bar Association meets on the first Thursday of each month.
Feb. 2: Technology in the Courtroom CLE seminar. Speaker: Raymond P. Reid of Pajcic & Pajcic. Courtroom A, County Courthouse.
March 2: Monthly luncheon meeting. Call 354-0130 by Feb. 25 to RSVP.
April 6: Monthly meeting/Spring social. American Beach.
May 4: Monthly luncheon meeting/elections. Call 354-0104 by April 26 to RSVP.
June 1: Monthly luncheon meeting/installation of new officers.
Jacksonville Chapter of the Federal Bar Association
(Margaret Zabijaka, president. 356-8900 or www.fedbar.org/jacksonville.html)
Wednesday: Luncheon. Speaker Hank Coxe, president-elect Florida Bar. Omni. Noon. Free to members, $20 for guests.
Feb. 22: Luncheon. Speaker Paul Perez, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida. Omni. Noon. Free to members. $20 for guests.
March 29: Third annual Honorable Ralph W. “Buddy” Nimmons Jr. CLE seminar. Courthouse. Time and cost to follow.
Jacksonville Asian American Bar Association
(Maria Aguila, president. 356-8371, ext. 327)
Christian Legal Society
(Jeanne Helton, president. 359-7761)
The society meets every Tuesday morning at Panera Bread on Hendricks Avenue for a Bible study and fellowship meeting from 7:30-8:30 a.m.
American Board of Trial Advocates chapter
(Jeptha Barbour, president. 398-0900)
Hispanic Bar Association chapter
(Tatiana Salvador, president. 398-3911 or www.hbajax.org)
Jacksonville Bankruptcy Bar Association
(Nina LaFleur, president. 358-4000)
Elizabeth Schule and Pat Patangan are managing the JBBA’s newsletter. Call 359-7797 for more information or to submit an article.
Jacksonville Trial Lawyers Association
(Chris Burns, president. 632-2424)
Association of Legal Administrators chapter
(Pam Bass, president. 346-5755)
Nassau County Bar Association
(Teresa J. Sopp, president. 277-2737)
Meetings are held on the third Thursday of each month at noon at the Palace Saloon in Fernandina Beach. Call 277-2737 for more information.
Northeast Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
(Ross Haine, president. 355-5633)
This directory includes contact information and news from area legal associations. Every effort has been made to get accurate information and any corrections will be appreciated. Information for this directory should be submitted to editorial@jaxdailyrecord.com or faxed to 353-2628. If your association is not included, call Bradley Parsons at 356-2466.
