The Florida Bar will hold its 2004 annual meeting themed “For the Children” Wednesday through Saturday at the Boca Raton Resort & Club. Meeting highlights include a general assembly when Bar officers and board members are installed, nationally recognized speakers, seminars, exhibitors, and social and recreational functions.
Attorneys Kelly Overstreet Johnson of Tallahassee and Alan B. Bookman of Pensacola assume the Bar’s highest elective offices on Friday. Johnson will be sworn in by Chief Justice Harry Lee Anstead of the Florida Supreme Court as the 56th president of the 74,000-unified member organization. Bookman will take office as president-elect before assuming the presidency in 2005.
The 2004 meeting schedule includes several featured speakers such as Chief Justice Anstead, Attorney General Charlie Crist and Frank Brogan, president of Florida Atlantic University and former lieutenant governor. The president’s showcase includes seminars on “Aging Parents: What Attorneys Need to Know for their Parents” and “So You Want to Represent a Kid: Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Advocating For Children.”
Other continuing education topics include “Marketing Ethically” and “Overcoming Juror Bias.” Seminars will also address topics including professionalism, writing, international law, health care, and trial techniques. Bar members may choose one seminar per time frame from four days of seminars at no additional charge to the registration fee ($300 on site).