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27 Fla. B. News 1 (2000)

handle is hein.barjournals/flabn0027 and id is 1 raw text is: Terry Russell named president-elect By Gary Blankenship Associate Editor On December 10, Ft. Lauderdale at- torney Terry Russell was nominated to become president-elect of The Florida Bar Foundation. Five days later he got - depending on your point of view - a better offer. Russell, who served on The Florida Bar Board of Governors from 1987-91, has become president-elect designate fol- lowing the close of filing December 15 for president-elect of the Bar for 2000-01. He was the only candidate. He will be sworn in as president-elect at the June Annual Meeting and become president the following year. My feet are not on the ground yet, Russell said the day after his election. I've never quite felt this way. It's a very, very special feeling. It's especially gratifying for Russell, who lost a very close presidential race in 1991 to Miami lawyer Alan Dimond and had not expected to seek the post again. I was encouraged by some leaders of the Bar to consider it this year, he said. I think they felt the need for my back- ground and experience and they asked me to consider it again. Russell, 55, said he thought about it for a few weeks, consulted his wife and family and after last June's Bar conven- tion decided to take the plunge. He hasn't been a stranger to Bar work after leaving the board. After a year hia- tus following the 1991 election, he joined the board of directors of The Florida Bar Foundation and found that work satis- fying. (He will continue to serve on the Foundation board as president-elect, president and immediate past president of the Bar, although he will now be re- placed as Foundation president-elect des- ignate.) He recently chaired a Bar special com- mittee which proposed a rule change, accepted by the board last year, allow- ing attorneys to delegate more work to paralegals as long as the attorney super- vises and remains ultimately respon- sible. Russell also serves on the Special Committee on MDP/Ancillary Busi- nesses. Terry has a proven record of leader- ship serving The Florida Bar. He's had decades of service to our profession, said President-elect Herman Russomanno, who will become president when Russell is sworn in as president-elect. He has an outstanding reputation as a lawyer and unquestioned integrity. He's also a community leader and someone who is devoted to his family. It's a privilege for me to serve with him, as we both help successfully guide the Bar into the 21st century. His experiences have influenced the goals Russell will bring to leading the Bar. With all the pressures of globaliza- tion, the multidisciplinary practice issues are very important, he said. That in- cludes the intrusion into the practice by unlicenced individuals who are actually practicing law because we are not pro- viding the access we need to. We must help poor people resolve their legal and social problems, and frankly, helping the Foundation carry out its functions is very important to me. The way to attack such challenges is See Russell, page 6 'Terry has a proven record of leadership serving The Florida Bar. He's had decades of service to our profession.' Volume 27, Number I www.FLABAR.org January 1, 2000 Florida-Lawyers1 Board tables ancillary business rule Protecdn ,rightspursuing. justice promoting professionalism Scared straht AFtLaudedaie lawyer M .akes:time to show kids a .,;Through I program she MARM-PRUNSKIS Oves kds.-el ,,:... a glimpse of onefutre option.I caIs Tough & Tender,' Prunskis takes kids behind bars for a doseofharsh reality. They meet men who beat up their wivbs.,They shudder when convicted murderers waiting to go to state prison tell them they'll never be free again. They see pregnant women in jail garb who know their babies will be de- livered in confinement and then taken away. 'A youngwoman who said she was:a slave to fashion got arrested for credit card fraud. A gang member tells them no one fromnhis gang ever visits him in jail or accepts his collect calls and he feels lonely. The whole purpose is so the children experience first-hand the harshness See Future, page14 JNC Institute still on for January 12 The annual Judicial Nominating Commission Institute and luncheon is still scheduled.for January 12 at the Hyatt Regency in Miami, in conjunction with the Bar's Midyear Meeting. The Midyear schedule in the Decem- ber 15 News incorrectly reported the meeting had been cancelled. By Gary Blankenship Associate Editor For the moment, there will be no spe- cific new rule proposed for lawyers who operate ancillary businesses. The Board of Governors last month tabled a suggested rule regulating law- yers when they offer nonlegal services to clients, With board members saying they want some refinement and also to review an expected proposal on multidisciplin- ary practices. The proposed rule, which would cre- ate Rule 4-5.7, was approved by a 17-2 vote by the Special Committee on MDP/ Ancillary Businesses. The proposal was based on a similar rule adopted by the Pennsylvania bar. Under the rule, a lawyer must dis- close to the client when he is acting as a lawyer and when he is not acting as a lawyer, so the client will know what to expect from the lawyer, said board mem- ber and special committee member Carol Brewer. Lawyers are permitted to en- Bar honored for half-century of public service Gov. Jeb Bush and the Florida Cabinet adopted a resolution De- cember 14 honoring The Florida Bar for 50 years of service to the lawyers and the people of Florida. In introducing the resolution, Treasurer and Insurance Commis- sioner Bill Nelson noted the Bar is recognized as a national leader in public service whose members do- nate more than 1.4 million hours and $1.7 million annually for legal services to the poor. lw gage in activities that do not involve the practice of law. What this rule says if you do, then you have certain safeguards Action on MDPs may follow Jan. 12 hearing --The Board of Governors could get a final recommendation on rules affect- ing multidisciplinary practices in April. Co-chair Richard Gilbert of the Spe- cial Committee on MDP/Ancillary Busi- nesses told the board at its Miami Beach meeting the committee plans quick ac- tion after a January 12 town hall gath- ering during the Bar's Midyear Meeting. The town hall meeting, open to all Bar members, will feature the special committee presenting pro and con re- See MDP, page 7 from our obligations as an attorney if you take these steps. The rule urges, but does not require, Call for Memorabilia Accepting the resolution, Presi- dent Edith Osman said the Bar is committed to continuing the tradi- tion in the new millennium. We are GOV.JEB BUSH, Bill Nelson, Bob Butterworth, Tom Gal- working to restore public confidence lagher and Edith Osman at the Cabinet ceremony. in our legal system by helping people understand the role of lawyers and the contributions lawyers make in their communities, Osman said. Toward that end we have adopted the theme, 'Protecting rights, pursuingjustice and promoting professionalism' - which is what The Florida Bar is all about. Osman is asking members to search their offices for pictures, documents and other memorabilia reflecting the history of the Bar for use in a special issue of the Bar Jour- naland a display at the Annual Meeting. Submissions may be sent to 50-Year Celebra- tion, The Florida Bar, 650 Apalachee Parkway, Tallahassee 32399-2300. All submissions will be returned. Inside: New ad rules, proposed Bar rule changes, board races set that the disclosure be made in writing. It also provides that if the disclosure is not made, that Bar rules apply to all of the lawyer's activities, legal and nonle- gal. Board member and special committee Co-chair Richard Gilbert was one of the two negative votes on the committee and he urged the board to wait. This rule deals with what is charac- terized as nonlegal services, he said. The problem is that phrase is not de- fined and I suspect one of the reasons folks want this rule is so they can engage in 'nonlegal-services' without complying with our rules. In some cases, Gilbert told the board, what is nonlegal services if provided by a nonlawyer becomes legal services when performed by a lawyer. Those include things such as providing title insurance, financial planning, legislative lobbying, mediation, patent advising and environ- mental consulting. He also argued that the board should wait and consider a proposed rule on multidisciplinary practices, expected by the board's February 4-5 meeting in Tal- lahassee, together with the ancillary business rule. Gilbert said the board might adopt the ancillary rule and then find part of it conflicts with the MDP rule. See Ancillary, page 6

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