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29 Fla. B. News 1 (2002)

handle is hein.barjournals/flabn0029 and id is 1 raw text is: Coral Gables attorney and former Board of Governors member Miles A. McGrane III has become president-elect designate of The Florida Bar. McGrane was the only Bar member to file by the December 17 deadline. He will be sworn in as president-elect on June 21 at the Bar's Annual Meeting, and will be- come president the following June. It's almost trite because everyone says this: I'm flattered and honored and humbled by this, McGrane said after his election. He said he first thought about running for president two or three years ago, but the timing wasn't right. But in the past year, after serving as convention chair for immediate past President Herman Russomanno and attending President Terry Russell's retreat last August on equal access to justice, I realized how much good The Florida Bar does and how important the position of president of The Florida Bar is in a number of areas, he said. McGrane comes to the job with specific goals. Number one is still protection of the judiciary, he said. I think a lot of the things you hear bandied about by the state legislature shouldn't be considered. I certainly don't want to see us retreat on merit retention for our appellate courts. That's number one. We're not going to have access to the courts unless we protect our judiciary. Next, McGrane said he wants to en- sure the Bar remains under the Supreme Court and regulation of lawyers isn't turned over to a state agency. Lastly, I've very concerned about multidisciplinary practice, be continued. I think lawyers should practice law and not the big accounting firms. There's also a personal goal, said McGrane, who scraped and scrimped to get through college and law school. This profession has been so good to me and my family, he said. I hope in some way I can give back to it. McGrane, 54, was born in upstate New York but has lived in Florida since 1954. He attended the Junior College ofBroward County and then Florida Atlantic Univer- sity in Boca Raton, where he received a B.A. in business administration in 1970. McGrane, who worked his way through college, recalled running for - and win- ning - the post of senior class president because it included a scholarship. It was the first time he had run lor anything. See McGrane, page 11 Volume 29, Number 1 ,tww.FLABAR.orig January_1, 2002 State courts face budget reductions: :: .. But the budget ax falls deeper into other branches By Amy K. Brown Assistant Editor The state judicial system has weath- ered the Florida Legislature's second and final special session with fewer budget cuts than expected, but there will still be severe scrimping and likely some layoffs. Monies for essential court operations have been preserved, but auxiliary pro- grams within thejustice system suffered, including programs related to crime pre- vention and the state attorney and public defender offices. Cuts to the courts' budget total 1.3 per- cent this year, or a 2.3-percent annualized cut for FY 2002-03, according to Senate President John McKay, R-Bradenton. The courts also fared well in relation to the The Florida Bar Working for You Bar establishes charitable trust As Joseph A. Mendola, general coun- sel for Nikko Securities Co. Interna- tional, which had its offices in the World Trade Center, put it: What we went through... was hor- rific. The sights and sounds will never leave me. I just wanted to thank you and all my Florida Bar colleagues for their prayers and good wishes. Our hearts may be bro- ken but our spirit remains strong. It's that senti- ii~i i/merit that tihe Bar is seeking to enhance with the Florida At- torneys Charitable Trust, Inc. (ACT), which has.finished RUSSELL its organizing phase as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit concern and is now accepting contributions. Bar President Terry Russell told the Board of Governors recently he hopes to raise $1 million, which will be used to help attorneys, their families, and oth- ers in the wake of the September 11 attacks, and any future such incidents. It will also ensure that rights and ac- cess to the legal system are not impacted by such events. The Bar is experienced with such an endeavor, he said, because of its efforts after Hurricane Andrew 10 See ACT, page 15 3.7-percent overall cut to programs within the budget's Public Safety and Judiciary category. We had to make some cuts, but we know how important a well-functioning t-:' court system is to the -, people of the State of Florida, McKay said. Therefore. we wan ted to minimize Ole cut.; I at the court level as ',.much as possible. Hopefully, we'll be able to continue to offer the s;nme kind of'protec- tion during the regular McKAY session. We ended up with cuts, but with cuts we understand and cuts we're able to sustain without impairing our ability to operate, said Lisa Goodner, deputy state courts administrator. We were able to not sustain any cuts to those elements of our budget that we feel are essential to carry out our mission. We feel these are reductions we can adjust to. Sen. Anna Cowin, R-Leesburg, chair of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Public Safety and Judiciary, said, I like to think that we used a scalpel and every- one was working together. It was a diffi- cult task, but made easy because everyone was focused on the same goal. See Budget, page 10 ,A;OA IDENTICAL TWINS, Katherine, right, and Alexandra Knight, 8, and Christine Civil, standing in the center, students in the varied exceptional pro- gram at Timber Trace El- ementary School in Palm Beach Gardens, tied for first place when they cre- ated the winning art work for this year's holiday greeting card contest for Littky, Smith & Phipps. The firm holds the contest in conjunction with Very Spe- cial Arts of Florida and gives cash prizes for the winning entries, Standing with the kids are teacher Elaine Morrison and Marvin Littky. The Florida ar News L, ic Molles McGrane named presmidenVelect

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