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47 Fla. B. News 1 (2020)

handle is hein.barjournals/flabn0047 and id is 1 raw text is: Board of Governors' Races Are Set - Page 2 Sinceaa074 Te FL da Bar Nes Volume 47, Number 1 FloridaBar.org/News January 2020 Still time to apply for Bar committees The annual committee preference form for Bar members seeking appointments for the upcoming 2020-21 Bar year for Dori Foster-Morales' term as president are due no later than January 15, 2020. The forms are available at www.floridabar.org. President-elect Foster-Morales will make about 500 appointments to over i 70 committees, and she wants to make sure she has a diverse group of lawyers from which to choose. Every Florida Bar committee and its description with - current membership may be found on the Bar's website. If you are currently serving on a committee, it is also important to checkSeT See Committees, page 3 FOSTER-MORALES Tanner, Thompson vie for Bar president-elect By Gary Blankenship Senior Editor Board of Governors members Michael Tanner of Jacksonville and Rende Thompson of Ocala have qualified to run for Bar president-elect. The winner will be decided in March balloting and sworn in as president- elect at the June Annual Convention, when current President-elect Dori Foster- Morales is sworn in as president, and for his or her own term as president in June 2021. Platform statements from Tanner and Thompson will be in the February News, along with a Q&A with the candidates. Our profession is going to experience challenges in the coming years and will need experienced leadership for those, Tanner said. I had not planned to seek this office when I came on the Board of Governors, but I was approached and asked to consider doing so by several past and present Bar leaders whose opinions I respect. I ultimately concluded my background and experience would enable me to make a contribution. Thompson said, I was encouraged to run for president-elect by friends and colleagues within the Bar, and it was a natural progression with my service to the Bar. I have placed a special focus during my Bar service on technology and See Campaign, page 10 Study group to review how the profession is regulated By Jim Ash Senior Editor In response to the rapidly changing environment in which legal services are provided, the Florida Supreme Court has asked the Bar to launch a comprehensive study of issues related to the regulation of the legal profession in Florida. President John Stewart announced the initiative at the Board of Governors' December meeting in Orlando. At Chief Justice Canady's request, the Bar will focus on lawyer advertising, referral fees, fee splitting, entity regulation, regulation of online service providers, and regulation of nonlawyer providers STEWART of limited legal services. Additional topics consistent with the subject of the study may also be addressed, Canady See Study, page 8 Senate panel moves criminal justice reform bills By Jim Ash Senior Editor The Senate Criminal Justice Committee voted unanimously in December to approve a series of measures designed to lower Florida's prison population and promote rehabilitation. One measure, SB 574, would create a conditional aging release program for felons 70 and older who have served at least 10 years of their sentences and not been convicted of murder, terrorism, or sex crimes. It's one of the most amazing things, every time I tour a facility to see the number of inmates who are on walkers or in wheelchairs, said the bill's prime sponsor, Sen. Jeff Brandes, R-St. Petersburg. The Florida Department ERIN UtAUT u - DELAT BtA I recently participated in the Southern Most AII-/HIV Ride from Miami to Key West. The ride left from the University of Miami and ended at the Tru- man Waterfront Pier and was 165 miles with 100 the first day and 65 the second. This is the sixth time Deady has completed the SMART Ride, which raised over $1.36 million to benefit organizations including Broward House, Children's Diagnostic & Treatment Centers, Metro Inclusive Health, Pridelines, AIDS Help, Miracle of Love and Compass Community Center. The SMART Ride draws over 500 riders from around the world. More than 200 volunteers help the riders make their journey with traffic, water, food, medical, and logistical support. We've been training since July, so we felt like we were ready, but it's a tough, long two days no matter how hard you train, Deady said. Its an incredibly powerful feeling to know that you rode all that way, and you did it to help people that really need the support: of Corrections estimates that nearly 2,000 of the state's 100,000 inmates would meet the age requirement, with only 168 of them eligible for the program. But we believe hundreds more will come online over the next few years, Brandes said. This See Senate, page 8 Parental leave continuance rule approved By Gary Blankenship Senior Editor The Florida Supreme Court has adopted a presumptive three-month parental leave rule for many court cases that would require judges to grant a lead attorney's request for leave for the birth or adoption of a child, if certain conditions are met. New Rule of Judicial Administration2.570 will not apply to criminal, juvenile, and dependency cases, which will be subject to Rule of Judicial Administration 2.545(e) (Continuances) or Florida Rule of Juvenile Procedure 8.240(d). The new rule is effective January 1, 2020. The court acted December 19. As adopted, subdivision (a) of new rule 2.570 requires See Parental, page 6 ) oQ 00 OC o () 00 a, 0 I- w J C) co >' J0 ORa. -o H H D . , ' 'wl H --

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