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This Week at FLA (2/24/12)

Sunday, February 26th, 2012
Well, after spending 16 days in the semi-ICU (is there such a thing?) at Mt. Sinai with heart issues in January, it feels really good to be getting back into a somewhat regular rhythm. While I haven't been posting here, those of you that know me are aware that my wife and I moved from our home in Surfside, where I've lived for 17 years, to renting a house in Lighthouse Point. Unfortunately, my time in the hospital coincided with the last two weeks before the sale of the house, so a huge burden fell on my wife, who handled everything magnificently, the closing and move went of smoothly, and having a 15 minute commute to the office instead of the hour battle on I-95 I've been dealing with for the past 17 years is probably better for my stress and heart than any of the medications the docs have given me! It was, however, difficult to leave my Dade County friends, meetings, and family. I've been attending the Mt. Sinai FLA meeting since I got into recovery 25 years ago, and it's definitely been one of the cornerstones of my recovery. I'm hopeful I'll be able to get down to the Beach every month or so, but I already miss that group and my Sunday morning home group - the flip side to that is my favorite Broward meeting is directly across from the FLA office on Wednesdays, so another "one door doesn't close......." example. I also attended the Boca FLA meeting (which is about 4 miles from my house) for the first time in about 15 years...it's been so long, I had never been to the "new" meeting location and did have to do some driving around (with corresponding stress increases) before I found it. Really nice congenial group, and I'm looking forward to making that my regular Thursday attorney support meeting. I got to do the FLA piece at the Practicing with Professionalism seminar in W. Palm Beach this week, and it is somewhat daunting to look out and see another 200 or so freshly minted attorneys. We're up to 12 or 13 law schools in Florida now, with over 3,000 applicants taking the bar exam each year.....between you and me, that's a lot of new lawyers coming onto a marker that's pretty well saturated at this point. FLA is exploring programs and seminars to help practicing and newly admitted lawyers learn what they can do with a license that will give them the best chance of satisfaction and success in this profession....any suggestions you may have would be more than welcome. Please feel free to comment on these updates, or add your own thoughts on where FLA is, what we do right, and what we can do better.

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Martin County Bar Association

Friday, February 17th, 2012
I just got back from doing a presentation at the Martin County Bar Association and had to write about what pleasant experience it was, and what a great group of lawyers and judges I got to meet. I did my piece on the history and mission of Florida Lawyers Assistance, but I pointed out that I was probably speaking to the wrong group, as just the fact that about 150 legal professionals understood the value of getting out of the office on a beautiful Friday afternoon (and overlooking a gorgeous golf course) and spending some time together interacting with each other as lawyers and as people indicated they "got it". Unfortunately, it's the lawyers who "just don't have the time" to attend functions like this who we get to see at FLA. I'm a huge fan of local county bar associations for several reasons - it's a great way to network and meet the colleagues you'll be practicing with, and it's very hard to be a dickish lawyer in court or at a deposition with someone you've seen every month in a casual, friendly social setting and talked about your families and kids' soccer games. My presentation was followed by a "speed dating" program where the circuit and appellate judges who were in attendance (and most of them were there) circulated from table to table to meet the lawyers and answer any questions they might have. Could have been chaos, but they pulled it off nicely! I want to thank the Bar Association officers and staff for inviting me to a really pleasant afternoon, and congratulate them on clearly having one of the most active and cordial bar associations I've been to in a while.

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Sunday, July 19th, 2009

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Wednesday, June 24th, 2009

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Friday, June 12th, 2009

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