Monthly Archives: June 2010

Gomberg rules

Congrats to ace criminal defense lawyer Steve Gomberg. We share office space. His biker client (did you get the fee paid via a Harley Davidson?) walked on attempted murder charges. However, his client was convicted of one count of misdemeanor battery. Sounds like a win to me. Here’s the Post story. Grey Tesh is a [...]

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Bongs be gone

You have to wonder about the Florida legislature. People are hurting. Many don’t have jobs. Oil is coming to Florida. I saw small tar balls first hand in Naples last weekend. We have a budget crisis. We have a property value/foreclosure crisis. But the prison industrial complex is too strong. Screw jobs, the economy and [...]

Posted in bongs outlawed in Florida, new Florida law, Paraphernalia

Federal Court, CJA list

Finally got on the CJA list. That’s the court appointed system for the feds. So, there I was. A newbie at the annual conference in Naples this weekend. Excited to learn. Like a sponge. There really are some sharp people at the Federal public defender’s office and on the CJA list. It was like FACDL [...]

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Garrison retires, circuit spot open

The Palm Beach county bar association reported: Governor Charlie Crist has asked the Fifteenth Circuit Judicial Nominating Commission to seek applicants for the Circuit Court vacancy created by the retirement of Judge Edward A. Garrison. Applicants must be able to fulfill the Constitutional qualifications before assuming the office of Circuit Court judge, which require the [...]

Posted in Circuit court judge, JNC, open seat