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The next TBTLA (Tampa Bay Trial Lawyers Association) meeting will be held at The Tampa Club at 5:30p.m. on Thursday March 27, 2008. Debra Henley, Deputy Executive Director - Legislative Director Florida Justice Association, will present a legistative update.
The St. Petersburg Bar Association just moved a few doors down from us on Central Avenue. Their new address is as follows: St. Petersburg Bar Association, 4701 Central Ave., Suite B, St. Petersburg, FL 33713. I'm planning to walk over for their open house today.
Charlie and I had lunch with our good friend The Divorce Guru today; he has some great tips on his website for people in Florida thinking about or going through a divorce.
My partner, Charlie Scott, has been a divorce attorney here in Florida since 1992 and he was also certified as a family law mediator (although he stopped practicing as a mediator since he prefers to work as an attorney in family law cases). If you have a question about divorce or family law in Florida please post your question or email Charlie Scott at itslegal@aol.com.
Our billboard sits at the corner of 34th Street and 22nd Avenue North in St. Petersburg, Florida. The parents of my childrens' friends tell me that when they drive by their children shout "There's Mac & Allison's Mommy & Daddy!"
I couldn't find a picture of the billboard handy but here is one of our old print ads.
And here is a little joke: "How do billboards communicate with each other?"
Answer "Sign Language"
(Read that on my son's popsicle stick last night :)
"Anyone who believes a better day dawns when lawyers are eliminated bears the burden of explaining who will take their place. Who will protect the poor, the injured, the victims of negligence, ... " - John J. Curtin, Jr.; American Lawyer
Alexander Caballero and Ingrid Anderson's article "F.S. 39.0139: Protecting Children from Sexual Abuse by Those Entrusted with Their Care" appears in the March 2008 edition of The Florida Bar Journal; highlights of the article are as follows:
* "The Florida Legislature passed the "Keeping Children Safe Act," F.S. 39.0139, effective July 1, 2007 in an effort to prevent sexual abuse during visitation pursuant to judicial determinations from those person the child is order to visit."
* "The three triggers which activate the protective procedures set forth in F.S. 39.0139 and create a rebuttable presumption of detriment to a child are when: (1) a parent or caregiver has been the subject of a report to the child abuse hotline alleging sexual abuse of any child as defined in s. 39.01; or (2) has been found guilty of, regardless of adjudication, or has entered a plea of guilty or nolo contendere to various Florida statutes or similar statutes in other states regarding sexual abuse of a child; or (3) has been determined by a court to be a sexual predator as defined by Florida statutes or similar laws of another jurisdiction."
* "The argument that the statute is subject to being abused in a dissolution of marriage setting or a domestic violence setting by a parent making a call to the child abuse hotline, alleging sexual abuse of the child by the other parent, which suspends the parent's visitation, shifts a burden of proof, and establishes the highest civil burden of proof, is not a reason to ignore F.S. 39.0139 in a dissolution or domestic violence setting. The danger of further abuse and intimidation of sexually abused children outweighs the temporary suspension of a person's visitation until the court can have a hearing."
"As physicians are the preservers of the sick, so are the laws of the injured." - Epictetus, 4th-Century B.C. Greek philosopher.
Scott & Fenderson is pleased to announce the opening of our satellite office in Seminole located at the: Scott & Fenderson Satellite Office: Seminole Professional Centre, 7190 Seminole Blvd, Seminole, FL 33772.
We will be able to schedule appointments for clients needing legal help in the areas of: Personal Injury & Auto Accidents Divorce & Family Law DUI & Criminal Defense Estate Planning & Corporations
Our principal office will remain in St. Petersburg on Central Avenue: Scott & Fenderson Principal Office: 4755 Central Avenue , St. Petersburg, FL 33713, Phone: 727-321-0099 / Fax 727-321-4499, www.scottandfenderson.com, emails: fenderlaw@aol.com & itslegal@aol.com
Charlie and I attended the Atticus Pratice Builder last fall; Atticus is a group that helps attorneys be better attorneys and run their offices more efficiently and effectively. The weekend long seminar was awesome. Check out my recommendation of Atticus by clicking here. And here is Charlie's.
