The law is good, if a man use it lawfully.
Timothy 1:8
TWENTIETH JUDICIAL NOMINATING COMMISSION SEEKS APPLICANTS FOR COUNTY COURT JUDGE IN LEE COUNTY
TALLAHASSEE, January 28, 2004 -- Applicants are being sought for a County Court position in the 20th Judicial Circuit resulting from County Judge Frank J. Porter's vacancy.
Applicants for the judicial position must be a registered Florida voter, a member in good standing of the Florida Bar for the preceding five years and must reside in Lee County upon assuming office. Applications may be obtained from Darol H. M. Carr, Esquire, Chair of the 20th Judicial Circuit Nominating Commission, or from The Florida Bar Web Site.
An original plus nine copies of the completed application must be received by the Judicial Nominating Commission Chair, Darol H. M. Carr, 99 NesbitStreet, Punta Gorda, FL 33950, no later than Friday , February 13, 2004 at 5 p.m. Applicants who fail to strictly comply with the application deadline and filing requirements may be treated as if they had not applied. Please note that those who have submitted applications to the Commission for recent vacancies must submit new applications.
Applications will be reviewed and interviews conducted by the 20th Judicial Nominating Commission on or before March 8, 2004. The selected nominees applications shall be sent to Governor Bush. The Governor then has sixty days from the receipt of the nominees to make the appointment.
CONTACT: Darol H. M. Carr, Esquire Chairman, 20th Judicial Nominating Commission
DATE: January 28, 2004
TELEPHONE: 941/505-9956
FLORIDA LAWYERS AND PHYSICIANS TO WORK TOGETHER TO PROMOTE LIVING WILLS
TALLAHASSEE, Jan. 28 -- The Florida Bar and the Florida Medical Association have agreed to conduct a public service campaign to encourage Floridians about the benefits of preparing Living Wills and to designate Health Care Surrogates. The effort was announced today by Bar President-Elect Kelly Overstreet Johnson, of Tallahassee, and Florida Medical Association President Carl W. “Rick” Lentz, M.D., of Daytona Beach. Click here
A Living Will is a document that gives instructions or expresses an individual’s desire concerning any aspect of his or her future health care treatment. A Health Care Surrogate is a person designated to make health care decisions if the individual becomes unable to do so. A Living Will should not be confused with a person’s legal will which disposes of personal property on or after his or her death, and appoints a personal representative or revokes or revises another will.
The lawyers’ and physicians’ groups are making statutory Living Will and Health Care Surrogate forms available to their members from their respective Web sites. Members are being asked to duplicate these forms and important information on Living Wills and Health Care Advance Directives tomake available to all who visit their offices.
The forms and information are also available to the general public at either click here or www.fmaonline.org
Additionally, The Florida Bar Speakers Bureau has recruited members of its Elder Law, Health Law and Real Property, Probate and Trust Law sections to volunteer as speakers to address civic and community organizations throughout the state on Living Wills and other end of life issues. Groups who would like to have a speaker should call the Bar and speak with Gail Grimes at 1-800-342-8060, extension 5767.
The Florida Bar and the Florida Medical Association are working together on this project in an effort to maintain their traditions of serving the public interest.
In order to make the provided documents valid, they must be signed and witnessed. There is no need to involve a physician or retain a lawyer, unless personally desired.
“Physicians and lawyers are available if consumers have questions regarding their personal situations,” Johnson and Lentz said.
DATE: January 28, 2004
CONTACT: Francine Walker, The Florida Bar Lisette Gonzalez-Mariner, FMA
TELEPHONE: 850/561-5762 and 850/224-6496
