Florida Bar Journal articles from July 2005

Florida Bar Journal archives from July 2005

Agenda for this year.(Florida Bar)(President's Page)
July 1, 2005... Here we go. This is the first of my President's messages and it is the task that scares me the most about the role I am about to undertake. I am honored to serve as The Florida Bar's 57th president. All of my predecessors are...

Alan B. Bookman: president of The Florida Bar: "intelligent, hardworking with a good and friendly spirit".(Interview)(Cover Story)
July 1, 2005... When Alan Bookman and Connie Reeves were dating, the licensed clinical social worker couldn't resist giving her fiance the lawyer premarital evaluations and personality tests. Why not? She was curious. He was a willing subject. Astonishing...

The life of a money judgment in Florida is limited - for only some purposes.
July 1, 2005... Virtually every lawyer in Florida will tell you that the life of a money judgment (1) in this state is 20 years. (2) Extensive research reveals no judicial or scholarly opinion to the contrary; but that statement is only partially accurate....

Evidence sufficiency and fundamental error in criminal cases.(Florida)
July 1, 2005... The Due Process Clause protects the accused against conviction except upon proof beyond a reasonable doubt of every fact necessary to constitute the crime with which he is charged." (1) Given this, it may seem that any conviction based on...

Defining professionalism: I know it when I see it?(Florida)
July 1, 2005... Nearly two decades ago, the American Bar Association concluded that "lawyers' professionalism may well be in steep decline." (1) Subsequent surveys by The Florida Bar demonstrated a historic collapse of public trust in the legal profession. In...

Use of learned treatises on cross examination: practical considerations.(Florida)
July 1, 2005... Trials are about the resolution of disputed facts. For that reason, witnesses generally are precluded from testifying at trial unless they have personal knowledge of the facts about which they are testifying. (1) A lay witness may testify in...

Personal use of corporate aircraft before and after the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004: The American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 dramatically changed the rules with regard to deducting expenses associated with personal use of corporate aircraft by legislatively overruling the favorable Sutherland Lumber decision.
July 1, 2005... In an era that places a premium on saving time and on obtaining a competitive advantage, however slight, use of "corporate jets" has become increasingly more attractive to business owners. (1) The growing inconvenience of commercial air travel...

Alimony for the heiress? Imputing income to assets: the important question is precisely what income, if any, should be attributed or imputed to which of the marital and nonmarital assets owned by the parties after distribution.
July 1, 2005... The aging of the baby boomers in the U.S. has resulted in many late-in-life divorces that leave one or both parties with substantial assets. Some assets may be the result of work and investment both before and during the marriage, and some may...

Though the Heavens May Fall: The Landmark Trial That Led to the End of Human Slavery.(Book Review)
July 1, 2005... Though the Heavens May Fall: The Landmark Trial That Led to the End of Human Slavery by Steven M. Wise What required four years of bloodshed that nearly destroyed the United States, England had accomplished by a civil lawsuit a century...

Volusia County Bar Association knows history is important today.(Florida)
July 1, 2005... The Volusia County Bar Association (VCBA) is recording history from the voices of legal legends--a history retold by attorneys who lived, worked, and built the communities in and around Daytona Beach. Twenty-five attorneys were selected to...