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Judges Recognized at Women’s History Month Events
Congratulations to the judges who were recognized in two separate events this week, as part of Women’s History Month.
The Broward County Bar Association along with the Broward County Women Lawyers’ Association hosted “International Women’s Day: A Celebration of Women in the Legal Community” and spotlighted Judges Hope Bristol, Stacy Ross, and Florence Taylor, for their leadership in the legal field. The annual celebration began a few years ago, when Judge Michele Towbin-Singer took an active role in drafting the program.
Judge Kathleen McCarthy was recognized for her contributions to the legal community at the 2021 Latinas in Law event, hosted by the Broward County Bar Association Hispanic Lawyers and the Broward County Hispanic Bar Association.
Congratulations to all who were recognized and honored!
Girls Court Success Story
A former youth in Judge Stacy Ross’ Girls Court, Brianna put everything she had into diversion and getting her life back on track. While attending court hearings via zoom, she often showed the judge her artwork – custom pieces she makes in her spare time. Shown here, and delivered just yesterday, is a custom piece requested by Judge Ross of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
Brianna has now started her own art business, and will graduate high school this fall. She’s hoping to go to college to become an Art Therapist.
New Administrative Order Regarding Residential Eviction Cases
Limited Face-to-Face Proceedings to Begin in March
Updated February 24, 2021
NOTICE
The Seventeenth Judicial Circuit will begin limited face-to-face hearings on violations of probation in the circuit criminal division at the downtown Courthouse beginning March 15, 2021. All other divisions will continue to operate remotely on Zoom. The Clerk’s office will remain open at all courthouse locations. No courtroom activities will occur in the satellite courthouses.
The Circuit will be utilizing four courtrooms in the North Tower for violations of probation hearings, with the room numbers to be announced in the near future.
Be advised, to comply with social distancing, visitors to the courtrooms and courthouse may be limited. All persons will be required to social distance and wear a mask.
Appellate Rule Changes – Fonts and Word Counts
Effective January 1, 2021 at 12:03 a.m., the Florida Rules of Appellate Procedure have been modified to require, among other things, that computer-generated documents be filed in either Arial 14-point font or Bookman Old Style 14-point font. In addition, the page limits for computer-generated briefs and petitions were converted to word counts. The changes also require that the certificate of compliance at the end of a document which is subject to a word count certify that the document is in conformity with all font and word count requirements. To ensure compliance with the new requirements, all filers are encouraged to review the Supreme Court of Florida’s opinion at: https://www.floridasupremecourt.org/content/download/692679/opinion/sc20-597.pdf.
