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Judge Gottlieb Becomes President of the Justice Unit
On April 18, Chief Judge Tuter installed the Board of the Justice Unit, a Jewish Legal Bar Association. In addition to being installed as President, County Court Judge Kenneth Gottlieb was also presented a Proclamation from County Commissioner Michael Udine for his accomplishments.
Special thanks to State Rep. Michael Gottlieb, host of the Zoom event, and Florida Supreme Court Justice Alan Lawson for his inspirational remarks to the Justice Unit.
Jury Trials Resume with Strict Adherence to CDC Rules
VIDEO: Safety is Priority as Jury Duty Resumes
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.
