Category: Criminal Law, Appellate, Trial Lawyers Category: Criminal Law, Appellate, Trial Lawyers (show less)

This CLE is a call to all Florida lawyers, working cases state and federal, civil and criminal, to pay greater attention to the legal, ethical, and moral consequences of the failure to properly preserve error in records below. From the perspective of Justice Labarga, along with our host of expert presenters -- all Bar leaders -- our intention is as much to educate on best practices in error preservation (how to avoid the many mistakes and missteps, common and uncommon, pretrial, trial, and beyond) as it is to infuse in Florida lawyers this universality of spirit:

to rededicate ourselves to this often neglected principle of our practice law;
an obligation owed to client and cause;
a reflection of public trust;
a fidelity to our profession and ourselves.

Welcome
H. Scott Fingerhut Program Chair and CLE Chair, Criminal Law Section, FIU College of Law and H. Scott Fingerhut, P.A., Miami

Introduction of Justice Jorge Labarga
Warren Lindsey Chair, Criminal Law Section, Board Certified in Criminal Trial Law, Lindsey & Ferry, P.A., Orlando

To Protect and Preserve: Lawyers Must Do Better
Justice Jorge Labarga, Florida Supreme Court, Tallahassee

Introduction of Criminal Law Presentation
Geddes D. Anderson, Jr. Board Certified in Business Litigation, Murphy & Anderson, P.A., Jacksonville

Better Error Preservation in Criminal Law
Michael T. Davis Board Certified in Appellate Practice, Kuehne Davis Law, P.A., Miami
Carey S. Haughwout Board Certified in Criminal Trial Law, Public Defender, 15th Judicial Circuit, Palm Beach
Michael Robert Ufferman, Board Certified in Criminal Appellate Law, Michael Ufferman Law Firm, Tallahassee

Introduction of Civil Law Presentation
Christopher D. Donovan Board Certified in Appellate Practice Chair, Appellate Practice Section, Roetzel & Andress, Naples

Better Error Preservation in Civil Law
Steven L. Brannock Board Certified in Appellate Practice, Brannock Humphries & Berman, Tampa
Dennis R. O’Connor Board Certified in Civil Trial, O’Connor & O’Connor, Orlando
Hala A. Sandridge, Board Certified in Appellate Practice, Buchanan Ingersoll-Rooney, Tampa

No Rest for the Weary: A Discussion with Lawyers’ Lawyers on Better Justice through Better Error Preservation
Moderator Ceci Culpepper, Berman Board Certified in Appellate Practice, Brannock Humphries & Berman, Tampa
Panelists
Gerald B. Cope Jr. Chair, Appellate Practice Group, Akerman LLP, Miami
Henry M. Coxe III Board Certified in Criminal Trial Law, Bedell, Dittmar, DeVault, Pillans & Coxe, Jacksonville
Rodolfo Sorondo Jr. Chair, Appellate Practice Group, Holland & Knight LLP, Miami