UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO . 89-5 2
IN RE : APPOINTMENT OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS TO THE DISTRICT EXAMINATION, TRIAL EXPERIENCE, STUDENT PRACTICE, AND DISTRICT PEER REVIEW COMMITTEES, PURSUANT TO RULE 7 GOVERNING THE ADMISSION AND PRACTICE OF ATTORNEY S TWT TT;E CnTTTITL'DAT r% TCMD Tf'm r i LIT l1D T TVA 11\ it VVVi111J 1~1\ V1V 11\1V1 Vl 1LV1\1Lr1 .
On January 1, 1982, after extensive local and national debate, the judges of the Southern District of Florida adopted a rule governing the admission and practice of attorneys in this district as recommended by the lawyers practicing in this district and by the Judicial Conference of the United States .
The Judicial Conference recommendations had been carefully considered by thirty-three prominent members of the Florida Bar and the Bar of the Southern District . It was the recommendation of this prestigious Bar committee that the Court adopt the rule governing admission and practice and create five committees to implement and evaluate the rules therein created .
The committees were ( 1) District Admissions Committee ; (2)
District Examination Committee ; ( 3) Trial Experience Committee ; (4)
Student Practice Committee ; and ( 5) District Peer Review Committee .
A list of the members of the original committees is appended hereto as Exhibit 1 . The retirement or death of some of the original committee members has caused the lawyer members to request the
Court to bring current the co mmittee memberships established by the
Rules of Court .
1 Therefore, pursuant to the rules governing the admission and practice of attorneys, Rule 7, it i s
ORDERED, ADJUDGED and DECREED that the following persons be, and they are hereby, appointed to designated committees of the
Court as replacement fnr those committee members who have moved out of the district, retired, or who are deceased :
DISTRICT ADMISSIONS COMMITTEE
The Honorable Edward B . Davis, Chairman
Chairpersons - Peer Review Committee
William B . Killian, Esquir e John R . Hoehl, Esquire
Chairpersons - Examination Committee
Dean C . Colson, Esquir e Dean M . Minnette Masse y
Chairpersons - Trial Experience Committee
Professor Terence J . Anderso n Jon A . Sale, Esquire
Chairpersons - Student Practice Committee
Walter H . Beckham, Jr ., Esquire Daniel S . Pearson, Esquire
DISTRICT PEER REVIEW COMMITTE E
William B . Killian, Esquire, and John R . Hoehl, Esquire, be, and they are hereby, appointed Co-Chairpersons of the District Peer Review Committee .
William B . Killian, Esquire, (vice Darrey A . Davis, Esquire) John R . Hoehl, Esquir e (vice Henry R . Rothblatt, Esquire )
Robert L . Krawcheck, Esquire, and Jackson L . Peters, Esquire, be, and they are hereby, appointed as new members of this committee .
2 Robert L . Krawcheck, Esquire (vice C . Bryan McDonald, Esquire) Jackson L . Peters, Esquire
The original committee members, hereinafter named, are reappointed to the Peer Review Committee .
Anthony J . Karrat, Esquire Theodore Klein, Esquire Theodore J . Sakowit7, !! gjire Leonard Sands, Esquire Atlee Wampler, Esquire
DISTRICT EXAMINATIONS COMMITTEE
Dean C . Colson, Esquire, and Dean M . Minnette Massey, be, and they are hereby, designated and appointed as Co-Chairpersons of the District Examinations Committee .
Dean C . Colson, Esquire (vice Michael Levin, Esquire) Dean M . Minnette Massey (vice Joyce Knox, Esquire )
Melanie G . May, Esquire, and David L . Ross, Esquire, be, and they are hereby, appointed as new members for this committee .
The original members of the District Examinations Committee, hereinafter named, be, and they are hereby, reappointed to the committee .
Patricia A . Seitz, Esquire Bruce E . Wagner, Esquire Roy B . Gonas, Esquire Frank A . Lane, Esquir e John B . (Jack) Ostrow, Esquire Michael A . Rosen, Esquir e
DISTRICT TRIAL EXPERIENCE CON14ITTE E
Professor Terence J . Anderson and Jon A . Sale, Esquire, co- chairpersons of the original Trial Experience Committee be, and they are hereby, reappointed .
The original members of the District Trial Experience Committee, hereinafter named , be, and they are hereby, reappointed to the committee .
Robyn J . Hermann, Esquire John F . Romano, Esquir e
3 Larry S . Stewart , Esquire Parker D . Thomson, Esquire Alan L . Weisberg, Esquire Patricia G . Williams, Esquire
Five additional members are added to the Trial Experience Committee . They are :
Dexter Lehtinen, U .S . Attorney Aaron S . Podhurst, Esquire James T . Armstrong, Esquire Richard D . Gregorie, Esquire Samuel I . Burstyn, Esquire
DISTRICT STUDENT PRACTICE COKKITTE E
Daniel S . Pearson, Esquire, be, and he is hereby, appointed to this committee vice Professor Peter L . Nimkoff . Professor Stephen Friedland be, and he is hereby, added as a new member to the District Student Practice Committee .
Walter H . Beckham, Jr ., Esquire, shall continue as co- chairperson of the committee with Daniel S . Pearson, Esquire, vice Peter L . Nimkoff .
The original members of the committee be, and they are hereby, reappointed . They are :
Elizabeth S . Baker, Esquire Sanford L . Bohrer, Esquire Linda C . Hertz, Esquire Roy W . Jordan, Jr ., Esquire Edward M . Kay, Esquir e John Kirk McDonald, Esquire Professor Howard R . Messing
It is further ORDERED , ADJUDGED and DECREED that all of the appointments and reappointments herein made shall be for a term of three years .
DONE AND ORDERED in chambers at the United States Courthouse, Federal Courthouse Square, Miami , Florida, this 9th day of October 1989 .
/JAMES LAWRENCE KING G v, CHIEF JUDGE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FL cc : Hon . Peter T . Fay All Southern District Judge s All Southern District Magistrates All Committee Members 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER 89-52 a
IN RE :
Order Amending Administrative Order 89-52 Nunc Pro Tun c
It appearing to the Court that, Administrative Order 89-52,
In re : Appointment of Committee Members to the District
Examination , Trial Experience , Student Practice, and District Peer
Review Committees, Pursuant to Rule 7 Governing the Admission and
Practice of Attorneys in the Southern District of Florida , having been issued on October 9, 1989 , contains the following error . It is .ie~eLy amended, Nunc Pro Tunc , to read as follows :
James T . Armstrong, Esquire, member of the Trial Experience Committee (top of page 4) should have read : James L . Armstrong, III, Esquire .
DONE and ORDERED in chambers at the United States Courthouse,
Federal Courthouse Square, 301 North Miami Avenue, Miami, Florida, this 15th day of November, 1989 .
FOR THE COURT
James Lawrence Kin g ~_,Ch of United States Dist ct Judg e 1 1 cc : Honorable Peter T . Fay All Southern District Judg e All Southern District Magistrates All Committee Members UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTRF.RN nrrr1rr-r OF rLLn PJD
COURT COMMITTEES LIS T
November 9, 198 9
Big Cypress National Preserve Commission 87-6 (01/27/87) ...... _ .....87-14.._ ( 03/02/87 _) ...... EXPI RA'PION DATE C 1 2
John W . Watson, Esq ., Chairperson 12600 old Cutler Roa d Miami, FL 3315 6
Sam I . Silver, Esq . Dade County Courthouse 73 West Flagler Street Miami, FL 3313 0
Herbert S . Shapiro, Esq . 1666 79th Street Causeway, Suite 608 Miami Beach , FL 3314 1
Milton A .- Friedman, Esq . Alte.-:nate Commissioner 7006 S .W . 48th Lan e Miami , FL 3315 5
Security Committee 87-16 ( 3/4/87), 88-24 (07/07/88) and 88-21 (06 /30/88 )
Hon . Thomas E . Scott , Chairperson Hon . James W . Keho e Hon . Stanley Marcu s Chief Magistrate Charlene H . Sorrentino Keenan G . Casad y
Special Committee : Attorney Reprimands 87-23 ( 4/6/87 )
Hon . Eugene P . Spellman , Chairperson Hon . William M . Hoeveler Special Committee : Clerk's Office Workload and Courtroom Sche ulin z S7-2 t04100-Z's-1 )
Hon . James W . Kehoe, Chairperson Hon . Norman C . Roettger, Jr . Hon . James C . Paine Hon . Eugene P . Spellman
Implementation of New sentencing Guidelines Committee 87-36 ( 07/16/ 87.1
Hon . James W . Kehoe Hon . Stanley Marcu s
Carlos Juenke, Chairperson Chief United States Probation Office r
Harriett Galvin, Esq . 5301 Maggiore Street Coral Gables, FL 3314 6
Mark Schnapp, Esq . U .S . Attorney's offic e 1555 South Miami Avenue, Suite 700 Miami , FL 3313 0
Kenneth M . Schwartz, Esq . Assistant Federal Public Defende r
Stuart G . Abrams, Esq . Assistant Federal Public Defende r
Neal Sonnett, Esq . One Biscayne Towe r Two South Biscayne Boulevard Miami, FL 3313 2
Theodore Klein, Esq . Fine, Jacobson, et al 100 S .E . 2nd Street Miami, FL 3313 1
John Shevlin Supervising United States Probation Officer Federal Courthouse Squar e 300 NE 1st Av e Miami, Florida 33132
2 Speci al Comm ] ttaP! P uiau%iuas and Responsibilities of the Court Executive 88-05 ( 02/26/88 )
Hon . James Lawrence King Hon . Norman C . Roettger, Jr . Hon . Edward B . Davis Ron Alhee L .atngs Hon . Stanley Marcus
Norman E . Zoller , Reporter
Administrative oversight Committee 88-10 ( 04/07/88 )
Hon . James Lawrence King, Chairperson Hon . Norman C . Roettger, Jr . Hon . Edward B . Davis _ Ron Aloe L. Hastings Hon . Stanley Marcu s Chief Judge Thomas C . Britton
Keenan G . Casady, Secretaria t
Federal Law Clerk Policy Committee 88-13 (04/19/88)
Hon . Sidney M . Aronovit z
Barry R . Davidson, Esq ., Chairperson Coll Davidson & Carter 3200 Miami Center 100 Chopin Plaza Miami, FL 3313 1 (305) 373-520 0
Ana H . Barnett, Esq . Executive Assistant U .S . Attorney 155 South Miami Ave . Miami, FL 33130 FTS 350-447 1
W . Peter Burns, Esq . Steel Hector & Davi s 4000 Southeast Financial Center 200 S . Biscayne Boulevard Miami, FL 3313 1 (305) 577-2958
3 Thomas G . Shultz, Esq . Holland & Knigh t 1200 Brickell Avenue Miami, FL 3313 1 Robert D . MacIntosh, Esq . Fleming O'Bryan and Fleming P .O . Drawer 708 2 Ft . Lauderdale, FL 3333 8
Bar Review Committee 89-15 (04103/89 )
Hon, Thomas E . Scott, Chairperson Hon . Stanley Marcu s Senior Judge C . Clyde Atkin s Hon . Kenneth L . Ryskamp, Alternate Committee Membe r
Merit Selection Panel 89-21 ( 6/6/89 and 89 -33 (7/5/89 )
Hon . Gerald T . Wetherington Chief Judge, Eleventh Judicial Circuit 635 Dade County Courthous e 73 West Flagler Street Miami, FL 3313 0
Hon . Herbert M, Klein Circuit Judge Eleventh Judicial Circuit for the State of Florid a
Robert L . Dube, Esq . Dube & Wright, P .A . Suite 2608, New World Towe r 100 N . Biscayne Boulevard, FL 3313 1
Eduardo Gonzalez, Deputy Administrator Metro-Dade Police Department 1320 N .W . 14th Street Miami, FL 3312 5
David C . Goodwin, Esq . Morgan, Lewis & Bockiu s 200 S . Biscayne Blvd ., #5300 Miami, FL 33131-233 9
Marilyn J . Holifield, Esq . Holland & Knight P .O . Box 015441 Miami, FL 33101
4 Mitchell Maidique, President Florida International TTn i ~rerc i t University Park Campus S .W . 8th Street at 107th Avenue Miami, FL 3317 4
Melanie Given May, Esq . 1080 S .E . 3rd Avenue P .O . Box 2298 8 Fort Lauderdale, FL 3333 5
Joseph W . Womack, Esq . Kimbrell, Hamann, et a l 799 Brickell Plaza, Suite 900 Miami, FL 33131
Rules Committee 89-22 ( 6/6/89 )
Hon . Kenneth L . Ryskamp, Chairperson Hon . James C . Paine Hon . Stanley Marcu s
Jill Nexon Berman, Esq . Valdes-Fauli , Cobb & Petrey 2 S . Biscayne Boulevard, Suite 3400 Miami, FL 3313 1
Joseph W . Womack, Esq . Kimbrell, Hamann, et a l 799 Brickell Plaza , Suite 900 Miami , FL 33131
Advisory Committee 89-46 ( 9/20/89 )
Neal Sonnett, Esq . One Biscayne Towe r Two South Biscayne Boulevard Miami, FL 3313 2
Joseph Klock, Esq . Steel Hector & Davi s 2000 South Biscayne Boulevard Miami, FL 33131
5 Melvin Greenberg, Esq . Penthouse 1 . Forte P1ava 1401 Brickell Avenue Miami, FL 3313 1
Robert L . Dube , Esq . - Executive Director Dube & Wright, P .A . Suite 2608, New World Towe r 100 N . Biscayne Boulevard, FL 3313 1
Court Folicy Manual committee 89-48 ( 09/25/89 )
Hon . Lenore C . Nesbitt, Chairperson Hon . C . Clyde Atkin s Hon . Edward B . Davis Hon . William J . Zloch
Attorney Admissions Committee Membership 89-52 ( 10/09/89) EXPIRATION DATE : OCTOBER 9 1992
Hon . Edward B . Davis, Chairperson
William B . Killian, Esq . 200 S . Biscayne Blvd ., Suite 400 0 Miami, FL 33131 (305) 577-282 1
John R . Hoehl, Esq . Blackwell Walker Fascell & Hoeh l 2400 AmeriFirst Building One Southeast Third Avenu e Miami, FL 33131 (305) 995-560 3
Dean C . Colson, Esq . Colson, Hicks & Eidon 200 Biscayne Blvd ., 54th Fl . Miami, FL 33131 305) 73-540 0
Dean M . Minnette Masse y School of Law University of Miam i Coral Gables, FL 33124 305) 84-215 5
Prof . Terence J . Anderson Box 24808 7 University of Miam i Coral Gables, FL 33124 (305) 285-225 3
6 Jon A . Sale, Esq . One RiCrayne Tower Stc 2-0 Two S . Biscayne Blvd . Miami, FL 33131 (305) 358-200 0
Walter H . Beckham, Jr . 1201 City National Bank Building 25 West Flagler Street Miami, FL 33130 ( 305) 358-2800
Daniel S . Pearson, Esq . 2001 S .W . 117th Avenue P .G . Box bSUSU / Miami, FL 33265 (305) 221-120 0 peer Review uboIt,ed -C
William B . Killian, Esq ., Co-Chairperson 200 S . Biscayne Blvd ., Suite 400 0 Miami, FL 3313 1
John R . Hoehl, Esq ., Co-Chairperson Blackwell Walker Fascell & Hoehl 2400 AmeriFirst Building One Southeast Third Avenue Miami, FL 3313 1
Robert L . Krawcheck, Esq . Metro Dade Center, Suite 2810 111 N .W . First Stree t Miami, FL 3312 8
Jackson L . Peters, Esq . Peters, Pickle, et al 25 S .E . 2nd Ave ., Suite 628 Miami, FL 3313 1
Anthony J . Karrat, Esq . 1131 N .W . 76th Ave . Plantation , FL 3332 2
Theodore Klein, Esq . Fine, Jacobson, et al 100 S .E . 2nd Street Miami, FL 3313 1
Theodore J . Sakowitz, Esq . ed.eral :public Defender
Leonard Sands, Esq . 3225 Aviation Avenue, Suite 300 Coconut Grove, FL 33133
7 Atl PP Wa,nnl n,- y. ... 602 Sun Bank Building 777 Brickell Ave Miami, FL 3313 1
Examination dub Co itte e
Dean C . Colson, Esq ., Co-Chairperson Colson, Hicks & Eidon 200 Biscayne Blvd ., 54th Fl . Miami, FL 3313 1
Dean M . Minnette Massey, Co-Chairperson School of La w University of Miami Coral Gables, FL 33124 Melanie G . May, Esq . 1080 S .E . 3rd Ave . P .O . Box 2298 8 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33335
David L . Ross, Esq . Greenberg Traurig Hoffman et al . 1221 Brickell Avenu e Miami, FL 3313 1
Patricia A . Seitz, Esq . Steel , Hector & Davis 200 Biscayne Blvd ., Suite 4000 Miami , FL 3313 1
Bruce E . Wagner, Esq . 1520 S .E . 3rd Avenue Ft . Lauderdale, FL 33316
Roy B . Gonas, Esq . 2600 Douglas Road, #607 Coral Gables, FL 3313 4
Frank A . Lane, Esq . Wicker, Smith, et a l 29900 Middle Street, 5th Floor Miami, FL 3313 3
John B . Ostrow, Esq . Peninsula Federal Building 200 S .E . First Street Miami, FL 33131
8 Michael A . Rosen, Esq . 3225 Aviation avve _ , Sui+e 601 Miami, FL 33133
Trim Lx nde Sub-coma tte
Prof . Terence J . Anderson, Co-Chairperson Box 24808 7 University of Miami Coral Gables, FL 3312 4
Jon A . Sale, Esq ., Co-Chairperson O e Biscayne Tower, Ste . 2600 Two S . Biscayne Blvd . Miami, FL 3313 1
Robyn J . Hermann, Esq . 629 Palermo Avenue Coral Gables , FL 3313 4
James L . Armstrong, III, Esq . Kelley, Drye & Warre n 2400 Miami Center 100 Chopin Plaz a Miami, Florida 33130-239 9
Samuel I . Burstyn, Esq . Executive Building, Suite 701 3050 Biscayne Boulevard Miami, FL 3313 7
Richard D . Gregorie, Esq . Wicker Smith Grove Plaza - 5th FL 2900 NW 28th Terrace Miami , FL 3313 3
Dexter W . Lehtinen United States Attorney
Aaron S . Podhurst, Esq . 1201 City National Bank Building 25 West Flagler Street Miami, FL 3313 0
John F . Romano, Esq . 1601 Belvedere Road, #300-400 P .O . Box 346 6 West Palm Beach, FL 33402
9 Larry S . Stewart, Esq . Stewart . Tilghman FOX o~ 1 44 W . Flagler Street, Suite 1900 Miami, FL 3313 0
Parker D . Thomson, Esq . Thomson, Zeder , Bohrer, et a l 200 South Biscayne Boulevard , Suite 4900 Miami, FL 3313 1
Alan L . Weisberg, Esq . 910 Brickell Concours 1401 B ickeii Avenue Miami, FL 3313 1
Patricia G . Williams, Esq . 1055 N .W . 183rd Street Miami, FL 3316 9
Student Practice! Sub-Committee
Walter H . Beckham, Jr ., Esq ., Co-Chairperson 1201 City National Bank Buildin g 25 West Flagler Street Miami, FL 3313 0
Daniel S . Pearson, Esq ., Co-Chairperson 2001 S .W . 117th Avenue P .O . Box 650307 Miami, FL 3326 5
Sanford L . Bohrer, Esq . Thomson, Zeder, Bohrer, et al 200 S . Biscayne Blvd ., Ste . 4900 Miami, FL 3313 1
Prof . Stephen Friedland Nova University Center of Law 3100 S .W . 9th Avenue Ft . Lauderdale, FL 33315
Linda C . Hertz, Esq . Assistant United States Attorney 155 South Miami Avenue Miami, FL 3313 0
Roy W . Jordan, Jr ., Esq . Jordan & Stinso n 324 Datura Street, Ste . 324 West Palm Beach, FL 33401
10 Edward M . Kay, Esq . Kav : RoapnRe'hi1t? Z 7.oir?W.»g 633 S .E . 3rd Avenue , Ste . 4F Ft . Lauderdale , FL 3330 1
John Kirk McDonald, Esq . The Law Center 370 Minorca Avenue Coral Gales, FL 3313 4
Elizabeth S . Baker, Esq . 6701 Sunset Driv e Sciuth Miami, FL .3J14 J
Prof . Howard R . Messing Nova University Center of Law 3100 S .W . 9th Avenue Ft . Lauderdale, FL 3331 5
Appointment of the Federal Public Defender 89-53 (10/26/89 )
Hon . William J . 21och, Chairperson Hon . Eugene P . Spellman Hon . Stanley Marcus Hon . Thomas E . Scott
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