PLEASE RISE.
>>> HEAR YE, HEAR YE.
THE SUPREME COURT OF FLORIDA
IS NOW IN SESSION.
ALL WHO HAVE CAUSE TO PLEA,
DRAW NEAR, GIVE ATTENTION,
AND YOU SHALL BE HEARD.
GOD SAVE THESE UNITED
STATES, THE GREAT STATE
OF FLORIDA AND THIS
HONORABLE COURT.,,
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
THE SUPREME COURT.
PLEASE BE SEATED.
IT IS WONDERFUL TO SEE SUCH
A FULL HOUSE ONCATION OF THE
INDUCTION FOR CANDIDATES FOR
ADMISSION TO THE BAR.
OBTHIS OCTOBER 9th, 2006.
WE WELCOME ALL YOU HAVE, TO
THE FLORIDA SUPREME COURT.
AND THIS INDUCTION CEREMONY
IT PROBABLY THE HAPPIEST
TIME OF THE LIVES OF ALL
JUSTICES TO SIT IN MONIAL
SESSION, AND LOOK TO THE NEW
YOUNG BLOOD COMING INTO THE
PROFESSION.
INTO PROFESSION EACH OF US
LOVES SOLY, AND HOLDS SO
DEARLY IN OUR HEARTS.
AND SEE ALLUT HE OF THE NEW
LIFE COMING IN TO CONTINUE
ITS FUTURE AND TO HAVE WITH
US TODAY, THE DISTINGUISHED
DEFENDANTS HE GUESTS WHO ARE
GOING TO BE SPEAKING TO YOU,
AND, WITH YOU, ABOUT.
ABOUT WHAT THEY THINK SO IT
IS MY HONOR TO INITIALLY
CALL UPON HENRY M. HANCOCKS
THE PRESIDENT OF THE FLORIDA
BAR TO PRESENT SOME REMARKS.
>> CHIEF JUSTICE LEWIS
MEMBERS OF THE SUPREME COURT,
FAMILY, GUESTS, FRIENDS AND
THOSE WHO ARE ABOUT TO JOIN
THIS GREAT PROFESSION.
I SPEAK TO YOU, AS THIS
JOURNEY BEGINS, THAT YOU ARE
ABOUT TO HE CAN -- EMBARK ON
REAL ESTATE LAW COMMERCIAL
LAW FAMILY LAW CRIMINAL LAW
OR PROBATE WHAT EVEN IT IS,
YOU WILL BE ARMED WITH A
WEAPON THAT IS UNIQUE, TO
ANY PROER FIGURES TO MANKIND,
AND THAT IS THE WEAPON OF
BEING ABLE EXERCISE
INDEPENDENT PROFESSIONAL
JUDGMENT ON BEHALF OF YOUR
CLIENT WHAT I SAY TO YOU,
AND URGE YOU TO DO IS NEVER
LOSE SIGHT OF THE FACT THAT
THAT ABILITY TO EXERCISE
INDEPENDENT PROFESSIONAL
JUDGMENT EXISTS ONLY BECAUSE
AND ONLY SO LONG AS THOSE
PEOPLE SEATED TO MY RIGHT
HAVE THEIR INDEPENDENCE
JUDICIARY IN THIS NATION I
URGE YOU TO NEVER LOSE SIGHT
YOE THAT YOUR OBLIGATION IS
THE DUTY TO DEFEND AND
PROTECT THAT INDEPENDENCE.
FOR THOSE HOW FAR HAVE NOT
READ IT IN 1918.
THE ENACTED A NEW
CONSTITUTION, AND IF YOU
HAVE A CHANCE TO READ IT,
YOU SHOULD.
IN THAT CONSTITUTION IT
PRAISED HUMAN RIGHTS, THAT
CONSTITUTION PRAISED FREEDOM
OF SPEECH, IT PRAISED
INDIVIDUAL FREEDOMS, FREEDOM
OF THE PRESS, AND YET JOSEPH
STALIN USED THAT
CONSTITUTION TO THE HORROR
OF THE SOVIET CITIZENRY AND
TO THE HORROR OF THE WORLD
IN THIS COUNTRY IT IS
DIFFERENT IT IS DIFFERENT
FOR ONE SIMPLE REASON,
BECAUSE THE PEOPLE IN THIS
NATION BELIEVE IN THE UNITED
STATES CONSTITUTION.
THAT IS WHY IT HAS LASTED
FOR OVER 200 YEARS, OUR
RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS OUR RIGHT
TO SPEAK OUT, OUR RIGHT TO A
FAIR TRIAL, ALL OF THOSE
RIGHTS EMBODY NOT ONLY IN
THE BILL OF RIGHTS BUT IN
THE OTHER AMENDMENTS TO THE
CONSTITUTION ARE BECAUSE
THIS NATION BELIEVES IN IT.
AND IT WILL BE YOUR BURDEN,
YOUR OBLIGATION, AND YOUR
DUTY TO NOT ONLY BELIEVE IT
IN BUT TO CONVINCE OTHERS IN
THIS NATION AND IN THIS
STATE THAT IT SHOULD BE
BELIEVED IN.
WE NOW FLORIDA BAR STAND
80,000 STRONG WITH YOU
COMING INTO IT.
30,000 WE HAVE INCREASED
JUST IN 10 YEARS.
WE DO NOT EXIST TO SEEK OUT
OUR MEMBERS TO DISCIPLINE
THEM WE EXIST TO PROTECT THE
PUBLIC, AND TO FURTHER THE
ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE.
AND WE DO IT WELL.
WE DO IT WITH 69 STANDING
COMMUNITIES 23 SECOND SHOUNS
HOST OF SPECIAL COMMISSIONS.
AND IT IS MY PRIVILEGE, TO
INVITE ALL YOU HAVE TO COME
JOIN US AT THE TABLE, TO DO
IT BETTER WHETHER WITH
FLORIDA BAR IT WILL BE WITH
VOLUNTARY BARS JEE GRAPHIC
AREA OR IT BE IN VOLUNTARY
BARS OF YOUR AREAS OF
PRACTICE.
AND I COULD COMPARE THE
LAWYER WHO SAYS I'M NOT A
JOYNER, I'M NIPTED IN DOING
THAT, TO THE CITIZEN WHO CAN
COME UP WITH REASONS NOT TO
VOTE.
THE SHIP WILL CONTINUE TO
SAY WILL WITH YOUR
PARTICIPATION SAIL IT MAY
SAIL BETTER COURSE OR
ALTERNATIVE TO STAND ON
SHORE WATCH IT GO BY.
I SPOKE IN BOTH BOCA RATON
IN JUNE ABOUT YOUNG MISS
JEAN-LUIS FLOWN TO THE WORLD
AS DAUGHTER OF AT KASS FINCH
WHY SHE DIDN'T STAND FOR HER
FATHER, WHEN THE TRIAL WAS
OVER, WHEN TOM ARE ON BINSON
WAS BEING CARDED OFF TO
PRISON WHEN JURY LEFT HER
FATHER WAS WALKING OUT OF
THE COURTROOM I HAD SAID
THAT IN THE EYES OF SCOUT,
THE WORLD WAS FULL OF TOO
MANY INJUSTICES FOR HER TO
VOLUNTARY STAND UP.
THE BALCONY WAS WHERE ONLY
BLACKS COULD SIT JURY MADE
OF WHITES FOR THAT MATTER
WHITE MALES HER FATHERER
WOULD NOT BE COMPENSATEED
FOR WHAT HE DID.
AND SHE DIDN'T VOLUNTARY
STAND UP IN MY CHALLENGE TO
EACH OF YOU IS TO DO WHAT
SCOUT DID, THINGS HAVE
CHANGED NOW, BUT YOU SEARCH
THE WORLD FOR INJUSTICEES
WHEN YOU SEE THEM, YOU
RECOGNIZE THEM, AND YOU DO
WHAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR POWER
WHAT YOU ARE AFTER SWORN IN
TO CORRECT.
DO YOU WHAT YOU CAN TO
CORRECT IT AND YOU DON'T
LEAVE IT TO SOMEONE ELSE TO
CORRECT.
BECAUSE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF
LIFE OF ANOTHER HUMAN BEING
IS WITH THIS PROFESSION.
I CONGRATULATE ALL YOU HAVE
TODAY, BECAUSE YOU EARNED
IT.
AND ON BEHALF OF EVERYONE WE
APPLAUD YOU, AS THE LATE
CHIEF JUSTICE ONCE SAID AS
YOU SIT HERE THIS AFTERNOON,
WHAT YOU HAVE, EARNED IS NOT
A RIGHT.
WHAT YOU HAVE DONE IS BECOME
A TRUSTED WITH THE GREATEST
PRIVILEGE KNOWN TO THE STATE
OF FLORIDA AND TO THIS
NATION.
SOMEWHERE TOMORROW, A PERSON
WHO HAS NOT ONE TO HIS OR
HER NAME IS GOING TO
CONFRONT A CRISIS AND WHEN
YOU SEE IT, IT IS YOUR
OBLIGATION AND YOUR DUTY AS
A MEMBER OF THIS PROFESSION
TO TRY TO REEARN THE
PRIVILEGE THAT YOU GET
TODAY.
AND ALSO, TOMORROW, SOMEWHERE
IN THIS NATION, A COURT IS
GOING TO MAKE A DECISION OR
ISSUE AN OPINION BECAUSE THE
COURT FOLLOWED THE LAW AND
DID WHAT THE LAW REQUIRED
AND THE MASSES WILL CONDEMN
THAT DECISION.
THAT IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO
REEARN THE PRIVILEGE YOU
HAVE TODAY.
I CONGRATULATE ALL OF YOU,
AND WELCOME YOU TO THE
PROFESSION, THANK YOU.
[APPLAUSE]
THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND YOUR
CALL TO OUR COLLEAGUES TO BE
TO JOIN ALL OF US, IN
CONTINUING THE SEARCH FOR
JUSTICE AS WELL, WELL
RECEIVED.
NEXT IS MY HONOR TO CALL
UPON GOOD FRIEND, THE
HONORABLE CHARLES J. CHUCK
KAHN THE JUDGE FROM DISTRICT
COURT OF APPEAL FIRST
DISTRICT FOR A FEW REMARKS.
>> THANK YOU, MR. CHIEF
JUSTICE MAY IT PLEASE THIS
HONORABLE COURT.
AND HONORED INDUCTEES,
FAMILIES, FRIENDS, AND
GUESTS THAT ARE HERE TODAY,
IN THIS VENERABLE CHAMBER OF
THE FLORIDA SUPREME COURT.
IT IS MY GREAT PRIVILEGE TO
BE HERE TODAY, AND TO SHARE
THIS PROUD AND SIGNIFICANT
MOMENT WITH ALL OF YOU.
YOU ARE THE LATEST HEIRS TO
A FINE AND IMPORTANT
TRADITION.
AND THIS OCCASION, IS NOT
MEASURELY CEREAL.
IT IS A MILESTONE IN EACH 6
YOUR LIVES.
THIS INSTITUTION.
OF WHICH EACH OF YOU BECOME
OFFICERS, TODAY, IS FOUNDED
UPON THE SIMPLE PROPOSITION
THAT SERIOUS DISPUTES
WHETHER INVOLVING
INDIVIDUALS, CORPORATIONS,
OR GOVERNMENT MUST HAVE A
FAIR AND INDEPENDENT FORUM
FOR RESOLUTION.
IT IS WITHIN THIS FORUM
SYMBOLIZEED IN EMBODIED BY
THIS GREAT FLORIDA SUPREME
COURT, COURTROOM, THAT THE
STRUGGLE FOR JUSTICE MAY
PROPERLY CARRY ON.
MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS AT
THE BAR, IT IS NOT OUR WAY
TO RESOLVE DIFFERENCES
THROUGH DECEPTION, OR
ARTIFICIAL AND CERTAINLY NOT
BY FORCE, BY THREAT, OR BY
INTIMIDATION.
THOSE VOCAL FEW WHO ARE
MISTAKENLY CONVINCED THAT
ALMOST ANYTHING WOULD BE
BETTER THAN OUR AMERICAN
INSTITUTIONS HAVE SIMPLY
FAILED TO CONSIDER WHAT I
SUGGEST TO YOU IS THE TRUTH,
THE ANTITHESIS OF THE RULE
OF LAW IS NOT FREEDOM.
IT WILL I CHAOS.
PERHAPS THE GREATEST THE
FRUIT OF OUR AMERICAN
DEMOCRACY AND INDEED ONE OF
THE STATED AIMS OUR -- FOUNT
-- FOUNDERS IS ORDER
DOMESTIC TRANQUILITY A
TRANQUILITY THAT WE
AMERICANS DO ENJOY RELATIVE
TO VIRTUALLY THE ENTIRE REST
OF THE WORLD.
A CIVIL AND PEACEFUL SOCIETY
FOSTERED IN TURN BY A
RELIABLE SYSTEM FOR DISPUTE
RESOLUTION, ENKURJS RESPECT
FOR INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY WHILE
AT THE SAME TIME, DEMANDING
OF US, INDIVIDUAL
RESPONSIBILITIES.
OUR CONSTITUTIONS STATUTES
COMMONALITY LAW TRADITION,
ARE THE ONLY ARSENAL YOU
NEED TO ABLY REPRESENT YOUR
CLIENTS.
AND THESE TOOLS WILL BE
HUSBANDED BY HARD WORK, AND
BY YOUR ENDLESS PREPARATION.
REMEMBER, WHAT HAS GONE
BEFORE YOU IN MAPPING OUR
AMERICAN LEGAL LANDSCAPE.
NONE OF SPRUNG FULL GROWN
FROM IF I WON'S BROW.
IT IS THE HANDIWORK OF
CENTURIES.
IT IS NOT PERFECT.
IT HAS BEEN KNOWN TO TAKE A
WRONG TURN NOW AND THEN AND
ON OCCASION, ON OCCASION TO
HAVE A SPOUSE -- DEFENDED
THE WRONG IDEA AND THE WRONG
CHAMPION.
BUT THIS AMERICAN RULE OF
LAW HAS A SELF-CONTAINED
TOOL KIT.
THE TOLS THAT OCCUPY THAT
TOOL KIT WE CALL EQUAL
PROTECTS OF THE LAW AND DUE
PROCESS, AND YOU ARE NOW
APPRENTICEES IN THEIR USE.
I URGE YOU TO REFLECT HERE
ON THE SIGNIFICANCE OF YOUR
UNDERTAKING TODAY.
YOU CAME HERE COMPETENT WELL
EDUCATED, LAW SCHOOL
GRADUATES.
AND YOU WILL LEAVE AS
OFFICERS OF THE COURT
POSSESSED OF POWERS AND
RESPONSIBILITIES THAT
MAGNITUDE OF WHICH WILL BE
CONTINUALLY REVEALED TO YOU
AS YOU PURSUE THIS GREAT
PROFESSION, CONSIDER THIS,
WITH A STROKE YOUR PEN, YOU
CAN SIGN A CIVIL COMPLAINT A
LAWSUIT, INITIATING A
PROCEEDING THAT YOU CAN BE
VERY SURE WILL SIGNIFICANTLY
IMPACT THE PERSON WHO
RECEIVES THOSE SUIT PAPERS.
YOU HAVE AT YOUR DISPOSAL
THE POWER OF SUBPOENA BY
WHICH YOU MAY REQUIRE ATTENDANCE
OF UNWILLING WITNESSES AT
COURT PROCEEDINGS, SOME OF
YOU WILL SERVE AS STATE OR
FEDERAL PROSECUTORS, BY
INITIATING FORMAL CHARGES,
YOU MAY BRING TO BEAR ALL
THE POWERS OF THE GOVERNMENT.
AGAINST A FEMO CITIZEN
ACCUSED A FELLOW CITIZEN
ACUSED OF CRIME THOSE OF HOW
CHOOSE BUSINESS REAL ESTATE
PROBATE LAW WILL BY YOUR
MEASURE WORD OF ADVICE
INFLUENCE THE COURSE OF YOUR
CLIENT'S CONDUCT.
AND YOU WILL INFLUENCE YOUR
CLIENT'S FUTURE IN MOST
SIGNIFICANT WAYS, AS ADVISE
GIVERS YOU WILL BE LOOKED TO
YOU WILL BE RELIED UPON, AND
YOU WILL BE ULTIMATELY HELD
ACCOUNTABLE.
AS I HAVE INTIMATED BY YOUR
OATH TODAY, YOU HAVE OH, YOU
BECOME DEFENDERS OF A
VENERABLE LEGAL SYSTEM,
OTHER PEOPLE AND PRESIDENT
HANK CERTAINLY LEFT -- LET
THUS BE KNOWN IN HIS
COMMENTS ABOUT THE
INDEPENDENT JUDICIAL SYSTEM
OTHER PEOPLE WILL JUDGE OUR
SYSTEM BY YOUR ENDEAVORS, BY
YOUR WORDS, SO DO NOT TREAT
THESE COURTS OF JUSTICE AS
MEASURE BACKDROPS AGAINST
WHICH YOU EARN A LIVING.
REMEMBER INSTEAD THAT IT IS
IN THE RULE OF LAW A RULE
THAT AFFORDS SPECIALP -- S
AFFORDS PROTECTION NOT ONLY
TO ACCUSED BUT PAETSFUL
SOCIETY LARGE THAT ALLOWED
US THE OPPORTUNITY SUCCEED.
IT THEREFORE MY PRIVILEGE TO
CHARGE YOU TODAY, IN ALL OF
YOUR PROFESSIONAL ENDEAVORS
BE CIVIL, BE DILIGENT, BE
COURTEOUS, BE SCRUPULOUS.
YOU HAVE NOT ONLY
PREROGATIVE BUT THE
OBLIGATION TO DO THE RIGHT
THING IN THOSE MANY MOMENTS
AND SITUATIONS WHERE NO ONE
ELSE IS MONITORING YOUR
BEHAVIOR OR YOUR WORDS.
LET YOUR PROFESSIONAL
DECISIONS AND YOUR PUBLIC
ACTIONS BE WORTHY OF THIS
ANCIENT JAL -- VALUABLE
TRADITION I SAY TO YOU
CONGRATULATIONS AND MAY GOD
BLESS OF YOU.
[APPLAUSE],,
THANK YOU FOR THOSE TIMELY
MOST IMPORTANT REMARKS.
WE NOW LIKE TO RECOGNIZE
JOHN MITCHELL STEWART THE
PRESIDENT OF THE YOUNG
LAWYERS DIVISION.
FLORIDA BAR FOR A FEW
REMARKS.
>> CHIEF JUSTICE LEWIS
JUSTICES OF THE SUPREME
COURT THE VERY MUCH
APPRECIATES THE HONOR BEING
ABLE TO SPEAK TO THIS
IMPORTANT INDUCTION KREMY
TODAY HAPPENS TO BE COLUMBUS
DAY THE DAY THAT WE CONSIDER
COLUMBUS DISCOVERING OF
AMERICA AND I HOPE THAT AS
YOU COME BACK AND LOOK ON
YOUR YEARS IN THE PROFESSION
MANY YEARS DOWN THE ROAD YOU
WILL VIEW THIS AS THE DAY
THAT YOU DISCOVERED THE
FLORIDA BAR, AS PRESIDENT
COX MENTIONED, THERE ARE
MANY, MANY COMMUNITIES AND
SECTIONS OF THE FLORIDA BAR,
IN WHICH YOU CAN PRACTICE
LEARN ABOUT YOUR PRACTICE
AREAS, I WOULD LIKE TO
MENTION THREE PARTICULAR
ISSUES THAT I THINK YOU WILL
FIND MORE -- MOST IMPORTANT
AS YOUNG LAWYERS, THE FIRST
IS THE PRO BONO ACTIVITIES,
FOR THE GOOD OF THE PUBLIC
THE FLORIDA BAR ATTORNEYS
PERFORM EVERY DAY.
THE FLORIDA BAR HAS ADOPTED
AN OFFICIAL POSITION
APPROVED BY THE FLORIDA
SUPREME COURT THAT -- ALL --
CONTRIBUTE AT LEAST 20 HOURS
YEARLY, OF FREE LEGAL WORK
FOR THE POOR AND TO DONATE
350 DOLLARS TO LEGAL SERVICE
ORGANIZATIONS THAT REPRESENT
THE YIJ DIMMING ENT IN 1972
DIN GENT.
>> FOR YOU LAWYERS PROVIDEED
4 50,000 HOURS THREE DECADES
LATER 2003 THAT NUMBER
ESTIMATED TO BE OVER 1.5
MILLION HOURS OF PRO BONO
WORK, COUPLED WITH OVER 3.7
MILLION DOLLARS, CONTRIBUTED
TO LEGAL AID ORGANIZATION IS
ABOUT FLORIDA LAWYERS.
YOUNG LAWYERS PERFORM MUCH
OF THE PRO BONO WORK IN
THEIR COMMUNITIES.
AND I ENCOURAGE YOU NOT ONLY
TO CONTINUE THIS TRADITION,
BUT TO IMPROVING UPON THE
FINE TRADITION OF PROVIDING
BROO PRO BONO SERVICES TO
THOSE MOST IN NEED IN LOCAL
COMMUNITIES THE YOUNG
LAWYERS DIVISION AS THE
HONOR AND OPPORTUNITY TO
AWARD THE YOUNG LAWYER THAT
WAS GIVEN THE MOST OF HIS OR
HER TIME THE VOLUNTARY
PERFORMANCE OF PRO BONO
SERVICE, THAT AWARD IS BESTOWED
THIS VERY COURTROOM AND A
VERY PRESTIGIOUS CEREMONY.
THE SECOND POINT FOR YOU
CONSIDER IS THAT OF
PROFESSIONALISM.
ATTORNEYS IN FLORIDA
CONTINUE TO PURSUE THE LOFTY
GOAL OF BECOMING THE MOST
ETHICAL PROFESSIONAL
ATTORNEYS IN THE NATION.
ON OUR NEWEST YOUNGEST TERNS
-- ATTORNEYS FACE PRESSURES
YOU I WHICH NOT ACCUSTOMED
BALANCING TIME LIFE FAMILY
WORK CAN BE OVERWHELMING,
THESE PRESSURES WHEN LARGE
FIRM SITTING GOVERNMENTAL
ENTIRE -- ENVIRONMENT
HANGING OUT YOUR SHININGEL
CAN SOMETIMES LEAD TO THE
OCCASIONA UNETHICAL
UNPROFESSIONAL ACTION, UNDER
CURRENT LEADERSHIP OF
JUSTICE KAHN AND PRESIDENT
COX THE SUPREME COURT
COMMISSION ON PROFESSIONALISM
THE FLORIDA BAR COMMUNITY ON
PROFESSIONALISM STRIVING TIE
SURE IS THAT ALL LAWYERS AND
PARTICULARLY YOUNG LAWYERS,
HAVE THE TOLS AND EDUCATION
THEY NEED TO HANDLE DAILLY
STRESS OF NEWFOUND WORK
ENVIRONMENT SO SAW THAT DO
NOT STRAY FROM YOUR
PROFESSIONAL IDEALS, THE
COMMISSION COMMUNITY ON
PROFESSIONALISM WILL HOLD A
SPRING RETREAT THIS YEAR
DEDICATE SOELDLY HOW BEST TO
PROTECT EDUCATE YOUNG
LAWYERS TO ENSURE THAT OUR
ACTIONS MAINTAIN HIGH
PROFESSIONAL AND ETHICAL
STANDARDS, FINALLY, I
BELIEVE INVOLVEMENT FLORIDA
BAR IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT,
BUT I BELIEVE IT IS ALSO THE
UTMOST IMPORTANCE, INVOLVEMENT
OF LT.IVE GOVERNMENTAL
PROCESS.
THE JUDE WROE IN OUR
PROFESSION ARE ROUTINELY
ATTACKED LAWYERS ARE NOT
ONLY NOT ALWAYS PROPERLY
POSITIONED TO DEFEND
OURSELVES FROM THESE ATTACKS
TOWARD THAT END YOUNG
LAWYERS DIVISION IS HOLDING
ANNUAL GOVERNMENT SYMPOSIUM
IN MIAMI ON FRIDAY JANUARY
19th.
AND THE SUBJECT OF THAT
COMPOSIUM -- GRASS ROOTS
LOBBING EFFORTS LAWYERS
EDUCATED ON PROCESS OF
STAYING INVOLVED IN THE
LEGISLATIVE GOVERNMENTAL
ACTIVITIES, SO THAT YOU CAN
PROTECT NOT ONLY THE FLORIDA
BAR, AND OUR STATEWIDE
JUDICIARY BUT ALSO YOUR OWN
PRACTICE AREAS, THE YOUNG
LAWYERS DIVISION BELIEVES
THAT THIS IS SO IMPORTANT
THAT WE ARE PROVIDING A LIVE
WEK CAST FOR THOSE UNABLE TO
MAKE IT TO MIAMI ON THE
YOUNG LAWYERS WEB SITE FLA--
YOU CAN FIND MORE ABOUT
YOUNG LAWYERS DIVISION A
RAVN THAT YOU WILL BE EN--
ENJOYING IMMEDIATELY UPON
CONCLUSION OF THIS CEREMONY,
I CONGRATULATE YOU, AND
WELCOME YOU, TO THE
PROFESSION.
I STRONGLY ENCOURAGE YOUR
INVOLVEMENT, WITH THE FLOWED
BAR ASK THAT YOU ENCOURAGE
YOUR RELUCTANT COLLEAGUES,
TO ALSO BOE BECOME INVOLVED
IN THE FLORIDA BAR, AND
YOUNG LAWYERS DIVISION
CONGRATULATIONS AND MUCH
SUCCESS A AS YOU EMBARK ON
YOUR CAREER, THANK YOU
[APPLAUSE],,,,
>> THANK YOU, MR. STEWART WE
APPRECIATE YOUR EXTENSION OF
THE INTATION TO NEW ADMITES
I'M HOPE FULL WE WILL ALL
JOIN YOU VERY SHORT, NEXT, I
WOULD TURN THE PODIUM OVER
TO MISS NANCY ANN DANIELS
SHE IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE
TALLAHASSEE BAR ASSOCIATION,
AND THE PUBLIC DEFENDER, IN
THIS CIRCUIT ONE FINE LAWYER
ONE FINE PERSON.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH CHIEF
JUSTICE MATE I PLEASE THE
COURT WOW!
SWIMENT A WROUD WHAT A CROWD
I REMEMBER THIS DAY FOR ME
29 YEARS AGO I BORROWED A --
AND HAD IDEA WHAT I WAS --
GETTING INTO I'VE BEEN HAPPY
IN THIS PROFESSION VERY
HAPPY.
AND NOW ON BEHALF OF THE
LOCAL BAR ASSOCIATION, AND
ALL OF THE OVER 200 SPECIAL
-- BAR ASSOCIATIONS IN
FLORIDA I CONGRATULATE YOU
ON YOUR ACHIEVEMENT AND WISH
YOU VERY GREAT HAPPINESS AND
SUCCESS FULFILLMENT IN THIS
PROFESSION.
FROM THE DAYS OF EARLY GREEK
SOCIETY, LAW HAS BEEN THE
BEDROCK OF THE SOCIETY.
AND NO MATTER HOW MANY
LAWYER JOKES THERE ARE, AND
HOW MANY CRITICISMS THERE
ARE OF LAWYERS, LAWYERS ARE
THE PEOPLE WHO ARE THE
MESSENGERS AND ADMINISTERS
OF THE LAW.
AND WITHOUT OUR EFFORTS
THERE WOULD BE NO LAW AND
ORDER IN OUR SOCIETY.
SO YOU ARE JOINING HONORABLE
PROFESSION, AND I HOPE YOU
NEVER WAVER FROM KNOWING
THAT AND LIVEING THAT.
IN YOUR OATH TODAY YOU WILL
PLEDGE TO DO SOMETHING THAT
IS VERY NOTEWORTHY AND
UNIQUE ABOUT THE LEGAL
PROFESSION, AND THAT IS TO
SERVE THE CAUSE OF THE
DEFENSELESS AND OPPRESSED,
YOU HAVE ALREADY HEARD
COMMENTS, ABOUT PRO BONO
SERVICE.
BUT I AM HERE TO URGE EACH
AND EVERY ONE YOU HAVE TO
TAKE THAT VERY SERIOUSLY
DEVOTE YOURSELF TO THAT PART
OF YOUR OATH.
I PROMISE YOU, THAT YOU WILL
GAIN GREAT FULFILLMENT AND
JOY OUT OF HELPING THE LESS
ADVANTAGED OF OUR SOCIETY
AND USING YOUR LAW DEGREE TO
HELP THEM.
SECONDLY, I WILL ECHO THE
REMARKS OF THE OTHERS ABOUT
JOINING A VOLUNTARY LAW OR
BAR ASSOCIATION.
EACH COUNTY HAS A BAR
ASSOCIATION, AND THERE ARE
MANY, MANY SPECIALTY BARS,
THAT YOU CAN JOIN IN YOUR
FIELD.
BY DOING THIS YOU WILL
ENHANCE YOUR PARTICIPATION
IN THE PROFESSION, AND HAVE
MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO SERVE
THE COMMUNITY WITH PROJECTS
LIKES HABITAT, AND, MENTORING
PROJECTS AND THE MANY THINGS
THAT OUR LOCAL BAR
ASSOCIATIONS DO.
WITH THAT I WILL CONCLUDE MY
REMARKS, AND JUST SAY THIS
THIS VERY HAPPY.
AND THEN GO OUT THERE, AND
BE AN HONORABLE LAWYER, THE
KIND THAT DOES GENERATE
LAWYER JOKES, THE KIND THAT
BRINGS GREAT HONOR TO
YOURSELF, YOUR FAMILY, AND
YOUR PROFESSION.
THANK YOU.
[APPLAUSE],,,,
>> THANK YOU MISTAKENIELS
NOW IT IS -- MISS DANIELS
NOW IT IS TIME FOR THE
REMARKS OF THE INDUCTEE, WHO
SCORED THE HIGH ONLY FLORIDA
-- ON THE ON THE FLORIDA BAR
EXAMINATION ALL OF YOU KNOW
HOW DIFFICULT THE
PREPARATION PERIOD WAS, THE
EXAM ITSELF.
AND THIS YOUNG WOMAN CAME
OUT VERY TOP OF THE CLASS,
AND SHE IS NOW SERVING AS
JUSTICE WILLS STAFF ATTORNEY
WE WOULD CALL UPON KRISTINA
SAMUELS TO ADDRESS YOUR
COINDUCTEES.
>> MAY IT PLEASE THE COURT.
I SHOULD PROBABLY START OUT
WARNING ALL YOU HAVE THAT
BEING AS NEW AS ANYONE IN
THIS ROOM, PROFESSION I
DON'T HAVE ANY WORDS OF
WISDOM.
LIKE THE -- WHO HAVE
SPEAKERS WHO HAVE COME
BEFORE ME.
HOWEVER, WHEN TOM HALL CLERK
OF THE COURT FIRST ASKED ME
I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN
SPEAKING TODAY, HE THE
INDUCTEE SPEAKER USUALLY
USES THE OPPORTUNITY TO
THANK THOSE PEOPLE WHO HELPED
HIM OR HER GET THROUGH LAW
SCHOOL, AND PREPARE FOR THE
BAR.
THANKING PEOPLE WHO PUT UP
WITH ME DURING LAW SCHOOL,
AND THAT STUDYING TIME
CERTAINLY SEEMS WORTHWHILE
AND IMPORTANT SO I'M GOING
TO GIVE IT MY BEST SHOT.
FIRST I WANT TO THANK YOU
ALL THE PO O PROFESSORS
UNIVERSITY OF MIME SCHOOL OF
LAW, AND AT -- THE KLUDGE OF
LAW I WENT THERE FIRST
SEMESTER AND ALL PROFESSORS
WHO WORKED FOR BARBARIE, AND
OTHER -- ON THE BAR EXAMINE
PREPARATION COURSES.
THEY DEVOTE CAREERS TO
TRYING TO SQUEEZE AS MUCH
LAW AND INTO ALL OUR HEADS
AS POSSIBLE TO MAKE US
PREPARED AS POSSIBLE FOR
THIS CAREER THAT ENTAILS SO
MUCH RESPONSIBILITY.
SO THANK TO YOU ALL OF THEM.
THANK YOU TOO TO JUSTICE
WELLS FOR HAVING ME HERE AT
THE COURT AS AN INTERN AND
NOW STAFF ATTORNEY, HAVING A
PREVIEW ONE OF THE MOST
INTERESTING LEGAL JOBS IN
FLORIDA IS DEFINITELY A HUGE
MOTIVATION DURING YOUR LAST
YEAR OF LAW SCHOOL AND WHILE
STUDING FOR THE BAR THANK
YOU TOO TO JUSTICE WELLS AND
THE REST OF THE STAFF WHO IS
PROBABLY UPSTAIRS WATCHING
ON THE COMPUTER, FOR FORCING
ME TO MAKE STUDYING MY
NUMBER ONE PRIORITY THIS
SUMMER.
EVEN WHEN I DIDN'T WANT TO
STUDY ANYMORE.
ALSO FOR GIVING ME EASIER
ASSIGNMENTS TO MAKE SURE I
WOULD HAVE TIME TO STUDY.
THEN, I ALSO WANT TO THANK
MY HUSBAND FOR DOING ALL OF
THE COOKING AND CLEANING,
AND GENERALLY TAKE CARE OF
ME SO I LITERALLY DIDN'T
HAVE TO DO ANYTHING BUT
STUDY AND WORK THIS SUMMER.
AND LAST I WANT TO THANK YOU
ALL YOU HAVE FOR GIVING ME A
CHANCE TO THANK YOU ALL OF
THOSE PEOPLE.
AND SHORT I FEEL VERY LUCKY
AND VERY BLESSED TO HAVE HAD
TO ON HE SO MANY PEOPLE
ENCOURAGING ME ON MY PAST
BECOMING A MEMBER OF THE BAR,
I HOPE EVERYONE ELSE IN THIS
ROOM FEELS JUST AS LUCKY AND
BLESSED AS WE BEGIN OUR
CAREERS TOGETHER TODAY.
[APPLAUSE],,,,
>> BEFORE WE ENTER INTO THE
FORMAL SWEARING-IN I WOULD
LIKE TO TAKE A COUPLE OF
MOMENTS, TO SHARE WITH YOU
SOME OF MY THOUGHTS, AS TO
WHAT I BELIEVE BE IMPORTANT
TO YOUR FUTURE.
AND I THINK NUMBER ONE
FOREMOST IS THAT YOU MUST
UNDERSTAND THIS IS A LIFE'S
JOURNEY THAT NOT A DASH IT
IS NOT A 50-YARD DASH IT IS
NOT A MILE.
IT IS FOR THE REST OF YOUR
LIFE.
TODAY YOU ARE TAKING A
DEFINITE STEP YOU ARE
STEPPING ACROSS THE
THRESHOLD FROM BEING AN
INDIVIDUAL, TO NOW BEING AN
ATTORNEY, A COUNSELOR AT LAW,
AND A TRUSTED MEMBER OF THIS
GREAT DEM.
YOU SEE YOU HAVE BECOME AN
OFFICER OF THE DEMOCRACY NOT
JUST MEASURELY OF THIS COURT,
BECAUSE THIS BRANCH THIS
BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT IS
ESSENTIAL TO THE FREEDOMS IN
THIS COUNTRY.
I HOPE THAT EACH OF YOU WILL
TAKE TO HEART THE
RESPONSIBILITIES THAT FLOW
FROM TAKING THE OATH TODAY,
BECAUSE IN THE FUTURE, YOU
WILL BE TEMPTED FROM TIME TO
TIME YOU WILL BE TEMPTED IN
MANY WAYS, BUT I HOPE THAT
TODAY I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU
TO PICTURE IN YOUR MINDS THE
PERSON THAT YOU CARE MOST
ABOUT IN THIS ENTIRE WORLD.
TAKE A MOMENT.
THE PERSON THAT YOU CARE
MOST ABOUT IN THIS ENTIRE
WORLD.
IF YOU ARE EVER TEMPTED, I
WANT YOU TO THINK.
OF THAT PERSON BE PROUD OF
ME IN WHAT I'M DOING.
WILL THAT PERSON CARE WHAT
I'M DOING.
WILL THAT PERSON BE PROUD OF
ME?
I THINK IF YOU FOLLOW THAT
MOTTO IT WILL WILL TAKE YOU
A LONG WAY.
BECAUSE WHILE YOU ARE GOING
TO STRIVE TO BE THE BEST
LAWYER CAN BE, I URGE YOU TO
STRIVE TO BE THE VERY BEST
PERSON THAT YOU CAN BE.
YOU CAN BE A GREAT LAWYER,
AND GREAT PERSON AT THE SAME
TIME.
THOSE TWO ROLES ARE NOT
MUTUALLYIVE.
AND YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND
THAT.
AND JUST THREE THINGS I
THINK WILL CARE YOU A LONG
WAY CARRY YOU A LONG WAY
THEY HELPED A ME TREMLY
NUMBER ONE I THINK YOU NEED
TO FIND A MENTOR YOU MAY
HAVE ALREADY FOUND THAT
PERSON THAT PERSON NEED NOT
BE BRIGHTER THAN YOU SMARTER
THAN YOU A BETTER LAWYER
THAN YOU EVEN.
BUT DO YOU NEED SOMEBODY
THAT IS WALKED THAT JOURNEY,
AND KNOWS WHERE THOSE POT
HOLES ARE TO BE FOUND.
AND THAT MENTOR, THAT MENTOR
CAN BE BY YOUR SIDE FOR THE
REST OF YOUR LEGAL CAREER.
SECONDLY, I THINK YOU NEED A
SOULMATE, YOU MAY HAVE
ALREADY MET THAT SOULMATE.
THAT SOULMATE LOVES YOU
UNCONDITIONLY.
BECAUSE IT IS NOT ALWAYS
EASY, BEING A LAWYER, EVERY
DAY, IS NOT ONE OF THOSE
SUNSHINE DAYS, FULL OF MUSIC
AND FLOWERS, THERE ARE TOUGH
DAYS AHEAD.
YOU NEED SOMEONE BY YOUR
SIDE AGAIN, THAT LOVES YOU
UNCONDITIONALLY THAT
UNDERSTANDS YOU, WILL
SUPPORT YOU, AND WHATEVER
YOU FACE IN YOUR LEGAL
JOURNEY.
AND THIRDLY, I THINK IT
IMPORTANT THAT YOU
UNDERSTAND THAT YOU CAN BE
STANDING WAIST DEEP IN COOL
WATER, AND BE THIRSTY.
AND WHAT'S THAT WHITEHEADED
GUY TALKING ABOUT?
YOU KNOW, IF YOU DON'T TAKE
TIME TO SEE WHAT'S AROUND
YOU, IF YOU DON'T TAKE TIME
TO HAVE YOUR PRIORITIES, IN
ORDER, YOU CAN STAND IN THAT
COOL WATER AND STILL BE
THIRSTY.
YOU WILL NOT FULFILL
YOURSELVES IF YOU ONLY SEEKALITY
AI DOLLAR AND FORGET YOUR
PROFESSION YOUR PROFESSION
MUST COME BEFORE ALL ELSE.
AND IF YOU DO SO, I THINK IT
WILL MAKE YOU A HAPPY LAWYER.
I HAVE NOT GAINED GREAT
WEALTH BY PRACTICING LAW I
EARNED A GOOD LIVING FOR MY
FAMILY.
BUT I THINK THROUGH THE
PROCESS I CAN TELL YOU THAT
I HAVE NEVER HAD A DAY I
HAVEN'T BEEN PROUD TO BE A
FLORIDA LAWYER.
AND ED, ANDPED TO SERVE THE
PEOPLE OF FLORIDA AND EACH
DAY ALL OF US, EVERY MEMBER
ON THIS BENCH COMES INTO
THIS BUILDING, WE SORT OF
PINCH OURSELVES, BECAUSE WE
WERE SMITH YOUR SEATS NOT
THAT LONG AGO.
YOUR LIVES ARE GOING TO
CHANGE, BECAUSE YOU ARE
RESPONSIBLE 24 HOURS A DAY,
7 DAYS A WEEK, 365 DAYS A
YEAR, YOU ARE NOW GOING TO
BECOME LAWYERS.
YOU CARRY THAT
RESPONSIBILITY.
SO WITH THAT I WOULD CALL
UPON MR. WHALEN TO READ THE
NAMES OF THE NEW INDUCTEES,
AND IF YOU WILL, PLEASE,
STAND, AND REMAIN STANDING,
AS YOUR NAME IS CALLED.
>> MAY IT PLEASE THE COURT.
PURSUANT TO THE RULES OF THE
SUPREME COURT RELATING TO
ADMISSION TO THE BAR, THE
CANDIDATES BEFORE YOU HAVE
BEEN RIGOROUSLY EXAMINED BY
THE BOARD OF BAR EXAMINERS
BOTH AS TO YOU ARE IN --
THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF THE LAW
AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE
STANDARDS IDEALS OF THE
LEGAL PROFESSION.
IN ADDITION THEIR
BACKGROUNDS HAVE BEEN
SUBJECTED TO SEARCH AND
CHARACTER AND FIT THE
AS ASIDE WILL NOTE, THAT YOU
MIGHT BE INTERESTED TO, THAT
THE GROUP TODAY INCLUDES A
MOTHER DAUGHTER AND A
HUSBAND WIFE.
>> THE NAMES OF THE
CANDIDATES BEFORE YOU, ARE
DON ADAMS, BRANDY ALEXANDER,
BETHANY BASHER,
SARBLACKWELL.
-- BARBER, SARBLACKWELL
ROBIN BLANK, RAYMOND BRANCH,
STACY BRASWELL.
DANIELLE BROWN,.
JOSEPH BROWN.
MARY CALCOTE, JEFFRY KANOP,
STEPHEN CAPRIOTTI, JERALD
CAROL, LINDSEY CARTER, BETTY
CHARAMY,, JOSEPH COOK,,
THOMAS CRABB, TANNER DEMERY,
LOW REIN DONOVAN LAPENTO,
AARON DUNKIN,, NELLIE ESTES,,,
KELLY FERGUSON, FRANCINE
FISHBINE MARILYN GANT,, SEAN
GARNER,, PLAYER GRAHAM.
BLAIR GRAHAM, TANYA HARRIS.
LAWTON HERD, MARCH PHIL.
THOMAS HOLLY.
ALAN, HUFF, SUSAN ARMONGER,
RICHARD, JUNIOR, DANIEL
CARNER, JOSHUA KOHLER,,
TIMOTHY COXIS, COURTNEY LEE.
JENNIFER LITTLE, JOHN LKWOOD,,
SARAH MANCHEE -- OZDAYHOSI,
MANCOTI, ROBERT MAY.
LAS MIR LIN, TIFFANY MOUNT,,
LINDA NEW HAUSEN, NICHOLAS
NONS, -- OSIMONY.
CHRIS PANTHI, SARAH PERT,
SEBASTIAN PARPASKI BROOK
REYNOLDS, JENNA REYNOLDS.
SHERI RHODEN, AN WON TWO
ROBERTSON,, JAR ROSS,,,
XANIBU RAMALLAH, KRISTINA
SAMUELS, MEGAN SANTOS,,
AMELIA SAVITCH, RICK
SAVITCH, MATTHEW SCANLON,
ADAM SCHWARTZ, MARIA SEKOL,
KYLE SHAW, BETH SHANKEL
ANDERSON, JESSICA SLANTON,
KAREEM SPICHLT RATLING,
DEBORAH STILLMAN -- LUCILLE
SUTTON, ANTONIO TAMPIO..
STEPHEN KIESTER, TIMOTHY
THOMAS,, ANA TORRES,
JENNIFER BOGIS, LEWIS WALKER,,
COURTNEY WATERS, BONNIE
WELMAT, GEORGE WRIGHT.
ERIC SAILOR, KATHERINE
SLAYED.
-- SLADE NICHOLAS DIONATE,
RHODA DEGA-- EXCUSE ME,
SARAH HESS.
JOHN CRAMER,,, NEW LAND,
MEGAN McKORTHY, JEFFRY,
LISER, DAVID APPLEGATE.
JENNIFER FRIDID LIKA, RONALD
BRUTHOUSE, EMILY WILLIAMS,
I'M HAPPY--BEHALF FLORIDA
BAR -- BOARD EXAM FESS LIKE
MOVED A MISSION TO THESE
CANDIDATES TO THE FLORIDA
BAR.
>> ALL RIGHT SIR TODAY IS
ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE
COURT TO CELEBRATE, A VERY
SPECIAL VERY SPECIAL THINGS.
WE AS PARENTS IF WE HAVE
YOUNGSTERS WHO BECOME
LAWYERS, IT IS THE GREATEST
HONOR, THAT ANYONE CAN EVER
RECEIVE.
AND WE ARE VERY BLESSED ON
THIS COURT BECAUSE YOU SEE
JUSTICE WELLS WHO SITS TO MY
RIGHT.
AS A LOVELY YOUNG DAUGHTER
ASHLEE, WHO HAS FOLLOWED IN
HIS FOOTSTEPS, AND HANDSOME
YOUNG SON TALLY, WHO IS ALSO
HONORED HIS FATHER BY
BECOMING A LAWYER.
AND YOU WILL SEE THAT
DEMONSTRATES THAT HE WAS A
WONDERFUL ROLE MODEL TO
THOSE YOUNGSTERS THAT THEY
WANTED TO FOLLOW IN HIS
FOOTSTEPS.
ON MY LEFT, SITS JUSTICE
ANSTEAD HE, TOO, HAS TWO
CHILDREN THAT HAVE BECOME
MEMBERS OF THE LEGAL
PROFESSION.
LAURA WHO IS HERE IN
TALLAHASSEE, AND WORKED IN
THE NEW YORK CITY FOR A
WHILE WAS THERE AT 9/11.
AND HE WAS SO VERY, VERY
WORRIED WHEN THINGS WERE
GOING ON ABOUT THAT TIME.
AND HE LEFT CONFERENCE TO GO
CHECK ON FAMILY WHEN THAT
DEVASTATING NEWS ARRIVEED
SHE IS BACK TALLAHASSEE WITH
US AND HIS SON CHRIS IS
ALWAYS LAWYER, JUSTICE
CONVINCE'S DAUGHTER HAS JUST
BEGUN JUST BEGUN THE JOURNEY
IN LAW SCHOOL DOWN IN ST.
THOMAS.
SAINTS THOMAS UNIVERSITY
DOWN IN MIAMI.
SO SOON SHE WILL HAVE ONE
STANDING IN YOUR PLACE.
AND TODAY JUSTICE PARIENTE,
HAS THE GREAT HONOR OF
HAVING HER SON BEING
INDUCTED INTO THE BAR AND
WHAT A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL
MOMENT.
SO AS WE DO THIS I WOULD ASK
THAT JOSHUA -- PLEASE COME
TO THE WELL.
I WOULD ALSO ASK THAT ESTER
HOLLY, WHO IS 92 YEARS YOUNG
TODAY, AND SHE HAS COME TO
JOIN US WITH HER SON THOMAS
HOLLY, THOMAS IF YOU WOULD
ESCORT YOUR MOTHER PLEASE TO
THE WELL.
AND I'M GOING TO ASK THAT
JUSTICE PARIENTE USE THE
TORA SHE USED WHEN SWORN
INTO THE COURT I WOULD ASK
THAT JUSTICE WELLS PLEASE
USE MY BIBLE TO SWEAR IN
THOSE FROM THE ORLANDO AREA
AND MY GOOD FRIEND ANSTEAD
ADMINISTER THE OATH.
IF YOU PROCEED TO THE PODIUM
DO THE OATH, JUSTICE BELL
JUSTICE CAN TERO AND I HAVE
NOT HAD THE HONOR YET TO
HAVE OUR CHILDREN FOLLOW IN
OUR FOOTSTEPS WE WILL REMAIN
HERE WHILE YOU PLEASE ENTER
THE WELL FOR THE SWEARING
CEREMONY.
COME OVER WHY DON'T YOU COME
IN THE FRONT MR. HOLLY
PLEASE BRING YOUR PLOEM
RIGHT UP TO THE FRONT SO WE
CAN --,,
ALL THE REST OF YOU YOU ARE
GOING TO GET THE BENEFIT OF
A TRIAL RUN HERE.
SO LISTEN VERY CLOSELY.
JUSTICE ANSTEAD IS GOING TO
READ THE OATH.
>> ALL RIGHT, WOULD YOU ALL
PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HANDS.
AND PLEASE REPEAT CAREFULLY
AFTER ME.
I DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR:
I WILL SUPPORT
AND DEFEND
THE CONSTITUTION
OF THE UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA.
AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE
GREAT STATE FLORIDA.
I WILL MAINTAIN THE RESPECT
DUE TO COURTS OF JUSTICE
AND JUDICIAL OFFICERS.
I WILL NOT COUNSEL
OR MAINTAIN ANY SUIT
OR PROCEEDINGS WHICH SHALL
APPEAR TO ME TO BE UNJUST,
NOR ANY DEFENSE EXCEPT SUCH
AS I BELIEVE TO BE HONESTLY
DEBATABLE UNDER THE LAW
OF THE LAND.
I WILL EMPLOY FOR THE
PURPOSE OF MAINTAINING THE
CAUSES CONFIDEED TO ME SUCH
MEANS ONLY AS ARE
CONSISTENT WITH TRUTH
AND HONOR AND WILL NEVER
SEEK TO MISLEAD THE JUDGE
OR JURY BY ANY ARTIFICE
OR FALL STATEMENT OF FACT OR
LAW.
I WILL MAINTAIN
THE CONFIDENCE AND PRESERVE
INVIOLATE THE SECRETS
OF MY CLIENTS, AND WILL
ACCEPT NO COMPENSATION
IN CONNECTION WITH
THEIR BUSINESS EXCEPT
FROM THEM WITH
THEIR KNOWLEDGE
AND APPROVAL. I WILL ABSTAIN
FROM ALL OFFENSIVE
PERSONALITY AND ADVANCE
NO FACT PREJUDICIAL
TO THE HONOR OR REPUTATION
OF A PARTY WITNESS, UNLESS
REQUIRED BY THE JUSTICE
OF THE CAUSE WITH WHICH I AM
CHARGED.
I WILL NEVER REJECT,
FROM ANY CONSIDERATION
PERSONAL TO MYSELF THE CAUSE
OF THE DEFENDLESS OR
OPPRESSED, OR DELAY ANYONE'S
CAUSE
FOR LUCRE OR MALICE. SO HELP
ME GOD.
CONGRATULATIONS, LADIES AND
GENTLEMEN, YOU ARE OFFICIAL
MEMBERS OF THE FLORIDA BAR.
[APPLAUSE],,,,
LET ME CONGRATULATE YOU, AS
NEW ADMITES TO THE FLORIDA
BAR AND I ASK THAT YOU TURN
AND REMAIN STANDING, AND
GIVE A STANDING OVATION TO
THOSE OF YOUR LOVED ONES WHO
HAVE BROUGHT YOU HERE TODAY,
WHO HAVE WORKED BY YOUR SIDE,
WHO HAVE BEEN WITH YOU,
THROUGH THIS JOURNEY, AND
THANK THEM FOR ALL THAT THEY
HAVE DONE FOR YOU, PLEASE.,,
I HAVE JUST A COUPLE
ANNOUNCEMENTS THAT WE NEED
TO MAKE, FOR THE NEW
ADMITEES I WOULD ASK THAT
YOU GO TO THE FRONT STAIRS
OF THE FRONT OF THE SUPREME
COURT BUILDING FOR A
PHOTOGRAPH.
I WOULD ASK THAT ALL OTHERS
PLEASE REMAIN IN THE
COURTROOM, SO THAT WE CAN
GET OUR NEW ADMITEES OUT OF
THIS COURTROOM AND OUT TO
THE FRONT FOR THAT
PHOTOGRAPH.
SECONDLY FOR THOSE OF YOU
WHO HAVE NOT SIGNED YOUR
OATH OF OFFICE, PLEASE GO TO
THE CLERK'S OFFICE BEFORE
YOU LEAVE THE FACILITY TODAY,
TO SIGN IN YOUR OATH OF
OFFICE.
AND WITH THAT, THIS CEREMONY
SHALL STAND IN RECESS, AND
WE SHALL BE ADJOURNED.
>> PLEASE RISE.