tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post4377532285155612816..comments2024-03-28T19:01:34.507-04:00Comments on THE BLOG: HERE WE GO AGAINRumpolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08380575650255695462noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-90895641768828126352007-07-15T18:46:00.000-04:002007-07-15T18:46:00.000-04:00What does this mean: That Judge Tunis is, "extr...What does this mean: <BR/> <BR/>That Judge Tunis is, "extraordinarily learned in the full extent of the law; nor is she ignorant in the law. She will listen to arguments and read whatever is put in front of her, but at the end of the day, she will go with what feels right for Judge Tunis."<BR/><BR/>That's Bull sh** as it relates to any lawyer or judge.<BR/><BR/>No one is perfect about the latest state of the law, but the discord on the blog was about her abilities as a jurist to give each side a fair shake. For ANY judge or attorney, how does that include to do 'what they FEEL is right?'Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-48979606178293425132007-07-15T12:06:00.000-04:002007-07-15T12:06:00.000-04:00Judge Tunis is like any other judge. She's not ext...Judge Tunis is like any other judge. She's not extraordinarily learned in the full extent of the law nor is she ignorant in the law. She will listen to arguments and read whatever is put in front of her, but at the end of the day, she will go with what feels right for Judge Tunis. Its all a matter of how you spin the law. Its neither a good thing or a bad thing. Its the way things are.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-20300066895806968862007-07-15T08:17:00.000-04:002007-07-15T08:17:00.000-04:00My dear sir- there is nothing funny about the Q.If...My dear sir- there is nothing funny about the Q.<BR/><BR/>If you are a prosecutor, you have been trained to fear the Q<BR/><BR/>If you are a defense attorney, respect the Q.<BR/><BR/>If you want to improve yourself, then take up TM Meditation, like the Q himself. <BR/>Close your eyes. See it. Feel it.<BR/><BR/>Become the Q.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-54018459720182858452007-07-15T07:37:00.000-04:002007-07-15T07:37:00.000-04:00This "Q" stuff used to be so funny, like the first...This "Q" stuff used to be so funny, like the first 300 times I saw it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-16747194482402815552007-07-14T23:04:00.000-04:002007-07-14T23:04:00.000-04:00q6/ the Q actually invented all the gadgets in the...q6/ the Q actually invented all the gadgets in the James Bond movies and uses them in Court.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-15337996631776911282007-07-14T20:11:00.000-04:002007-07-14T20:11:00.000-04:00OK i'll play tooq8/He is a world renown onophile.q...OK i'll play too<BR/><BR/>q8/He is a world renown onophile.<BR/>q7/ the Screen saver on his office computers all say "REFUSE TO LOSE."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-36293107773529111822007-07-14T15:46:00.000-04:002007-07-14T15:46:00.000-04:00Top ten things not commonly known about the Q? OK ...Top ten things not commonly known about the Q? OK I'll start<BR/><BR/>q10/ He is a champion on line chess player<BR/><BR/>q9/ He is a numismatist.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-11677405445900729572007-07-14T14:33:00.000-04:002007-07-14T14:33:00.000-04:00I cannot tell you how much I adore Judge Tunis for...I cannot tell you how much I adore Judge Tunis for being a straight shooter. This Judge is one of the best jurist the State of Florida has to offer.<BR/><BR/>Anyone, I repeat anyone who says different simply has a bone to pick for personal reasons. This person should seek immediate professional medical eval and medications that help delusional episodes.<BR/><BR/>In short for the mentally challenged "GET A LIFE"!.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-26286496067846400272007-07-14T14:22:00.000-04:002007-07-14T14:22:00.000-04:00Well here's confirmation of something we all alrea...Well here's confirmation of something we all already knew:<BR/><BR/>http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/14/us/14defenders.html?_r=1&oref=sloginAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-78835471218391774872007-07-14T13:53:00.000-04:002007-07-14T13:53:00.000-04:00Hey Rump:Maybe the Broward Judges can move the Veg...Hey Rump:<BR/><BR/>Maybe the Broward Judges can move the Vegas and supervise all the dirty lawyers out there. Enclosed is an editorial from the Las Vegas Sun in re: Unethetical lawyers<BR/><BR/>July 10, 2007 <BR/><BR/>Editorial: A law unto themselves? <BR/>Legal system needs change to ensure cases against attorneys are properly handled<BR/><BR/>Nevadans lodge complaints about attorneys more than almost any other state in the nation, yet when it comes time to root out the bad lawyers, law enforcement seems reluctant to do anything about them. <BR/><BR/>As reported by Sam Skolnik in Sunday's Las Vegas Sun, the Nevada State Bar Association's Client Security Fund, which reimburses people who have been ripped off by their lawyers, concluded that 21 attorneys had stolen $1.2 million from clients in 2004 and 2005. <BR/><BR/>But those attorneys were never criminally investigated or prosecuted. <BR/><BR/>This is not a priority in the legal system. It may not even be treated as a crime. The Clark County district attorney's office has only prosecuted two such cases in the past decade and none since 2002. Metro Police spokesman Bill Cassell said cases handled by the Nevada State Bar Association's Client Security Fund are civil matters. In other words, let the victim - already burned by one attorney - find another lawyer to file a lawsuit. <BR/><BR/>Las Vegas attorney John Shook, vice chairman of the fund, says change is needed. He wrote to the state attorney general's office in 2005 asking for help "in finding a simple and effective way to ensure that victims of this attorney fraud are heard and the attorneys are prosecuted." <BR/><BR/>He never received a reply. The lack of a reply is troubling considering the number of complaints lodged against attorneys and the fund's findings. <BR/><BR/>The Sun's review of complaints against attorneys in Nevada found that from 2002 to 2005 there was an average of one complaint for every five licensed attorneys. That rate is twice the national average and higher than every state but Arizona and Colorado. <BR/><BR/>Bar association officials say they are disciplining the same way other states do. The difference is that Nevada, with its explosive growth, is unlike other states. <BR/><BR/>Shook said there are some key reasons people complain. Some lawyers fall into addictive behaviors, which may lead to theft or other misconduct. Some lawyers focus on quantity, taking on a large number of clients, which potentially sacrifices quality. Some lawyers in Las Vegas may take advantage of a populace that has a lower education level than other cities. <BR/><BR/>"There's no doubt that the dynamic of a boomtown affects everything about the place," Shook said. <BR/><BR/>Unfortunately, one of the things left in the dust of Las Vegas' explosive growth has been oversight of the legal system. For example, the Nevada Commission on Judicial Discipline moves at glacial speed, letting the embarrassing reign of District Judge Elizabeth Halverson continue while it slowly performs its machinations behind closed doors. <BR/><BR/>Lawyers, judges and police should be moving quickly and cooperatively to address these problems because there is a perception that the legal system does not hold its own to the same standards it holds others. That must change. <BR/><BR/>The bar association and police should be working cooperatively. And the attorney general's office should take up the task of evaluating potential criminal cases involving lawyers and pursuing them. All of these investigations should be handled with vigor and a sense of urgency. <BR/><BR/>The bottom line is the public's trust, and those in the system must work harder to uphold it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-23516520282901288582007-07-14T11:47:00.000-04:002007-07-14T11:47:00.000-04:00Ok, I'll enter this fray. It's Saturday, I've got...Ok, I'll enter this fray. It's Saturday, I've got time.<BR/><BR/>It's utterly ridiculous that someone alleged that J. Tunis saw caselaw from the 3rd re: credibility of witnesses and ignored it. Anyone who REALLY litigates in her ct, say on a motion to suppress, knows that if the blogger was truthful-that wit. 1 and wit. 2 said things that created a credibility gap, which was compounded by a supervisor giving version #3, J. Tunis would do this: She'd either grant the motion to suppress or she'd asked the attys if they mind going off the record. Then she'd call them side bar and say something like: I have no idea what happened since I just heard three different stories. State, do you want a chance to re-evaluate your case and speak to a supervisor, or do you want me to rule now?<BR/><BR/>She gives each side a shot to deal with it. She told both sides she would gladly repeat her comments for the record, but it all worked out between the attys. I then waived a min. man. and closed the case. Since I'm an ASA and have had this happen twice just in my cases, I think the other person who wrote in about her ignoring the law, credibility of witnesses and "sending it to the jury", has no clue what they are talking about. Frankly, no judge says, 'let's send it to the jury.' They just rule and the case goes forward. Are you sure, Rump, that it was actually a lawyer that wrote in? Or they could just be making it all up, since it's ridiculous. Whatever she is, Judge Tunis is one judge that is a straight shooter; whichever side it comes down on.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-53388891252810960492007-07-14T11:45:00.000-04:002007-07-14T11:45:00.000-04:00Jack's just trying to find some relevancy in this ...Jack's just trying to find some relevancy in this world, let him get his own site.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-4003116561661398022007-07-14T11:35:00.000-04:002007-07-14T11:35:00.000-04:009th floor article on cnn.com online.9th floor article on cnn.com online.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-14895429837598674922007-07-14T10:33:00.000-04:002007-07-14T10:33:00.000-04:00Rump,When you figure out why Thompson e-mails you ...Rump,<BR/><BR/>When you figure out why Thompson e-mails you the pleadings, can you please let me know? I have been scratching my head for years trying to figure out why I am on his e-mail list and how to get off of it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-55544704141140148212007-07-14T10:20:00.000-04:002007-07-14T10:20:00.000-04:00fida house party tonight @ 121 ne 45 st. 8:30pm on...fida house party tonight @ 121 ne 45 st. 8:30pm on..<BR/>joel denaroAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-19187308552775930042007-07-14T09:56:00.000-04:002007-07-14T09:56:00.000-04:00CBS4) MIAMI Gov. Crist has asked the Miami-Dade St...CBS4) MIAMI Gov. Crist has asked the Miami-Dade State Attorney's Office to investigate charges that Circuit Court Judge Larry Seidlin received gifts or loans from a local attorney who regularly represented clients in his courtroom.<BR/><BR/>Rundle, who was on a short well earned 4 month vacation promised to look into te matter as soon as she returns in September.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-4825259733046722492007-07-14T09:45:00.000-04:002007-07-14T09:45:00.000-04:00Hmmmm...I have received via email "pleadings" from...Hmmmm...I have received via email "pleadings" from an attorney who is facing bar proceedings where Judge Tunis is the referree and I have not posted most of those pleadings. I wouldn't call it "blocking" pleadings in that I am not quite sure why he emails them to me. <BR/><BR/>And yes, the decaf helps.Rumpolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08380575650255695462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-84647890654086000452007-07-14T09:19:00.000-04:002007-07-14T09:19:00.000-04:00RUMPIt was not a reference to you blocking comment...RUMP<BR/><BR/>It was not a reference to you blocking comments. It was a reference to you saying you were blocking pleadings (many weeks ago)and then writing on DOM's federal blog about pleadings posted.<BR/><BR/>Could there be a connection between negative comments about Judge Tunis, an REG judge that is highly respected by those who actually practice in front of her, versus anonymous comments possibly posted by a non-REG practioner for other motives? <BR/><BR/>I'm drinking de-caf. Does this make any sense?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-71913903125334227592007-07-14T08:57:00.000-04:002007-07-14T08:57:00.000-04:00I'm not sure where you are going with this, and I ...I'm not sure where you are going with this, and I don't under stand the last paragraph. I don't "block" comments. I do moderate, and will not post a comment that for instance referred to a spouse of someone as a "witch". People know the rules. Nobody gets more crap then me. I get called all sorts of names and slammed all the time. And all those comments make it. So whatever you are trying to say, put down te coffee, and give it another try old chap.Rumpolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08380575650255695462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-48745587269519657572007-07-14T08:41:00.000-04:002007-07-14T08:41:00.000-04:00The day is beginning with yet another update about...The day is beginning with yet another update about a judge north of the border. In reading the past columns, Rump, when you gave kudos to some Miami judges: Judge Bob Scola and Judge Dava Tunis, it brings me back to the "anonymous" issue. You basically say about Judge Bob Scola, congratulations, well-deserved. You say about Judge Dava Tunis a "Rumpolian well done" for managing a two co-defendant first degree murder trial that lasted 3 weeks.<BR/><BR/>Then some person responds<BR/>anonymously asking about what the judge even did right. I guess the response is ask us, the attorneys and clerks and peolpe that were in court each day for 3 weeks. <BR/><BR/>Your guest, The TRIALMASTER writes that Judge Tunis is very polite and extremely professional. While that's not a "signed" response, this is someone who is a regular on your blog.<BR/><BR/>Then anonymously someone says she is rude and pushy, and didn't follow a 3DCA case on point. Anyone that practices in front of her with regularity, say daily to weekly, to monthly, knows thats a crock. She follows the law and whether you agree or disagree with her decisions, her actions and reputation are of always being professional and polite. Upon reading that post it makes one wonder if the person even does criminal law or are they disquising their post as an actual REG practitioner, just to say demeaning things about Judge Tunis.<BR/><BR/>It starts out with your recognition and takes an apparent and unrealistic nosedive by, perhaps, someone who is not even a criminal practitioner, but just wants to use the opportunity to write negatively about a very good and respected judge. What do you think Rump, didn't you write something about posting pleadings, then chose to block them?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-68524977237027605352007-07-14T08:35:00.000-04:002007-07-14T08:35:00.000-04:00A couple of thoughts- if you're going to do the cr...A couple of thoughts- if you're going to do the crime, do it right. Sell the name of an informant and stuff 50 grand down the front of your pants like Shenberg did- don't sell out a lighter sentence for a boat ride with santy claus. <BR/><BR/>Inside info leads me to believe Knovack Jones, the lawyer you wrote about falling for a Nigerian email scam didn't really do that. It was a convenient way to explain the missing money.Rumpolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08380575650255695462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-50271344631516604432007-07-14T00:44:00.000-04:002007-07-14T00:44:00.000-04:00Hey rumpy at least broward judges don't do the fol...Hey rumpy at least broward judges don't do the following top 10 things:<BR/><BR/>1. Allow JA's to run political campaigns from the chambers of the court.<BR/><BR/>2. Have Judges who think the DCJ would be empty if we sent back all the Cuban rafters.<BR/><BR/>3. Oh my Operation Court Broom should I say more?<BR/><BR/>4. Have Judges who speak at anti gay events.<BR/><BR/>5. The miami bar is so dumb that a seasoned lawyer gets 5 years in prison for falling for a Nigerian e-mail scam and forwards all her clients $250,000.00 trust account money to Nigeria.<BR/><BR/>6. see #3<BR/><BR/>7. see #3<BR/><BR/>8. see #3<BR/><BR/>9. see #3<BR/><BR/>10. see #3Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-62015477693433695812007-07-14T00:42:00.000-04:002007-07-14T00:42:00.000-04:00Yeah but DUDE! The guy WAS like one degree away fr...Yeah but DUDE! The guy WAS like one degree away from the friggin Sopranos - doesn't that like change everything? Did he have a part in the ending?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-62454828141731000232007-07-13T23:49:00.000-04:002007-07-13T23:49:00.000-04:00THE CAPTAIN REPORTS:On a separate note, a total of...THE CAPTAIN REPORTS:<BR/><BR/>On a separate note, a total of 29 candidates have filed to run for Circuit Court Judge so far; 21 incumbents and eight newcomers. The interesting point of this is - North of the Border - not a single person - incumbent or challenger has filed yet for the September 2008 election.<BR/><BR/>Same thing in County Court, where four incumbents and one challenger have filed in Dade - and none have filed in Broward.<BR/><BR/>The more things change - (the Broward Blog) - the more they stay the same!!!<BR/><BR/>CAPTAIN OUT ............. <BR/><BR/>(reprinted - in light of Rumpole's most recent post)CAPTAIN JUSTICEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12179932096244679236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-47288538331087460842007-07-13T22:21:00.000-04:002007-07-13T22:21:00.000-04:00Boat rides! What happened to the good old days whe...Boat rides! What happened to the good old days when Judges could only be bought for cash ,or sexual favors?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com