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We wanted to end the year on a good note, and not a sour one. Criticizing Judges is a wearisome and unfortunately necessary job of the preem...

THE CAPTAIN REPORTS: UH, MILT, WHAT WERE YOU THINKING ??? ..... I was listening to the news Wednesday evening. The story was about two men c...

UPDATE : Go to the comments section and read El Capitan's comment. He has all the breaking news on the Hirsch/ bond hearing/stay away or...

The NY Times confronts the issue of jury nullification, otherwise known as "just say No(t guilty)." The Author, Paul Butler, is a ...

It's Boxing Day! For those of you with pugilistic preferences, today is not your day. Put down your fists. But if you are a citizen of t...

Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto to you is born this day in the city of ...

NORAD TRACKS SANTA HERE. We always make it a habit this time of year to re-read Stephen Ambrose's remarkable account of the 101st Airbo...

UPDATE: THE SKY IS FALLING We neglected to write that Sky Smith also had a client in the trial before Judge Scola and also succeeded in obt...

UPDATE : Sorry Virginia, there is no Santa Claus. Court is OPEN ON FRIDAY. Merry Christmas- now get to work. The Governor issued a reprieve ...

A different take on law firm holiday parties from the popular if not avuncular ANGRY GURL: (who sent this comment in on the previous post) ...

(spin the judicial wheel of fortune below and find out where your favourite robed reader will be in 2012.) The story you about to read is tr...

Please remember to bring a new, unwrapped toy on Wednesday or Thursday to the courthouse area. Or, bring it to the holiday party. With the h...

Life is all about timing. Turn into one door on the spur of the moment to get a cup of coffee and bump into your future spouse. Decide at th...

Hunter shoots deer. No news. Dog shoots hunter. News. Herald has it here. Dolphins win. News. Dolphins get blown out by Eagles. No news. It...

Governor Scott appointed three judges in Miami (Motto: "Give us your tired, your poor, your wretched refuse, your judges..." ) ...

Six candidates....two spots...and your new circuit judges are (drum roll please) Judge Norma Lindsey, elevated from County Court and Angie Z...

Wednesday December 7, 2011 marks the 70th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. It was the greatest generation's 9/11 an...

Before we get to today's topic, a little holiday housekeeping courtesy of the FACDL: Dear Membership, With the holiday season now in fu...

What Rumpole is reading: 11/22/63 : Absolutely Stephen King's finest. And even if you're not a Stephen King fan, this book is speci...