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FOOTBALL 2010 CONTINUED

Posted on September 05, 2010
We continue our preview of the 2010 football season with a look at the AFC West and AFC South.AFC SOUTH. 1. Colts.2. Titans. 3. Texans. 4. Jags. Lets work backwards. The Jags are a team in disarray. End of story. The Texans are a victim of last year's success...

RUMPOLE'S RULES FOR HURRICANES

Posted on September 03, 2010
As Hurricane Earl bears down on the north eastern United States, many of our readers from NY to Massachusetts to Cape Cod to Maine, are writing and asking serious questions about hurricane preparedness. In an effort to help our inexperienced northern brethren, we proudly publish Rumpole's Rules For Hurricanes...

NO BODY....NO PROBLEM

Posted on September 02, 2010
Chalk up a nice win for Abbe Rifkin and the Dade SAO, as today Dade jurors returned a verdict of guilty of second degree murder against Christopher Phillips. The verdict was rendered after an hour of deliberation. The Herald quoted Abbe as saying this, probably in opening (they need to get their act straight over at our local fish wrapper...

GOODBYE SUMMER

Posted on September 01, 2010
The passing of August has not gone unnoticed by the author of this humble blog. Summer is a real nuisance, as the sultry and thick humidity serves to wreck any suit a well attired lawyer may wear. The walk from the parking lot to the car is usually enough to have us longing for our morning shower...

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THE CAPTAIN REPORTS:SO YOU WANT

Posted on August 30, 2010
THE CAPTAIN REPORTS:SO YOU WANT TO BE A CIRCUIT/COUNTY COURT JUDGE ?????Qualifying for judicial races in 2012 is still 21 months away but don't be surprised if candidates begin lining up to run for a seat on the County or Circuit Court. There are a large numbers of judges up for reelection in 2012, some of them will be aged out and others will retire, simply deciding not to run for reelection...

PRE TRIAL RELEASE FOR THE ROCKET

Posted on August 30, 2010
Retired pitching great Roger Clemens received pre-trial release today in Washington, DC federal court on his charge of perjury before congress. The title of the post links to the NY Times article. Clemens is defended by Texas great Rusty Hardin. TERM LIMITS? A comment in the prior blog post asked whether anyone would be in favour of 2 term term-limits for judges? Interesting idea...

PENULTIMATE WEEKEND

Posted on August 28, 2010
Good Saturday morning! Here's the blog news you need in this final weekend before the Labor Day Holday is upon us. Paris Hilton, Federal Blogger David's BFF, and sometime civil litigant before Judge Moreno in the Southern District Of Florida, was arrested for Possession of Cocaine in Las Vegas...

JUDGE JOE DAVIS

Posted on August 27, 2010
Attorney Joe Davis is your new county court judge. Congratulations!!!Comments? Site Feed

HYPOTHETICALS

Posted on August 26, 2010
We received this comment, and have been scratching our heads as to who the judge is:(the full comment is on the comments sections of yesterday's post.)Anonymous said...Regarding a Hypothetical Certain Judge: being in a big firm, I have heard comments over the years about his courtroom...

THE MAN IN THE ARENA

Posted on August 25, 2010
From time to time, when friends work hard and suffer defeats, we send them this excerpt from a speech by Teddy Roosevelt, given at the Sorbonne, France on April 23, 1910:It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better...

THE CAPTAIN REPORTS:THE WINNERS:DADE

Posted on August 25, 2010
THE CAPTAIN REPORTS:THE WINNERS:DADE COUNTYSamantha Ruiz Cohen 121,015 - 70%Peter Camacho Adrien 51,806 - 30%Monica Gordo 105,841 - 64%Robert Kuntz 59,164 - 36%Edward Newman 88,567 - 53%Manny Alvarez 80,138 - 47%Michaelle Gonzalez Paulson 90,941 - 57%Flora Seff 69,652 - 43%All in all, as expected, except of course for the Paulson victory...

SAMPLE BALLOT

Posted on August 24, 2010
HERE'S OUR SAMPLE BALLOT. And yes, we voted for Dan Gelber as well. Here's a Judge Adrien poll worker slumping down on the job. Site Feed

REGJB ELECTION RESULTS 2010

Posted on August 24, 2010
SOMEWHERE TONIGHT, HANK HARNAGE IS SMILING. :)Stay tuned to our award winning Judicial election night coverage. We will be updating frequently throughout the night.The Miami Dade Election Results Website for Judicial Candidates is here. NY Times reports low voter turn out for Florida...

RUMPOLE ENDORSES

Posted on August 23, 2010
GOOOOOOOD MORNING MIAMI!!!Samantha Ruiz-Cohen over Judge Peter Adrien. This is a no-brainer. Ms. Ruiz-Cohen is eminently qualified. Mr. Adrien is not. If you read the appellate opinions on the cases Adrien has presided over, what emerges is the picture of a vengeful man not learned in the law...

THE CAPTAIN REPORTS:VOTEIt's been

Posted on August 23, 2010
THE CAPTAIN REPORTS:VOTEIt's been called the "greatest play in baseball". It happened more than 34 years ago, on April 25, 1976, and it involved Rick Monday of the Los Angeles Dodgers. And watching it may remind you why it's so very important to take advantage of the freedoms we all have and of our right to chose our elected officials in a free and democratic way...

"AN AFFECTIONATE FAREWELL"

Posted on August 21, 2010
Good Saturday morning. Here's what you need to have a spectacular Miami weekend. Two more weeks before the Labour Day end of summer holiday. Our travel plans have been set for months. It's still not too late to nab that Hampton rental for the weekend...

August 20, 1940.

Posted on August 20, 2010
One hot summer forty years ago, a small Island of free men and women stood firm and alone against the onslaught of the dark forces of tyranny. Great Britain. August 20, 1940. Winston Churchill addresses the houses of Parliament and the people of Great Britain...

JUSTICE IN DA HOUSE

Posted on August 19, 2010
(PD cursing update below)We have it on good authority that Florida Supreme Court Justice Peggy Quince will in the humble REGJB tomorrow (Friday) addressing a gathering of criminal defense attorneys sponsored by....we think....(can this be possible?) The Regional Counsel's Office???!! It's some sort of CLE shingding that will be in the big courtroom on the 4th floor...

READER'S POLL

Posted on August 18, 2010
It's that time of year again! Long time and careful readers of the blog awoke today knowing that with six days to go in a judicial election is the time we traditionally post our Judicial election polls. The Polls can be found on the left (

The Shot Heard 'Round the World.

Posted on August 17, 2010
Dateline: October 3, 1951. The Polo Grounds,, New York. 3:58 pm.Ralph Branca was on the mound for dem bums The Brooklyn Dodgers. The Dodgers were up 4-2 and it was the bottom of the ninth. As late as August 11, 1951 the Dodgers had a 13 1/2 game lead...

VOTE EARLY AND OFTEN

Posted on August 16, 2010
Good Monday morning. It's the start of another hot week in the Magic City. Those new ASAs and Pds should be showing up at any moment. Let's give them a warm REGJB welcome.President Obama weighed in over the weekend on the controversial Mosque that is being planned for near ground zero in NYC...

Before we get to El Capitan: Coming

Posted on August 16, 2010
Before we get to El Capitan: Coming soon- New Rules at Casa Charlie- "but don't say an 'f'ing' thing about it....or else." THE CAPTAIN REPORTS:ELECTION CENTRAL 2010 ? COUNTY COURTGood morning loyal readers. The polls have been open for one week now and according to Miami-Dade?s Election Chief, voter turnout so far is light...

S/A/TUR-DAY-NIGHT

Posted on August 14, 2010
Good Saturday morning, here's the news you need for the weekend. Need a job? Move to Detroit. The Auto Industry is back!!Need a job? Apply to be a Federal Judge. According to SFL writing on David O Markus's blog, there are 100 vacancies among the 867 Federal Judge positions...

PETER ADRIEN TO CABA: "DROP DEAD!"

Posted on August 13, 2010
Every judicial candidate, every incumbent and every challenger showed up at the Cuban American Bar Association's lunch and judicial forum on Thursday but one: Judge Peter Adrien, after confirming he would be at the forum- failed to appear. The title links to the DBR article...

HEROES

Posted on August 12, 2010
Judge Deborah White Labora: By day she's the mild mannered Judge of Drug Court , who is known for often peddling her bicycle to court. But when she's not wearing the robes.....she and her family are good samaritan CRIME FIGHTERS!!!THE SCENE: A TACO CART ON NW 27TH AVENUE AND NW 17TH STREET...

HEROES II

Posted on August 12, 2010
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A LONELY IMPULSE OF DELIGHT

Posted on August 11, 2010
First a quiz: Which south florida Judge has a street named after him/her? Could be Federal, state circuit or county or 3rd DCA.Second: Last week we started a joke: "A priest, a rabbi, President Obama and one of the Federal Judges in Miami walk into Tobacco Road...

THE CAPTAIN REPORTS:ELECTION CENTRAL

Posted on August 11, 2010
THE CAPTAIN REPORTS:ELECTION CENTRAL 2010 - THE VOTING BEGINSVoting began on Monday, August 9, 2010 and in Miami-Dade County, voters will cast ballots in four contested judicial elections.In the Circuit Court, Group 62, an open seat due to the retirement of Judge Paul Siegel, Assistant State Attorney Monica Gordo faces off against private attorney Robert Kuntz...

TED STEVENS DIES IN PLANE CRASH

Posted on August 10, 2010
Former Alaskan Senator Ted Stevens died in a plane crash yesterday. This was the second plane crash that Mr. Stevens was in. On December 4, 1978 Mr. Steven's first wife was killed in a Lear Jet that crashed at Alaska's Anchorage International Airport...

JUDGE SOTO SPEAKS!!

Posted on August 10, 2010
But not to us.....:(From: Sabrina PuglisiDate: August 5, 2010 5:05:57 PM EDTSubject: FACDL-Miami Administrative Judge SotoEveryone knows what a great Administrative Judge, Stan Blake was. But,after meeting with Judge Soto, she would like me to advise our membershipthat she is here to help us with whatever problems we may have with thecourthouse, Judges, etc...

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