Latest Newsletter	Current Members as of November 1, 2008	MCBA Committees

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Welcome to the Website of the Martin County Bar Association

As the year goes quickly by (too quickly, it seems– less than one hundred shopping days ‘til Christmas!), the Board and I have been working hard to make this year a great one for the Martin County Bar Association.  Recently we hosted Judge Farmer of the 4th District Court of Appeals, whose comments were, by turns, insightful, educational, charming and entertaining.  In the coming months, we will host Jay White, the current President of the Florida Bar, and Chief Justice Peggy Quince, of the Florida Supreme Court.  There are many other gifted speakers slated in the upcoming months, and in March we will again experience the wonder that is our Professionalism Seminar (makes it sound almost like a laser light show, doesn’t it?)

While investigating the history of the Martin County Bar Association, I learned that our history dates back at least to 1935, when the MCBA boasted a grand total of 5 members.  In trying to locate this information, many people told me wonderful and hilarious anecdotes about the early years of the Bar Association.  I can think of a few myself.  If you have a favorite story (or more than one, for that matter!), please e-mail them to me at LLW@crarybuchanan.com. There may be a great project in here somewhere!

There is still much to look forward to for the rest of the year, and it’s not too late to join (or encourage someone else to become a member).  We anticipate receiving CLE credits for our luncheon speakers, we expect the canoe trip to be another great success, and never forget the Golf Tournament, slated to take place on a beautiful day sometime in the spring at a lovely location to be named later.  Click on the link that says “Membership Application” to download the form now, and sent it off to Michelle Katzman, our Executive Director.  Please feel free to contact any Board member about sponsorship opportunities.  If you have a great idea, please feel free to e-mail me with it (LLW@crarybuchanan.com).

We are a still voluntary bar association serving attorneys who live and/or work in Martin County Florida.  If you don’t know us, Martin County has the benefit of being small enough that most of our members know each other, but large enough that many fascinating legal matters have been litigated right here.  Our small-town friendliness has not succumbed to pressures from the south, but rather has increased despite them.  Our focus on outreach to the community, most notably through our Constitution Week program, has attracted attention from around the state.  A video in use throughout Florida to educate jurors is the result of the creativity and hard work of a small group of our members who saw the need for such a tool and persevered until it was a finished product.  Not bad for the citizens of our small, fair county!

As always, give peace a chance and remember: Reduce, re-use, recycle.  Come see us soon!

Linda L. Weiksnar
Martin County Bar Association President, 2008-2009

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