MCBA Committees

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Admiralty & Maritime Law
Chair:  Barbara A. Kreitz Cook
Barbara A. Kreitz Cook, Esquire
615 SW Harbor Street
Stuart, FL  34997
772-232-8940
barbcook@BarbCookLaw.com

Appellate Practice Committee
Chair: Mark Miller
Mark Miller, Esq.
Gary, Williams, Finney, Lewis, Watson & Sperando, P.L.
Waterside Professional Building
221 S.E. Osceola Street
Stuart, FL 34994
Tel: 772-283-8260
Fax (772) 287-8494
Email: mm@williegary.com
Please contact Mark Miller for more information on the Committee’s next meeting!

Bankruptcy Law Committee
Chair: Jon Martin
Jon L Martin Attorney At Law
901 SW Martin Down Blvd., Suite 309
Palm City, FL  34990
Tel: 772-419-0057
jlm@jonlmartinlaw.com 
Meeting Schedule: Please see the MCBA’s current issue of the SideBar for more information!

Constitution Week Committee                                       
Chair: Honorable Alan O. Forst
 Email: Alan.Forst@awi.state.fl.us
Meeting Schedule: Please see the MCBA’s current issue of the SideBar for more information!

Criminal Law Committee
Co-Chairs: Josh Deckard and Richard Kibbey

Joshua W. Deckard, Esq.
Law Offices of Richard D. Kibbey, P.A.
416 SW Camden Avenue
Stuart, Florida 34994
Tel: 772-286-0023
E-mail: jdeckard@bellsouth.net

Joshua W. Deckard, Esq.
Law Offices of Richard D. Kibbey, P.A.
416 SW Camden Avenue
Stuart, Florida 34994
Tel: 772-286-0023
E-mail: kibbeyoffice@aol.com
Meeting Schedule: Please see the MCBA’s current issue of the SideBar for more information!

Employment/Labor Law Committee
Chair: Honorable Alan O. Forst
E-mail: Alan.Forst@awi.state.fl.us
Meeting Schedule: Please see the MCBA’s current issue of the SideBar for more information!

Family Law Committee
Chair: Linda Wieksnar
Linda Wieksnar, Esq.
Crary, Buchanan, et. Al
55 Colorado Avenue, Ste. 1
Stuart, FL  34994
Tel: 772-287-2600
Email: llw@crarybuchanan.com

Meeting Schedule: Please see the MCBA’s current issue of the SideBar for more information!

Foreclosure Committee
Chair: W. Trent Steele
W. Trent Steele
Law Offices of W. Trent Steele
8902 SE Bridge Rd.
Hobe Sound, FL 33455
Tel: 772.408.6969
Email: trent@trentsteele.com

Golf Tournament
Co-Chairs: Jack Sobel and Larry Stewart
Jack M. Sobel, Esq.
Fox, Wackeen, Dungey, Beard, Sobel, Bush & McCluskey, LLP
Tel: (772) 287-4444
Email: jsobel@foxwackeen.com

Larry M. Stewart
Larry M. Stuart, PA
73 SW Flagler Avenue
Tel: (772) 283-8191
Email: lms3re@bellsouth.net

The Golf Tournament, benefiting the MCBA Scholarship Fund, will be held in May, 2010.  Please contact Jack Sobel or Larry Stewart for more information or click on the MCBA’s “EVENTS” link on its main menu in late Fall or early Winter for more details.

Justice Teaching
Chair: Judge William Roby
Honorable William L. Roby
250 NW Country Club Drive
Port St. Lucie, FL 34986
Tel: 772-871-7252
Please contact Judge Roby for more information on the Committee’s next meeting!

Immigration Law Committee
Chair: Scott D. Devore
Devore & Devore, P.A.
2925 PGA Boulevard, Suite 204
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410
Telephone: 561-478-5353
Email: sdevore@visabank.com
Please contact Scott Devore for more information on the Committee’s next meeting!

Judicial Relations Committee
Chairs: Honorable Jack Cox and Richard Levenstein
JSCoxPA@aol.com
rlevenstein@kslattorneys.com
Please contact Judge Cox and Richard Levenstein for more information on the Committee’s next meeting!

Law Library Committee
Chair: Eric Buetens
Eric Buetens, Esq.
The Law Office of Eric D. Buetens
8965 SE Bridge Rd.
Hobe Sound, FL 33455
Tel: 772-546-6633
CLE Audio Seminars on CD are free to MCBA members.  To check on tape availability or rental charges for non-members, call the Law Library at 772-221-1427.  

Paralegal Committee
Jackie O. Miller, CP, FRP - Chair
Florida Registered Paralegal 243141
William N. Swift, P.A.
901 SW Martin Downs Blvd., Ste 208
Palm City, FL  34990
772-220-1740
jomiller_wnslaw@bellsouth.net

Probate/Trust/Real Estate/Property Law Committee
Chair: Ray Robison
Ray Robison, Esq.
Fox, Wackeen, Dungey, Beard, Sobel, Bush & McCluskey
The Tower Building at Willoughby Commons
3473 SE Willoughby Boulevard
Stuart, FL 34994
Main (772) 287-4444
Fax (772) 220-1489
Email: robison@foxwackeen.com

Meeting Schedule: Please see the MCBA’s current issue of the SideBar for more information!

Pro Bono Committee
Chair: Jane L. Cornett, Esq.
Cornett, Googe & Associates, P.A.
401 SE Osceola Street
Stuart, FL 34994
Tel: (772) 286-2990   
Email: slj@cgrelaw.com
Meeting Schedule: Please see the MCBA’s current issue of the SideBar for more information!

Professionalism Committee
Chair: George W. Bush, Jr., Esq.
Fox, Wackeen, Dungey, Beard, Sobel, Bush & McCluskey
The Tower Building at Willoughby Commons
3473 SE Willoughby Boulevard
Stuart, FL 34994
Main (772) 287-4444
Fax (772) 220-1489
E-mail: gwbush@foxwackeen.com
Meeting Schedule: Please see the MCBA’s current issue of the SideBar for more information!

Social Committee                                                  
Chairs: Jennifer Waters and Chad Hastings         
Canoe Trip: March 5-6, 2011
Banquet: May or June, 2011
Jennifer Waters, Esq.
Fox, Wackeen, Dungey, Beard, Sobel, Bush & McCluskey
The Tower Building at Willoughby Commons
3473 SE Willoughby Boulevard
Stuart, FL 34994
Main (772) 287-4444
Fax (772) 220-1489
E-mail: jwaters@foxwackeen.com

Chad C. Hastings, Esq.
Lesser Lesser Landy & Smith, PLLC
615 SW St. Lucie Crescent, Suite 107
Stuart, FL 34994
Tel: (772) 283-6839
E-mail: chastings@lesserlawfirm.com

Please see the MCBA’s current issue of the SideBar for more information!

Small & Solo Practice Committee
Chair: Jason Berger
Colter Law Group
520 SW Federal Highway
Stuart, FL 34994
Tel: 772-223-1313
Email: jasonbrger@colterlawgroup.com
Meeting Schedule: Please see the MCBA’s current issue of the SideBar for more information!

Tennis Fun Day
Chair: Jim Sopko
James Sopko, Esq.
Kramer, Sopko, & Levenstein, P.A.
2300 S.E. Monterey Road, Suite 100
Stuart, FL 34996
Tel: (772) 288-0048
Email: jsopko@kslattorneys.com
The MCBA Tennis Family Fun Picnic Day is scheduled for Fall, 2010! Please contact James Sopko for more information or click on the MCBA’s “EVENTS” link from its main menu after September 15, 2010.

Trial Lawyers Committee
Chair: Chad Hastings
Chad C. Hastings, Esq.
Lesser Lesser Landy & Smith, PLLC
615 SW St. Lucie Crescent, Suite 107
Stuart, FL 34994
Tel: (772) 283-6839
E-mail: chastings@lesserlawfirm.com
Meeting Schedule: Please see the MCBA’s current issue of the SideBar for more information

Young Lawyers Division
Chair: Paige Hardy
Page Mrachek Fitzgerald & Rose PA
1000 SE Monterey Commons Blvd, Ste 306
Stuart, Florida 34996
Phone: (772) 221-7757
Fax: (772)781-6886
Email: Phardy@pm-law.com
Meeting Schedule: Please see the MCBA’s current issue of the SideBar for more information