House judicial oversight panel takes up legal practice issues.

Florida Bar News, February, 2002 by Brown, Amy K.

Three bills passed last month by the House Judicial Oversight Committee are on track to change certain aspects of the way courts and attorneys operate.

HB 205, sponsored by Rep. Ken Sorensen, R-Tavernier, and HB 502, by Rep. David Simmons, R-Altamonte Springs, would directly affect the courts, and HB 487, by Reps. Jack Seiler, D-Ft. Lauderdale, and Ken Gottlieb, D-Miramar, would allow lawyers to withdraw a challenged claim before court sanctions are imposed.

Sorensen's bill would require that each district court of appeal consist of at least one judge from each circuit within the district. Current sitting judges would not be removed to meet the requirements, rather, when current judges leave the bench, the governor and the JNCs would be required to...

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