Please let me begin by thanking BCBA President Steve Moody for appointing me as Membership Chair of our great organization. It is through the hard work and dedication of people like Steve Moody, the men and women of the Board of Directors, the Section and Committee leaders and members, our Executive Director...
Last year, we began implementing a plan to invite underprivileged children to this years event, but first wanted to have a “dry run” to make sure it would work. Since the event went flawlessly last year, we decided to make this a signature event, and to invite underprivileged children this year....
On Saturday, October 26, 2002, after months of planning by the Bench and Bar Committee, the BCBA held its “First Annual Halloween Costume Party!” Spearheaded by Bench-Bar Chair Christopher M. “Chris” Neilson, with the blessing and assistance of BCBA President Nancy Gregoire, Executive...
By Jan Pudlow Associate Editor Remember this scene from the 1997 movie “The Rainmaker”? Danny DeVito plays the feisty paralegal, Matt Damon plays the fresh young lawyer, and they are about to cruise the hospital looking for prospective clients, the more battered and injured, the better. When...
By Christopher Mark Neilson Forty-three of us, dressed in our finest outfits, walked in a light rain to the United States Supreme Court at 7:30 in the morning on April 26, 2004 (ok, our hotel was just a few blocks away, and it was only a drizzle of what was to become a downpour later.) “EQUAL JUSTICE...
By Christopher Mark Neilson This is the third, and final, article of a series of three articles containing some personal insights and observations concerning jury trials. This story is true to the best of my recollection, since the case took place almost three years ago, and I do not have the actual files or...
By Christopher M. Neilson JURIES – jury (joor e) n., pl. -ries [< L. Jurare, swear] 1. A group of people sworn to hear evidence in a law case and to give a decision 2. A committee that decides winners in a contest (Webster’s New World Dictionary). While I do not have a transcript, this true...
“Professionally Speaking” PROFESSIONALLY SPEAKING Christopher M. Neilson, Esquire, a lifelong resident and native of Broward County, is the Chairman of the Broward County Bar Association Bench & Bar Committee. As a practicing attorney for over 15 years, Mr. Neilson suggests the following...
It was a hot and humid morning in the park. The ground was still wet from the fresh dew. All of the flags were in place, moving ever so slightly in the stillness of the morning, as the officers and soldiers began to muster about. The cannon was methodically wheeled into place. The Fife & Drum Corp.,...