You deserve a second chance. We were all young once. We all made mistakes and did things that we later regret. Unfortunately, an arrest in your past can continue to haunt you and impact the rest of your life. Many people like you report being denied opportunities in their jobs, college education, apartment applications, banking and other scenarios because of a single mistake made in their past. Criminal record expungement and sealing can give you a second chance! Criminal record expungement (sealing) is the legal process to make a criminal record a non-public record. This essentially erases your record from public access. All information of the arrest and charges is removed or made confidential from all official agencies whose records are accessible to the public. Records are either made confidential or must be destroyed! This book, written by Florida Criminal Law Attorney and expungement expert Eric Dirga, is your Do-It-Yourself guide to seeking an expungement or sealing of your record. Erase your record and give yourself the second chance you deserve!
The Florida Evidence Code Handbook (6" x 9") was designed to be brought to court and be at your side in the office. This copy of the Florida Evidence Code's "added value" is a 15 page section on making and responding to common objections (including over 15 pages on the most common trial objections) and over 70 pages on evidentiary foundations and impeachment (including 25 examples of foundations for introducing physical, electronic, hearsay, and social media evidence, as well as a brief discussion on differing standards for authenticating digital evidence. There are also 30 cartoons with original captions on evidence, negotiation, and ADR to make you smile.The author is a former Detroit criminal trial lawyer, a full-time law professor for 45 years, and a professor at the William S. Richardson School of Law at the University of Hawaii for 40 years. Come visit! He has taught evidence since 1981 and has been the Director, and now Co-Director, of the Law School's Clinical Program since 1978. He has been a member of the Hawaii Supreme Court's Standing Committee on the Rules of Evidence since 1993.
Whatever you’re trying to learn about the world—as a journalist or as an informed citizen— public records often hold the key. But what records, where? And how to get them? Gaining access to records is an art, one that requires an organized approach and a good understanding of human behavior. The Art of Access: Strategies for Acquiring Public Records, Second Edition is a how-to guide for putting the law into action and using ingenuity to pry records loose. FOI experts and longtime journalists David Cuillier and Charles N. Davis present strategies for dealing with the officials who stand between you and the information you seek. They explore new developments in technology and research and the latest online innovations and tools to help you rethink the information-gathering process and develop a document state of mind.
What is a Notary Public? A notary public is a public officer appointed and commissioned by the Governor whose function is to administer oaths (or affirmations); to take acknowledgments; to attest to the trueness of photocopies of certain documents; and to perform other duties specified by Florida law.
Florida Historical Society Harry T. & Harriette V. Moore Award Drawing on previously unpublished sources and newly unsealed records, Judith Poucher profiles five individuals who stood up to the Johns Committee. Virgil Hawkins and Ruth Perry were civil rights activists who, respectively, foiled the committee’s plans to stop integration at the University of Florida and refused to divulge Florida and Miami NAACP records. G. G. Mock, a bartender in Tampa, was arrested and shackled in the nude by police but would not reveal the name of her girlfriend, a teacher. University of Florida professor Sig Diettrich was threatened with twenty years in prison and being "outed," yet he still would not name names. Margaret Fisher, a college administrator, helped to bring the committee's investigation of the University of South Florida into the open, publicly condemning their bullying. By reexamining the daring stands taken by these ordinary citizens, Poucher illustrates not only the abuses propagated by the committee but also the collective power of individuals to effect change.
Color illustrations of fish found in Florida with descriptions, size range and habitats, tastiness, game qualities, and the tackles, baits and fishing systems used to catch them.
In Florida, the legal authorities governing and relating to property insurance, associated claims, and insurance adjusting are scattered in various bodies of law (beyond the “Florida Insurance Code”). Unfortunately, they are not always easy to locate, or logically categorized or ordered. This book contains a comprehensive compilation of these statutes, rules, and other legal authorities. To compile the materials in this publication, an exhaustive review was undertaken of the Florida Statutes, Florida Administrative Code, and other bodies of law. Once compiled, the authorities were then re-categorized and re-ordered in an effort to make them easier to search. In addition, this book includes a helpful list of over one hundred (100) important deadlines and timing issues, as well as a list of other selected statutes, an extensive list of state and federal cases (arranged by topic), and a list of resources relevant to property insurance and public adjusting. Public adjusters should find this book helpful to their adjustment and handling of claims, and in dealing with insurance representatives. It should also assist public adjusters in becoming more familiar with the relevant legal authorities, and the legislative process, which has become more important in recent years with the passage of restrictive regulations for public adjusters. This publication is not designed to be read from cover to cover like a traditional book; rather, it is to be used as a reference tool. Table of Contents Segment 1 – Important Deadlines and Timing Issues Segment 2 – Statutes of Limitations and Notice Issues Segment 3 – Public Adjusters and Insurance Representatives – Licensing and Appointments Segment 4 – Public Adjusters and Insurance Representatives – Continuing Education Segment 5 – Public Adjusters and Insurance Representatives – Ethical Rules and Other Similar Authorities Segment 6 – Public Adjusters and Insurance Representatives – Advertising and Soliciting Segment 7 – Public Adjuster Contracts Segment 8 – Public Adjuster Fees, and Other Fees Segment 9 – Public Adjusters and Insurance Representatives – Unlicensed Practice of Law and Adjusting Segment 10 – Public Adjusters and Insurance Representatives – Other Rules Segment 11 – Collection Issues Segment 12 – Insurance Policies Segment 13 – Cancellation, Renewal, and Nonrenewal of Insurance Policies” Segment 14 – Claims Handling Issues Segment 15 – Payment Issues Segment 16 – Bad Faith and Unfair Trade Practices Segment 17 – Fraud Segment 18 – Disciplinary Issues for Public Adjusters, Insurance Representatives, and Insurers Segment 19 – Mortgage and Banking Issues, and Lender Placed Insurance Segment 20 – Ordinance or Law Coverage, including Building Codes, etc. Segment 21 – Condominium and Timeshare Issues Segment 22 – Sinkhole Claims Segment 23 – Hurricane and Windstorm Issues Segment 24 – Flood Insurance Claims Segment 25 – Citizens Property Insurance Corporation Segment 26 – Surplus Lines Insurance and Insurers Segment 27 – Florida Insurance Guaranty Association (“F.I.G.A.”) Segment 28 – Relief from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (“F.E.M.A.”) Segment 29 – Right to Access Information Segment 30 – Policyholder’s Bill of Rights Segment 31 – Various Definitions Segment 32 – Mediation of Property Insurance Claims Segment 33 – Litigation Issues Appendix I – Other Selected Statutes, Rules, etc. Appendix II – Selected Florida and Federal Cases Appendix III – Resources Index
