Thursday, Jan. 23 • 12:15 p.m. • Omni Hotel
Chief Justice Harry Lee Anstead was appointed to the Florida Supreme Court Aug. 29, 1994, by Gov. Lawton Chiles. He was born Nov. 4, 1937 in Jacksonville. The youngest of six children, he was raised by his mother, Loretta, in the Brentwood housing project and graduated from Andrew Jackson High School in 1956. Justice Anstead received bachelor and law degrees from the University of Florida, and an LL.M. degree from the University of Virginia. He served with the National Security Agency in Washington, D.C., before attending law school.
Prior to becoming a judge, Justice Anstead was a leader in community and civic affairs and local and statewide bar activities. After 13 years as a trial and appellate lawyer, he was elected to the 4th District Court of Appeal in l976 and served there until his appointment to the Supreme Court. During his tenure, he served as chief judge of the district court and also as an acting circuit and county judge. He is a graduate of the regular trial judges education program of the National College of the State Judiciary, and numerous other national judicial education programs.
Justice Anstead has published numerous articles relating to legal education, constitutional law, appellate practice, and various other topics. He has been active in judicial administration and education on both the state and national levels. He served as an ad hoc member of the American Bar Association’s advisory committee which was devoted to planning and implementing the LL.M. program on the judicial process at the University of Virginia. He served on the Supreme Court Commission on the Structure of Florida’s Courts and for 12 years was an active member and vice chair of the Supreme Court Committee on Civil Jury Instructions.
He has been a lecturer on various subjects at a number of law schools and has served on the board of governors of Shepard Broad Law Center at Nova Southeastern University and St. Thomas University Law School. He was honored by the administration and students at both schools for his longtime work with the schools. He has served on The Florida Bar’s steering committee for its continuing legal education (CLE) publications on numerous topics. He initiated the regular publication of the Florida attorney’s oath in The Florida Bar Journal as well as the practice of providing bar members with a formal copy of the oath upon admission to the Bar. He served as the first chair of the Florida Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism.
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JBA luncheon reservation policy
WHEREAS, there is an increase in the number of Jacksonville Bar Association members making reservations for the monthly luncheon meetings and failing to attend and also a concern for members showing up for the monthly luncheon meetings without a reservation;
WHEREAS, the increase in the number of members making such reservations and failing to appear and those appearing without a reservation results in an increasing costs to be borne by the other Jacksonville Bar Association members; and
WHEREAS, implementing a policy to limit the amount of these increasing losses is desirable
NOW, therefore, be it resolved that:
1. Jacksonville Bar Association members making a reservation for a luncheon meeting and failing to attend will bear the expense of such lunch reservation incurred by the Jacksonville Bar Association in the actual amount of the charge incurred.
2. Such charges will be made beginning on the second such reservation not kept per fiscal year of the Jacksonville Bar Association. That is, a member shall be allowed to miss one (1) meeting for which reservations are made per fiscal year without charge.
3. Cancellations made more than 48 hours prior to a luncheon meeting are sufficient to absolve the member from any financial obligation in connection with that meeting.
4. Jacksonville Bar Association members attending a luncheon meeting without a reservation will bear the expense of such lunch reservation incurred by the Jacksonville Bar Association in the actual amount of the charge incurred. Such charges will be made beginning on the third occurrence per fiscal year.