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Keeping
An Eye on the Florida Board of Bar Examiners Since 2004
If
you know of any dishonesty, bias, corruption, or wasteful expenditures
by the Florida Board of Bar Examiners, please contact us. We're
actively trying to reform the Florida Board of Bar Examiners and
restore it as an institution that citizens can trust.
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News Items:
Has The Florida Board of Bar Examiners Violated Your Rights? - If you're thinking about suing the Florida Board of Bar Examiners, these documents may assist you in learning about the claims and defenses asserted in prior suits. Click here to see the litigation documents page.
October 18, 2007 - Florida Bar Watch Needs Your Help - We're looking for an applicant who has been denied admission to the Florida Bar by the Florida Supreme Court on First Amendment grounds, who is now eligible to reapply for admission, and who is willing to bring a Dubuc-style action against the FBBE. Click Here to read the Sixth Circuit's opinion in Dubuc. FloridaBarWatch may be willing to have one of its attorneys represent the applicant for free.
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Florida
Supreme Court Corruption Alert
- FloridaBarWatch normally focuses on the ultra-corrupt practices
of
the Florida Supreme Court and the Florida Board of Bar
Examiners.
But the stunning display of corruption by the Florida
Judicial Qualifications Commission in the case concerning Judge
Cliff Barnes warrants public exposure on our web site.
Click
here to see how the JQC is harassing Judge Barnes on account
of his exercise of free speech.
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March 12, 2007 - Judge Robert Hinkle Becomes The Charlatan Of The Year - Judge Hinkle is widley recognized as the dumbest judge in the history of this nation, but it was his firm commitment to promoting dishonesty and corruption in the Florida judicial system that earned him the distinguished award of "Charlatan of the Year". Click here to read more about this fool... |
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August 30, 2006 – Cantero Wins The Charlatan Award Two Years In A Row – Florida Supreme Court Justice Raoul Cantero’s hard work in covering-up the John T. Berry plagiarism scandal has earned him the FloridaBarWatch Charlatan Award for the second year in a row. In fact, Cantero was so impressed with Berry, Cantero recently hired him. Congratulations to Justice Cantero. Click here to see more. |
April 20, 2006 – Politics in Florida Character & Fitness Decisions – Today, the Florida Supreme Court issued a decision proving that political considerations tilt the scales of justice in Florida. In a stunning breach of due process, William Hanlon is denied admission in Florida forever. Click here to see more.
February 14, 2006 - A Secret Document Is Discovered - A former employee of the Florida Board of Bar Examiners has provided us with a top-secret Substance Abuse Protocol that the Board does not disclose to the public. How many other secret protocols does the FBBE use to evaluate applicants' moral character? FloridaBarWatch is investigating. Click here to see the protocol.
February 6, 2006 - A FloridaBarWatch Investigation - FloridaBarWatch is demanding that the General Counsel of the Florida Board of Bar Examiners, Thomas Pobjecky, make a full and fair disclosure of the facts and circumstances surrounding his 11-month marriage to Geralyn Pennachio, which ended on October 27, 1978. Since the Florida Board of Bar Examiners investigates applicants' domestic relationships during its character and fitness process, why don't we get everything out on the table?
September 5, 2005 - FloridaBarWatch opens a full investigation into the Florida Supreme Court, after the Court was caught secretly releasing confidential Bar admission documents. Click here for more information about this alarming breach of confidentiality.
June 10, 2004 - How is this for honesty and candor? Click here to see FBBE General Counsel Thomas Pobjecky's false certification that no exculpatory evidence existed regarding FloridaBarWatch founder Frank Lawrence - and related documents!
OTHER NEWS:
The FBBE Disrespects Federal Law - FloridaBarWatch discovered a troubling 1997 report from a Florida Supreme Court Committee that exemplifies how Florida Bar Exam licensing "character and fitness" officials fail to respect the pronouncements of the Supreme Court of the United States. Click here for more.
Here is some more disturbing information - Is it appropriate for Florida Board attorney Thomas Pobjecky, who prosecutes Specifications against applicants, to also draft the Board's findings of fact and conclusions of law? Click here for more
Is Secret Information Being Considered? Click here to see FBBE Executive Director Eleanor Mitchell Hunter offer to redact portions of a FBBE Investigative Hearing, after FloridaBarWatch founder Frank Lawrence discovered that FBBE members make admissions decisions based upon information not provided to applicants.