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UPCOMING EVENTS

The Florida Bar Association
July 26-27, Bar Leaders Workshop, Ponte Verda Beach, Sawgrass Marriot Resort. Call the Florida Bar for details.

Broward County Women's Lawyers' Association
Friday, July 19, Installation Luncheon at 11:45 a.m. at the Tower Club. Guest Speaker: 4th DCA Judge Melanie May. For more information, please call (954) 764-3050 or email, Mr. Goldberg @ artg@browardbar.org

Broward Bar Association (BCBA)
Tuesday, July 16, Bench and Bar Luncheon Noon at 110 Southeast 6th Street, 7th Floor Atrium. To RSVP, please call (954) 764-8040.

Broward County Young Lawyers
July event, Contact 954-764-8040

South Palm Beach County Bar Association
September 10, 2002, Next luncheon at Pete's Restaurant in Boca Raton
For reservations, call Melissa Kelly, Director at 561-482-3838

INTERNET INSECURITY: A TIME MAGAZINE SPECIAL REPORT
Everything you ever needed to know about online (in) security: A special report on how to protect your privacy online; Vulnerability quiz; A Time columnist tells how his identity was stolen; Ten ways to more secure cybersafety; How to opt out of database sharing.

FEATURED INVESTIGATORS PRODUCT OF THE MONTH
Telephone Voice changer, Now a person can change a voice from male to female at will or simply disguise your voice beyond recognition. Even your own spouse will not recognize you on this one folks. The high quality acoustic coupler attaches to the headset and you simply talk into the microphone on the unit. Runs on one 9 volt battery. Call us for more details.

JAILED LAWYER'S SPOUSE ARRESTED
The Miami Herald, http://www.herald.com , July 3, Miami attorney Elizabeth Martinez-Genova has been arrested for drug possession. She is the wife of imprisoned criminal defense lawyer Anthony Genova. Martinez-Genova was stopped by a police officer on June 20 for an expired tag. She was exhibiting strange behavior, which caused police to search her. They found drugs and straws in her pants pockets and purse.

LAWYER FACES MORE CHARGES
South Florida Sun-Sentinel, July 3,. A lawyer who specialized in helping drug defendants kick the habit until his arrest on cocaine charges in February was indicted Tuesday [July 2] on six marijuana-related charges. Former Assistant Public Defender Damon Amedeo, 30, now faces nine felony charges in a federal investigation begun after Douglas D. Rozelle III, 18, was found dead Jan. 6 in the lawyer's bedroom. Amedeo had been representing Rozelle in a drug case. During Amedeo's time with the Public Defender's Office, he had helped coordinate Palm Beach County's Drug Court. He left the office in January 2001 and began working at the law practice of Rozelle's father, Douglas Rozelle Jr.

REVIEW DEATH PENALTY
The Miami Herald (editorial) July 3, 2002. Prompted by two executions scheduled for next week in Florida, the editorial urges a review of Florida's death penalty. The U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way legally for the state to resume executions by lifting the stay on the two executions. The editorial comments, "That, in turn, allowed Gov. Jeb Bush to make the decision to lift Florida's unofficial death-penalty moratorium, which had been in place since January. Too bad the state didn't utilize the time to undertake a comprehensive review of its seriously flawed death-penalty system. That's especially regrettable in light of two recent thoughtful Supreme Court decisions -- one banning executions of the mentally ill and the other requiring jury sanction of a death sentence. If the court can worry about the fairness of the death penalty, why not Florida?"

TYPICAL FLORIDA LAWYER
According to the Florida Bar, The typical Florida lawyer is male, 45 years old, with 16 years of experience. He works in a firm with four other lawyers, two legal assistants, and two legal secretaries, spends 51 hours a week in the office (only 30 of which are billable), and earned $85,000 in 2001.

YOUR PRACTICE IS IMPORTANT
Please think of us the next time you have investigation or process serving needs. Our prompt, courteous and professional services are now utilized by over 100 local Florida law firms as well as over 300 attorneys worldwide. When you need proficiency, attention to details, advise or simply standard services please call us anytime.

PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR SEMINAR
This agency will hold FREE private seminars for law firms in the Palm Beach, Broward and Miami-Dade Counties upon written request. Topics covered are locating witnesses, process serving, surveillance and "investigation tricks." Seminars are offered as a means of introduction to developing contacts for services offered by this agency.

PARANOIA
It's hardly a shock these days to learn that surfing the Internet isn't a private experience. Internet-service providers have the ability to keep track of the sites you visit and the software you download. This article looks at a new wave of ET (as in "ET phone home") spyware that uses your internet connection to deliver espionage briefings on you.

WHERE DOES THE TERM "GUMSHOE" AS IT REFERS TO PRIVATE INVESTIGATORS ORIGINATE?
Many years ago I did a little research on this and found that the term gumshoe started in the days when most private investigators walked the streets and interviewed people for information so much they always managed to get gum on their shoes because they were consistently walking in bad neighborhoods usually in downtown areas where there was no one that cleaned up the sidewalks. The term caught on in the 40's and 50's in police departments and Hollywood as a term for private investigator.

TOP TEN SKILLS NEEDED BY INVESTIGATIVE AGENCY OWNER
1) INTERVIEWING, 2) SURVEILLANCE, 3) CHECKING PUBLIC RECORDS,
4) COMPUTER SKILLS, 5) MARKETING SKILLS, 6) REPORT WRITING,
7) PUBLIC SPEAKING SKILLS, 8) WILLINGNESS TO WORK LONG HOURS, 8) PATIENCE, 9) PEOPLE SKILLS, 10) HIGH ENERGY AND SELF MOTIVATION

RUMOR WATCH
Local doctor to be reprimanded for over prescribing drugs to a patient / girlfriend. Reporting to the Florida Bar, a Palm Beach Lawyer for client privilege breach, Private Investigator for ethics and billing violations, personal profiling of renters in Delray Beach community, several local commissioners to outlaw psychic businesses within their districts, A prominent Palm Beach County CFO to be indicted, several famous local citizens to be named as witnesses in a high profile adultery and marital waste lawsuit, local politicians career will be ended when investigation results are made public.

SURVEILLANCE TRICK
One surveillance vehicle that is frequently overlooked is a bicycle. If you are scouting a neighborhood for instance, it is a simple matter to pretend your bike has had a minor mechanical malfunction and spend some time tinkering with it. A camera mounted inside the tool-pouch is also a possibility. Nobody ever asks you anything.

ONGOING PRIVATE INVESTIGATION CASES
Bogus and counterfeit products sold from residence, missing child, stolen car recovery, illegal use of a famous pop singers body / porn site, government employee corruption, sexual harassment, theft of dog, missing heir(s), locating witnesses in will contest case, debugging of major corporation, hidden video at local restaurant, surveillance of cheating female spouse, surveillance of cheating male spouse, surveillance of restaurant employees involving health violation standards, accident reconstruction, analysis of competitor demographics, asset investigation of famous debtor, child abuse, child custody, bogus identification and identity, serving process upon highly evasive defendants

INVESTIGATION CASES RESOLVED LAST MONTH
Found three missing heirs to large estate, located and retrieved missing vehicle, served 100% of all defendants within six Florida counties, video surveillance of out of town adultery suspect, video surveillance of restaurant code violations, background checks, pre-deposition research, pretrial witness investigation, criminal mischief surveillance, contractor and sub contractor activities monitored, evidence retrieved in counterfeit handbag / luggage investigation, skiptracing evasive defendants, cemetery surveillance, trespassing surveillance, noncompete violations and corporate / executive activities monitoring.

STANDARDS FOR IMPOSING SANCTIONS UPON LAWYERS
The Board of Governors of The Florida Bar adopted an amended version of the ABA Standards for Imposing Lawyer Sanctions and thereby provided a format for Bar counsel, referees and the Supreme Court of Florida to consider each of these questions before recommending or imposing appropriate discipline:
1. Duties violated; 2. The lawyer's mental state; 3. The potential or actual injury caused by the lawyer's misconduct; 4. The existence of aggravating or mitigating circumstances. The Bar will use these standards to determine recommended discipline to referees and the court and to determine acceptable pleas under Rule 3-7.9.

THE FLORIDA SUPREME COURT DISCIPLINED LOCAL ATTORNEYS
Kurt M. Frim, 433 Plaza Real, Ste. 275, Boca Raton, suspended from practicing law in Florida until further court order, effective 30 days following an April 17 court order. (Admitted to practice: 1993) An audit of Frim's trust account indicated a shortage of $14,547.32. (Case no. SC02-663) Anthony Meehan Genova, 1102 N.E. 105th St., Miami Shores, resigned in lieu of disciplinary proceedings, with leave to seek readmission after five years, effective immediately following an April 11 court order. (Admitted to practice: 1987) Genova pleaded guilty to two felony counts of an indictment charging him with six counts of bankruptcy fraud. (Case no. SC02-534) Alan R. Hochman, 8000 S.W. 124th St., Miami, suspended from practicing law in Florida for three years, effective retroactive to July 28, 1997, following an April 4 court order. (Admitted to practice: 1975) In October 1999, Hochman pleaded no contest to two felony grand theft charges. The criminal charges were in relation to Hochman's misappropriation of client trust funds. (Case no. SC00-100) Norman Elliot Kent, 800 E. Broward Blvd., Ste. 310, Ft. Lauderdale, suspended from practicing law in Florida for 90 days, effective 30 days following a March 28 court order. (Admitted to practice: 1979) A Bar compliance audit of Kent's trust account revealed significant and multiple shortages in the account, which were caused by Kent's constant and intentional commingling of earned fees with trust account funds. The audit also revealed the Kent did not meet the minimum requirements for trust accounting records. (Case no. SC01-2791) Jerrold Martin Levy, 5468 N.W. 21st Ave., Boca Raton, resigned in lieu of disciplinary proceedings, without leave to seek readmission, effective immediately following an April 11 court order. (Admitted to practice: 1988) Levy pleaded guilty to utilizing interstate commerce to persuade, induce or entice an individual under 18 years of age to engage in sexual activity, and transporting child pornography through interstate commerce via computer. (Case no. SC02-186) Martin E. Powers, 2562 S.W. 8th St., Ste. A, Miami, suspended from practicing law in Florida until further court ordered, effective 30 days following an April 8 court order. (Admitted to practice: 1982) An auditor found that Powers misappropriated trust account funds. (Case no. SC02-664) Nashid Sabir, 18350 N.W. 2nd Ave., Floor 5, Miami, reprimanded for professional misconduct following a March 28 court order. (Admitted to practice: 1983) While representing a client in an immigration matter, Sabir failed to act with reasonable diligence and promptness and to keep the client reasonably informed about the status of the matter. He also failed to respond in a timely matter to Bar inquiries into his conduct. (Case no. SC02-638) Laurie Schrier, 2260 N. Dixie Highway, Boca Raton, reprimanded for professional misconduct following a March 14 court order. (Admitted to practice: 1988) Schrier failed to properly communicate with a client regarding the status of a matter and to use diligence in representing her client's best interests. (Case no. SC01-2826) Bradley Wolfe Schuler, 2900 N. University Drive, Ste. 64, Coral Springs, resigned in lieu of disciplinary proceedings, with leave to seek readmission after five years, effective 30 days following an April 11 court order. (Admitted to practice: 1989) Schuler allegedly failed to comply with the terms of a mediation agreement and failed to comply with the terms of a diversion to the Bar's Ethics School. Allegations against Schuler also include fraud in connection with certain loan transactions. (Case no. SC02-271) Henry Bryant Sims, P.O. Box 2153, Palm Beach, suspended from practicing law in Florida for nine months, effective 30 days following a March 28 court order. Upon reinstatement, Sims is placed on probation for three years. (Admitted to practice: 1969) Among his rule violations, Sims violated several rules regulating trust accounts. (Case no. SC01-1626)
William Henry Stiles, 218 Santillane Ave., Coral Gables, reprimanded for professional misconduct following a March 28 court order. (Admitted to practice: 1963) Stiles employed a disbarred attorney and failed to timely and properly file affidavits required when employing a former attorney. The disbarred attorney also acted improperly when submitting papers in court on Stiles' behalf. (Case no. SC02-639) John Louis Walkden, 315 N.E. 3rd Ave., Ste. 200, Ft. Lauderdale, suspended from practicing law in Florida for 90 days, effective 30 days following an April 11 court order. Upon reinstatement, Walkden will be placed on probation for three years. (Admitted to practice: 1977) In two separate matters, Walkden violated rules regulating trust accounts. In another matter, Walkden allowed his secretary to affix his client's signature to a settlement release that the client refused to sign. He then allowed the release to be forwarded to the opposing party and failed to inform them that the signature was forged. (Case no. SC01-1197), all of the above information was reported and posted on the Florida Bar Association web site.

STRANGE SIGHTING
Feral Pigs running wild in Palm Beach County. Yes, wild pigs that appeared to be in excess of 250lbs are running wild and causing problems in Palm Beach County and on Florida State owned land.

BROWARD COUNTY JUDGE LEONARD LEET
Judge Leet threw out over 10,000 search warrants issued by the state as they relate to the search for Canker trees on private property.

LINDA AND JAMES MARKS - BULLSHIT PSYCHICS
Accused of scamming an elderly couple of their life savings now has to worry about the additional eleven more people who have filed similar lawsuits. The Marks' accusers now total at least thirteen. Rumor has it they are selling the Delray Beach property where the alleged scams took place and seeking a new location

ANIMALS IN FLORIDA PUT TO DEATH
Over 70,000 animals were put to death at local shelters in 2001.

PEOPLE IN FLORIDA WAITING TO BE PUT TO DEATH
At least 380 people are awaiting their maker.

HEPATITIS "A" IN SOUTH FLORIDA
Based upon our own surveillance observations, the Hard Rock Café' at Sawgrass and Chili's restaurant in Lauderhill are not the only establishments presented with infected employees. The way we see it, the potential of this disease is far reaching and spreading rapidly. Expect to hear about many more incidents. Culprit: Unwashed hands of waiters, cooks and restaurant staff spreading the infection to diners.

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SUBSCRIBER QUESTIONS
QUESTION? How can I find out the numbers dialed from a particular phone if they are local calls?
ANSWER: It depends on whether or not you have legal access to the target phone. On the basis that you do have access, you can install a "reverse caller ID" system. This inexpensive devise allows you to keep a log (digital tones that are stored in caller ID type box) of each call dialed from the phone line in question.
QUESTION? How do Private Investigators go about getting licensed?
ANSWER: In the state of Florida the division of licensing must license you. Soon, the division of agriculture will handle licensing. Call your local office that handles licensing and they will send you all the materials you will need.
QUESTION? How much time does your agency need before case can be activated?
ANSWER: Usually, cases are activated immediately. In most cases, provided the case is assigned during normal business hours, we can start within an hour of a retainer agreement.
QUESTION? Are you hiring or looking for a partner and or investors?
ANSWER: Yes, we are always seeking talented individuals. All applicants must have a C license, a College degree and reside in the state of Florida. As to your question about "looking for a partner and or investors, " Yes.
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