Speeches by Chesterfield - Vol. XXVI, 399-417 and misc.. 1999-2001

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CHESTERFIELD SMITH
YOUNG LAWYERS SECTION.OF
THE ORANGE COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION
RADISSON PLAZA HOTEL
ORLANDO, FLORIDA
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1999
FIFTEEN MINUTES

CHESTERFIELD SMITH
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA
RE-NAMING COLLEGE OF LAW TO
THE FREDRIC G. LEVIN COLLEGE OF LAW
GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA
NOVEMBER 19, 1999
TWELVE MINUTES

CHESTERFIELD SMITH
RETIREMENT OF CONGRESSMAN
CHARLES CANADY, JR.
LAKELAND CENTER
LAKELAND, FLORIDA
JANUARY 13, 2000
TWELVE MINUTES

CHESTERFIELD SMITH
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY ASSOCIATION
OF LEGAL ADMINISTRATORS LUNCHEON
HOTEL INTERCONTINENTAL
MIAMI, FLORIDA
APRIL 19,2000
TWENTY MINUTES

CHESTERFIELD SMITH
H&K BOARD OF DIRECTORS
H&K MIAMI OFFICE VIDEO
CONFERENCE ROOM
APRIL 25, 2000
TWENTY MINUTES

CHESTERFIELD SMITH
2000H&K SUMMER ASSOCIATES
LAKELAND, ORLANDO, ST. PETERSBURG
AND TAMPA
JUNE 12, 2000
H&K LAKEWIRE OFFICE
LAKELAND, FLORIDA
FIFTEEN MINUTES

CHESTERFIELD SMITH
THE FLORIDA BAR
INTRODUCTION HERMAN RUSSOMANNO
BOCA RATON, FLORIDA
JUNE 23, 2000
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CHESTERFIELD SMITH
PUBLIC LAW GROUP
2000 H&K ALL LAWYERS MEETING
ATLANTA, GA
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2000
TWENTY FIVE MINUTES

CHESTERFIELD SMITH
DIVERSITY AT H&K
2000 H&K ALL LAWYERS MEETING
ATLANTA, GA
SEPTEMBER 23, 2000
TEN MINUTES

CHESTERFIELD SMITH
LEGAL SERVICES OF GREATER MIAMI
JANE KEEN DEDICATION
CHESTERFIELD SMITH FOR EQUAL
JUSTICE BUILDING
OCTOBER 13, 2000
3-5 MINUTES

CHESTERFIELD SMITH
WOMEN'S LAW SYMPOSIUM
FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY
COLLEGE OF LAW
FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY
TALLAHASSEE, FL
NOVEMBER 8, 2000
THIRTY MINUTES

CHESTERFIELD SMITH
FLORIDA BLUE KEY
HONORING JUSTICE STEVE O'CONNELL
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA
GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA
NOVEMBER 10, 2000
FIVE MINUTES

CHESTERFIELD SMITH
ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE
2000 JURISPRUDENCE AWARD
HONORING RICHARD A. PETTIGREW
WYNDHAM HOTEL
MIAMI, FLORIDA
DECEMBER 14, 2000
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CHESTERFIELD SMITH
HOMER HOOKS' ROASTING
80TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION
LAKELAND COUNTRY CLUB
LAKELAND, FLORIDA
JANUARY 10, 2001
FOUR MINUTES

CHESTERFIELD SMITH
FLORIDA OCEAN SCIENCES INSTITUTE
INC.
I.G.F.A. HALL OF FAME
200 GULF STREAM WAY
DANIA BEACH, FLORIDA
FEBRUARY 22, 2001
FIVE SIX MINUTES

CHESTERFIELD SMITH
MIAMI JEWISH HOME & HOSPITAL
55TH ANNUAL MEETING
INSTALLATION OF OFFICERS &
BOARD MEMBERS
MIAMI JEWISH HOME & HOSPITAL
MIAMI, FLORIDA
FEBRUARY 25, 2001
THREE FOUR MINUTES

CHESTERFIELD SMITH
FLORIDA SOUTHERN COLLEGE
COLLEGE STUDENTS
FLORIDA SOUTHERN COLLEGE
LAKELAND, FLORIDA
MARCH 23, 2001
TEN MINUTES

CHESTERFIELD SMITH
COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP
GOOD CITIZENS/CITIZEN SMITH
FLORIDA SOUTHERN COLLEGE
LAKELAND, FLORIDA
MARCH 23, 2001
15-20 MINUTES

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CHESTERFIELD SMITH
FRIENDS OF THE LAW
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
TALBOT (SANDY) D'ALEMBERTE
2001 WICKERSHAM AWARD
SUPREME COURT OF THE U.S.
WASHINGTON, D.C.
MARCH 27, 2001
5-6 MINUTES

SPEECHES OF CHESTERFIELD SMITH

SPEECH NUMBER 399

REMARKS OF:

CHESTERFIELD SMITH

LAWYER

MIAMI, FLORIDA

BEFORE:

ORANGE COUNTY

BAR ASSOCIATION

YOUNG LAWYERS'
SECTION

JUDICIAL DINNER

DATE:

OCTOBER 12, 1999

6:30 P.M.

PLACE:

RADISSON PLAZA HOTEL

ORLANDO, FLORIDA

TWENTY-FIVE MINUTES

357

DURATION:

NO MATTER YOUR THOUGHTS

AFTER

SEEING

ME

-- I TOO ONCE WAS

YOUNG

LAWYER

- LONG

- LONG

- LONG

AGO. I WAS NEVER A JUDGE YOUNG

OLD-I

TODAY

STILL LOVE

LAWYERS

JUDGES --

ADMITTING

NOW

AND THEN

SOME

INDIVIDUAL PROBLEMS WITH EACH.

MOST

OF MY VERY GOOD

FRIENDS

INDEED ARE

OR

AND

TO

AND LONG

HAVE

BEEN -

LAWYERS OR JUDGES.

BRAG

ABOUT

BEING

A LAWYER

THINK

YOU TOO SHOULD

TODAY

PROUD

TO BE A LAWYER

- EVEN

IF YOU

ALSO ARE A JUDGE.

BUT AS LAWYERS

OR JUDGES

MUST

-- WE SHOULD

- BE DEEPLY

CONCERNED

ABOUT

THE PRESENT

PUBLIC

PROFESSION

-- I

BE

WE

I CONTINUALLY

IMAGE

OF OUR

WHICH TO

IS IN MANY WAYS

"NOT SO HOT."

WERE

WE

-- THE PRACTICING

LAWYERS

-- MEMBERS

OF THE BAR --

ALWAYS

SO GENERALLY ILL-PERCEIVED

AND ILL-REPUTED?

PERSONALLY

I THINK

MANY

YEARS

AGO

-- EARLY

MY PROFESSIONAL

CAREER

-- I BELIEVE

PERCEIVED

NOT.

IN

PUT IT FRANKLY

THAT

LAWYERS

WERE

BY

MOST AS CONSUMMATE PROFESSIONALS.

LAWYERS WERE WIDELY RESPECTED --

BECAUSE LAWYERS APPARENTLY HAD

OBTAINED THE KNOWLEDGE -- THE

WISDOM AND THE ADVOCACY AND

COUNSELING SKILLS THAT ALMOST

EVERYONE BELIEVED HELPFUL TO PEOPLE

IN TROUBLE.

BUT I AM NOW CONVINCED OVER

HAS BEEN A

DISTURBING

PERCEPTION

EVOLUTION

OF LAWYER

IN THE

S. LAWYERS

HAVE

NOW QUITE OFTEN BECOME

SUBJECT

OF POPULAR

DISDAIN.

LAWYERS

GENERALLY

ARE THOUGHT

MANY

AS TOO EXPENSIVE

UNETHICAL -- EGO

MANIAC

-- OVERPAID --

S AND MEAN-

-- LAWYERS

THE

NOW

BY

THE YEARS

THAT THERE

SPIRITED.

YOU NAME

IT

- SOMEWHERE AND

SOMETIMES CALLED

IT.

PLAINLY

STATED

-- THE GENERAL

PUBLIC'S

OPINION

OVERALL LAWYER

PROFESSIONALISM

IN RECENT

YEARS

DECLINED

DRAMATICALLY

-- AND THE LEGAL

PROFESSION

OUGHT

TO BE SERIOUSLY

CONCERNED.

ADMITTEDLY

OF

HAS

RECENTLY

HAVE BEEN

LAWYERS

TODAY

LIVE

THE PROVERBIAL

ROCK AND A HARD

PUBLIC'S THOUGHTS

PROFESSION A]

AMBIVALENCE.

PLACE.

ABOUT

RE MARKED ]

I SUGGEST

THE

OUR

BY PROFOUND

THAT

GENERALLY THE

PUBLIC VILIFIES

LEGAL

PROFESSION

-- INDEED LAWYERS

ARE HATED BY MANY

THAT

IS

-- UNTIL

ONE OF THOSE DOING THE HATING BADLY

8

THE

AND WORK

BETWEEN

A LAWYER'S HELP.

ARISES

TODAY

-- TYPICALLY

UNFORTUNATELY THAT

POTENTIAL

CLIENT

STILL MAY

SEEK

OUT WHAT

PERCEIVE

TOUGHEST

THAT

TO BE THE MEANEST

-- THE NASTIEST

CAN BE

FOUND

-- THE

LAWYER

-- NOT A LAWYER

WHOM

THAT

CLIENT

UNDERSTANDS

TO BE

OF THE LAW

NEED

AND

THEY

NEEDS

WHEN THAT

A MASTER

-- BUT ONE

CLIENT THINKS

HIM OR HER

CLIENT

JUST EXACTLY

WHAT

HE OR SHE WANTS.

IT THUS IS

SOMEWHAT IRONIC

QUIRKY

HOLDS

THAT

SOCIETY

MANY LAWYERS

AND DISDAIN

TIME MA

-- BUT T

NY INDIVID1

AS A WHOLE

IN CONTEMPT

[AT AT THE SAME

UALS IN THAT

TO BE REPRESENTED

AND

WHO THAT

MAY GET FOR

SOCIETY

WANT

ONLY

BY A LAWYER WHOM THAT POTENTIAL

CLIENT BELIEVES IS A

BEST "HIRED GUN"

"PIT BULL"

AROUND.

-- THE

I HATE TO

SAY IT BUT ALMOST EVERY PERSON

RETAINING A LAWYER NOW WANTS VERY

BADLY TO SUCCEED -- EVEN AT

SOCIETY'S EXPENSE.

THE TRUTH IS --

PEOPLE USUALLY HATE ONLY THE

LAWYER WHO IS AN ADVOCATE FOR THE

CAUSE -- THEY

PERCEIVE

CRUEL --

THAT

PARTICULAR LAWYER

HEARTLESS

-- CUTTHROAT

AND DISHONEST.

AT THE SAME

TIME --

MOST

OFTEN

REPRESENTING

FOR THE SAME

REASONS.

LIKE THE LAWYER

THEM -

SELFIS

IN FAIRNESS

UNFORTUNATELY

H AND PERSONAL

S -- THIS IS NOT A

NEW DEVELOPMENT.

AS

THEY

OPPOSING

GENERALLY

SOME

LAWYERS

BEEN AN OBJECT

SUBSTANTIAL PUBLIC

DISDAIN

-- WHICH

SURELY

FLOWS

IN LARGE

MEASURE

FROM

OUR TRADITIONAL

ADVERSARIAL

LEGAL

SYSTEM.

AMERICANS

GENERALLY

NOW SAY

THE LEGAL

PROFESSION

PEOPLE

FINISH

LAST.

A LOT OF PEOPLE

UNDERSTANDABLY DO

THAT

IN

NICE

LONG HAVE

OF

SAY THAT.

BUT

ARE WRONG. MOST

EXPERIENCE

-- NICE

-- GOOD

-- CIVIL --

ETHICAL

-- PROFESSIONAL -- AND

NOBLE

LAWYERS

FINISH

FIRST.

THE TRUE

-- THE REALITY

-- IS

-- THERE

SCADS

OF VERY

NICE MEN AND WOMEN

WHO ARE VERY

ARGUABLY

LAWYER M

SUCCESSFUL

-- AND I BELIEVE

LAWYERS.

IT

-- THE

HO IS MORE

FACT

ARE

THEY

OFTEN IN MY

BENEVOLENT

KINDER -- GENTLER -- INVARIABLY IS

GREAT AND SUCCESSFUL LAWYER.

SUBMIT TO YOU THAT DOING GOOD

PROFESSIONALLY IS MUCH MORE

IMPORTANT THAN DOING WELL

FINANCIALLY

-- AND THAT THE

TWO ARE

NOT MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE.

AS AN OBVIOUS RESULT OF

PROFESSIONAL DEGENERATION IN

THE

-- LAWYERS HAVE

ACTUALLY

CHANGE T

COULD

PROFESSION

REGAIN TH]

BEGUN

HAT

SEEKING

PERCEPTION.

BE BETTER

THAN

WAYS

TO

NOTHING

FOR THE LEGAL

FOR LAWYERS T(

E RESPECTED

POSITION

)

IN

AMERICA

THEY

ONCE

OCCUPIED.

INDEED -

- RATHER

IMAGE PR

THAN

DENYING

THIS LAWYER

-- I SUGGEST

THAT

REPUTATION

NOW

OBLEM

MUST FACE IT HEAD

IS NOT SOMETHING

THAT PERCEPTION

PUBLIC PERCEIVES

IN A NEGATIVE

NOVEL

IS REALITY)

LAWYERS

MANNER

TO SUGGEST

IF THE

GENERALLY

-- THAT

IS A

REALITY

LAWYERS

MUST

ACCEPT

TRUE

BEFORE

EFFECTIVELY

THEY

CAN BEGIN

TO CHANGE

THAT

IS NO READY

AS

LAWYERS

ON. IT

PERCEPTION.

THERE

CURE-

ALL FOR OUR TROUBLES

NO NEW CURE

ALL THAT

AVAILABLE

HAVE

IS NEEDED.

IS NEEDED

ALL ALON(

FAILED

PERHAPS

HAS BEEN

-- LAWYERS

JUST

TO USE IT.

THIS TASK

PERCEPTION

WITH

-- OF CHANGING

-- CAN BEST BE UNDERTAKEN

A COMMON

UNDERSTANDING

THE INDIVIDUAL

LAWYER'S

CLIENTS

THE

OF

-- AS

-- BUT PERHAPS

WITH ALL OF THE

INDIVIDUALS

WHO ARE NOT THAT

LAWYER'S

CLIENTS.

THE PRESENT

UNFORTUNATELY

PERCEPTION

OF LAWYERS

COMES

PRIMARILY

FROM

THOSE

INDIVIDUALS

WHO HAVE

OVER THE

YEARS

DEALT

CLOSELY

WITH

LAWYERS

-- EITHER

AS CLIENTS

OR AS OPPOSITION.

-- HONESTY

THE

COMPARED

PUBLIC

EXPECTS

INTEGRITY

AND ETHICALITY

THE LEGAL

MOST

THEY

PROFESSION

OFTEN GET IT FROM

CHOOSE TO REPRESENT'

-- AND THEY

THE LAWYER

THEM.

BUT

UNFORTUNATELY

-- MORE

THAN

A FEW

OF THOSE

WHO'VE

HAD CLOSE

DEALINGS

WITH

LAWYERS

LAWYERS

DO ALSO

TO BE LACKING

FIND SOME

IN

THESE

AREAS.

AMONG

MEMBERS OF

HOW MUCH OF THE BLAME

THOSE

OPINIONS

RESTS

WITH

LAWYERS?

WE CERTAINLY

HAVE

AMONG

US

A NOT

INSIGNIFICANT

STOLEN-- 0

THE ALTAR

SUCH

FEW WHO HAVE

R SACRIFICED

OF GREED --

INSTANCE

PROFESSION

IS

THAT

LIED --

INTEGRITY

ON

AND EVERY

A BLOT O0

WE SHOULD

q OUR

CONDEMN.

AN OBLIGATION --

FOR

YET WE ALSO

HAVE

OVERLOOKED

OF THE GOOD

AND SINGLY -

WE DO

-- COLLECTIVELY

- AND THE MERITS

OF A

SYSTEM

WHICH

IS ENVIED

THROUGHOUT

THE WORLD.

WE HAVE

A GREAT

TO BE PROUD

SUGGEST

DRUBBING

THAT

OF AND TO PROMOTE.

THE COLLECTIVE

WE NOW GET AS A

IS UNDESERVED

DEAL

TOO OFTEN

-- TO SPEAK

PROFESSION

-- BUT I

ALSO RECOGNIZE

CANNOT

BE CHANGED

OVERNIGHT.

ONE THING

IS FOR SURE --

LAWYERS

MUST

NOT FORGET

OR IGNORE

CONTROL

THEIR

PROFESSIONAL

THEY

CONDUCT

PRACTICES.

UNIQUE PC

BEHAVIOR

THEIR

ATTORNEYS

-- AND THAT

OWN LAW

ARE IN A

TO ADVOCATE

THAT

THEY

OWN

THAT

PERCEPTIONS

)SITION

THE

OF TRUTH AND JUSTICE

A SOCIETAL

ELEMENT

TOO FREQUENTLY

BY GREED

THAT

HAS BECOME

AND REVENGE.

PERHAPS

DRIVEN

BUT TO DO

-- LAWYERS MUST

OPPORTUNITY

WHEN

SEEKING

TO CHANGE

THE PROFESSION'S

BY RECOGNIZING

OPPORTUNITY TO

CURRENT PE

THE PRESENT

RESURRECT

RECEPTION

AS AN

'HE LAWYER

SO

SEIZE

THIS

PURSUIT

DESPITE

AS COUNSELOR -

FAIRNESS AND CIVILITY INSTEAD OF

VINDICTIVENESS -

TO ADVOCATE

SETTLEMENT OVER OBLIGATORY LITIGATION

- TO READILY DEMONSTRATE A

WILLINGNESS TO SAY "NO" TO CLIENTS

WHOSE CASES RUN COUNTER TO THE

STEADFAST PRINCIPLES OF ETHICS AND

PROFESSIONALISM.

TO FOCUS ON

PROFESSION

RESPONSIBILITY

RELATIONSHIPS

TO SET THE TONE

WITH

THE PUBLIC

IN ITS

- BUT

PARTICULARLY

WITH

THE CLIENT.

LAWYERS

MUST

SEEK OUT CREATIVE

ALTERNATIVE

OPTIONS

WHICH

WOULD

BEST SERVE

EVEN

THOUGH

THE INTERESTS

DOING

OF JUSTICE -

SO MAY REDUCE

LAWYER'S

THE LEGAL

HAS A

THAT

INCOME.

PERHAPS

MOST

- LAWYERS MUST BECOME

WILLING TO "DRAW THE LINE" -

SEPARATING THE PURSUIT OF JUSTICE

FROM CLIENT GREED AND VINDICTIVENESS.

ABOVE ALL LAWYERS MUST DO THEIR

PART IN EDUCATING THIS PRIMARY

PUBLIC -

THE CLIENTS ON THE

DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE TWO.

I BELIEVE THAT A LAWYER

IMPORTANTLY

-- PICTURE

HERSELF

ALWAYS

INDEPENDENT

AS

A RESPECTED

PROFESSIONAL

AND

-- A PERSON

OF INTEGRITY

WHO HAS ESTABLISHED

PROFESSIONAL

WHAT

STANDARDS

SHE OR HE WILL D4

NOT DO -- AS

A LAWYER

FOR DECIDING

3 -- AND WILL

. WE AS

LAWYERS

MUST

CONTINUE

-- AS WE

TRADITIONALLY

SHOULD

-- MUST

HIMSELF

OR

HAVE

-- TO AFFIRM

THAT

WILL BE RECOGNIZED

GOOD

LAWYER

ONLY

IF THAT

PERSON

AN ETHICAL

PROFESSIONAL.

TOMORROW'S

DOMINANT

QUESTION

FROM TH]

TO BE -

ANSWER

QUESTION

WHOLLY

E CLIENT

MAY WELL

"IS IT LEGAL?"

TOO RARELY G

MUST

[IVEN

BE THESE

CONTINUE

S- THE

TO THAT

NOBLE

YET

PROFESSIONAL

ALSO

A PERSON

AS A

-- BUq

WORDS

FROM

THE

"THIS IS WHAT YOU OUGHT

TO DO NOT BECAUSE IT IS REQUIRED -

BUT BECAUSE IT IS RIGHT AND PROPER."

AS CURRENT EVENTS THROUGHOUT

THE WORLD SHOW -- A

LEGALISTIC

SOCIETY WHICH IGNORES ALL

VALUES

OTHER THAN LAW IS A SOCIETY WHICH

ULTIMATELY WILL WITHER AWAY AND

LAWYER:

NO STATE CAN LONG

SURVIVE IF ITS PEOPLE ASSUME THAT

CONDUCT NOT FORBIDDEN BY LAW IS

ACCEPTABLE CONDUCT

-- BUT A LAWYER

MUST NEVER MAKE THAT ASSUMPTION.

LAW NECESSARILY SHOULD SET MINIMUM

STANDARDS -- BUT NOT THE LOFTIER

GOALS.

LAW CAN BE ONLY THE BOTTOM

-- BUT IT MUST NOT BE THE CEILING.

DISAPPEAR.

LAWYERS IN

THEIR

CLIENTS

- MUST

CONTINUE

ALWAYS

TO CONSIDER

OF THE LAW

THE ESSENTIAL

AND OF MORALS

ROLE

ETHICS.

GENERALLY

-- LAWYERS

HAVE

DONE

SO

-- AND IN MY OPINION

ESSENTIAL

THAT

THEY

NEVER

CEASE

DO SO.

LAWYERS MUST

GIVE

- WHEN

ADVISING

BOTH

AND

IT IS

TO

THUS

ADVISING

THEIR

CLIENTS

- MORE

TO THE ESSENTIAL

ETHICS

AND MORALITY

- ASPIRING

HIGHER

STANDARDS

THAN

THOSE

IMPOSED

BY LAW.

INDEED

- THE RULE

OF LAW ITSELF

ENVISIONS

INTERNAL

MORAL

CHECKS

WITHIN

EACH

CLIENT

A NECESSARY

EXTERNAL RE

COMPLIMENT

STRICTIONS

AND JUDGE-MADE

TO THE

OF STATUTES

THE DOMINANT

EVEN

FOR

AS

ATTENTION

ROLE OF

RULES.

QUESTION FOR LAWYERS IN COUNSELING

THEIR CLIENTS SHOULD ALWAYS BE:

"IS

IT RIGHT?"

BEING LEGALLY PERMISSIBLE

IS NOT SUFFICIENT IF THE

CONTEMPLATED ACTION IS NOT THE

RIGHT

THING TO DO.

IF LAWYERS DO

COUNSEL THEIR CLIENTS TO DO RIGHT

AS THEY TRADITIONALLY HAVE --

LAWYERS AND THEIR CLIENTS WILL

CONTINUE TO DO WELL -- BOTH

FINANCIALLY AND

IN ALL OTHER ASPECTS

OF OUR SOCIETY.

IN TRUTH -

HUMAN RELATIONS IS

THE REAL PRACTICE OF LAW

- AND

NO

REAL LAWYER CAN PRACTICE OUR

CALLING IMPERSONALLY.

A GOOD

LAWYER MUST KNOW HOW TO WORK

WITH THOSE TO BE SERVED AND

- THE PRACTICE

MUST

BE

HUMAN

- AND ALWAYS

PROFESSION.

FRIGHTENING

MEASURE

WILL BE

THE MOST

OF WHAT

LEGAL

PROFESSION

CONSULTATION

WITI

HAS LOST

I CLIENTS

IN ITS

IS THAT

PEOPLE

THAT

DON'T

SOCIETY

EVEN REMEMBER

ONCE PLACED I

THE TRUST

N THE

I REMEMBER.

- A

THE

ALWAYS

OF LAW IS

LEGAL

PROFESSION.

THAT'S WHAT

ME PROUD

THAT

TRUST

TO BE A LAWYER

MUST

-- AND

BE RESTORED.

THIS MUCH

IS CERTAIN

- REAL

IMPROVEMENT

IN

THE ENHANCEMENT

THE LAWYER'S

MERGER

RESTS

IMAGE

OF PERCEPTION

SQUARELY

WITH

AND THE

AND REALITY

THE WAY THE

HIS OR HER CLIENTS

OF

FIFTY YEARS

AGO MADE

LAWYER

REPRESENTS

- IN HER OR HIS RELATIONSHIPS

THE COMMUNITY

- IN THE MANNER

WHICH

THE LAWYER

INTERACTS

HER OR HIS COLLEAGUES

- IN HOW THE

LAWYER

CHOOSES

TO CONDUCT

HIS OR

HER PRACTICE.

IF LAWYERS

ARE TO

LIVE UP TO THEIR

HISTORIC -

GRANDILOQUENT

- AND NOBLE

RHETORIC

REQUIRE

IN

WITH

WITHIN

- THEIR

DEEDS

MUST

EVER-

STANDARDS FROM

- AND

FROM

THEIR

CLIENTS.

CANNOT

BE ALON

MAKING

"OFFICERS

- SHOULD

NOT

E A BUSINESS

EXPERIENCE.

- MUST

NOT

- A MONEY-

LAWYERS

OF THE COURT"

ARE

- WHATEVER

LEGAL

TASK

THOSE

LAWYERS

PERFORM -

AND WHEREVER

THEY

DO IT

- IT'S THE

- IT'S THE RIGHT

LAW

BETTER

THEMSELVES

ONLY

WAY

WAY

ALWAYS MUST UNDER

CIRCUMSTANCE

THEMSELVES

- CONSCIOUSLY

AS "OFFICERS

THINK

OF THE

COURT."

IN MY JUDGMENT

-- TO BE A

LAWYER IS

OF WHICH

FIFTY YEARS

A VERY

PLEASES

FINE THIN(

ME GREAT

OF MAKING

A VER

SOMETHING

G -- ALL

Y AFTER

LY GOOD

ALWAYS

OF

LAWYERS

ALL

LIVING

-- DOING

ENJOYED.

-- OR MOST

OF YOU

-- WILL FIFTY

YEARS

FROM

NOW FEEL THE SAME

THANK

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I HOPE

THAT

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SPEECHES OF CHESTERFIELD SMITH

SPEECH NUMBER 400

REMARKS OF:

BEFORE:

CHESTERFIELD SMITH
PARTNER
HOLLAND & KNIGHT LLP

UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA
FREDRIC G. LEVIN COLLEGE
OF LAW

PLACE:

GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA

DATE:

NOVEMBER 19, 1999

TITLE:

RE-NAMING OF THE UNIVERSITY
OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF LAW TO
THE FREDRIC G. LEVIN COLLEGE
OF LAW

12 MINUTES

TIME:

IT WASN'T

WHEN OUR GATOR LAW SCHOOL

FAMILY CAME TOGETHER TO

CELEBRATE ANOTHER MOMENTOUS

OCCASION SIMILAR TO THIS.

IT WAS IN 1969 THE SIXTY-

YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE

UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA LAW

SCHOOL WHEN A NEW

FLORIDA LAW SCHOOL BUILDING

WAS DEDICATED IN HONOR OF

U. S. SENATOR SPESSARD

SO LONG

AGO

HOLLAND. MANY OF THOSE

WHO WERE A PART OF THAT

CELEBRATION ARE ALUMNI OF

THIS INSTITUTION ARE HERE

THIS EVENING. STEPHEN

O'CONNELL PRESIDENT OF THE

UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA -

JACQUELINE ALLEE SOON TO

BE THE FIRST WOMAN LAWYER

WHO IS PRESIDENT OF THE

AMERICAN BAR FOUNDATION -

BOB ERVIN CHAIRMAN OF

FELLOWS

OF

THE

THE

AMERICAN

MARSHALL

OF THE

ASKEW -

- MARTHA

BE THE

LARGEST

IN THE

MULTIPLE

BAR

ASSOCIATION

CRISER PRESIDENT

FLORIDA BAR REUBIN

GOVERNOR OF FLORIDA

SBARNETT SOON TO

PRESIDENT OF THE

LEGAL ORGANIZATION

WORLD AND

OTHERS.

ON THAT PARTICULAR FRIDAY

- JUST BEFORE THE HOLLAND

LAW CENTER BUILDING WAS TO

BE DEDICATED

WASHINGTON ON A CLIENT

MATTER WHICH HAPPILY -

WORKED OUT VERY QUICKLY -

AND I CONCLUDED TO GO SEE

MY LAW PARTNER AT HIS

OFFICE UNITED STATES

SENATOR SPESSARD HOLLAND -

WHO WHEN I ARRIVED

EXCLAIMED WITH GREAT

SURPRISE THAT HE HAD

ANTICIPATED THAT PARTICULAR

DAY I WOULD BE IN

- I WAS

IN

GAINESVILLE.

RESPONDED

A 1:30 P.M.

JACKSONVILLE

[HAT

PLAN

ANI

I QUICKLY

YES I

JE FOR

) THAT I

WOULD BE AT THE UNIVERSITY

OF FLORIDA BEFORE 6:30 P.M.

ON THAT VERY NIGHT AND

ALSO ALL DAY SATURDAY.

HE THEN QUICKLY INVITED ME

TO FLY DOWN TO GAINESVILLE

WITH HIM ON A GOVERNMENT

PLANE LEAVING AT 2:00 P.M.

STATING

HAD

WAS

ALSO

HE

THAT

TRANSPORTING HIS LONG-TIME

FRIEND UNITED STATES CHIEF

JUSTICE EARL WARREN WHO

WAS TO BE THE PRIME

SPEAKER AT THE HOLLAND

DEDICATION CEREMONY THE

NEXT DAY. WHEN I GOT

TO THE AIRPORT I LEARNED

THAT A FOURTH PERSON ALSO

WAS TRAVELING TO THE LAW

SCHOOL WITH US UNITED

STATES CIRCUIT JUDGE WARREN

E. BURGER WHO WAS TO

ON SATURDAY

SEMINAR

WHAT

FRIDAY,

SENATOR

AT THE

A DAY

JANUARY

HOLLAND

I

FC

31

LAW SCHOOL.

)R ME -

L, 1969

- AN

ALUMNUS OF THE LAW SCHOOL

- MY LAW PARTNER WAS TO

BE HONORED BY NAMING AFTER

HIM THE NEW LAW SCHOOL

BUILDING ERECTED IN PART

THROUGH FEDERAL FUNDS WHICH

HE HAD HELPED TO SECURE -

JUSTICE

IN A

PARTICIPATE

AND

CHIEF

EARL

WARREN FORMER GOVERNOR

OF CALIFORNIA DURING WORLD

WAR II WHO SHARED A

SIMILAR TENURE WITH GOVERNOR

HOLLAND OF FLORIDA.

INDEED THEY HAD OVER THE

YEARS BECOME WARM AND

GOOD FRIENDS A

RELATIONSHIP WHICH CONTINUED

IN WASHINGTON UNTIL THEIR

DEATHS. JUST TWO WEEKS

AFTER THE DEDICATION THE

PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED

STATES ANNOUNCED THAT HE

WAS NOMINATING MY NEW

FRIEND U. S. CIRCUIT JUDGE

WARREN BURGER -TO SUCCEED

CHIEF JUSTICE EARL WARREN

AS THE NEXT CHIEF JUSTICE

OF THE UNITED STATES.

OVER THE NEXT 15 YEARS MY

CLOSE FRIENDSHIP WITH CHIEF

JUSTICE BURGER WAS AN

IMPORTANT PART OF MY

PROFESSIONAL LIFE. IT THUS

IS REDUNDANT TO SAY BUT

I WILL. I WILL NEVER

FORGET THE FOURSOME WHO

TRAVELED TOGETHER THAT 1969

DAY TO MY OWN REVERED LAW

SCHOOL SENATOR HOLLAND

- CHIEF JUSTICES WARREN AND

BURGER AND LAST AND

LEAST A VERY EXCITED

COUNTRY TRIAL LAWYER FROM

BARTOW, FLORIDA.

FORGETTING

UNFORGETTABLE

ME AND

INCIDENT

THAT

- THE

DEDICATION OF

SPESSARD L. HOLLAND LAW

CENTER WAS A MOMENTOUS

OCCASION FOR THE UNIVERSITY

OF FLORIDA AND FOR THE

HOLLAND FAMILY AND EVER

SINCE ALL HOLLAND FRIENDS

HAVE ALWAYS BEEN PROUD TO

HAVE SENATOR HOLLAND'S NAME

ON THAT BUILDING.

NOW WE HAVE REACHED

ANOTHER THIRTY YEAR

1969

THE

HISTORY OF

THE LAW SCHOOL. THIS

MILESTONE OF COURSE ISN'T

MADE UP OF BRICKS AND

MORTAR AND THE SOIL OF

THE PHYSICAL CAMPUS

INSTEAD IT EXISTS INSIDE OF

THE WALLS OF THE SPESSARD

L. HOLLAND LAW CENTER. THE

INTELLECTUAL LIFE OF THE

LAW SCHOOL IS MADE UP OF

THE PEOPLE THE BOOKS -

THE COMPUTERS THE

IN THE

MILESTONE

KNOWLEDGE

WHAT IS

SCHOOL.

SO NOWV

THE 90TH

UNIVERSITY

SCHOOL. -

WITH AN

TRADITION

MEN AND

BEEN THE

THE MOST

TR

- THE PULSE

ULY THE LAW

OF

r THIS YEAR IS

ANNIVERSARY OF THE

OF FLORIDA'S LAW

A LAW SCHOOL

EVER RICHER

OF TRAINING THE

WOMEN WHO HAVE

LEGAL PIONEERS IN

SIGNIFICANT PERIOD

A

OF GROWTH IN THE HISTORY

OF OUR STATE. SOME OF

US THE ANCIENTS HERE

TONIGHT HAVE HAD THE

PERSONAL OPPORTUNITY TO SEE

AND EXPERIENCE THE HUMBLE

BEGINNINGS OF OUR LAW

SCHOOL MOST OF US

NEVER REALLY IMAGINED HOW

FAR OUR LEGAL ALMA MATER

WOULD COME IN THIS CENTURY.

I MYSELF AM GLAD VERY

PLEASED THAT FRED LEVIN -

ONE OF US BUT FAR MORE

SUCCESSFUL AS A TRIAL

LAWYER THAN MOST DREAMED

CONTINUOUSLY ABOUT THE LAW

SCHOOL AND THAT THOSE

DREAMS ULTIMATELY LED FRED

LEVIN TO MAKE A TREMENDOUS

PERSONAL MONETARY INVESTMENT

IN IT.

TO PUT FRED LEVIN'S

CONTRIBUTION INTO PERSPECTIVE

- HIS GIFT INCLUDING THE

STATE MATCH TOTALS $20

MILLION. THAT $20 MILLION

WILL BE INVESTED BY THE

UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA

FOUNDATION 5% OF THE

INTEREST INCOME FROM THAT

ENDOWMENT WILL BE SPENDABLE

ANNUALLY. THAT MEANS A

MINIMUM OF $1 MILLION MORE

WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR

DISCRETIONARY PURPOSES.

CURRENTLY THE LAW SCHOOL

RAISES SOMEWHAT LESS THAN

$500,000 ANNUALLY FOR

DISCRETIONARY PURPOSES.

THAT MEANS MR. LEVIN'S GIFT

WILL TRIPLE THE CURRENT

LEVEL OF ANNUAL FUND

CONTRIBUTIONS FOR THE LAW

SCHOOL. AND IF THE

MARKET KEEPS DOING WHAT IT

HAS OVER THE PAST YEAR OR

SO THAT ENDOWMENT WILL

CONTINUE TO GROW -

INCREASING THE AMOUNT OF

SPENDABLE DOLLARS ANNUALLY.

PRIVATE RESOURCES ARE THE

LIFEBLOOD OF ANY EDUCATIONAL

INSTITUTION INCLUDING PUBLIC

UNIVERSITIES. THE REASON

FOR THAT IS SIMPLE. IF

WE JUST RELIED ON STATE

ALLOCATIONS AND TUITION

ALONE THE UNIVERSITY OF

FLORIDA LEVIN COLLEGE OF

LAW WOULD ONLY CONTINUE TO

BE A GOOD LAW SCHOOL.

BUT THE PRIVATE DOLLARS

WILL PROVIDE A WINNING EDGE

BEING

FOR

WORLD-CLASS

AND EXCELLENT

QUITE CLEARLY

SCHOOL WILL

A GREAT LAW

LA

SO
SC

IN

WITHOUT

CONTRIBUTED

FUNDS

- IT WOULD NOT HAVE ONE

OF THE NATION'S TOP

GRADUATE TAX PROGRAMS -

WITH UP-TO-DATE TECHNOLOGY

EMINENT SCHOLAR CHAIRS -

ABLE

T(

3 COMPETE

LAW FACULTY

fW STUDENTS.

OUR LAW

iON BECOME

IOOL.

PROFESSORSHIPS

PRIVATELY FUNDED SCHOLARSHIPS

- PUBLICATIONS STUDENT

ACTIVITIES AND THE SPECIAL

CURRICULAR NICHE THAT MAY

SOON MAKE THE LAW SCHOOL

ONE OF THE BEST IN THE

NATION. THAT IS WHY WE

ARE HERE

CELEBRATE

OCCASION

OUR OWN

TOGETHER TO

THIS MOMENTOUS

IN THE HISTORY

LAW SCHOOL.

OF

ENDOWED

CERTAINLY THE SPESSARD L.

HOLLAND LAW CENTER BUILDING

TO MY PLEASURE WILL

CONTINUE TO BE A PART OF

THE HOME OF ONE OF THE

NATION'S PREMIER PUBLIC LAW

SCHOOLS THE UNIVERSITY

OF FLORIDA FREDRIC G. LEVIN

COLLEGE OF LAW. THANK

YOU FRED LEVIN FOR ALL

THAT YOU HAVE DONE AND

FOR ALL THAT YOU CONTINUE

TO DO FOR THE LAW SCHOOL.

I AM PERSONALLY EVEN MORE

PROUD OF OUR LAW SCHOOL

TODAY THAN I HAVE EVER

BEEN. I GRADUATED HERE MORE

THAN FIFTY YEARS AGO AND

I CHERISH THE MEMORY.

OUR NEXT

MORRIS DEES.

REVIEWING HIS

ONE IS

OVERWHELMED

NUMBER OF

SPEAKER

WHEN

ACTIVITIES

SIMPLY

BY THE

HONORS

IS

BOTH LEGAL AND

OTHERWISE THAT

BEEN BESTOWED UPON

THIS VERY REMARKABLE

TRIAL LAWYER.

WHO

MORRIS

EL

DEl

HAVE

INDIVIDUAL

NOT ONLY

SOUTHERN

CENTER B1

HAVE

SE BUT

ES COULD

THROUGH HIS

DETERMINATION

CREATED TI

POVERTY

IE

LAW

SHEPHERDED

UT

THAT LAW CENTER ALONG

FROM RATHER HUMBLE

BEGINNINGS TO WHAT IT

REPRESENTS TODAY: A

FORCE FOR POSITIVE

CHANGE IN OUR SOCIETY

-A LONG-TERM COMMITMENT

TO CURB HATE CRIMES

S PROMOTE JUSTICE

AND TEACH TOLERANCE.

MORRIS DEES HAS

DEMONSTRATED

REPEATEDLY THI

WILL NEVER CURTI

LEGAL EFFORTS FC

CAUSE OF CIVIL

MAKING CERTAIN

THE LAW ASSISTS

IN ACHIEVING THE

UTMOST POSSIBLE

REGARDLESS OF TI

- GENDER COLOR OF

TR

IL

)R

HE

HIS

THE

LIGHTS

THAT

ALL

IEIR RACE

BELIEFS.

PUT

DEES

SIMPLY

IS

IN

MORRIS

MY

JUDGMENT THE

SOUTHERN TRIAL LAWYER WHO

HAS HAD THE LARGEST

- THE GREATEST IMPACT IN

CIVIL RIGHTS CASES -

ENSURING IN COURT THAT

MINORITIES ATTAIN EQUALITY

THROUGHOUT THE SOUTH.

TO PUT IT EVEN MORE SIMPLY

- MANY MAJOR KU KLUX KLAN

ORGANIZATIONS KNOW TODAY

THAT THEIR MOST SUCCESSFUL

ENEMY OF ALL TIME IS HAS

BEEN

MORRIS

- AND

WILL

DEES.

DONE MANY

BANKRUPTED

CHAPTERS -

PUT EVEN

OF THE H1

BE

HE

HAS

OF THEM IN -

SEVERAL OF THEIR

AND THANKFULLY

MORE OF THEM OUT

ATE

BUSINESS

- AND

I LIKE

MY

YOU

YOU

TRIAL

THAT.

CONGRATULATIONS TO

MORRIS DEES!

ARE A WONDERFUL

LAWYER WHO HAS

ACHIEVED MUCH FOR

YOUR FELLOW SOUTHERNERS.

WE WITH ENTHUSIASM

WELCOME YOU HERE

TO OUR GREAT AND

NEWLY NAMED LAW SCHOOL

- THE UNIVERSITY OF

FLORIDA FREDRIC G. LEVIN

COLLEGE OF LAW. GO GATORS!

GO MORRIS DEES!

MIA1 #886089 vl

SPEECHES OF CHESTERFIELD SMITH

SPEECH NUMBER 401

CHESTERFIELD SMITH

LAWYER

MIAMI, FLORIDA

DATE:

JANUARY 13, 2000

PLACE:

LAKELAND CENTER
LAKELAND, FLORIDA

SUBJECT:

DURATION:

RETIREMENT OF
CONGRESSMAN
CHARLES CANADY, JR.

12 MINUTES

REMARKS OF:

I AM VERY PLEASED TO

PARTICIPATE IN THIS WON

DINNER HONORING OUR ES

CONGRESSMAN CHARLES

JR. I AM SURE THAT HE

VERY PLEASED AND HAPPY

SO MANY OF HIS FRIENDS

OVER POLK COUNTY AND

FLORIDA AT THIS EVENT.

AS MOST OF YOU

THIS DINNER EVENT WAS S

THE ANNOUNCED DECISION (

CONGRESSMAN CANADY TO

HIS RETIREMENT FROM THE

IE]

PA

)F

(
U

DERFUL

TEEMED

CANADY,

TOO IS

TO SEE

FROM ALL

CENTRAL

LL KNOW

LRKED BY

CONFIRM

UNITED

STATES CONGRESS HE HAS

REITERATED FIRMLY THAT HE WILL

DEFINITELY NOT BE A CANDIDATE IN

THIS YEAR'S ELECTION. AND THAT

HE WILL CEASE BEING A MEMBER OF

THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS UPON

THE EXPIRATION OF HIS PRESENT TERM

IN JANUARY 2001.

IT GOES WITHOUT ARGUMENT

HERE THAT CONGRESSMAN CANADY

IN EIGHT YEARS IN CONGRESS

CERTAINLY WILL LEAVE AN

INDELIBLE MARK UPON OUR

COUNTRY'S HIGHEST LEGISLATIVE

BODY.

WHY WILL CONGRESSMAN CANADY

REALLY BE SO SORELY MISSED?

MY ANSWER CONGRESSMAN

CANADY EMBODIES BY HIS

THOUGHTS BY HIS WORDS -

AND BY HIS DEEDS THOSE

QUALITIES THAT MAKE A PERSON

A REAL SOMEBODY IN FLORIDA

AND A SOMEBODY IN WASHINGTON.

WHAT REALLY IS A SOMEBODY IN

FLORIDA AND A SOMEBODY IN

WASHINGTON?

SOMEBODY IN FLORIDA AND

SOMEBODY IN WASHINGTON IS AN

INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS UNIQUE AND

VERY SUBSTANTIAL SKILLS WHICH

OVER THE YEARS HAVE BEEN -

AMONG OTHER THINGS NURTURED,

DEVELOPED AND ENHANCED AS A

PUBLIC PERSON WHO DEEPLY CARES

ABOUT OTHERS. CLEARLY

CONGRESSMAN CANADY HAS MANAGED

TO UTILIZE HIS COMPREHENSIVE AND

WELL GROUNDED EDUCATION TO

ENSURE THAT HIS HIGHLY HONED

AND ENHANCED TALENTS AND SKILLS

MY OPINION

ARE ALWAYS A

BENEFIT NOT

COUNTY CITIZEN

PEOPLE OF 01

WHOLE.

MOREOVER

CANADY TO

FLORIDA AND

WASHINGTON

BROADLY AND

EDUCATED -

PRACTICAL TE(

ALSO IN "PEC

LILABLE FOR THE

UST OF POLK

- BUT FOR THE

NATION AS A

-CONGRESSMAN

BE SOMEBODY

SOMEBODY IN

HAD TO BE

PROFOUNDLY

NOT JUST IN

HNIQUES BUT

PLE LOYALTY

IN

VALUES"

- NOT

JUST

IN

THE

NARROW SPECIALIZATIONS OF

PARTICULAR AREAS OF HIS LIFE

AND GOVERNMENT PRACTICES BUT

IN THE RESONANT AND VIBRANT

ENERGIES AND YEARNINGS THAT

DAILY HAVE SHAPED HIS BEST

PERSONAL PUBLIC CONDUCT.

CONGRESSMAN CANADY TO BE

SOMEBODY IN FLORIDA AND

SOMEBODY IN WASHINGTON HAD

TO BE AT HOME WITH BOTH

ART AND SCIENCE TO KNOW

HISTORY TO BE A FRIEND OF

GREAT LITERATURE TO LOVE

PEOPLE AND TO BE ACUTELY

AWARE OF HUMAN FRAILTIES AND

STRENGTHS. IN ESSENCE I

BELIEVE THAT CONGRESSMAN CANADY

HAS FELT THAT IN HIS LIFE AS

IT SHOULD BE LIVED HE MUST

HEAR AND SEE AND SMELL AND

TASTE AND TOUCH AND FEEL

ALWAYS ALL OF POLK COUNTY IN

DEPTH AND EVERYWHERE -

RECOGNIZING THAT AS GOOD AS IT IS-

IT IS AN ENTITY WHICH ALWAYS

CAN AND WILL BE BETTERED.

POLK COUNTY HISTORICALLY HAS

BEEN DEMOCRATIC -

CANADY IS REPUBLICAN.

YEARS OLD -AND CH

IS ABOUT 45 BUT I

YEARS HAVE KNOWN PI

WELL THE SEVERAL CO]

FROM POLK COUNTY

STATES SENATORS PARK

SPESSARD HOLLAND -

CHILES AND CONGR

AND CHARLES

I AM 82

[ARLES CANADY

FOR MANY

PERSONALLY AND

GRESSMEN

- UNITED

TRAMMELL -

AND LAWTON

ESSMEN

HERBERT

PETERSON

IRELAND

CHARLES

DRANE

JIM

AND

CANADY.

- J. HARDIN

HALEY ANDY

MOST RECENTLY -

ALL OF THEM

WERE DEMOCRATS AT SOME TIME IN

THEIR PUBLIC LIFE AND ONLY

LATELY HAVE THERE BEEN POLK

COUNTIANS WHO WERE REPUBLICAN

MEMBERS OF CONGRESS. MY

PERSONAL LIFETIME LEADS ME

PERSONALLY HOWEVER TO SEE A

GREAT CONSERVATIVE SIMILARITY

BETWEEN EVERY ONE OF THEM

CONGRESSMAN CANADY IN MY MIND IS

VERY MUCH LIKE SENATORS TRAMMELL

- HOLLAND AND CHILES AND

EVEN MORE LIKE CONGRESSMEN

DRANE PETERSON HALEY

AND IRELAND. HISTORICALLY THE

POLK COUNTY AREA

BECAUSE IT WAS IN THE

BUT AS IN MOST OF THE

INCLUDING POLK COUNTY

REPUBLICANS TODAY ARE

EVEN STRONGER AND T

COUNTY CONGRESSIONAL SE!

CHARLES CANADY WILL VACi

YEAR HAS BEEN FIRMLY HE

REPUBLICAN SEAT EVER SIN

SOUTH.

SOUTH

GETTING

HE POLK

IT WHICH

ATE NEXT

LD AS A

CE

CONGRESSMAN ANDY IRELAND SWITCHED

PARTIES IN 1984.

CONGRESSMAN CANADY WAS FIRST

ELECTED TO CONGRESS IN 1992

WAS DEMOCRATIC

GREW UP IN LAKELAND WENT TO

HAVERFORD COLLEGE AND YALE LAW

SCHOOL. HE THEN PRACTICED LAW

FOR SEVERAL YEARS WITH MY OWN

LAW FIRM HOLLAND & KNIGHT

AT OUR OLDEST OFFICE ON LAKE WIRE

IN LAKELAND.

CONGRESSMAN CANADY WAS FIRST

ELECTED TO THE FLORIDA HOUSE OF

REPRESENTATIVES IN 1984 AT 30

HE SERVED AS MAJORITY WHIP

BUT SWITCHED PARTIES IN 1989 -

SAYING HE HAD FOUND LITTLE IN

COMMON WITH THE DEMOCRAT

MEMBERS.

THE STATE

IN 1992 -

FROM POLK

- TO 48%.

IN 1990

SENATE -

HE RAN

COUNTY

HE RAN FOR

AND LOST.

FOR CONGRESS

- AND WON 52%

IN A SHORT TIME CONGRESSMAN

CANADY BECAME ONE OF THE MOST

PRODUCTIVE AND EFFECTIVE

CONGRESSIONAL MEMBERS. IN HIS

FIRST TWO YEARS HE COMPILED A

CONSERVATIVE VOTING RECORD

OPPOSING NAFTA BECAUSE OF CITRUS

AND TOMATO GROWERS' CONCERNS -

AND VOTING FOR THE 1994 CRIME BILL.

- AFTER THE 1994 ELECTIONS -

JUDICIARY CHAIRMAN HENRY HYDE

NAMED HIM CHAIRMAN OF THE

CONSTITUTION SUB-COMMITTEE ONE

OF THE BUSIEST AND MOST

CONTROVERSIAL OFFICES IN THE HOUSE

OF REPRESENTATIVES. CONGRESSMAN

CANADY WAS AND IS HARD-

WORKING AND SOFT-SPOKEN -

STRONG IN HIS CONVICTIONS BUT

BUSINESSLIKE IN DEMEANOR

BRIGHT ENOUGH TO KEEP UP WITH

THE SUBCOMMITTEE'S RANKING AND

SMARTEST DEMOCRATS BUT ALSO

WILLING TO WORK WITH DEMOCRATS

ON APPROPRIATE OCCASIONS. HIS

FIRST MAJOR BILL WAS THE PRIVATE

PROPERTY PROTECTION BILL

PASSED IN 1995 BY THE HOUSE AS

PART OF THE CONTRACT WITH AMERICA

BUT NEVER ACTED ON BY THE

SENATE. HE FLOOR MANAGED A

BILL TO ALLOW SENIORS-ONLY HOUSING.

IT PASSED THE HOUSE IN APRIL 1995

AND BECAME LAW IN DECEMBER.

PERHAPS HIS BIGGEST ACHIEVEMENT

WAS LOBBYING REFORM WHERE HE

WORKED CLOSELY WITH DEMOCRATS

STRUGGLING TO KEEP OUT MAXIMALIST

AMENDMENTS WHICH WOULD HAVE

HE SUCCEEDED

- AND IT WAS ENACTED IN

NOVEMBER WAS SIGNED BY

THE PRESIDENT IN DECEMBER 1995.

IN APRIL 1996 CONGRESSMAN

CANADY ALSO LED THE FIGHT FOR

TWO KEY PRISON REFORMS -

DISCOURAGING COURT-IMPOSED LIMITS

ON PRISON POPULATIONS AND CURBING

FRIVOLOUS PRISONER LAWSUITS IT

TOO WAS SIGNED BY THE PRESIDENT

THAT MONTH. CONGRESSMAN

CANADY ALSO MANAGED THE DEFENSE

OF MARRIAGE ACT ALSO

DOOMED

THE BILL.

GRUDGINGLY SIGNED BY PRESIDENT

CLINTON IN SEPTEMBER 1996.

ON LOCAL MATTERS HE HAS

SUPPORTED ADDITIONAL FEDERAL

JUDGESHIPS FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT

OF FLORIDA WHICH INCLUDES

POLK COUNTY EVEN THOUGH THE

NEW JUDGES WOULD BE APPOINTED BY

PRESIDENT CLINTON AND

PRESENTLY HE WANTS VERY MUCH TO

DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE MEDICARE

HMO'S THAT PULLED OUT OF POLK

COUNTY IN 1998.

IN HIS EARLY YEARS AS A

LAWYER IN POLK COUNTY -

CONGRESSMAN CANADY DID FINE -

BUT IN THE CLINTON IMPEACHMENT

CASE HE SHOWED NATIONWIDE

IMPRESSIVE AND TREMENDOUS LEGAL

SKILLS AS AN ADVOCATE ORIGINAL

LEGAL SCHOLARSHIP A TIGHTLY

DISCIPLINED USE OF LANGUAGE -

STRONG POWERS OF ARGUMENT.

INDEED, HIS ORAL ARGUMENT TO THE

SENATE ON THE DEFINITION OF

IMPEACHMENT UNDER THE

CONSTITUTION BROUGHT PRAISE EVEN

FROM PRO-CLINTON LAW PROFESSORS.

CONGRESSMAN CANADY WAS RE-

ELECTED WITHOUT OPPOSITION IN 1998.

MANY IN POLK COUNTY WISH VERY

STRONGLY THAT HE ABANDON HIS 4

TERM LIMITS PLEDGE BUT HE

FIRMLY INSISTS THAT HE WILL NOT

RUN IN 2000 AND QUITE FRANKLY

WE HERE KNOW THAT HE WON'T.

SO WE A

HONORING FOR

PERFORMANCE A

CONGRESSMAN.

EARLIEST DAYS

IRE HERE TONIGHT

STERLING

L RETIRING

-FROM HIS

IN CONGRESS

CONGRESSMAN

DIRECTED HIS CONSIDERABLE

LEGISLATIVE EFFORTS TO

BETTERING THE NATION AS A

WHOLE. WHILE THERE WERE SOME

-EVEN MANY WHO SOMETIMES

DISAGREED WITH CONGRESSMAN

CANADY THERE WERE PRECIOUS

FEW WHO WOULD SAY THAT HIS

ACTIONS WERE NOT GROUNDED IN

HIS BELIEF ALWAYS OF DOING

THE RIGHT THING OF

ASSURING THAT SOCIETY WOULD

RIGHT ITSELF AND CONTINUE

TENACIOUSLY BY THE STANDARDS

CANADY

HAS

OF POLK

COUNTY

PROPER.

COUNTY

- TO DO

AND

WHAT

POLK

WAS

YET THERE IS AN

IMPORTANT PERSONAL SIDE TO

CHARLES CANADY THAT IS ALS

IN MY OPINION AN

INTEGRAL COMPONENT TO HIS

BEING SOMEBODY IN FLORIDA AND

SOMEBODY IN WASHINGTON. -

CONGRESSMAN CANADY AS MX

OF YOU KNOW -- IS ALWAYS

HELPING PERSON ALWAYS

O

ANY

A

COUNSELOR

WILLING

TO

SERVE

AS

HEART AS

HEAD.

THIS

IS WHAT

CANADY

SUCCESS

REWARD

FAILURE

HE ADVA

OTHERS

HIS OWN

H2

SELF

WIT]

- V

OR

LNCEL

- W

THE

THAT

- WORK

FOR

THE

CONSTITUENTS ALWAYS WORK -

WORK WORK WORK WORK.

INDEED I BELIEVE

WONDERFUL BALANCE

IS LED CONGRESSMAN

LESSLY TO ACHIEVE

HOUT DEMANDING A

KILLING TO RISK

FATIGUE WHENEVER

THE INTEREST OF

WITHOUT CONCERN FOR

TO THE

WELL AS

CONGRESSMAN CANADY

THESE ADMIRABLE TRAITS

COMES

QUITE

NATURALLY SINCE HIS OWN

FATHER CHARLES CANADY -

- WAS A WONDERFUL MENTOR

A WORKER HIMSELF BEHIND THE

SCENES AS LAWTON CHILES'

CONGRESSIONAL CHIEF OF STAFF.

LIKE HIS FATHER CHARLES -

SR. CONGRESSMAN CANADY

ABLE IN CONGRESS TO BE

BOTH A GRACIOUS LOSER AS

WELL AS A DIPLOMATIC WINNER

WHO NEVER

SPOTLIGHT

HOGGED THE

-OR WRONGLY

BY

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0	sobekcm_page_globals.constructor	Navigation Object created from URI query string
0	sobekcm_database.verify_item_lookup_object
0	sobekcm_page_globals.display_item	Retrieving item or group information
0	sobekcm_page_globals.get_entire_collection_hierarchy	Retrieving hierarchy information
0	sobekcm_assistant.get_entire_collection_hierarchy
0	cached_data_manager.retrieve_item_aggregation
0	cached_data_manager.retrieve_item_aggregation	Found item aggregation on local cache
0	item_aggregation_builder.get_item_aggregation	Found 'all' item aggregation in cache
0	system.web.ui.page.page_load (ufdc.page_load)
0	sobekcm_page_globals.constructor.on_page_load
0	html_echo_mainwriter.add_style_references	Adding style references to HTML
0	html_echo_mainwriter.add_text_to_page	Reading the text from the file and echoing back to the output stream
36	html_echo_mainwriter.add_text_to_page	Finished reading and writing the file