NEWSPAPER ARTICLES AND LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letter to the Editor
The Florida Bar News, October 1, 2005
State attorneys, PD's need money to reduce turnover
Article, The Florida Bar News, February 15, 2006
Letter to the Editor
The Florida Bar News, April 1, 2006
High debt, low pay has many state attorneys looking for more lucrative jobs
Article, The Sun-Sentinel, May 29, 2006
Group organizes to help stem prosecutor turnover
Article, The Florida Bar News, June 1, 2006
Court Funding Boosted
Article, The Florida Bar News, June 1, 2006
Stingy state losing prosecutors and assistant public defenders
Editorial, The Sun-Sentinel, June 5, 2006
More than money
Cover Story, Daily Business Review, August 14, 2006
Courts Scramble To Cope With Mass Prosecutor Resignations
Article, Bonita Daily News, September 17, 2006
Hiring Binge
Cover Story, Daily Business Review, September 20, 2006
Gubernatorial candidates put forth positions on prosecutor turnover
Article, The Florida Bar News, October 1, 2006
Relatively low salaries mean many prosecutors, public defenders are inexperienced
Front Page, The Palm Beach Sun-Sentinel, October 13, 2006
Tedious turnover
Article, The Ledger Online, October 15, 2006
A revolving door of public attorneys
Article, Orlando Sentinel, October 23, 2006
Counsel turnover takes toll on criminal justice system
Article, The Miami Herald, November 5, 2006
Slowing the exodus
Cover Story, Daily Business Review, November 29, 2006
Ober Lobbies For Raises To Ease Prosecutor Turnover
Article, The Tampa Tribune, December 16, 2006
FFASA wins a battle, many more lie ahead
The Barrister, January 2007
Bar adopts, renews legislative positions
Article, The Florida Bar News, January 17, 2007
Letter to the Editor
The Florida Bar News, January 15, 2007
Loan repayment bill attempts to stem turnover
The Florida Bar News, March 1, 2007
Letter to the Editor
The Florida Bar News, March 1, 2007
Loan repayment bill marches on
The Florida Bar News, April 1, 2007
Lure of higher salaries in private arena hurts retention efforts
The Miami Herald, April 30, 2007
In debt, young lawyers struggle to make it
The Miami Herald, May 1, 2007
Lawyer turnover taking its toll
The News-Press, July 29, 2007
Courts brace as legislature considers cuts
The Florida Bar News, September 1, 2007
Rubio to help fight attorney cuts
The Miami Herald, September 11, 2007
Letter to the Editor
The Florida Bar News, October 15, 2007
TELEVISION INTERVIEWS
Legislative Update
Television interview, Comcast Newsmakers CNN Headline News, June 2007
Prosecutor Turnover
Television interview, Comcast Newsmakers CNN Headlines News, September 2006
Brain Drain
Television news segment, NBC 6 News, September 2006
Crisis in the courts
Click here to see the television interview, 4 Sunday Morning Program CBS 4, November 19, 2006
FFASA IN ACTION
On September 10, 2007, FFASA's delegation met with Speaker Marco Rubio. Besides discussing high prosecutor turnover, the delegation urged Speaker Rubio to spare State Attorney Offices from budget cuts. Speaker Rubio gave his backing to the battle to spare state attorneys from budget cuts. (Photographed from left to right: Juan Carlos Arias, Professor Mark Dobson, Alan Pascal, Speaker Rubio, Raag Singhal, and Gregg Rossman)
On January 4, 2007, FFASA Chairman Juan Carlos Arias and Vice-Chairman Gregg Rossman met with the Honorable Ellyn Setnor Bogdanoff, Florida House of Representatives Majority Whip, to discuss legislative initiatives to reduce prosecutor
turnover.
Mr. Arias and John Stewart, President of The Florida Bar Young Lawyer's Division. On December 2006, the Young Lawyer's Division was successful in obtaining The Florida Bar's support for loan repayment legislation for attorneys in public service. This is the first time The Florida Bar officially supports the loan repayment legislation. The Florida Bar Board of Governors also voted to lobby on behalf of the legislation.
Mr. Arias and Speaker Marco Rubio discussed their ideas for a safer Florida in the program 4 Sunday Morning, with host Eliott Rodriguez. The interview aired November 19, 2006 on CBS.
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