The Hyper-Local News Site, which covers everything from breaking news to store openings, is clearly fulfilling a need in Palm Beach County. While the region is covered by major newspapers like the Sun Sentinel and the Palm Beach Post, it is unreasonable to expect either to cover the non-stop news in one specific town. That’s why the site is finding success. It is filling a need.

An independent site, BocaNewsNow.com will be come the one stop for families looking for weekend activities, restaurants that offer free or discounted meals for kids, and of course, news throughout the area. The site welcomes submissions from readers, as well as announcements of store and restaurant openings, promotional events, and business achievements.

The site is online at BocaNewsNow.com. Submissions may be made through news(at)bocanewsnow.com.

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Ken Swartz’s White Collar Crime blog provides information on important legal decisions regarding white collar crimes. Terry Lenamon’s Death Penalty blog discusses recent developments in death penalty cases and their effect on the legal system.

Swartz and Lenamon is an accomplished criminal defense law firm dedicated to defending people charged with serious crimes. With its principal office in Miami, the firm’s trial lawyers represent criminal defense clients in federal and state courts in every part of Florida.

For More Information:

Swartz and Lenamon | 100 North Biscayne Blvd., Suite 3070, Miami, FL 33132. 305-579-9090

Visitors to the company’s Web site can access detailed information and helpful tools comprised of the most important elements necessary to begin the end-of-life planning process, including a pre-planning checklist, a pre-planning form and comprehensive step-by-step pre-planning instructions are offered. Visitors can learn how to begin preparing, arranging and delegating their most important final details and begin to set the stage for a more relaxed and enjoyable life, secure that they have taken care of what matters most.

According the pre-planning experts at Anderson-McQueen, asking the right questions starts the process and makes it most beneficial for everyone involved.

Some of the most important questions include:

Who should be notified in a medical emergency?
What type of funeral service will I want in the event of my passing?
How do I designate a power of attorney?
How do I write a living will?
Where should my obituary appear and what should it include?
What are the benefits of making my final wishes known and who is the best Family Tribute Center to do so?

“Each day we help our families create personalized memorials and guide them through the planning process,” says John McQueen, Anderson-McQueen’s COO. “In light of the five-year anniversary of Terri Schiavo’s passing, we encourage everyone to remember how taxing this type of situation can be for families without proper planning and attention. You can live your life to the fullest knowing you have done the right thing for everyone.”

In addition to providing online information, Anderson-McQueen is also taking part in National Healthcare Decisions Day on April 16. As a participating organization, the company will be providing information and tools for the public to talk about their wishes with family, friends and healthcare providers, and execute written advance directives in accordance with Florida State Laws.

This and more information will be available at all Anderson-McQueen locations from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and welcomes the public throughout the day. For more information on National Healthcare Decisions Day, please visit www.nationalhealthcaredecisionsday.org or contact Anderson-McQueen at 727-822-2059.

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Certified attorneys are the only Florida lawyers allowed to identify or advertise themselves as specialists or experts or to use “B.C.S.” to indicate board certified specialist. Board certification evaluates attorneys’ special knowledge, skills and proficiency in various areas of law and professionalism and ethics in practice.

Standards, certification committee members and staff contacts for each of the specialties are available at FloridaBar.org/certification. Please contact The Florida Bar Legal Specialization & Education Department at (850) 561-5842 for more information.

Adoption Law Board Certification. According to Florida Bar Adoption Law Certification Committee Chair Michael A. Shorstein of Jacksonville, adoption law board certification will provide a necessary and important protection for consumers by distinguishing attorneys who have special knowledge, skills, and proficiency in adoption law along with superior professionalism and ethics in their practices.

“Florida adoption laws have changed almost every year over the last decade, and what once was a simple, form-based process now requires an experienced, intuitive approach to our complicated statutory framework,” said Shorstein. “Our state is among the top pro-adoption states in the country, so licensed and unlicensed agencies, facilitators and others saturate Florida consumers with adoption solicitations. Many of these offers violate Florida law but our citizens currently have no way to distinguish between valid offers and fraudulent inducements.

“The certification of adoption lawyers allows the public to differentiate those lawyers who are proficient in the area of adoption law from those attorneys who do not understand the unique complexities of the adoption statute.”

Adoption law certification is for lawyers who deal with complexities and legalities – both prior to and after placement of a child for adoption – in interstate and intrastate adoption placements and civil controversies arising from termination of biological parents’ parental rights.

Adoption law board certification applicants must:
- have at least five years of law practice, of which at least 50 percent has been spent in active participation in adoption law.
- demonstrate substantial experience in adoption law, including substantial involvement in at least 50 adoption placements or 15 contested adoption proceedings or appeals during the five-year period immediately preceding application.
- undergo peer review by attorneys and judges.
- complete 30 credit hours of approved continuing legal education in adoption law during the three-year period immediately preceding the date of application.
- pass a rigorous examination.

Education Law Board Certification. Education Law Certification Committee Chair Marylin Batista-McNamara of Fort Lauderdale said education law encompasses a wide array of disciplines ranging from First Amendment rights and Sunshine Law to the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act and Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act – a broad spectrum of laws with education of students at the center.

“Education law certification evaluates lawyers’ proficiency in various legal areas and allows the public to differentiate those attorneys from others who have not demonstrated their experience and expertise,” said Batista-McNamara, who serves as Deputy General Counsel for Broward County Public Schools. “Board certification is a voluntary pursuit that requires time and resources, and as such demonstrates a lawyer’s commitment to quality in the delivery of legal services and highest ethical standards in the practice of law.”

Education law certification is for lawyers who deal with the legal rights, responsibilities, procedures, and practices of educational institutions, students, personnel employed by or on behalf of educational institutions and the guardians and parents of students participating in education.

Education law certification applicants must:
- have been engaged in the practice of education law for at least five years immediately preceding the date of application.
- be members in good standing of any U.S. state or District of Columbia bar association for at least five years preceding application.
- demonstrate substantial involvement in the practice of education law during at least three of the five years immediately preceding the date of application.
- demonstrate broad, substantial, practical experience in education law.
- undergo peer review by attorneys and judges.
- complete 50 credit hours of approved continuing legal education in education law during the three-year period immediately preceding the date of application.
- pass a rigorous examination.

Education law certification applicants who demonstrate substantial involvement in education law for a minimum of 20 years and who otherwise fulfill the standards are exempt from the examination. The exemption is only applicable to those applicants who apply within the first two application filing periods from the effective date of the standards.

A lawyer who is a member in good standing of The Florida Bar and who meets the standards prescribed by the state’s Supreme Court may become board certified in one or more of 24 certification fields. Only 4,300 of Florida’s 87,000 lawyers are board certified. Certification is the highest level of evaluation by The Florida Bar of the competency and experience of attorneys in areas of law approved for certification by the Supreme Court of Florida. Florida offers the greatest number of state-approved certification areas in the nation.

“I am extremely excited about the new Castles Team Radio show and the fact that is being broadcast out over the internet, will give people from all over the world to an up-close and personal view of the real estate market here in Naples and throughout SW Florida” said Keith Lucas the show’s producer and host.

“Our weekly format will include Insights, News, Expert Guests, the weekly top 10 best buys as well as real estate Tips & Tricks. It is a virtual How To for Home Buying & Selling in SW Florida.”

Lucas had previously been the host of the areas #1 talk show “SW Florida Today” and is an award winning Realtor, Trainer & Coach. Lucas said: “It is a fun and entertaining way to keep up on the real estate market in the place we call Paradise.”

Hear the show online at CastlesTeamRadio.com, Wednesdays at 1pm EST.

• Learn the process of foreclosure and how to fashion your own bailout
• Tips on preparing and executing short sales
• Insider information about counterclaims against the banks and deficiency judgments
• Tips on finding, buying and selling short sales
• Gain insight on applying for a mortgage modification and the best time to apply during foreclosure
• Details on current Florida home prices and the right times to buy and sell
• Why the Mortgage Bankers Association is wrong about the social stigma of foreclosure

Board certification recognizes lawyers’ knowledge, skills and proficiency in a specific area of law, as well as professionalism and ethics in practice. Certified attorneys are the only Florida lawyers authorized to identify themselves as “Florida Bar Board Certified,” specialists or experts. Board certification is the highest level of recognition of competency by The Florida Bar.

Alberto Romero is a member of The Florida Bar’s Young Lawyer Division, Family Law Section, and the Continuing Legal Education Committee of the Family Law Section. He earned his undergraduate degree from the the University of Illinois at Urbana – Champaign. He received his juris doctorate from the University of Illinois College of Law where he was recognized as a Lincoln Scholar.

About Mason Black and Caballero PA
Mason Black and Caballero PA is a Tampa-based law firm practicing exclusively in family law, including dissolution of marriage, custody, paternity, prenuptial agreements, support modification and enforcement actions, all tort actions arising out of the marriage and the appeal of any of these actions. For details about the firm, please visit www.mbc-lawoffice.com.