The Film The documentary opened on the old Duval County, Fla., Courthouse. Henry Lee Adams Jr., the first African-American federal judge in Florida, narrated his own story.
Year: 2012
What is Post Conviction Relief?
A motion for post conviction relief is typically a defendant's last resort for attempting to overturn a criminal conviction. It could also be a last effort to be released from prison after direct appeal of the person's criminal case has been denied or not been...
Times-Union, First Coast News seek access to records in Cristian Fernandez Case
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - First Coast News and its news partner, The Florida Times-Union, are parties in a court motion seeking to ensure full and timely access to public court records in the case against Cristian Fernandez. At issue in the motion to intervene filed Monday...
Remembering Adam Yauch and the 1987 Legal Case
How many lawyers get to walk into a courtroom and say, "Judge, I'm here to fight for the right to party."? That's just what happened in 1987, when I represented the Beastie Boys in federal district court in Jacksonville. The Boys were touring the country with Run DMC...
New Cases of Interest
Many people mistakenly believe that if a police officer smells marijuana coming from their vehicle, it's game over and time to plead guilty. The recent case of Smith v. Florida, ___ SO.2d____, 37 Fla.L.Wkly.D970a (Fla. th DCA 2012) shows why this assumption is wrong....
Area’s First Integrated Law Firm
In celebration of Black History Month, The Jacksonville Bar Association lunch meeting Tuesday featured a viewing of the documentary "Conversations on Catfish, Courtrooms, and Change: The Life and Times of Henry Lee Adams, Jr." The film detailed the creation of what is...
Partners Reflect on First Integrated Law Firm
Senior U.S. District Judge Henry Lee Adams Jr. wasn't sure he would be in a position to make a difference in the world while growing up on Jacksonville's Eastside, but a law career filled with historic firsts has changed his mind. His life has been illustrated in the...