2019 Supreme Evening Keynote Speaker will be Mr. Ted Olson

The Florida Supreme Court Historical Society is pleased to announce that former United States Solicitor General Theodore "Ted" Olson has accepted our invitation to be the keynote speaker at the 2019 Supreme Evening event.

This annual dinner event is hosted by the Florida Supreme Court Historical Society is Florida’s premier judicial event that will take place at the University Center Club in Tallahassee on Thursday February 7, 2019.

The event's keynote speaker, Mr. Ted Olson is one of the country’s most high-profile and widely respected litigators of the past 50 years. Mr. Olson has long been one of the nation’s go-to lawyers for complex criminal defense cases and has represented clients across the political and social spectrum from President George W. Bush in the 2000 election challenge to the same-sex marriage petitioners challenging California's Proposition 8 to New England Patriots quarterback, Tom Brady, in the Deflategate scandal.    

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Message from the Society's President,
Edward G. Guedes

As I near the end of my year as President of the Society – with the prospect of an extension of that term to a second year – I have cause to ponder what has taken place during these past twelve months and what we have to look forward to in the coming year. The Society remains a vibrant organization with phenomenal staff and a tremendous group of individuals comprising its Board of Trustees. Our staff each day excel in keeping the Society’s various moving parts in synch, while simultaneously interacting with the Florida Supreme Court and its staff in a seamless manner, all the while doing so with the most convivial disposition imaginable. Our trustees demonstrate a profound affection for the institution they serve, committing countless hours of their time to meetings and conferences calls all in furtherance of the Society’s important mission – all despite their hectic professional and personal schedules.

On the fiscal side, the organization is excellent shape, despite the inevitable increase in expenses that time seems... 

2018 Summer/Fall Edition of The 
Historical Review 
is now available online

IN THIS EDITION

• Under the Dome

• Dobson Portrait Acquisition
• Judge Barkett's Life Following the Supreme Court 

• Justice Lewis's Roots and Legacy
• Letter from Hank Coxe on his Service on the CRC
• Supreme Evening 2018
• Review of Book on the LIfe and Career of Former Justice Kogan

• Chief Justice Labarga on His Role in Bush v. Gore

• Judge Robert Hilliard of Santa Rosa County Shares a Colorful Narrative of a 1948 County Court Judges Conference in Key West and Havana   Once A Year

Read this and earlier editions of  the Historical Review