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    Keeping An Eye on the Florida Board of Bar Examiners Since 2004  

    If you know of any dishonesty, bias, corruption, or wasteful expenditures by the Florida Board of Bar Examiners, please contact us. We're actively trying to reform the Florida Board of Bar Examiners and restore it as an institution that citizens can trust.

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    Has The Florida Board of Bar Examiners Violated Your Rights? - If you're thinking about suing the Florida Board of Bar Examiners, these documents may assist you in learning about the claims and defenses asserted in prior suits.   Click here to see the litigation documents page.  

    June 14, 2008 - A FloridaBarWatch Investigation Has Discovered That Judge Robert Hinkle Failed To Disclose Information About His Past.

    After dismissing 4 different lawsuits brought by different Bar applicants against the FBBE, is has been discovered that Judge Robert Hinkle was the former attorney for the FBBE.  He completely failed to disclose this information to the parties.  Click here to see the evidence.
    March 12, 2007 - Judge Robert Hinkle Ensures Certain Cases Are Assigned To Him - Judge Robert Hinkle's decision to circumvent the blind draw process is exposed.   Click here to read more.
    August 30, 2006 – Former Justice Raul Cantero Can't Be Too Interested In "Professionalism" By Everyone –  Former Florida Supreme Court Justice Raul Cantero seemed very concerned about ethics in the legal profession - until plagarism was committed by one of his own friends.  Click here to see more.

     

    April 20, 2006 – Politics in Florida Character & Fitness Decisions – Today, the Florida Supreme Court issued a decision proving that political considerations tilt the scales of justice in Florida.  In a stunning breach of due process, William Hanlon is denied admission in Florida forever. Click here to see more.

    February 14, 2006 - A Secret Document Is Discovered - A former employee of the Florida Board of Bar Examiners has provided us with a top-secret Substance Abuse Protocol that the Board does not disclose to the public. How many other secret protocols does the FBBE use to evaluate applicants' moral character? FloridaBarWatch is investigating. Click here to see the protocol.

    February 6, 2006 - A FloridaBarWatch Investigation - FloridaBarWatch is demanding that the General Counsel of the Florida Board of Bar Examiners, Thomas Pobjecky, make a full and fair disclosure of the facts and circumstances surrounding his 11-month marriage to Geralyn Pennachio, which ended on October 27, 1978. Since the Florida Board of Bar Examiners investigates applicants' domestic relationships during its character and fitness process, why don't we get everything out on the table?

    September 5, 2005 - FloridaBarWatch opens a full investigation into the Florida Supreme Court, after the Court was caught secretly releasing confidential Bar admission documents. Click here for more information about this alarming breach of confidentiality.

    June 10, 2004 - How is this for honesty and candor? Click here to see FBBE General Counsel Thomas Pobjecky's false certification that no exculpatory evidence existed regarding FloridaBarWatch founder Frank Lawrence - and related documents!

    OTHER NEWS:

    The FBBE Disrespects Federal Law - FloridaBarWatch discovered a troubling 1997 report from a Florida Supreme Court Committee that exemplifies how Florida Bar Exam licensing "character and fitness" officials fail to respect the pronouncements of the Supreme Court of the United States. Click here for more.

    Here is some more disturbing information - Is it appropriate for Florida Board attorney Thomas Pobjecky, who prosecutes Specifications against applicants, to also draft the Board's findings of fact and conclusions of law? Click here for more 

    Is Secret Information Being Considered? Click here to see FBBE Executive Director Eleanor Mitchell Hunter offer to redact portions of a FBBE Investigative Hearing, after FloridaBarWatch founder Frank Lawrence discovered that FBBE members make admissions decisions based upon information not provided to applicants.