FALDP Conference Update - 9/13/14 - Conference Info, Specials, and More

The Florida Association of Legal Document Preparers is now well into our fourth year! Formed in May of 2010, this trade association continues to grow, adding new members, and assisting pro se litigants statewide. FALDP - Empowering the People.

The Florida Association of Legal Document Preparers – FALDP – is proud to announce our Fifth Annual Conference. This year we are hosting our conference In Daytona Beach, Florida - "The World's Most Famous Beach" on Saturday, September 13, at the Fountain Beach Resort, located at 313 S. Atlantic Avenue, Daytona Beach.

Since our last press release many exciting plans have come together.

CONFERENCE AGENDA

9:00 - Ruth Tick, Director - Introduce the Day; FALDP Mission;

Morning Break

10:00 - Guest Speaker - Frank S. Adamo, author and motivational speaker -“Discover the 3 Top Secrets to Smartly Achieve your Goals,”   - followed by discussion

11:00 - Guest Speaker -Circuit Court Judge John Alexander, Seventh Circuit Administrative Judge who oversees family court judge in the Seventh Judicial Circuit ~ "What Florida family law judges want pro se litigants to know."

12:00 - Lunch - provided by FALDP at no charge

1:00 - Ruth Tick - Guided Discussion - Serving the Under Served and Finding your Niche in the Marketplace

2:00 - Guest Speaker - Jennifer Milne, Esquire "Pro Se Empowerment ... The Thing That Keeps Attorneys Up at Night"

Break

3:00 - Ruth Tick - A Look Ahead - New Developments, Opportunities, and Courses

4:00 - Awards, Prizes and Giveaways

FALDP Trivia ~ Business card drawing ~  Who traveled the farthest prize ~

Member of the year award ~ And more!

Please visit our Conference Info Page for more detailed information about our conference.

SPEAKER'S BIOS

Guest Speaker ~ Circuit Court Judge John Alexander

Circuit Judge John M. Alexander was elected to the bench in 1996. He earned an undergraduate degree from the University of Florida and a juris doctor from Ohio Northern University. His past judicial assignments include criminal, civil, probate, juvenile and domestic relations. The administrative judge for St. Johns County, Judge Alexander currently presides in the unified family court at the Richard O. Watson Judicial Center in St. Augustine. In addition to being the administrative judge for St. Johns County, he also serves as the administrative judge for all the family law judges in the entire 7th Judicial Circuit.

Guest Speaker ~ Jennifer Milne, Esquire

Jennifer H. Milne, attorney-founder of South Florida Legal Rescue, LLC.  attended the University of Hawaii Richardson School of Law and is licensed in two states, Hawaii and Florida.  She is also a member of the Florida Bar Family Law Section.  The primary goal of SFLR, LLC is to protect the parental rights of both fathers and mothers who are threatened with losing time-sharing/custody of their children.  Her practice and approach with child time-sharing/custody cases has been distinctly shaped by her own personal experience. Several years ago, she and her husband fought for custody of her stepson.  Like too many parents out there, her husband was unjustifiably denied access to his child for months.   Absent exceptional circumstances, Ms. Milne strongly believes that a child needs both parents.

Guest Speaker ~ Frank S. Adamo

Since 2002 Frank S. Adamo has been receiving enthusiastic reviews for his workshops, presentations, coaching and training in the United States and as far away as Georgia in Eastern Europe and Indonesia in Southeast Asia.

Frank is a communications skills specialist; an international instructor, trainer, and coach; a published author of 31 Tips to Becoming an Effective Presenter; a contributor to three books, Discover your Inner Strengthswith Brian Tracy, Ken Blanchard, and Stephen Covey; Yes You Can! with Dr. Warren Bennis and Jim Rohn; as well as Heart of a Toastmaster; and a writer of several articles.

He completed his latest book this year, Smartly Track your Goals to Superior Achievements with Ease. Frank began this book because he had a heart attack and stroke in January 2011 which prevented him from achieving most of his goals for that year. During the process of completing his book, Frank discovered three secrets to getting back on track and achieving his goals. Frank is now available to reveal these top secrets in a presentation called “Discover the 3 Top Secrets to Smartly Achieving your Goals.”

Amazing Conference, Online Courses,and Membership Specials

~~~ New Membership/Conference Special~~~

Amazing Special #1: We still have space for more dedicated document preparers at our Fifth Annual FALDP Conference. Special Offer for New Members ~ only $125 ~ for the Conference Fee & Annual Membership Fee combined. This represents a $25. savings, off of our regular $75. membership + $75. conference fee. Our Fifth Annual Conference is a full day event on September 13, in Daytona Beach, Florida.  Please visit our conference page for more details. This special will continue as long as we have space available in our meeting room; we expect to run out of seats around August 15. So hurry!

~~ Three Course Bundle = FreeConference + Free Membership ~~

Amazing Special #2: Three Course Bundle includes conference fee and membership at no additional charge - savings of $150+. Our course bundles represent a per course savings already, and with this amazing special, you can save even more. Our three course bundle is $459. - choose any three of our online courses.

         Courses include:

• Parental Responsibility
• Debt Defense
• Post-Conviction Document Preparation
• Introduction to Preparing Florida Legal Documents
• Immigration
• Becoming a Successful Landlord Landlord/Tenant
• Preparing Florida Divorce Documents
• Living Trusts & Estate Planning Document Preparation
• Bankruptcy Basics - Chapter 7 Personal Bankruptcy

Graduates of Florida paralegal programs benefit from our online courses because our courses are specific to preparing the exact documents most needed by pro se litigants. Frequently, consumers are overwhelmed by the amount of detailed information they must learn in order to complete their legal task. It is common for a consumer to purchase a forms packet from the clerk of court, only to put it aside in frustration, and then seek out a legal document preparer for help.

~~~~~ Turn Key Bundle includesConference ~~~~

Amazing Special #3: The Turn Key Business Bundle always offers an expansive package of business services. The FALDP Turn Key Business Bundle always includes annual membership -- but now and until further notice -- also includes free entry into the Fifth Annual Conference on September 13, 2014 in Daytona Beach, Florida. The Turn Key Business Bundle, for a flat price of only $499. offers all of the tools you'll need to start a legal document preparation business. Can't find a job? Create one!

The Florida Association of Legal Document Preparers is at the forefront of helping consumers access the legal system, empowering consumers to pursue their cause or defend themselves. We proudly serve the under served. If you're a document preparer and want to be part of something bigger than all of us, join our association and attend this important conference.

Contact

staff@faldp.org

800-515-0496

Net Neutrality - Submit your Comments to the FCC

Friends-

I just submitted a comment to the Federal Communications Commission in support of Net Neutrality. We only have a few hours left to stand up for Net Neutrality before the FCC's current comment period closes.

The important email below is from the groups behind the new Battle for the Net website -- it explains how you can take action too.

Please read on and join me in taking a stand!

Just a few hours to go. That’s how long we have to get pro-Net Neutrality comments submitted to the FCC in front of their first comment period deadline — and save the Internet from the clutches of Comcast, Time Warner, and their ilk.

Let’s make our power clear, by submitting more comments than the FCC’s ever seen before.

Click here to visit our brand new website and send the FCC a formal comment demanding support for Net Neutrality. It’ll only take a minute:

https://www.battleforthenet.com

We're in a battle to for the Internet as we know it. Net Neutrality guarantees all websites — start-ups, blogs, independent media — an even playing field. It’s essentially the First Amendment of the Internet.

But the cable companies want to gut Net Neutrality to increase their profits: Without Net Neutrality, those corporations can kill websites by relegating them to slow lanes if they don’t pay fees — or if they just don’t like the content they contain.

Many of you have already signed petitions to the FCC or President Obama — and so have literally millions of others. That’s incredible — and it’s had a huge impact. But now we all need to go one step further and submit formal comments into the FCC’s Net Neutrality proceeding.

It’s really quick and easy, and carries way more weight than the usual petition signature does. You’ll be a formal part of the process.

Click here to submit a formal comment to the FCC before the end of this comment period — it’s over TODAY:

https://www.battleforthenet.com

Originally the FCC was poised to undermine Net Neutrality all together. Because we all pushed back, now they’re considering adopting rules that would save it.

But they’ll only do so if we speak out again, even louder.

We can make a huge statement: We have a chance of submitting more comments than the FCC has ever received on an issue before.

The cable companies have millions of dollars and armies of lobbyists and public relations firms -- and since they own so much of the communications infrastructure, it's especially easy for them to push their propaganda.

But we have millions of people on our side — and our only chance of beating the cable companies is if we all take a stand, together.

Click here to visit our brand new website and send the FCC a formal comment demanding support for Net Neutrality. It’ll only take a minute:

https://www.battleforthenet.com

Thanks!

Senator Marco Rubio's Letter Regarding Net Neutrality

Dear Ms. Tick,

Thank you for contacting me to express your thoughts on the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) attempts to regulate the  Internet,commonly referred to as "net neutrality." I appreciate hearing from you.

Since its inception, the Internet has flourished with minimal government involvement and has revolutionized our ability to communicate and conduct commerce. As an engine of economic growth, it has provided businesses with the ability to compete in the global marketplace. Continued development of the Internet and modern telecommunications, free of government interference, is integral to American innovation.

However, in 2010, the FCC adopted its "Open Internet Order," which would establish federal regulations governing network management practices for broadband Internet service providers. Fortunately, a U.S. appeals court for the District of Columbia Circuit struck down the order citing the Commission's prior decision to classify broadband as an information service. The Communications Act expressly prohibits the FCC from regulating broadband providers under this classification. 

In an effort to circumvent the appeals court decision, on May 15, 2014, the FCC approved a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) aimed at adopting new rules to replace those struck down by the appeals court. The NPRM also seeks public comment on whether the agency should reclassify broadband as a communications utility under Title II of the Communications Act. The uncertain and misguided authority that comes with reclassifying broadband must be addressed by Congress, not by five unelected bureaucrats at the FCC. That is why updating the outdated Communications Act, which passed in 1996, should be a top priority and would provide clarity to the FCC's role in the modern communications landscape.

If we've learned anything about the Internet over the years, it's the enormous power it has to give people economic opportunity. Please know, as a member of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, I remain committed to ensuring the Internet remains free of burdensome regulations. Thank you again for contacting me with your concerns.  

Sincerely,

Marco Rubio
United States Senator 

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FALDP Webinar - E-filing for Pro Se Litigants

The public is invited to our FALDP Webinar scheduled for July 12, 2014 at 11:00 EST. 

Register Here:

FALDP Webinar 7/12/14 - E-Filing for Pro Se Litigants

Saturday, July 12, 2014 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Eastern Time

As of June 21, 2014, pro se litigants are able to e-file their court documents. Attorneys have been able to e-file for some time, and we hope this change will increase pro se litigant's access to the court system. Join us for this important webinar. If you have already e-filed documents please attend to share your experience. We plan to show the 25 minute tutorial and then have open discussion. We wonder, what about local rules? What about missing forms? What about local forms? Bring your questions. We don't have all the answers, but we'll help if we can. Some document preparers are already assisting their customers in e-filing. 

Please contact me with any questions about the webinar.

Ruth Tick and the FALDP Team

800-515-0496

www.faldp.org

FALDP - Empowering the People