Message: Support the Judiciary's Independence

Message: Support the Judiciary's Independence

The success of voluntary bar associations is a critical part of the continued independence of Florida's judiciary - the weakest branch of government, Second District Court of Appeal Chief Judge Chris Altenbernd said.

The associations "give strength to the judiciary, when that branch is challenged by other branches of government or society as a whole," Altenbernd told those at the March 12 luncheon of the St. Petersburg Bar Association at the Mirror Lake Lyceum.