(a) Planning and Conducting the Conference
The judicial council shall have the responsibility for planning and conducting judicial conferences. The long-range plans for conducting judicial conferences shall be made on recommendation of a judicial conference committee of the judicial council appointed by the chief judge with judicial council approval. Each annual conference shall be planned and conducted by a judicial conference planning chair, appointed by the committee with judicial council approval. The chair, with approval of the chief judge, shall appoint such committees as may be necessary for efficient and effective operation of the conference.(b) Members of the Conference
The judicial conference of this circuit shall consist of the following:b. the circuit justice;
c. the senior and retired circuit, district and bankruptcy judges and magistrates of the circuit;
d. the circuit executive of the circuit;
e. the clerk of the circuit court or a designated deputy;
f. the staff attorney of the court;
g. the circuit librarian;
h. presidents and presidents-elect of the state bars of the states within the circuit;
i. three official representatives chosen by each state bar of the states comprising the circuit;
j. the chief justices of the state supreme courts of each state within the circuit, or their designees;
k. the members of the lawyers advisory committee of the circuit;
l. the executive director of each state bar of the states within the circuit;
m. each United States attorney of the circuit;
n. the federal public defender of any district within the circuit, and a representative of a community defender organization in any district, designated by the president of such organization;
o. the dean of each accredited law school within the circuit;
p. any retired justice of the Supreme Court of the United States residing or practicing within the circuit;
q. any current or former attorney general of the United States residing or practicing within the circuit;
r. any lawyer who has been nominated to a circuit, district or bankruptcy court judgeship within the circuit, whether or not yet confirmed or inducted;
s. the president, or personal designee, of the American Bar Association;
t. former presidents of the American Bar Association residing or practicing in the circuit;
u. the current members of the board of governors of the American Bar Association from the circuit;
v. the current members of the American Bar Association judiciary committee who reside in the circuit;
w. the president, or personal designee, of the Federal Bar Association and the regional representatives;
x. the president, or personal designee, of the National Bar Association and the regional representatives;
y. the executive director and the attorney board members of the historical society;
z. state attorneys general or their designees;
aa. chief judge of the United States Tax Court or designee;
bb. directors of capital case resource centers.
| Number of Designees | |
|---|---|
| Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals | 12 |
| Northern District of Alabama | |
| -District | 7 |
| -Bankruptcy | 5 |
| Middle District of Alabama | |
| -District | 3 |
| -Bankruptcy | 2 |
| Southern District of Alabama | |
| -District | 3 |
| -Bankruptcy | 2 |
| Northern District of Florida | |
| -District | 3 |
| -Bankruptcy | 1 |
| Middle District of Florida | |
| -District | 9 |
| -Bankruptcy | 4 |
| Southern District of Florida | |
| -District | 15 |
| -Bankruptcy | 3 |
| Northern District of Georgia | |
| -District | 11 |
| -Bankruptcy | 6 |
| Middle District of Georgia | |
| -District | 2 |
| -Bankruptcy | 2 |
| Southern District of Georgia | |
| -District | 3 |
| -Bankruptcy | 2 |
b. each lawyer-member must be interested in the purposes and work of the conference and be willing and able to actively contribute to this end; and
c. each lawyer-member must be willing to assist in implementing conference programs with the local bar.
