Basics of … Florida’s Judicial System

“What does it take to be a judge? Here in his 5th book in this Basics of … Legal Series, attorney Albert Kelley gives you the answer.”
- Hayes Brandwell, Online Critics Corner

“I highly recommend this book. Al Kelley explains the law in simple, understandable - and practical - terms.”
- Shirrel Rhoades, Former Adjunct Professor, NYU

We live in a country of laws. The law impacts literally every aspect of our lives. The production of food is controlled by laws, including what pesticides a farmer uses, the quality of meat, or the listing of nutritional information on the packaging. Our medicines go through testing and an approval process before they can legally be sold. Laws are not guidelines; they are rules. And as rules, they must be enforced. For enforcement we turn to judges. Judges are the officials who are charged with interpreting our laws and enforcing those laws among all of us. In law school, we learn civil and criminal procedure, ethics, and legal research. We learned about the three parts of government in our high school civics class. But even in law school, while we are taught to respect the judges, and how to read their rulings, we are not taught about being a judge or what judges are like, except on a historical context. Who are these judges? How do they become judges? What are their qualifications? Why should we listen to them? These are just some of the questions that are answered in this book. Here you will discover how the judiciary system works, details they do not teach in civics or in law school.

Albert L. Kelley is an attorney, author, book publisher, film producer, traveler and adventurer located in Key West, Florida. His law practice concentrates primarily in the areas of business, corporations, contracts, copyright, trademark, and entertainment law, as well as foreclosure defense. He graduated cum laude from Florida State University College of Law in 1989. He served for years as an adjunct professor for St. Leo University in their Business Administration program, teaching courses in business, employment and administrative law. For five years he wrote a weekly business law newspaper column and currently writes one for KONK Life. Albert Kelley is corporate counsel to over 150 corporations, and has filed over 60 trademark registrations and countless copyright applications.