BY ELINOR J. BRECHER Wherever a Florida “pregnant chad’’ labors, it seems there’s a lawyer standing by to deliver. Florida hasn’t endured an esquire invasion of such magnitude since the last American Bar Associa- tion convention at Disney World in August 1996. If it feels like the state’s post-election frenzy has sucked in all 972,900 American attorneys, plus Florida’s 50,000, that’s because some of the profession’s biggest names are busily filing briefs along- side indigenous counselors known mainly to their local clients. A few on the Democratic side: Harvard Law School constitutional scholar Laurence Tribe; former Miami-Dade U.S. Attorney Kendall Coffey, who represented Elian Gonzalez’s Miami relatives; past Dade County […]
In the Courtroom, Historic Political Battle Attracts Hordes of Lawyers Large, Small Names Join The Fray
