Recovery Unplugged CEO Dines with the Governor

Written By

Dominic Nicosia

May 5, 2016

On April 27, Governor Rick Scott hosted a dinner event entitled Judicial Appointments and the JNC. Among those in attendance was none other than accomplished Fort Lauderdale Attorney and Recovery Unplugged Co-Founder and CEO, Marshall Geisser. The event was an opportunity for members of the Florida legal community to exchange thoughts and sentiments regarding the judicial nomination process on both the state and federal levels, and discuss the long-term impact of judicial appointments. Eligible attendees also had the opportunity to earn continuing legal education (CLE) credits and gain invaluable insight from the Governor and some of the state’s top legal experts.

The event included a panel entitled “Successfully Nominating the Judicial Nominating Commission” which featured prominent Florida circuit court judges and members of the Florida JNC. The dinner was sponsored and presented by the Miami-Dade Bar Association, the Daily Business Review, & the Spellman-Hoeveler Inns of Court. Co-sponsors included University of Miami’s School Law, Florida International University’s School of Law, the Miami Beach Bar Association and the Miami Chapter of the Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. It was held just two days before Governor Scott’s appoint of three new faces to Florida’s JNC: one to the Seventh Circuit and two to the 12th.

Events like these are important because state-level JNC appointments are often directly tied to states’ policies on enforcement for drug-related crimes. These appointments can directly contribute to a state’s collective legal attitude when it comes the issue of treatment vs. incarceration. With over 20 years of criminal defense experience in private practice and a fierce commitment to addiction treatment, we could think of no more appropriate person to attend this event than our CEO. Recovery Unplugged was proud to have a member of our team not only present, but actively involved in such an important and high-level conversation.

Dominic Nicosia

The Senior Content Writer here at Recovery Unplugged, Dominic Nicosia oversees the maintenance of our online blog while also handling and overseeing all written communications within Marketing. He also writes articles, thought leadership pieces, and basically everything written regarding web content. Dominic has over seven years of writing experience in the addiction care field and a Bachelor of Arts in Professional Writing from the University of Arts in Philadelphia. Dominic has been writing and playing music for years and is the proud owner of a Jack Russell/Pitbull mix named Jack. His favorite books are The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Nausea by Jean-Paul Sartre, and Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez.