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Honest Services & Public Integrity Workshop

Over 100 attendees participated in the Honest Services & Public Integrity Workshop sponsored by the Palm Beach County Tax Collector and Palm Beach County League of Cities. Participants in t he free workshop included elected or appointed officials, public advocacy groups, governmental board members and members of the business community who interact with government.

The workshop included a panel discussion of professionals with public fraud legal expertise and a post discussion question and answer session . The panelists were:

• Bruce Reinhart, Esquire: Runs a Federal Criminal and Civil Trial Practice and is a former Federal Prosecutor with 19 years experience prosecuting public corruption cases around the country.
• Rolando Garcia, Esquire: Assistant US Attorney for the Southern District of Florida who enhances public integrity by investigating and prosecuting federal, state and local officials for violations of federal statutes covering bribery, conflict of interest, embezzlement, and extortion.
• Bonnie Miskel, Esquire: Partner at the law firm Siegel, Lipman, Dunay, Shepard & Miskel, LLP who assists clients to finance, structure and entitle residential, commercial and institutional real estate projects.
• Alan S. Johnson, Esquire: Assistant State Attorney, 15th Judicial Circuit. He serves as Senior Counsel for State Attorney Michael McAuliffe’s newly designated Public Integrity Unit

Workshop attendees expressed one of the strongest features of the workshop was the diversity and expertise of the panelists. A DVD recording of the workshop will be available for distribution. Requests can be sent to Rena James at rjames@pbcgov.org or (561) 355-1608.