1. Craig Waters was born on 1956 and is a former public information officer and served as the communications director for the Florida Supreme Court in Tallahassee from June 1,1996, to February 28,2022.
19 Facts About Craig Waters
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Craig Waters worked on the open government and First Amendment rights as a lawyer and governmental official.
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Craig Waters was the public spokesman for the Court during the 2000 presidential election controversy and announced the Court's lawsuit rulings in regards to Florida's vote in the election.
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Craig Waters received his Juris Doctor with honors from the University of Florida College of Law in 1986.
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Craig Waters founded the Florida Court Public Information Officers Inc, a federally recognized non-profit organized for educational purposes.
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Craig Waters began work at the Florida Supreme Court on March 2,1987, as a law clerk for Justice Rosemary Barkett.
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Craig Waters advised Justice Gerald Kogan from Miami until, upon becoming Chief Justice in 1996, Kogan moved Craig Waters permanently into court administration along with his communications job.
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In September 1997, in cooperation with Florida State University, Craig Waters launched the first comprehensive program to broadcast all court arguments live on television, via satellite, on cable systems, and through webcasts.
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The plan is being implemented through an organization Craig Waters founded a decade earlier, the Florida Court Public Information Officers, Inc.
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The first decision occurred on November 21,2000, when Craig Waters announced a court ruling extending the vote-counting deadline previously set by Florida Secretary of State Katherine Harris.
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The second was on December 8,2000, when Craig Waters announced a decision requiring a statewide recount of ballots.
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Craig Waters is portrayed in the HBO Movie Recount by the actor Alex Staggs.
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Craig Waters has given many speeches on issues he has explored in his professional life, including one on at the 10th international Court Technology Conference organized in 2007 by the National Center for State Courts.
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Craig Waters is coauthor of a professional paper describing how state and federal disability laws will require rethinking current practices in creating and maintaining court websites.
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Craig Waters previously spoke on the technology of disasters, dealing with court emergency preparedness following the September 11,2001, terrorist attacks and the extensive hurricane seasons of 2004 and 2005.
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Craig Waters drew on his experiences with Bush v Gore and examined how the communications challenges of that earlier constitutional crisis might have played out using the technology available in 2014.
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Craig Waters is coauthor of a comprehensive article on Florida Supreme Court protocol and jurisdiction.
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Craig Waters is the founding president of the Florida Court Public Information Officers, Inc.
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Craig Waters has been heavily involved in activities of The Florida Bar, including serving on the editorial board of the Florida Bar Journal and the Florida Bar News.