Administrative Law.

• Author: Chisenhall, Garnett
• Position: Annual Reports of Sections and Divisions of the Florida Bar: 2018-2019

I am honored to present the Administrative Law Section's annual report for the 20182019 term and highlight the hard work of the many members who devoted countless hours to the section. While the "usual suspects" continued to ensure that the section provided exceptional service to its members, I am particularly proud of the newer members who assumed leadership roles and implemented "outside-the-box" measures designed to facilitate the section's long-term growth.

The 2018-2019 term got off to an inauspicious start due to Hurricane Michael's unexpected arrival in Tallahassee last October. As a result, the section had to postpone the Pat Dore Administrative Law Conference, its biennial showcase event for continuing legal education. However, thanks to the swift and decisive actions of the conference's co-chairs, Jowanna Oates and Judge Cathy Sellers, the conference was quickly rescheduled for February 8. Despite the date change, the conference still sold out and was an unqualified success.

Through feature articles and recurring features, the section's quarterly newsletter continued to provide its members and the legal community with timely information regarding significant developments in administrative law. The informative features included Paula Savchenko's comprehensive article, "Rule Challenges Sprout from the Growing Florida Medical Marijuana Industry." As for the recurring features, every edition of the newsletter included "Appellate Case Notes," in which Larry Sellers, Gigi Rollini, and Tara Price provided concise descriptions of every significant administrative law case decided by Florida's appellate courts during the previous quarter. The newsletter's other recurring feature is "DOAH Case Notes," and the DOAH Case Notes team, consisting of myself, Matthew Knoll, Dustin Metz, Virginia Ponder, Christina Shideler, Paul Rendleman, and Tiffany Roddenberry, reviewed every recommended and final order issued by the Division of Administrative Hearings and concisely described noteworthy decisions from the preceding quarter.

With regard to the newsletter, I would be remiss if I did not use this opportunity to thank Judge Elizabeth McArthur for her long service as the newsletter's editor and co-editor. Judge McArthur put her heart and soul into every edition of the newsletter for many years but recently decided that a promotion to a senior judge position at DOAH required her to devote more hours to her "day job." Fortunately, Tiffany Roddenberry...