Miami, FL  –Florida’s Senior United States Senator, Bill Nelson, will officiate at the new term investiture of State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle on Friday, January 9, 2009. 

Also participating in the event will be Alan Dershowitz, lawyer, author, Harvard Law School Professor and television personality along with Roberto Martinez, former United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida and acclaimed litigator and partner in the law firm of Colson, Hicks, Eidson.  Michael Putney will act as moderator of the event.

“I feel exceptionally honored and proud to be embarking on a new term as Dade’s chief prosecutor,” commented State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle.  “I am also proud that so many of our crime fighting partners wish to recognize the hard work that prosecutors do everyday in our community’s criminal courtrooms.”

The investiture will take place at 2:00 p.m. at the Manuel Artime Theater, 900 SW 1st Street, Miami, Florida 33130.  Any media planning to attend the event should plan to arrive no later than 1:30 p.m. in order to facilitate a security clearance and to effectively integrate their sound equipment into the theater’s existing facilities.