From: Amaura H Canty [ACanty@flabar.org] on behalf of The Florida
Bar Public Information [pubinfo@flabar.org]
Sent: Monday, July 28,
2008 1:33 PM
Subject: FIFTY APPLY FOR SUPREME COURT VACANCIES
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
DATE: July 28,
2008
CONTACT:
Robert S. Hackleman, Chair
Supreme Court Judicial
Nominating Commission
PHONE: (954)468-1329
FIFTY APPLY FOR SUPREME COURT
VACANCIES
FORT
LAUDERDALE-- The Supreme Court JNC advises the
following applications have been received as of the 5 p.m. deadline Friday, July
25, 2008:
H. Scott Fingerhut, 45, Miami,
Attorney
Michael D. Gelety, 56, Fort Lauderdale,
Attorney
Judge Vincent G. Torpy, Jr., 52, Daytona
Beach, Fifth District Court of Appeal
Judge Charles
Canady, 54, Lakeland, Second District Court of Appeal
David R. Herman, 39, Tallahassee, General Counsel, Fla. Dept. of
Veterans' Affairs
Scott D. Makar, 48, Tallahassee,
Solicitor General
Clifford A. Taylor, 58,
Tallahassee, Chief of Litigation, Fla. Dept. of Mgmt. Services
Judge Stephen O. Rushing, 62, Brooksville, Fifth Judicial
Circuit
Karen Gievers, 59, Tallahassee,
Attorney
Stephen J. Willis, 55, Gainesville,
Professor of Law, University of Florida
Judge Scott
Stephens, 50, Tampa, Thirteenth Judicial Circuit
Kenneth W. Sukhia, 55, Tallahassee, Attorney
Daniel J. Gerber, 45, Winter Park, Attorney
Judge Emily A. Peacock, 52, Tampa, Thirteenth Judicial
Circuit
Judge Israel Reyes, 49, Miami, Eleventh
Judicial Circuit
Ladd C. Brown, Jr., 42, Boca
Raton, Senior Counsel, Treasury Department
Manuel
Farach, 48, West Palm Beach, Attorney
Perry M.
Adair, 49, Coral Gables, Attorney
Arnaldo Velez,
59, Coral Gables, Attorney
Judge Marva L.
Crenshaw, 56, Tampa, Thirteenth Judicial Circuit
Stephen M. Durden, 48, Jacksonville, Professor
Thomas F. Slater, 46, Jacksonville, Attorney
Judge L. Clayton Roberts, 43, Tallahassee, First District Court of
Appeal
Judge Pauline M. Drayton, 55, Jacksonville,
County Court
Edward G. Guedes, 44, Miami, Attorney
Judge John C. Murphy, 50, County Court, 18th
Judicial Circuit
Judge Philip J. Padovano, 61,
Tallahassee, First District Court of Appeal
Judge
Charles A. Francis, 59, Tallahassee, Second Judicial Circuit
Judge Juan Ramirez, Jr., 62, Miami, Third District Court of
Appeal
Albert F. Tellechea, 57, Orlando, Attorney
Judge Jorge Labarga, 55, West Palm Beach,
Fifteenth Judicial Circuit
Paul R. Regensdorf, 60,
Fort Lauderdale, Attorney
Vicki M. Dearing, 43,
Jacksonville, Assistant Law Professor
Judge Kevin
Emas, 50, Miami, Eleventh Judicial Circuit
Judge
William D. Palmer, 55, Daytona Beach, Fifth District Court of
Appeal
J. Dudley Goodlette, 60, Naples, Attorney
William S. Bilenky, 63, Brooksville, Attorney
Judge Terry P. Lewis, 56, Tallahassee, Second
Judicial Circuit
Judge Ricky L. Polston, 52,
Tallahassee, First District Court of Appeal
Judge
Peter D. Webster, 59, Tallahassee, First District Court of
Appeal
Judge Ron Swanson, 60, Milton, First
Judicial Circuit
Judge James R. Wolf, 58,
Tallahassee, First Judicial Circuit
Judge Gisela
Cardonne Ely, 57, Miami, Eleventh Judicial Circuit
Judge William P. Levens, 61, Tampa, Thirteenth Judicial
Circuit
Judge Frank R. Jimenez, 43, Miami, General
Counsel of the Navy
Judge Waddell A. Wallace, III,
55, Jacksonville, Fourth Judicial Circuit
Lynn C.
Hearn, 42, Tallahassee, General Counsel, Fla. Dept. of State
Judge Angel A. Cortinas, 45, Miami, Third District Court of
Appeal
Judge Leslie B. Rothenberg, 60, Miami, Third
District Court of Appeal
George C. Richards, 53,
Cape Coral, Chief Assistant State Prosecutor
The following meetings have been set:
Aug. 11 - Aug. 14, 2008 - Interviewing conducted in Tampa at the
Airport Marriott Hotel, Room C-49, followed by closed deliberations and
voting.
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