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10TH CIRCUIT JNC RECEIVES CIRCUIT COURT JUDGE POSITION APPLICATIONS – REVISED

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 5, 2020
CONTACT: Lydia S. Zbrzeznj, Chair, [email protected]
Tenth Circuit Judicial Nominating Commission
TELEPHONE: (863) 656-6672

The following is a list of the applicants for the position of Circuit Court judge in the 10th Judicial Circuit to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Judge Wm. Bruce Smith. Names of the applicants are listed in alphabetical order.

Gregory K. Atkinson, General Magistrate
Tenth Judicial Circuit, Bartow
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84761064045

Heather E.W. Beato, Assistant State Attorney
Tenth Judicial Circuit, Sebring
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86454475510

Harold V. Bennett, III, Assistant State Attorney
Tenth Judicial Circuit, Bartow
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85493566172

David R. Carmichael, Attorney
Bartow
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86164076292

Josephine Colon, Assistant State Attorney
Tenth Judicial Circuit, Bartow
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81563244266

Donald E. Conway, Senior Attorney
Florida Department of Transportation District 1, Bartow
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89355660088

Eric S. Gardner, Jr., Assistant Public Defender
Tenth Judicial Circuit, Bartow
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84719846888

Mary Catherine Green, County Court Judge
Tenth Judicial Circuit, Bartow,
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89738535941

Kevin M. Kohl, Attorney
Bartow
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83370707390

Cachina King Patterson, Regional Counsel
Office 2nd District of Appeals
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81959820712

Adam D. Patton, Attorney
Lakeland
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88340688175

Brenda P. Ramirez, Attorney
Lakeland
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83435895554</a

Jennifer L. Steimle, Senior Trial Court Law Clerk
Tenth Judicial Circuit, Bartow
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84590663325

Jennifer A. Swenson, Assistant State Attorney
Tenth Judicial Circuit, Bartow
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82775843050

William J. Twyford, Attorney
Winter Haven
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82143462729

John C. Waters, Attorney
Lakeland
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85897883255

Interviews will be conducted by the Tenth Circuit Judicial Nominating Commission on May 12, via videoconference, through the Zoom application. Interviews will commence at approximately 9 a.m. and will continue throughout the day.

Commission members are Lydia S. Zbrzeznj, Krista Mahalak, Patrice F. Behnstedt, Benjamin W. Hardin, Jr., Frederick Murphy, Edward Blake Paul, Robert S. Swaine, and Richard E. Straughn.

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