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17TH CIRCUIT JNC ANNOUNCES CIRCUIT COURT JUDICIAL NOMINATIONS

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 13, 2025
CONTACT: Camille Coolidge Shotwell, Chair; [email protected]
Seventeenth Circuit Judicial Nominating Commission
TELEPHONE: 954-761-7781

The Seventeenth Circuit Judicial Nominating Commission has nominated the following individuals for appointment to the Broward Circuit Court, presented in alphabetical order, for the vacancy resulting from the resignation of Circuit Court Judge Gary Farmer.

Pascale Achille

Jeremy Franker

James Robert Harris

Janice Haywood

Yves Pierre Laventure

Cullin Avram O’Brien

The Commission thanks the members of the bench, the bar, and the public who took the time to provide feedback about the applicants.

SEVENTEENTH CIRCUIT JUDICIAL NOMINATING COMMISSION MEMBERS

Camille Coolidge Shotwell (Chair)

Coolidge Law Group, P.A.

110 SE 6th Street Suite 1700

Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301

Phone: 954-761-7781

Email: [email protected]

Eric Yesner (Vice Chair)

GrayRobinson, P.A.

401 E. Las Olas Blvd. Suite 1000

Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301

Phone: 954-761-7492

Email: [email protected]

Thomas D. Oates

Law Offices of Oates & Oates, P.A.

1701 East Atlantic Boulevard, Ste. 4

Pompano Beach, FL 33060-6767

Phone: 954-942-6500

Email: [email protected]

William G. McCormick

McCormick Law Firm, PLLC

401 East Las Olas Boulevard Suite 1400

Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301

Phone: 954-761-8111

Email: [email protected]

Joseph S. Van de Bogart

FAU Office of the General Counsel

777 Glades Road, AD10-370

Boca Raton, FL 33431

Phone: 561-703-5752

Email: [email protected]

Valerie Barnhart

Barnhart Law Firm, P.A.

12555 Orange Drive FL 2

Davie, FL 33330-4340

Phone: 954-526-1814

Email: [email protected]

Alice K. Sum

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

801 Brickell Avenue, Ste. 1950

Miami, FL 33131-4901

Phone: 305-982-6300

Email: [email protected]

John H. Richards

Boyd, Richards, Parker & Colonnelli

1600 W Commercial Blvd., Ste. 201

Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309-3006

Phone: 954-848-2460

Email: [email protected]

Levi G. Williams, Jr.

Law Offices of Levi Williams, P.A.

12 SE 7th Street, Ste. 710

Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301-3474

Phone: 954-463-1626

Email: [email protected]

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