9TH CIRCUIT JNC NOTICE OF CIRCUIT COURT JUDICIAL VACANCY – ORANGE AND OSCEOLA COUNTIES
Gov. Ron DeSantis has asked the 9th Circuit Judicial Nominating Commission to provide him with names of highly qualified nominees for the vacancy created by House Bill 5011, which provided the Ninth Circuit an additional circuit court seat.
The Commission requires interested candidates to submit a complete application for consideration. Applicants must have been a member of The Florida Bar for the preceding five years and must be a registered voter. The individual appointed must reside in the Ninth Judicial Circuit at the time he or she assumes office.
Applications may be downloaded from The Florida Bar’s website. Applicants must include a recent photograph with the completed application, preferably as a cover page.
Applicants must submit a complete application to Chair Matthew Klein at [email protected] by Thursday, July 11, at noon. The Commission encourages applicants to submit their applications as soon as possible. Any application received after the noon deadline will not be considered. Applicants must e-mail the complete application in .pdf format. Applicants must also e-mail a second .pdf version of the application with personal information not subject to public disclosure—such as the social security number—redacted as permitted by Section 119.071 of the Florida Statutes. The two .pdf files should be named in the following last name.first name format as an example, so use the applicant’s own name: Doe.John.pdf and Doe.John-REDACTED.pdf. No paper applications will be accepted.
NOTE TO APPLICANTS: To assist the Judicial Nominating Commission in its review of applications, all questions must be fully and completely answered. The submitted application must include the financial disclosures, a writing sample, and the requested recent photograph. Applications must also include current contact information, including e-mail addresses, for all judges, co-counsel, opposing counsel, and references to facilitate the background investigation that members of the Commission will conduct.
Members of the bench, the Bar, and the public are encouraged to contact the members of the Commission concerning applicants for judicial positions. Letters of recommendation should be e-mailed or mailed to all commissioners at any time before the interviews begin:
Matthew Klein, Chair
BBA Aviation USA, Inc.
13485 Veterans Way, Ste. 600
Orlando, FL 32827
Tara Tedrow, Vice Chair
Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kanter & Reed, P.A.
215 North Eola Drive
Orlando, Florida 32801
Mary Alice Nardella
Nardella & Nardella, PLLC
250 E. Colonial Drive, Suite 102
Orlando, FL 32801
Josh Grosshans
Latham, Shuker, Eden & Beaudine, LLP
111 North Magnolia Avenue, Suite 1400
Orlando, Florida 32801
Tad Yates
The Law Offices of Tad A. Yates, P.A.
3431 Edgewater Dr.
Orlando, FL 32804
Tim Schulte
Zimmerman Kiser Sutcliffe, P.A.
315 East Robinson Street, Suite 600
Orlando, FL 32801
Jeff Aaron
Gray Robinson, P.A.
301 E. Pine St., Ste. 1400
Orlando, FL 32801
Michael A. Sasso
Sasso & Sasso, P.A.
1031 W. Morse Blvd., Ste. 120
Winter Park, FL 32789-3774
Chris Posteraro
Walt Disney World Legal Dept.
PO Box 10000
Lake Buena Vista, FL 32830-1000
The Commission has tentatively scheduled to conduct interviews on Friday, August 9, at the law offices of Gray Robinson in Orlando. Applicants will be notified by e-mail as to their interview time and the address once the schedule is made after the application deadline. A complete interview schedule will be available on the Governor’s website at a later time.
If there are any questions about the application process, please contact the Chair of the JNC, Matthew Klein, at 407-206-5291 or [email protected].
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