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FLORIDA SUPREME COURT JUDICIAL NOMINATING COMMISSION – AMENDED NOTICE OF MEETINGS AND AMENDED INTERVIEW SCHEDULE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 26, 2018
CONTACT: Jason L. Unger, Chair, jason.unger@gray-robinson. com
Florida Supreme Court Judicial Nominating Commission
TELEPHONE: 850-577-9090

The Florida Supreme Court Judicial Nominating Commission will meet on Nov. 3 and Nov. 4 in Miami to begin the interview process, and will resume interviews in Tampa on Nov. 8 and Nov. 9 to fill three positions of Florida Supreme Court Justice, upon the mandatory retirement of Justices Barbara Pariente, R. Fred Lewis, and Peggy Quince.

The interview schedule and locations are listed below. Preliminary deliberations will be conducted between 8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m., and upon the conclusion of the last scheduled interview on each day of interviews, with final deliberations beginning upon the conclusion of
the last scheduled interview on November 9. Pursuant to Article V, section 11(d) of the Florida Constitution, all interviews are open to the public; however, the portions of the proceedings involving deliberations are not open to the public.

This schedule will position the Florida Supreme Court JNC to certify nominations at the earliest on Nov. 10 or sometime thereafter to give the Governor and Governor-elect ample time to do their vetting and minimize the time that these three judicial vacancies remain unfilled.

Miami interview location:

Miami International Airport Hotel
Terminal E; Level 2 to hotel lobby (7th floor conference rooms once in hotel)
(Door #11 if arriving from outside the airport)
305-871-4100

Nov. 3 – Miami:
9:00 a.m. Alexander Bokor
9:30 a.m. Amy Boulris
10:00 a.m. Jeffrey Burns
10:30 a.m. Howard Coates
11:00 a.m. Daryl Trawick
11:30 a.m. Cynthia Cox
1:00 p.m. James Duncan
1:30 p.m. Manuel Farach
2:00 p.m. Jonathan Gerber
2:30 p.m. Edward Guedes
3:00 p.m. Bradley Harper
3:30 p.m. Terrance Ketchel
4:30 p.m. Mark Klingensmith
5:00 p.m. Jeffrey Kuntz
5:30 p.m. Bruce Kyle

Nov. 4 – Miami
9:00 a.m. Barbara Lagoa
9:30 a.m. Norma Lindsey
10:00 a.m. Robert Luck
10:30 a.m. Mark Miller
11:00 a.m. Carlos Muniz
11:30 a.m. Hayden O’Byrne
1:00 p.m. William Roby
1:30 p.m. Cymonie Rowe
2:00 p.m. Leonard Samuels
2:30 p.m. Edwin Scales
3:00 p.m. Anuraag Singhal
3:30 p.m. Elijah Smiley
4:30 p.m. Donna Greenspan Solomon
5:00 p.m. William Thomas
5:30 p.m. John Couriel

 

Tampa interview location:

Airport Executive Center
2203 N. Lois Avenue
Tampa, FL
(813) 348-4963

Nov. 8 – Tampa
9:00 a.m. Michael Andrews
9:30 a.m. Matthew Thatcher
10:00 a.m. Ross Bilbrey
10:30 a.m. Hunter Carroll
11:00 a.m. Angela Cowden
11:30 a.m. James Daniel
1:00 p.m. Bryan Gowdy
1:30 p.m. Jamie Grosshans
2:00 p.m. Laurel Lee
2:30 p.m. Robert Long
3:00 p.m. Mark Mahon
3:30 p.m. Scott Makar
4:30 p.m. Michael McDaniel
5:00 p.m. Timothy Osterhaus
5:30 p.m. Thomas Ramsberger

Nov. 9 – Tampa
9:00 a.m. Eric Roberson
9:30 a.m. Clayton Roberts
10:00 a.m. Samuel Salario
10:30 a.m. Tatiana Salvador
11:00 a.m. Stephen Senn
11:30 a.m. Pat Siracusa
1:00 p.m. Jonathan Sjostrom
1:30 p.m. Adrian Soud
2:00 p.m. John Stargel
2:30 p.m. Anthony Tatti
3:00 p.m. J. Andrew Atkinson
3:30 p.m. M. Kemmerly Thomas
4:30 p.m. Waddell Wallace
5:00 p.m. Thomas Winokur

This is the anticipated interview schedule. This schedule may be changed to accommodate the applicants and the work of the Florida Supreme Court JNC, as necessary.

The members currently serving on the Florida Supreme Court JNC are:
Chair Jason Unger, Tallahassee, [email protected]
Vice Chair Nilda R. Pedrosa, Coral Gables, [email protected]
Cynthia G. Angelos, Port St. Lucie, [email protected]
Fred Karlinsky, Weston, [email protected]
Heather Stearns, Tallahassee, [email protected]
Jesse M. Panuccio, Palm Beach Gardens, [email protected]
Israel U. Reyes, Coral Gables, [email protected]
Hala A. Sandridge, Tampa, [email protected]
Jeanne T. Tate, Tampa, [email protected]

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