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News about the legal profession in Florida.
5TH DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL JNC ANNOUNCES FINAL INTERVIEW SCHEDULE FOR JUDICIAL VACANCY
January 29th, 2021
Interviews for the vacancy on the Fifth District Court of Appeal are scheduled for Monday, February 1, and Tuesday, February 2, 2021. These interviews will take place via Zoom. The vetting Commissioner who will begin the questioning is to the right. Applicant Interview Schedule – Monday, Feb. 1, 2021 9:00 – 9:30 a.m. Honorable Tesha…
SEEKING APPLICANTS FOR STATEWIDE NOMINATING COMMISSION FOR JUDGES OF COMPENSATION CLAIMS
January 29th, 2021
The Florida Bar is seeking applicants for: Statewide Nominating Commission for Judges of Compensation Claims: Two lawyers from the territorial jurisdictions of the Second and Fourth state appellate districts to serve four-year terms commencing July 2, 2021. All applicants must be members of The Florida Bar who are engaged in the practice of law. No attorney…
SUPREME COURT DISCIPLINES 11 ATTORNEYS
January 28th, 2021
Summaries of orders issued from December 28, 2020, to January 21, 2021 The Florida Bar, the state’s guardian for the integrity of the legal profession, announces that the Florida Supreme Court in recent court orders disciplined nine attorneys, disbarring four, suspending six and reprimanding one. One attorney was placed on probation. As an official arm of the…
5th DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL JNC ANNOUNCES RECEIPT OF APPLICATIONS
January 22nd, 2021
As of the Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021, deadline, the following individuals submitted applications to Florida’s Fifth District Court of Appeal Judicial Nominating Commission to fill the vacancy of Judge Richard B. Orfinger. Name Current Position 1. Judge Tesha Scolaro Ballou Circuit Judge, Eighteenth Judicial Circuit, Titusville 2. Judge C. Joseph Boatwright, II Circuit Judge, Seventh…
19TH CIRCUIT JNC ANNOUNCES DATES FOR PUBLIC INTERVIEWS
January 20th, 2021
As the result of the resignation of Nineteenth Circuit Court Judge James W. McCann, the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit Judicial Nominating Commission gives notice it is accepting applications for a vacancy on the Circuit Court for the Nineteenth Circuit of Florida and will be scheduling interviews of applicants. All interested in applying, please note the following….
19TH CIRCUIT JNC ANNOUNCES CIRCUIT COURT VACANCY
January 15th, 2021
As the result of the resignation of 19th Circuit Court Judge James W. McCann, the 19th Judicial Circuit Judicial Nominating Commission gives notice it is accepting applications for a vacancy on the Circuit Court for the 19th Circuit of Florida. Applicants should note the following. Applications for this 19th Circuit Court vacancy must be received…