15 apply for a seat on the Orange County bench
The Ninth Circuit Judicial Nominating Commission has received 15 applicants to fill the upcoming vacancy as Orange County Court judge created by the resignation of Judge Evellen Jewett.
The applicants include:
- Ayana Barrow
- Mike Brown
- Daniel Cull
- James D’Cruz
- Temika Hampton
- Christopher Mack
- Sonia McDowell
- Michael Mendoza
- Steven Miller
- Ralph Seegobin
- Marcus Steverson
- Jayce Thompson
- Brian Toti
- Morgan Weinberger
- Chloe Zubkin
Of those applicants, 12 were interviewed on February 18 for the prior county court judge opening. Three three applicants did not participate in the interview process for the prior open judicial seat and they will be interviewed at the following times on March 28:
Name Interview Time
- Temika Hampton 4:00 p.m.
- Christopher Mack 4:15 p.m.
- Jayce Thompson 4:30 p.m.
- Executive Session 4:45 p.m.
The interviews are open to the public and will be conducted commencing at 4 p.m., ET, at DownsAaron, 200 S. Orange Ave, Suite 2250, Orlando 32801.
The executive session beginning at 4:45 p.m. will be closed to the public.
Member of the Ninth Circuit JNC include:
Christian W. Waugh, Chair
Waugh PLLC
201 E. Pine Street, Suite 315
Orlando, FL 32801
Office: 321-800-6008
Email: [email protected]
Michael A. Sasso, Vice Chair
Sasso & Sasso, P.A.
1031 W Morse Blvd., Ste.
120 Winter Park, FL 32789
Office: 407-644-7161
Email: [email protected]
Jeffrey Aaron
DownsAaron PLLC
200 S. Orange Ave, Suite 2250
Orlando, FL 32801
Office: 407-349-3949
Email: [email protected]
Eric Jontz
Fishback Dominick LLP
1947 Lee Road
Winter Park, FL 32789
Office: 407-262-8400
Email: [email protected]
Matthew Klein
Signature Aviation
13485 Veterans Way, Suite 600
Orlando, FL 32827
Office: 407-206-5291
Email: [email protected]
Michael Nardella
Nardella & Nardella, PLLC
135 W. Central Boulevard, Suite 300
Orlando, FL 32801-2435
Office: 407-966-2680
Email: [email protected]
Tim Schulte
Zimmerman Kiser Sutcliffe, P.A.
315 E. Robinson Street, Suite 600
Orlando, FL 32801
Office: 407-425-7010
Email: [email protected]
Joseph Towne
Wilson Elser Moskowitz, et al
111 N. Orange Ave, Suite 1200
Orlando, FL 32801
Office: 407-203-7599
Email: [email protected]