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32 apply for judgeships in the 11th Circuit

The 11th Circuit Judicial Nominating Commission gives notice that it received 32 applications to fill the vacancies on the Eleventh Judicial Circuit of Florida (two) and the Miami-Dade County Court (two) created by the enactment of SB 2508. The list of applicants in the order received is as follows:

Candidates denoted with an asterisk (*) were previously interviewed by the commission on September 9, 2025. The commission previously notified those candidates that they may be considered for future vacancies without an additional interview. At this time, the JNC is scheduling interviews for new applicants only. However, all applicants are being considered and vetted by the commission for the current vacancies, and the commission may schedule additional interviews of previously interviewed candidates. Notice of additional interviews, if any, will be sent on Monday, March 9. All candidates are asked to hold open their availability for possible interviews on Friday, March 13.

For the time being, the following interviews are scheduled for Friday, March 13, in the order applications were received:

Time                Applicant

8:30 AM          Executive Session

9:00 AM         Michelle Urbistondo (County/Circuit)

9:15 AM          Madeline D’Arce (County)

9:30 AM          Christopher Green (Circuit)

9:45 AM          Annette Strauch (County/Circuit)

10:00 AM        Executive Session

10:15 AM       Monica Segura (County/Circuit)

10:30 AM       Natalia Costea (County/Circuit)

10:45 AM       Jose Martinez (County & Circuit)

11:00 AM       Yvette Lavelle (County)

11:15 AM        Destiny Goede Alvarez (County/Circuit)

11:30 AM        Executive Session

Additional interviews, if any, will be scheduled beginning at 11:45 am. At the conclusion of the meeting, the Commission will hold an executive session to select nominees.

Members of the public are invited to attend the interviews and submit any information they have regarding the candidates to the 11th Judicial Circuit Nominating Commission. For those who wish to attend the interviews, the interviews are open to the public.

ELEVENTH CIRCUIT JUDICIAL NOMINATING COMMISSION MEMBERS 

Eliot Pedrosa (Chair)
Jones Day
600 Brickell Avenue
Miami, FL 33131-3072
305-714-9717
[email protected]

Jordan Richardson (Vice Chair)
Tel: 305-380-3354
[email protected]

Robert H. Fernandez
RHF Law Firm, LLC
2600 South Douglas Road, Suite 305
Coral Gables, FL 33134
305-501-5011
[email protected]

Scott M. Dimond
Dimond Kaplan & Rothstein, P.A.
Offices at Grand Bay Plaza
2665 South Bayshore Dr., PH 2B
Miami, FL 33133
305-374-1920
[email protected]

Hayden P. O’Byrne|
United States Attorney’s Office SDFL
99 N.E. 4th Street
Miami, FL 33132
305-961-9447/
[email protected]

Miguel Gonzalez
Miami-Dade County Attorney's Office
111 NW 1st St Ste 2810
Miami, FL 33128-1930
305-375-3332
[email protected]

Jesus M. Suarez
Continental PLLC
255 Alhambra Cir., Suite 640
Coral Gables, FL 33134
305-677-2707
[email protected]

Michael Pineiro
Marcus Rashbaum Pineiro & Meyers LLP
2 S Biscayne Blvd Ste 2530
Miami, FL 33131-1806
305-400-4268
[email protected]