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Fourth DCA JNC to interview 22 to fill two vacancies

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Fourth DCA sealThe Fourth DCA Judicial Nominating Commission is in the process of preparing a list of nominees to fill the vacancies on the Fourth District Court of Appeal created by the retirements of Judge Dorian Damoorgian and Judge Martha C. Warner.

As part of that process, the JNC will conduct interviews on May 21 at the Fourth DCA Courthouse in West Palm Beach.

The schedule of interviews is as follows:

INTERVIEW TIMES APPLICANTS
8:30 a.m. JNC Members Check In – Closed Session
8:45 a.m. Kimberly Kanoff Berman
9:15 a.m. Judge April J. Bristow
9:30 a.m. Laura Bourne Burkhalter
9:45 a.m. Zachary L. Catanzaro
10:00 a.m. Judge Howard K. Coates, Jr.
10:15 a.m. BREAK
10:30 a.m. Judge Luis Delgado
10:45 a.m. Judge Natasha DePrimo
11:00 a.m. Scott J. Edwards
11:15 a.m. Judge Tabitha Blackmon Eves
11:30 a.m. Judge Fabienne E. Fahnestock
11:45 a.m. Z. Mark Ghaowi
12:00 p.m. LUNCH
12:45 p.m. Judge David A. Haimes
1:00 p.m. Judge Bradley Harper
1:15 p.m. Judge Scott Ryan Kerner
1:30 p.m. Judge Johnathan D. Lott
1:45 p.m. Judge Jessica Marra
2:00 p.m. BREAK
2:15 p.m. Shannon Kelley Shaw
2:30 p.m. Judge Caroline Shepherd
2:45 p.m. Judge James W. Sherman
3:00 p.m. Sorraya M. Solages-Jones
3:15 p.m. Judge Melanie Dale Surber
3:30 p.m. Judge Christopher Wigand
3:45 p.m. BREAK
4:00 p.m. JNC Deliberations – Closed Session

Members of the bench, the Bar, and the public are urged to contact the members of the commission concerning the applicants for this vacancy.

The members of the JNC for the Fourth District Court of Appeal are:

Greg Schwinghammer

Gunster Yoakley & Stewart, P.A.

777 S. Flagler Drive, Suite 500 East

West Palm Beach, FL 33401

Office: 561-650-0595

Email: [email protected]

 

Debra Jenks

Debra A. Jenks, P.A.

10130 Northlake Blvd Ste 214-242

West Palm Beach, FL 33412-1105

Office: 561-346-9854

Email: [email protected]

 

Paul Lopez

Tripp Scott, P.A.

110 SE 6th St Fl 15

Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301-5004

Office: 954-525-7500

Email: [email protected]

 

Jason Hilborn

Boies Schiller Flexner LLP

401 E Las Olas Blvd Ste 1200

Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301-2211

Office: 954-377-4206

Email: [email protected]

 

Casey Walker

Murphy & Walker, P.L. 2001

US Highway 1

Vero Beach, FL 32960-5493

Office: 772-231-1900

Email: [email protected]

 

Robert Allen

Robert Allen Law

249 Royal Palm Way Ste 301

Palm Beach, FL 33480-4333

Office: 305-372-3300

Email: [email protected]

 

Patricia Flanagan     

Shutts & Bowen LLP

525 Okeechobee Blvd Ste 1100

West Palm Beach, FL 33401-6351

Office: 561-835-8500

Email: [email protected]

 

Daniel Epstein

St. Thomas University College of Law

16401 NW 37th Avenue

Miami Gardens, FL 33054

Office: (305) 623-2363

Email: [email protected]

 

Jonathan Osborne

Gunster

450 E Las Olas Blvd Ste 1400

Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301-4206

Office: 954-468-1322

Email: [email protected]

 

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