I’ve known of a number of people to complain about the lack of information about the various appellate judges and supreme court justices facing retention elections this year in Florida. There is not a lot of information out there. But there is a little bit from the Florida Bar.
The Florida Bar has published the names of the applicants for an open seat on the Polk County bench. County court judges hear civil cases when less than $15,000 is at issue, misdemeanors, and traffic cases. There are some good people on this list. I have included some very brief biographical info on each, culled [...]
This is not news in Polk County, at least not right now, but I agree 100% with the sentiments in this editorial from the St. Pete Times. Gov. Crist recently appointed a party insider with very little trial experience as a Circuit Court judge over two long-serving County Court judges. It is certainly possible that [...]
…or at least proof that at least one former lawyer is not evil. I am not sure what made me think of this recently. Judge Ernest Jones took office a couple of years ago, if I recall correctly (I may not be recalling correctly). While he was an attorney, he did a lot of divorce [...]