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He served as an Assistant County Attorney, Orange County, Florida, from 1997 to 2001. He served as a Judge of the Ninth Judicial Circuit Court of Florida, from 2002 to 2005. He served as a Judge of the Florida Fifth District Court of Appeal from 2005 to 2016 and served as Chief Judge of that Court from 2015 to 2016. [1] [2]
Thomas Benton Smith (November 12, 1952 - September 7, 2023) was an American judge serving for 20 years in the federal and state courts of Florida. He inspired the creation of Florida's first specialized business court, and was considered a leader on improving the quality and efficiency of business litigation.
Fernández dropped out of the race [1] and was suspended as county commissioner by then-governor Charlie Crist, and she would later resign on November 15, 2011, as part of a plea deal. [9] Finally, Jacobs focused on ending the "good ol' boy network" that she said had long run Orange County and scared off businesses looking to relocate to the ...
Eleven candidates are running for five county judge seats in Orange and Seminole counties in the Aug. 23 primary. In Orange County, three incumbent judges are running to keep their spot on the ...
County attorneys accuse the supervisor's 23-year-old daughter of using that money to purchase a home in Tustin in July 2023. According to the real estate site Redfin, the home was purchased for ...
A specialized business court in Orlando (Orange County) was first suggested by Thomas Benton Smith (judge). [25] In 2023, the Ninth Circuit business court expanded from Orange County to add Osceola County. [26] Judge Gill S. Freeman was the first judge presiding over Miami's Complex Business Litigation Section, serving in that role for five ...
Calls for Orange County Supervisor Andrew Do to resign have increased from local officials amid a looming federal probe.
James Dean (1884): [12] [13] First African American male elected as a county court judge in Monroe County, Florida (1888) James C. Collier (c. 1950): [81] First African American male lawyer in Orlando, Orange County, Florida; Emerson R. Thompson Jr.: [82] First African American male judge in Orange County, Florida (1976)