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The 11 seats up for grabs in Miami-Dade’s and Broward’s circuit and county courts were all contested. Four incumbent judges keep seats and 7 first-timers elected to bench in South Florida Skip ...
He received the Judge Harvey Ford Leadership Award, presented by the Conference of County Court Judges of Florida, in 1998. [25] [26] He received the Herbert Harley Award, presented by the American Judicature Society, in 2000. [2] [27] He received the 2007 Silverman Award, presented by the Eleventh Judicial Circuit Historical Society. [28]
Usan was a Judge Advocate General in the U.S. Air Force from 1987 to 1992. [1] Prior to entering private practice in 1993, he also served as a prosecutor for a brief period of time in Broward County. Up until his court appointment in 2010, he practiced criminal defense law in Fort Lauderdale. [2]
In October 2024, the American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit against the City Attorney's Office, alleging that the memo disqualifying Vaddadi removed a sitting judge off the bench. [13] [14] In the letter, the ACLU stated that Davidson disqualifying Vaddadi "is undermining the democratic will of Seattle voters." [13]
Thomas J. "T.J." Reddick Jr.: [61] [62] First African American male to serve as a circuit court judge in Broward County, Florida (1972) [63] Zebedee Wright: [64] First African American male appointed as a County Court Judge in Broward County, Florida (1982) Robert Lee: [65] First openly LGBT male judge in Broward County, Florida (1997)
Scherer graduated from Florida State University with a B.A. in English and received a J.D. from the University of Miami School of Law. [6] She is the daughter of William R. Scherer, a private attorney who was part of the legal team representing George W. Bush during the 2000 United States presidential election recount in Florida. [3]
He was an assistant state attorney of the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit Court of Florida in Palm Beach County from 1961 to 1964. He was a Judge of the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit Court of Florida in Broward County from 1964 to 1978. [2]
Lody Jean is a judge in Florida's 11th Judicial Circuit Court, Criminal Division. She was appointed to the court on April 17, 2020 by Governor Ron DeSantis. [1] to replace John Schlesinger. Jean served on the Miami-Dade County Court, Civil Division, [2] from April 2019, until her appointment to the circuit court. She was the first Haitian ...