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He was an assistant county solicitor, Hillsborough County from 1970 to 1972. He was an assistant state attorney of Hillsborough County in 1973. He was in private practice of law in Tampa from 1974 to 1986. He was a Judge of the Hillsborough County Court in 1987. He was a Circuit Judge, 13th Judicial Circuit of Florida from 1988 to 1993.
From 1985 to 1997, he served as director of the United Way of East Hillsborough County. From 1982 to 1994, he served as vice president and later director of Moody & Moody, Inc. He was elected circuit judge of Florida's Thirteenth Judicial Circuit ( Hillsborough County ), serving from 1995 to 2000.
In 2004, Florida Governor Jeb Bush appointed Barber to the Hillsborough County Circuit Court. Barber was elevated to the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit Court of Florida by Charlie Crist in 2008. [1] He was most recently re-elected to a new six-year term in 2016. [4] His state court service ended when he was commissioned as a federal judge.
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 ...
There are nine counties in the Second District, which includes a population of over 5.0 million people. The Second District covers Pasco and Pinellas (6th judicial circuit); Hardee, Highlands, and Polk (10th judicial circuit); DeSoto, Manatee, and Sarasota (12th judicial circuit); and Hillsborough (13th judicial circuit).
The Florida Supreme Court building. The Supreme Court of Florida is the highest court in the U.S. state of Florida.The Supreme Court consists of seven judges: the Chief Justice and six Justices who are appointed by the Governor to 6-year terms and remain in office if retained in a general election near the end of each term. [2]
In 1990, Whittemore was elected to the bench of the Hillsborough County Circuit Court in the Florida Thirteenth Judicial Circuit, and remained on the court until 2000. He was named the 1998 Jurist of the Year by the Hillsborough County Bar Association, and Outstanding Jurist of 1999 by the Florida Bar's Young Lawyers Division.
Andrew Howard Warren (born 1977) is an American prosecutor and politician who served as the state attorney for the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit of Florida, covering Hillsborough County, from 2017 through 2025. In August 2022, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis suspended Warren. On June 22, 2023, the Florida State Supreme Court dismissed a suit filed ...