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The Florida Second District Court of Appeal is headquartered in Tampa, Florida on the campus of Stetson University College of Law. It will move to St. Petersburg when the new Pinellas courthouse is complete. [1] There are nine counties in the Second District, which includes a population of over 5.0 million people.
The Supreme Court of Florida is the highest judicial body in the state and sits at the apex of the Florida State Courts System.Its membership consists of seven justices–one of whom serves as Chief Justice–who are appointed by the Governor of Florida to 6-year terms and remain in office if retained in a general election near the end of each term.
Charles O. Andrews, Jr. 1965–1967 Sherman N. Smith, Jr. 1965–1967 James H. Walden 1965–1976 \ 1982–1990 Spencer C. Cross 1967–1979 David L. McCain
Florida's top court has publicly reprimanded the judge who presided over the trial of Nikolas Cruz, who killed 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland in 2018, for appearing ...
In 2007, judges on the court had the Florida Legislature appropriate an additional $7.9 million toward construction of a new courthouse. In the final days of that year's legislative session, judges had lawmakers slip an amendment into a transportation bill authorizing a $33.5 million bond issue for the new building. [2]
Wilfredo Lee/APScott Rothstein is shown, left, in an autographed photo with Gov. Charlie Crist of Florida. Rothstein is serving a 50 year prison term related to fraud charges. By Jonathan Stempel ...
In late February, the U.S. Senate confirmed three candidates — all former U.S. prosecutors — as federal judges in the Southern District of Florida. Jacqueline Becerra, who grew up in Hialeah ...
Scott W. Rothstein (born June 10, 1962) is an American disbarred lawyer, convicted felon, and the former managing shareholder, chairman, and chief executive officer of the now-defunct Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler law firm. He funded an extravagant lifestyle with a $1.2 billion Ponzi scheme, one of the largest such in history. [1] [2]