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Gov. Ron DeSantis appointed Smith to fill one of the three vacancies Tuesday on the newly created 6th District Court of Appeal, which will be based in Lakeland. Smith’s appointment will take ...
A March 10 letter Brennan Keeler submitted to Gov. Ron DeSantis stated his last day as circuit judge would be March 17. Lawyer resigns circuit judge post 11 weeks after governor appointment to IRC ...
In March, she applied to fill an open circuit judge seat in the 19 th Judicial Circuit, but DeSantis tapped attorney Lillian Ewan. Sweet applied again when Nelson retired, along with five other ...
These three appointments were considered to have shifted the court to a more originalist judicial philosophy. [ 177 ] In late 2019, President Donald Trump nominated Justices Lagoa and Luck to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit , thus creating two more vacancies for DeSantis to fill. [ 178 ]
The Legislature proposed bill HB 7027, based on the committee's recommendation, which was then passed and signed by Governor Ron DeSantis in June 2022, creating the Sixth District Court of Appeal. The effective date for the creation was January 1, 2023. [2] The law also realigns four judicial circuits into different, pre-existing districts.
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.
Gov. Ron DeSantis appoints Brad King, former state attorney, to the bench. He takes over for the retired Circuit Judge Richard Singeltary, who sat in Tavares. Gov. Ron DeSantis appoints ex-State ...
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 ...