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Name [1] Appointed Chief Judge Current Term Expires Appointing Governor Spencer D. Levine 2009 July 1, 2019 – present 2023 Charlie Crist, Republican Martha C. Warner 1989 July 1, 1999 – June 30, 2001 2021 Bob Martinez, Republican Robert M. Gross 1995 December 1, 2008 – June 30, 2011 2023 Lawton Chiles, Democrat Melanie G. May 2002
Florence Taylor Barner was the first Haitian-American judge to be elected in Broward County in 2016. [76] [77] [78] Clermont was sworn in on January 7, 2025, [79] by Chief Judge Jack Tuter and commenced his term. [80] [81] Judge Clermont is a County Court Judge assigned to handle Criminal division SB, and Civil Division 62.
To be chief, a judge must have been in active service on the court for at least one year, be under the age of 65, and have not previously served as chief judge. A vacancy is filled by the judge highest in seniority among the group of qualified judges. The chief judge serves for a term of seven years, or until age 70, whichever occurs first.
Butterworth was a judge in the county and circuit courts of Broward County from 1974 to 78, when he was appointed sheriff of Broward County. He was appointed to head up Florida's Department of Motor Vehicles in 1982 and to be mayor of Sunrise, Florida in 1984.
Mary Rudd-Robinson: [83] First African American female judge in Broward County, Florida (1993) Florence Taylor Barner: [84] First Haitian American (female) judge in Broward County, Florida; Natasha DePrimo: [85] First Asian American female judge in Broward County, Florida (2019)
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)
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]
He served as assistant public defender in the Broward County, Florida, Public Defender's Office in 1975 and as assistant state attorney in the Broward County State Attorney's Office in 1975 to 1978. He was in private practice in Fort Lauderdale from 1978 to 1995; he worked for a year with the Michael Widoff law firm before beginning his own ...