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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).
Francis M. Robles (c. 1890): [68] [69] First Hispanic American male lawyer in Hillsborough County, Florida. He would later become a judge. M. Henry Cohen (1894) and Samuel Borchardt (1895): [69] First Jewish American male lawyers in Hillsborough County, Florida; Peter W. Bryant (c. 1898): [69] First African American male lawyer in Hillsborough ...
Julianne Holt: [97] First female Public Defender of the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit [Hillsborough County, Florida] Catherine McEwen: [55] First female appointed as a U.S. bankruptcy judge in Tampa, Florida [Hillsborough County, Florida] Marsha Rydberg: [55] First female to serve as the President of the Hillsborough County Bar Association
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 ...
The circuit courts primarily handle felony criminal cases, civil cases where the amount in controversy is greater than $30,000, as well as appeals from county courts. Circuit courts also have jurisdiction over domestic relations, juvenile dependency, juvenile delinquency, and probate matters. [4] Florida has twenty judicial circuits.
Hillsborough County Court (1973–1976) Florida: deceased: Harry T. Edwards [240] United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (1980– ) Washington, D.C. active: Jerry Edwards Jr. [241] United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana (2023– ) Louisiana: active: Harry J. Elam [242] Boston Municipal ...
At the time, Florida was the second state to have district courts of appeal, as California had created its own district courts of appeal in 1904. However, in 1966, California dropped the word "district" from the names of the California Courts of Appeal, thus leaving Florida as the sole state with DCAs.
3 Federal judicial service. 4 See also. 5 References. 6 Sources. Toggle the table of contents. Virginia M. Hernandez Covington. ... (Hillsborough County) from 1982 to ...