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In 2017, the Eleventh Judicial Circuit Court in Miami-Dade County Florida created a separate International Commercial Arbitration Court. [36] As of May 2024, Judge Lisa S. Walsh serves as both a Complex Business Litigation Division Judge and a presiding International Commercial Arbitration Court Judge. [37]
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)
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.
The 11 seats up for grabs in Miami-Dade’s and Broward’s circuit and county courts were all contested. Four incumbent judges keep seats and 7 first-timers elected to bench in South Florida Skip ...
Clermont was the first Haitian-American male judge to be elected in Broward County. Clermont was sworn in on January 7, 2025, by Chief Judge Jack Tuter and commenced his term. [45] Judge Clermont is a County Court Judge assigned to handle Criminal division SB, and Civil Division 62. [46]
broward county clerk of the circuit court . annette r daniels. ... circuit judge, 11th judicial circuit, group 8 ... broward county court judge, group 32.
Appointed in 1997, Lerner-Wren became the first judge of the United States' inaugural Mental Health Court, established in Broward County, Florida. [3] [4] In 2002, she was appointed by former President George W. Bush to serve on the President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health, also serving as Chair of the Criminal Justice Sub-Committee. [5]
The addition of the Florida Sixth District Court of Appeal in 2023 changed the caseload of the Fifth DCA. Previously, the Fifth DCA handled cases from the following counties and circuit courts: Lake, Marion, Sumter, Citrus & Hernando (Fifth Circuit); Volusia, Flagler, Putnam & St. Johns (Seventh Circuit); Orange & Osceola (Ninth Circuit); and ...