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Florence Taylor Barner was the first Haitian-American judge to be elected in Broward County in 2016. [74] [75] [76] Clermont was sworn in on January 7, 2025, [77] by Chief Judge Jack Tuter and commenced his term. [78] [79] Judge Clermont is a County Court Judge assigned to handle Criminal division SB, and Civil Division 62.
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)
Larry Seidlin (born May 24, 1950) is an American judge. He was a State Court judge for the Circuit Court of the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit of the State of Florida in and for Broward County. He was the presiding judge during the infamous Anna Nicole Smith body custody hearing after her death.
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
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]
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 ...
The Broward County Mental Health Court, through its application of therapeutic jurisprudence, is recognized as best practice and showcased at The White House Conference on Mental Health in 1999. It was the model for the Federal Legislation passed by Congress in 2000 in comprehensive Mental Health Act to promote Mental Health Courts nationwide ...
Lazarus was appointed a circuit judge for Broward County, Florida in 1993 by governor Lawton Chiles. During his career as a judge, he presided over the case of Lionel Tate, who he sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole for a murder he had committed aged 12. The conviction was later overturned and Tate was released on ...