TALLAHASSEE, Dec. 7, 2004 -- The Third Circuit Judicial Nominating Commission is now accepting applications to fill a judicial vacancy in the Third Judicial Circuit Court as a result of the retirement of Circuit Judge Thomas J. Kennon, Jr., effective February 28, 2005.
Applicants for the judicial position must be a member of The Florida Bar for the past five (5) years, a registered voter, and must reside in a county located in the Third Judicial Circuit upon assuming office. Applications may be obtained from Commission Chair, Guy W. Norris, 253 N.W. Main Boulevard, Lake City, Florida 32055, phone 386-752-7240. Applications may also be obtained from The Florida Bar Web site at www.flabar.org.
An original and nine (9) copies of the completed application must be received by Mr. Norris no later than 2 p.m. on January 5, 2005. In the past, applicants who failed to strictly comply with the application deadline and filing requirements were treated as if they had not applied at all. Interviews will be held on Friday, January 14, 2005, in Conference Room A at the Suwannee County Courthouse, in Live Oak, Florida. Applications will be screened by the Third Circuit Judicial Nominating Commission, which will submit at least three but not more than six names to the Governor.
The members of the Commission are: Guy W. Norris, Chair, Lake City; Thomas W. Brown, Vice Chair, Lake City; Angela Cancio, Live Oak; Cary Hardee, Madison; Robert Jordan, Lake City; Elizabeth W. Porter, Lake City; Joe C. Peavy, Madison; and David A. Phelps, Perry.
For further information contact Commission Chair, Guy W. Norris, at the address or phone number listed below.
Applications: Click Here
CONTACT: Guy W. Norris
DATE: Dec. 7, 2004
TELEPHONE: 386/752-7240
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TWO NEWLY ELECTED TO FLORIDA BAR BOARD OF GOVERNORS; 14 INCUMBENTS RE-ELECTED; 14 TO RUN FOR SEVEN SEATS
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TALLAHASSEE, Dec. 16, 2004 --Two Florida Bar members have been newly elected to The Florida Bar Board of Governors and 14 incumbents have been re-elected without opposition. Fourteen Bar members will contest for seven Board of Governors seats in March's board elections. All Board members take office June 24, 2005.
In addition, Jacksonville attorney Henry M. Coxe, III, has been elected president-elect designate of The Florida Bar. Coxe will become president-elect during the Bar’s annual meeting in Orlando in June 2005 and president in June 2006.
New Board members - for a two-year term - elected without opposition are:
· Denise A. Lyn, Inverness, Fifth Circuit, Seat 1, replaces William H. Phelan, Jr. who was first elected to the Board in 1999.
· Daniel L. DeCubellis, Orlando, Ninth Circuit, Seat 2, replaces Russell Divine who was elected to the Board 2001.
Incumbents elected without opposition for two-year terms beginning in 2005
are:
· Lawrence E. Sellers, Jr., Tallahassee, Second Circuit, Seat 1
· Murray B. Silverstein, St. Petersburg, Sixth Circuit, Seat 2
· David Rothman, Miami, Eleventh Circuit, Seat 2
· Jennifer R. Coberly, Miami, Eleventh Circuit, Seat 4
· Sharon L. Langer, Miami, Eleventh Circuit, Seat 6
· Steven E. Chaykin, Miami, Eleventh Circuit, Seat 8
· Kimberly A. Bald, Bradenton, Twelfth Circuit, Seat 1
· Gwynne Alice Young, Tampa, Thirteenth Circuit, Seat 3
· Nancy W. Gregoire, Ft. Lauderdale, Seventeenth Circuit, Seat 2
· Henry Latimer, Ft. Lauderdale, Seventeenth Circuit, Seat 3
· Frank C. Walker, II, Ft. Lauderdale, Seventeenth Circuit, Seat 5
· A. Lawrence Ringers, Ft. Myers, Twentieth Circuit, Seat 2
· Richard A. Tanner, New Jersey, Out-of-State, Seat 1
· Gary J. Leppla, Ohio, Out-of-State, Seat 3
Running in contested races are:
· Fourth Circuit, Seat 2: Arthur Hernandez, Jacksonville, and John J. Schickel, Jacksonville.
· Eighth Circuit, Seat 1: Carl B. Schwait, Gainesville, and Cynthia S. Swanson, Gainesville.
· Thirteenth Circuit, Seat 2: William Kalish, Tampa, and Jeffrey W. Warren, Tampa.
· Fifteenth Circuit, Seat 2: Gregory Coleman, West Palm Beach, and Siobhan Helene Shea, Palm Beach.
· Fifteenth Circuit, Seat 4: Lisa S. Small, Palm Beach, and V. Lynn Whitfield, West Palm Beach.
· Sixteenth Circuit, Seat 1: Edwin A. Scales, Key West, and Timothy Nicholas Thomes, Key Largo.
· Nineteenth Circuit, Seat 1: Gean Cary Junginger, Jr., Ft. Pierce, andHarold G. Melville, Ft. Pierce.
Ballots for contested races will be mailed to eligible voters by March 1, 2005.
The Bar's 52-member board consists of the president and president-elect, the president and president-elect of the Young Lawyers Division, representatives elected by members of the Bar from each of the state's 20 judicial circuits, four out-of-state representatives elected by Florida Bar members who reside outside of Florida, and two public members appointed by the Florida Supreme Court.
The Board of Governors has exclusive authority to formulate and adopt matters of policy concerning the activities of the Bar, subject to limitations imposed by The Rules Regulating The Florida Bar. The full Board of Governors meets bi-monthly. To learn more about the Board of Governors and to view a current listing, please Click Here
CONTACT: Francine Walker, The Florida Bar
DATE: Dec. 16, 2004
TELEPHONE: 850/561-5666
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