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Thursday, February 04, 2021

HERE YE, HERE YE, ALL RISE FOR OUR NEW CHIEF JUDGE, NUSHIN SAYFIE

THE CAPTAIN REPORTS:

JUDGE NUSHIN SAYFIE ELECTED TODAY AS OUR NEXT CHIEF JUDGE .......

From the 11th Judicial Circuit’s Press Release:

The Eleventh Judicial Circuit is pleased to announce that the Honorable Nushin G. Sayfie, currently the Administrative Judge of the Circuit Criminal Division, has been elected Chief Judge of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit, the Miami-Dade Courts.

Chief Judge-Elect Sayfie succeeds the Honorable Bertila Soto, who has served as Chief Judge since April 2013 for four full terms. Her current term will expire on June 30, 2021. Chief Judge-Elect Sayfie will assume her new post on July 1, 2021.

Chief Judge-Elect Sayfie was first appointed to the Circuit Court by Gov. Charlie Crist in 2007. Prior to her appointment to the Bench, she served as an assistant public defender with the Miami-Dade Public Defender’s Office since July,1994, where she rose in rank to eventually train and supervise other lawyers in the Felony Division.

She began her judicial career in the Miami-Dade Courts’ Juvenile Dependency Division, then transferred to the Circuit Criminal Division in 2009 and was subsequently appointed Associate Administrative Judge in July 2011, and Administrative Judge in March 2013. She was reelected as a Circuit Court judge in 2010 and 2016 without opposition.

Congratulations to Judge Sayfie on a well deserved honor. 

CAPTAIN OUT .......
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17 comments:

Rumpole said...

Five bucks to the person who has the vote count. How close was it?

Anonymous said...

A wonderful person and an excellent judge. I hate to lose her from the criminal bench.

Anonymous said...

63-60

Anonymous said...

Not close

Anonymous said...

I hate to see her go but, wow what a wonderful choice.

Anonymous said...

We now have a Fordham Law School alum as Chief Judge of the 11th Circuit and the Southern District (Mike Moore) Go Rams!!!

Anonymous said...

who else was in the running?

Anonymous said...

A far cry from the days of the late great ED COWART, Weatherington, and Farina. We wish her good luck dealing with some of the idiots who populate the bench in this County.

Anonymous said...

This is so well deserved! Best trial Judge in the Criminal Courthouse. Sad to loose her but know she will be an awesome Chief Judge

Anonymous said...

Liar.

Anonymous said...

I believe her opponent was Judge Scott Bernstein of the Family Court.

Anonymous said...

10:37 is right. It wasn’t close.

Anonymous said...

Hey Rump how many sycophant criminal defense attorneys bowing down and kissing Sayfie's ring on the listserv do I have to endure today? I mean the butt kissing is just disgusting. She won. She's a good judge. She will do a good job. Do I have to read 500 emails saying the same thing and attorneys falling all over themselves trying to one up the superlatives about Sayfie? It's not like we elected Holmes or Frankfurter or Scalia or Douglas or RBG. Just some state court judge. Relax everyone.

CAPTAIN JUSTICE said...
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CAPTAIN JUSTICE said...


Dear 4:06 PM or should I say, Dear Doofus:

How possibly could these "sycophant criminal defense attorneys" manage to gain any favor with Judge Sayfie. Unless they changed the rules, Judge Sayfie is not on the Listserv. And, you know this.

Do you have to read 500 emails .... ? Ever heard of the word "delete". I guess not.

Captain Out .......

Anonymous said...

5 bucks? Here it is for free from a source right outside the room: 81-42

Anonymous said...

I hate that we lose Judge Sayfie but she's being replaced by Judge De la O. The circuit is in good hands all around.