THE CAPTAIN REPORTS:
“The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated”. Samuel Clemens, June 2, 1897
Being that the qualifying period to run for Judge is exactly one year away (May 2024), we present to you the current judges up for re-election and a few candidates that have already filed for 2024.
CIRCUIT COURT
Antonio Arzola
Miguel de la O
Victoria del Pino Filed
Vivianne Del Rio Filed
Jason Dimitris
Pedro Echarte Attorney Heloiza Correa has filed
Javier Enriquez Filed
Jose Fernandez
Mindy Glazer
Charles Johnson
Carlos Lopez Filed
Yery Marrero
Marisa Tinkler Mendez
David Miller Attorney Jason Bloch has filed
Ariana Fajardo Orshan
Teresa Pooler Attorney Marie Mato has filed
Maria de Jesus Santovenia
Valerie Manno Schurr Filed
Lourdes Simon Filed
Ellen Venzer Filed
Maria Verde
Diana Vizcaino Filed
Lisa Walsh Filed
COUNTY COURT
Milena Abreu Filed
Betsy Alvarez-Zane Filed
Michael Barket Filed
Robin Faber Attorney Michelle Urbistondo has filed
Laura Gonzalez
Gloria Gonzalez-Meyer Filed
Diana Gonzalez-Whyte
Christopher Green Filed
Lawrence King
Myriam Lehr
Steve Leifman Attorney Mariano Corcilli has filed
Patricia Marino-Pedraza
Lizzet Martinez Filed
Kristy Nunez
Maria Ortiz
Eleane Sosa-Bruzon Filed
Linda Singer Stein Filed
Jacqueline Woodward
It is possible that those named by Governor DeSantis as replacements for each of the following judges that have recently retired mid-term will have to face the voters in 2024:
Judge Fine’s replacement
Judge Krieger-Martin’s replacement
Judge Enriquez’ County Court replacement
Judge Hanzman’s replacement (last day was March 31, 2023)
Judge Seraphin’s replacement (last day was April 30, 2023)
Nominees for Judge Fine’s replacement include the following six names. His replacement will be named by DeSantis by no later than May 30.
Christine Bandin
Cristina Correa
Carlos Gamez
Laura Gonzalez
Natalie Moore
Stephanie Silver
Nominees for Judge Krieger-Martin's and Judge Enriquez’ replacements include the following 10 names. Governor DeSantis is expected to name their replacements by no later than by next Friday.
Gilberto Barreto
Heloiza Correa
Rita Cuervo
Kevin Hellmann
Kimberly Hillery
Jennifer Hochstadt
Scott Janowitz
Yara Klukas
Jorge Santiago
Jay Yagoda
Captain4Justice@gmail.com
O.K. I bite. Other than Judge Janowitz, who are those other people? Are we rotating through judges so quickly that they do not have any name recognition before they get on the list? Or, are we proving why it makes no sense for all circuit court candidates to have to go through the County Court first?
ReplyDeleteEcharte will be in trouble. He has a nasty disposition and a short temper.
ReplyDeleteHe’s retiring. Off to pasture at JAMS
DeleteWhat’s going on with Judge Krieger-Martin?
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ReplyDeleteto 4:40 PM:
THE CAPTAIN RESPONDS:
Judge Krieger-Martin retired from the bench back in January. Her replacement will be named by the Governor next week.
For those of you that were not aware, Judge Fred Seraphin retired from the bench last Friday. The JNC will be accepting applications for his seat along with applications to fill the open seat that occurred on the Circuit Court bench when Judge Michael Hanzman retired last month.
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ReplyDeleteto 4:00 PM
THE CAPTAIN RESPONDS:
Judge Pedro Echarte will be 71 years old in 2024. It is my understanding that he is retiring at the end of his current term.
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ReplyDeleteto 1:18 PN:
THE CAPTAIN RESPONDS:
There are ten nominees for the two open County Court seats. I do not recognize most of the names myself. One, Kevin Hellman, is extremely well qualified. He is with the Public Defender's office in Miami and he is currently the Director of Training, Professionalism,
and Leadership Development.
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Miller is retiring also.
ReplyDeleteMariano Corcilli has never tried a case by himself but has a Hispanic sounding last name
ReplyDeleteInteresting that Cap and 1:18 p.m. say that they don't recognize barely any of the names. It just goes to show that the Miami legal community, while small, isn't that small and that different lawyers travel in different spheres. Apart from Janovitz, I recognize Jennifer Hochstadt and Jay Yagoda. Jennifer clerked for Judge Martinez on the Southern District of Florida and has been an assistant county attorney ever since. Jay is a shareholder at Greenberg Traurig and clerked on the Florida Supreme Court. Both are certainly qualified for a county-court judgeship. It's good that we're getting a diversity of backgrounds, IMHO.
ReplyDeleteHeloiza Correa was an ASA here for a few years. Yara Klukas left Hogan Lovells for the US Attorneys.
DeleteYes, Luise Kreiger Martin retired. What a shame to not have her on the bench. What a nice decent person. I will miss her.
ReplyDeleteGood to see David Miller go.
ReplyDeleteWho????? This is their mentality: I've been practicing for more than five years and have argued countless Motions for Protective Orders...time for me to be a judge.
ReplyDeleteIsn’t Marty Zilber running again? He is at every judicial event and photobombs every picture with the female judges
ReplyDeleteWish Carlos Lopez would go.
ReplyDeleteLove it that Echarte has an opponent nastiest judge ever been in front of. Worse than the worst fed judge.
ReplyDeletehappy to see echarte go
ReplyDeleteone of the nastiest judges of all time