Friday, May 05, 2023

JUDICIAL ELECTIONS 2024 - AN EARLY LOOK .......

 

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


CAPTAIN OUT .......
Captain4Justice@gmail.com

18 comments:

  1. 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?

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  2. Echarte will be in trouble. He has a nasty disposition and a short temper.

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    1. He’s retiring. Off to pasture at JAMS

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  3. What’s going on with Judge Krieger-Martin?

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  4. to 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.

    Cap Out .......


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  5. to 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.

    Cap Out .......

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  6. to 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.

    Cap Out .......

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  7. Miller is retiring also.

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  8. Mariano Corcilli has never tried a case by himself but has a Hispanic sounding last name

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  9. Interesting 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.

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    1. Heloiza Correa was an ASA here for a few years. Yara Klukas left Hogan Lovells for the US Attorneys.

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  10. Yes, Luise Kreiger Martin retired. What a shame to not have her on the bench. What a nice decent person. I will miss her.

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  11. Good to see David Miller go.

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  12. Who????? 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.

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  13. Isn’t Marty Zilber running again? He is at every judicial event and photobombs every picture with the female judges

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  14. Wish Carlos Lopez would go.

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  15. Love it that Echarte has an opponent nastiest judge ever been in front of. Worse than the worst fed judge.

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  16. happy to see echarte go
    one of the nastiest judges of all time

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