THE CAPTAIN REPORTS:
Thank you for all of your emails asking if I was still alive. The answer is YES. Now on to more important matters.
WHO'S COMING (AND LEAVING) THE GERSTEIN JUSTICE BUILDING .....
ARRIVING TO THE JUSTICE BUILDING IN 2024:
Judge Carlos Lopez - F012 - REG 305 (or 223)
Judge David Young - AP002/F008 - REG 712
Judge Laura Gonzalez-Marques - F003 - REG 229
LEAVING THE JUSTICE BUILDING IN 2024:
Judge Daryl Trawick - AP002/F008
Judge Tanya Brinkley - F020
Judge Mavel Ruiz - F003
Judge Joseph Perkins - F009
MOVING WITHIN THE BUILDING IN 2024:
Judge Milton Hirsch - F012 to F014
Judge Ramiro Areces - staying in F070 - REG 212 to REG 400
Judge Christine Bandin - staying in F017 - REG 305 to REG 212
IN OTHER NEWS RELATED TO THE BENCH ....
SO, YOU WANT TO BE A CIRCUIT/COUNTY COURT JUDGE .....
The JNC will be conducting interviews on December 19th beginning at 9 AM of 17 individuals who hope to replace the following judges: Circuit Court Judge Jennifer Bailey who is retiring; Circuit Court Judge Rosy Aponte who is resigning; County Court Judges Laura Gonzalez-Marques and Christine Bandin, both of whom were elevated to the Circuit Court.
The schedule for interviews:
9:00 AM Kimberly Hillery (County)
9:15 AM Jennifer Hochstadt (County)
9:30 AM Jose Rohaidy (County)
9:45 AM Cristine Hernandez (County and Circuit)
10:00 AM Jason Quinones (County and Circuit)
10:15 AM Gilberto Barreto (County)
10:30 AM Neila Nathaniel (Circuit)
10:45 AM Kevin Hellmann (County)
11:00 AM Break
11:15 AM Michelle Urbistondo (County and Circuit)
11:30 AM Kayla Quitana (Circuit)
11:45 AM Marcia Hansen (County and Circuit)
12:00 PM Judge Stephanie Silver (Circuit)
12:15 PM Judge Miesha Darrough (Circuit)
12:30 PM Judge Elaine Sosa-Bruzon (Circuit)
12:45 PM Judge Natalie Moore (Circuit)
1:00 PM Judge Carlos Gamez (Circuit)
1:15 PM Judge Cristina Correa (Circuit)
Wishing all of my loyal readers the happiest and healthiest of Holiday Seasons and a Happy New Year.
Good riddance
ReplyDeleteThanks for the heads up. Can anyone make a spread sheet that explains who is taking over for who?
ReplyDeleteI go to the judge web site and one of these division numbers does not exist.
Rump, so all of the “baby” judges will go to REG? How is that fair?
ReplyDeleteBrinkley is so wonderful, sorry to see her go
ReplyDeleteGamez would be almost as bad as El Aponte....
ReplyDeletePlease Dear God - bring Judge Michael Hanzman back on the bench - and please assign him to criminal. We all loved and respected him here. He did what was fair and wrote brilliant orders.
ReplyDeleteTo 8:57 AM:
ReplyDeleteThe post was written by The Captain.
THE CAPTAIN RETORTS:
Two of the three judges coming into the building are Carlos Lopez and David Young. Judge Lopez has been an attorney for 43 years and he has been on the bench for five years. Judge David Young was first elected to the bench in 2000 and he served for seven years. He was then a "TV Judge" with his own show for two years. He returned to the bench in 2016 and has been serving for the past seven years. So, he has at least 14 years of experience as a Circuit Court Judge including several years serving at the GJB.
The only "baby" Judge (per your ill-informed comment) would be Judge Laura Gonzalez-Marques who was first appointed by DeSantis in 2021 to the County Court and then in 2023 to the Circuit Court.
Captain Out .......
You can criticize a judge for never trying a case. Which isn’t true btw - the judge who you tried to post about was a prosecutor and tried plenty of cases. I’m not sure about the mental health comment and the final one was simply out of line and you know what I mean. Try again.
ReplyDeleteCaptain, the 10:00 am candidate to be a judge Jason Quinones does not exist and never existed. His real name is Jason Reding. He musta changed it just to apply. Please investigate further.
ReplyDeleteThe Florida Bar website has Jason A Reding Quinones in the US Justice Department. His email has Reding, not Quinones. 14 year lawyer
ReplyDeleteRump
ReplyDeletePlease investigate. We don’t need another Peter “ Camacho” Adrien situation in the building.
Same Jason A. Reding that was mentioned here by FIU? https://law.fiu.edu/2015/01/13/alumnus-jason-reding-08-promoted-selected-judge-advocate/
ReplyDeleteOr this Jason A. Reding for DoJ in a 2020 federal case
https://casetext.com/case/morgan-v-united-states-2013
Same guy. On Search engines like Intelius, still listed as Reding. No relatives listed with name Quinones. LinkedIn now has him with Quinones.
DeleteJudge Perkins cannot go soon enough. He is one of the worst judges ever to serve in the building, It is only a shame that he is not going at the beginning of January.
ReplyDelete2023 end of year rankings
ReplyDelete1. De la O - please clone him
2. Hirsch - fearless
3. Wolfson - great leader and fair judge
4. Hersch - temperament reduces ranking
5. Delancy - a star is born
6. Milian - coziness with cops reduces ranking
7. Venzer - good rulings, questionable work ethic
8. Trawick - solid and efficient
9. Tinkler Mendez - slow but effective
10. Brinkley - too bad she's leaving, solid judge
11. Cruz - up and coming fair judge
12. Pooler - solid veteranb
13. Jean - working her way up the rankings
14. Areces - too smart to be so harsh
15. Stuzin - not as smart as she thinks
16. Ruiz - good call to move her to civil
17. James - send him to civil
18. Miranda - will she ever go to civil?
19. Altfield - both sides ranking him very low
20. Rodriguez - the newbies are not all right
21. Cabarga - so terrible, belongs in dependency or juve
22. Perkins - thank you sayfie for sending him to civil
23.*** Bandin - Not enough at bats to get better ranking but limited body of work is not promising
Cruz is really Shearon. Added the Cruz when she was interviewing for appointment. She was awful in DV.
DeleteBandin is a dingbat. Nice enough though.
DeleteCruz has always has the last name of Cruz or Shearon Cruz. Check your facts.
DeleteThis is Judge Laura Shearon Cruz. My name was legally changed in 2012 when I got married. I first applied to be a judge six years later, in 2018.
DeleteWhatever Laura's name is, she's an insufferable snob...
DeleteWhere is Brinkley going?
ReplyDeleteI see Altfield has been consistent since taking the bench in county.
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