THE CAPTAIN REPORTS:
CAMPAIGN CENTRAL - ELECTION 2024
Today, as promised, we bring you the County Court races.
COUNTY COURT JUDGE:
There are a total of 19 County Court Groups up for election in 2024. With 11 days to go, we currently have three judges who are retiring. Group 4, where Incumbent Judge Robin Faber is retiring, has drawn only one candidate. Group 12, where Incumbent Judge Steve Leifman is retiring, that Group has also drawn only one candidate. In Group 29, where Incumbent Judge Myriam Lehr is retiring, that Group has drawn three candidates including one who is a former Judge who was defeated in the last election.
There is one Incumbent Judge, recently appointed Judge Christopher Green, who has drawn one opponent in Group 31.
The other 15 groups have Incumbent judges currently facing no opposition.
Group 04 (Judge Robin Faber retiring)
Raised $54,150 Loan $100,500
Ms. Urbistondo has been a member of The Florida Bar for 12 years. She is a solo practitioner who practices in the areas of civil litigation, focusing on real estate transactions, and marital and family law matters.
Group 12 (Judge Steve Leifman retiring)
Raised $43,801 Loan $120,000
Mr. Corcilli has been a member of The Florida Bar for 14 years. He is a member of the Military & Veteran Affairs Committee. He devotes a substantial amount of time to our vets. He formerly served in the U.S. Marines attaining the rank of Sergeant. He runs his own law firm where he concentrates on criminal defense and personal injury cases. He is a former ASA.
Group 29 (Judge Myriam Lehr retiring)
Raised $32,078 ($5,745 from State Rep election account)
Christopher Benjamin has been a member of The Florida Bar for 22 years. He is Of Counsel with International Law Partners, LLP. and a panelist with the ADR firm of Salmon & Dulberg. He works in the areas of general litigation and serves as an arbitrator, mediator, and special magistrate. He has been a certified mediator and arbitrator for 15 years and in 2010 he was appointed as a Hearing Officer in the 11th Judicial Circuit’s Traffic Division where he served until 2020. In 2020 (and again in 2022), he was elected to the Florida House of Representatives to represent the people of District 107.
Raised $1,250 Loan $500
Former Judge Scott Janowitz has been a member of The Florida Bar for 18 years. He began his career as an ASA in Broward. He then joined a law firm before getting appointed to the bench by Governor DeSantis in 2020. He ran for election in August of 2022 and lost to current Judge Alicia Priovolos by 60% to 40%.
Raised $9,510 Loan $40,000
Alina Restrepo has been a member of The Florida Bar for 24 years. She has worked in a law firm with her brother who is also a lawyer and she has been a solo practitioner as well. She concentrates her practice in the areas of real estate, probate, criminal, civil, traffic, estate planning, and bankruptcy law.
Group 31
Raised $9,500 Loan $200,000
Ms. Baez has been a member of The Florida Bar for 28 years. I was unable to locate any information about her other than she may practice personal injury law.
Raised $48,803 Loan $58,600
Judge Green has been a member of The Florida Bar for 31 years. He was appointed to the County Court bench in December of 2022 by Governor DeSantis. He currently presides over civil cases in the South Dade Justice Center. This is his first election. Before his appointment, Judge Green was a trial attorney for 30 years with both civil and criminal jury trial experience. He started his career as an Assistant Public Defender in Miami-Dade County. For the next 22 years, Judge Green worked as an Assistant City Attorney with the City of Miami City Attorney’s Office litigation division.
Group 01 Patricia Marino-Pedraza
Group 02 Kristy M. Nunez
Group 06 Jorge Perez Santiago
Group 10 Diana Gonzalez-Whyte
Group 14 Gloria Gonzalez-Meyer
Group 18 Betsy Alvarez-Zane
Group 21 Jacqueline Michelle Woodward
Group 22 Linda Singer Stein
Group 26 Maria De Fatima Ortiz
Group 32 Lizzet Martinez
Group 33 Eleane Sosa-Bruzon
Group 37 Yara Lorenzo Klukas
Group 40 Michael George Barket
Group 41 Larry King
Group 43 Milena Abreu
We will continue to monitor both the local election office as well as the office in Tallahassee for any group movement by the candidates as well as any new filings over the next 11 days.
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