THE CAPTAIN REPORTS:
BREAKING . JNC FORWARDED THE FOLLOWING NAMES TO GOV. DESANTIS
COUNTY COURT
2. Jennifer Hochstadt
3. Jose Rohaidy
4. Gilberto Barreto
5. Kevin Hellmann
6. Christine Hernandez
7. Jason Quinones
8. Michelle Urbistondo
9. Marcia Hansen
1. Christine Hernandez
2. Marcia Hansen
3. Judge Stephanie Silver
4. Judge Miesha Darrough
5. Judge Elaine Sosa-Bruzon
6. Judge Natalie Moore
7. Judge Carlos Gamez
8. Judge Cristina Correa
We have a long history of calling out judicial candidates who play the “Name Game”. Most recently we wrote several posts during the 2022 election cycle when candidate Teresa Tylman, overnight, birthed Teresa Cervera. The Daily Business Review ran a few stories on the Name Game following and quoting from our post in April of 2022, including one here.
We have written extensively on the subject, here, here, and here, (Rumpole's post).
Professor Scott Fingerhut of FIU Law wrote about the "Name Game" here.
The Miami Herald wrote about it here.
We have written on the subject as far back as 2010 referencing the candidacy of Peter Adrien “Camacho” which can be found here.
Today, thanks to our loyal readers who have been following us since 2005, we were alerted to what may be the latest example of an attorney playing the “Name Game”.
Attorney Jason A. Reding, now known officially as Attorney Jason A Reding Quinones, according to the Members Page with The Florida Bar, changed his name from “Reding” to “Reding Quinones” on December 1, 2023. Mr. Reding has been an attorney, holding himself out as Jason Reding, for more than 15 years. Today he is interviewing for one of the two open Circuit Court seats and one of the two open County Court seats in Miami-Dade County. (Not so coincidentally, the deadline for filing applications to the JNC for the four open seats was December 1, 2023, the same date that attorney Jason Reding changed his name).
We emailed Mr. Reding and provided him with some of the information that appears in this post. We asked him when he changed his name with The Florida Bar and why he changed his name. If he chooses to respond (he has not done so as of the publication of this post) we will print whatever he permits us to write.
THE FACTS:
Mr. Jason Quinones is being interviewed at 10:00 AM today by the Eleventh Circuit’s Judicial Nominating Commission (JNC). The question is - when and why did he change his name with The Florida Bar?
The Florida Bar lists Jason Reding Quinones as a member in good standing. Reding has been a member of The Florida Bar since September 29, 2008.
It also mentions that he works for the U.S. Department of Justice. He uses the following email address: jason.reding@usdoj.gov.
According to the USDOJ website, Reding is referred to numerous times as only Jason Reding. There is no mention of the name “Quinones” anywhere in his name.
According to AVVO, they list him as Jason Reding, corporate attorney.
According to Clearway Law, they list him as Jason Reding. Apparently, at some point, his law office was located at 2250 SW 3rd Ave Ste 303, Miami, FL, and he practiced corporate, government, guardianship, and probate law.
According to SUNBIZ, Jason Reding incorporated Reding Law, PA in October of 2011. The corporation was dissolved in 2016.
According to Buzzfile, they also list him as Jason Reding, with the same law office address.
According to LinkedIn, Reding was an Associate at KPMG from 2008-2012 handling transactional and corporate law. He is also a JAG with the USAF. He joined the USDOJ in 2018, working in their office in Alexandria, Virginia. He then moved to Miami and worked in the criminal division for four years before moving to the civil division in 2022.
According to the Miami-Dade County Property Appraiser’s website, Jason A Reding owns a property in Miami-Dade County. The Warranty Deed uses the name Jason A Reding; there is no mention of “Quinones” in his name.
According to the Marriage License Bureau of Miami-Dade County, Jason Anthony Reding has been married twice. First, to Sandra Gonzalez, on August 21, 2004. Sandra Reding’s name appears on the paperwork submitted to the Florida Department of Corporations when Jason Reding incorporated his law firm, Reding Law, in 2011. When Jason Reding filed for a dissolution of marriage in 2012, he did so using the name Jason Reding. He was married a second time, on November 25, 2017, to Jennifer Donates. There is no mention of the name “Quinones” on either of his marriage licenses nor on the clerk’s website regarding his dissolution of marriage case.
In 2018, Jason Reding was the plaintiff in a lawsuit filed against Citizens Property Insurance Corp. The property where the alleged damage took place is the same address as the property listed on the Miami-Dade County Property Appraiser’s website. Once again, there is no mention of the name “Quinones” anywhere in the lawsuit nor anywhere in the online Exhibit - the policy that Reding paid for that was the basis of the lawsuit.
If the JNC chooses to send Mr. Reding's name up to Governor DeSantis, and if Governor DeSantis chooses to appoint Mr. Reding to one of the four open seats, then Mr. Reding will need to run in an election within the next two years if he wants to keep his seat on the bench. Of course, we now know that the name that will appear on the ballot will be Jason Reding "Quinones."
We again invite Mr. Reding to email us and provide some reasonable explanation as to why he decided to change his name from Jason Reding to Jason Reding “Quinones" on December 1, 2023. Best of luck Mr. Reding “Quinones” in your interview today with the JNC.
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