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Showing posts with label Judge Rudy Ruiz. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Judge Rudy Ruiz. Show all posts
Monday, July 08, 2019
FOUR OPEN SEATS ON THE CIRCUIT COURT BENCH .......
THE CAPTAIN REPORTS:
SO, YOU WANT TO BE A CIRCUIT COURT JUDGE, TIMES FOUR .......
It has been a busy Spring season on the Miami-Dade Circuit Court bench. As fast as baseballs seem to be flying out of Yankee Stadium, judges have been flying off one bench, and onto another.
First it was Circuit Judge Monica Gordo who was elevated by Governor DeSantis to the Third District Court of Appeal on April 25, 2019.
Next it was Circuit Judge Rodolfo "Rudy" Ruiz who skipped all the way from Circuit Court to the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, getting confirmed by the U.S. Senate on May 2, 2019
Following in Ruiz’ footsteps, Circuit Judge Rodney Smith was elevated from Circuit Court to the same Federal bench. The Senate confirmed his nomination on June 12, 2019.
Finally, Judge Maria Sampedro-Iglesia resigned her seat on the Circuit Court bench.
The JNC sent out multiple announcements and eventually interviewed 22 candidates (of the 24 that applied) for the four open Circuit Court seats. The JNC has narrowed the field to 15 (including four County Court Judges and two General Magistrates) and sent those names to Governor DeSantis for his consideration.
The nominees include:
Judge William Altfield
Judge Gina Beovides
Jason Bloch
Judge Laura Shearson Cruz
Miesha Shonta Darrough
Marlene Fernandez-Karavetsos
Ayana Harris
Kevin Hellman
Scott Janowitz
Gale Lewis
GM Steven Lieberman
Judge Joseph Mansfield
GM Gina Mendez-Locke
Julie Harris Nelson
Judge Luis Perez-Medina
The Governor has 60 days to appoint the four new Circuit Court Judges.
CAPTAIN OUT .......
Captain4Justice@gmail.com
Monday, April 30, 2018
JUDGES SMITH AND RUIZ SCORE FED NOMINATIONS
It's been so busy that we missed last week that Miami Judges Rodney Smith and Rudy Ruiz were nominated to the Federal Bench by POTUS.
DOM of course didn't miss it and his post is here.
The nomination of Judge Rodney Smith is especially satisfying. If you've ever seen Judge Smith speak in public, he has an amazing life story that includes as a young man seeing ASA Don Horn speak about being a prosecutor and making up his mind to do the same- and then going to college and law school and becoming a prosecutor.
Judge Ruiz was, inter alia, a clerk for Judge Federico Moreno. Pretty soon there won't be a Judge in South Florida who didn't clerk for Moreno, which goes to show how well and carefully he chose his clerks.
The nominations of both Judge Rudy Ruiz and Judge Smith are ones we can all be proud of.
Good luck to both.
DOM of course didn't miss it and his post is here.
The nomination of Judge Rodney Smith is especially satisfying. If you've ever seen Judge Smith speak in public, he has an amazing life story that includes as a young man seeing ASA Don Horn speak about being a prosecutor and making up his mind to do the same- and then going to college and law school and becoming a prosecutor.
Judge Ruiz was, inter alia, a clerk for Judge Federico Moreno. Pretty soon there won't be a Judge in South Florida who didn't clerk for Moreno, which goes to show how well and carefully he chose his clerks.
The nominations of both Judge Rudy Ruiz and Judge Smith are ones we can all be proud of.
Good luck to both.
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