Lauralee Westine, wife of Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri, has applied for a circuit judgeship.
Westine is one of 23 Pinellas County lawyers seeking to replace 6th Circuit Judge Bruce Boyer, who is retiring.
Westine is a graduate of the Stetson University College of Law who worked for the Pinellas County State Attorney’s Office until 1999. After leaving the state attorney’s office, she opened a practice in Palm Harbor focusing on local government and land use law. Her practice particularly focuses on zoning and permitting cell towers and other type towers throughout the state.
Also on the list is Curtis Korsko, who unsuccessfully ran for a county judgeship in the Aug. 30 primary election. Korsko, a former traffic court magistrate, was defeated by assistant state attorney Dora Komninos.
Members of the Sixth Judicial Circuit Judicial Nominating Commission will conduct interviews on Oct. 17 and Oct. 26. They are then tasked with narrowing down the list to between three and six candidates and sending those names to Gov. Rick Scott, who will choose one to fill Boyer’s position.
The full list of applicants:
Anderson, Dustin T.
Beasley, Timothy M.
Colon, Amanda
Cox, Geoffrey R.
Frayman, Evan G.
Gay-Hairston, Shahtia
Goiran, Barbara Casey
Groger, Gregory Gene
Hawkes, Jeremiah Mahlon
Kidder, Nathaniel B.
Korsko, Curtis T.
LaBruzzo, Christopher
Marone, Christopher
McKnight, Kelly Ann
McLane, Sara E.
Meyer, Nancy S.
O’Connor, Kerry A.
Olivero, Shiobhan
Reeves, Frederick T.
Sumner, Stacey L.
Tremblay, Scott
Vizcarra, Eulogio Dillon
Westine, Lauralee G.
