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Larry Metz applies for Florida Supreme Court opening

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Republican state Rep. Larry Metz of Yalaha, who face term limits after his current stintĀ in the House, wants to be the next FloridaĀ Supreme Court justice. Metz filedĀ Friday morning, the deadline day for applying, saidĀ Jason Unger, chair of the Supreme Court Judicial Nominating Commission. The opening was created by the retirement of Justice James E.C. Perry, whoā€™s leaving the bench at the end of the year. The commission is scheduled to discuss the applicants in a conference call next Monday at…

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Brad King files for Supreme Court opening

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State Attorney Brad King of the 5th Judicial Circuit has applied for the upcoming vacancy on the Florida Supreme Court. Kingā€™s application was received Thursday, according to Tallahassee attorney Jason Unger, chair of the Supreme Court Judicial Nominating Commission. King ā€”Ā the RepublicanĀ elected chief prosecutor for Citrus, Hernando, Lake, Marion, and Sumter counties in Central Florida ā€”Ā is the eighth applicant to replace Justice James E.C. Perry, whoā€™s retiring at the end of the year. The deadline to apply is 5 p.m.…

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Alice Blackwell applies for state Supreme Court seat

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Circuit Judge Alice L. Blackwell of Orange County, originally a Lawton Chiles appointee, is the latestĀ applicantĀ for a seat on the Florida Supreme Court. That brings to seven the number of those who have filed to replaceĀ JusticeĀ James E.C. Perry. He is retiring at the end of the year. The deadline to apply to theĀ Supreme Court Judicial Nominating CommissionĀ is 5 p.m. Friday, according to its chair, Tallahassee attorney Jason Unger. Because Perry represented that appellate district, applicants must be from that area:…

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Six applications now in for state Supreme Court vacancy

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Appellate judge Wendy W. Berger and Circuit Judge Michelle T. Morley are the latest applicantsĀ for a seat on the Florida Supreme Court. That brings to six the number of those who have filed to replaceĀ JusticeĀ James E.C. Perry, who is retiring at the end of the year. The latest applications were confirmed by Jason Unger, chair of theĀ Supreme Court Judicial Nominating Commission. Berger, a Jacksonville native, was appointed by Gov. Rick Scott to the 5thĀ District Court of Appeal in Daytona Beach…

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Federal prosecutor applies for state Supreme Court

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A federal prosecutor has become the fourth applicant for a seat on the Florida Supreme Court. Roberta J. Bodnar, an assistant U.S. attorney in the Middle District of Florida, filed on Tuesday, according toĀ Jason Unger, chair of theĀ Supreme Court Judicial Nominating Commission. Bodnar, who works in Ocala, was admitted to the Florida bar in 1993, the same year she graduated from the University of Florida’s law school. The Middle District stretches from Fort MyersĀ north through Jacksonville.Ā A. Lee Bentley, III is…

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Patricia Strowbridge latest applicant for Supreme Court

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Patricia Strowbridge, appointed a trial-courtĀ judge by Gov. Rick Scott just last year, has become the third applicant for the upcoming vacancy on the Florida Supreme Court. Her application was received over the weekend, saidĀ Jason Unger, chair of theĀ Supreme Court Judicial Nominating Commission, on Monday morning. Strowbridge, with a long background in adoption and family law, was named last March to the 9th Judicial Circuit. She sits on the family law bench in theĀ Osceola County Courthouse, according to her official webpage.…

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Second application in for Fla. Supreme Court opening

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And then there were two. Orlando civil-trial defense attorneyĀ Dan Gerber has become the second applicant for an upcoming opening on theĀ Florida Supreme Court. Jason Unger, chair of theĀ Supreme Court Judicial Nominating Commission, confirmed the name Monday morning. The 51-year-old Gerber joins conservative appellate judge C. Alan LawsonĀ as the only applicants so far for the seat now held byĀ Justice James E.C. Perry. Lawson is chief judge of the 5th District Court of Appeal in Daytona Beach. Gerber’s brother,Ā Jonathan D. Gerber, sits…

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