Supreme Court Judicial Nominating Commission – Page 2

Alice Blackwell applies for state Supreme Court seat

Published on November 10, 2016 in Statewide/Top Headlines by Jim Rosica

Circuit Judge Alice L. Blackwell of Orange County, originally a Lawton Chiles appointee, is the latest applicant for a seat on the Florida Supreme Court. That brings to seven the number of those who have filed to replace Justice James E.C. Perry. He is retiring at the end of the year. The deadline to apply to the Supreme Court Judicial Nominating Commission 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:…

Keep Reading

Six applications now in for state Supreme Court vacancy

Published on November 9, 2016 in Statewide/Top Headlines by Jim Rosica

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

Keep Reading

Federal prosecutor applies for state Supreme Court

Published on November 8, 2016 in Statewide/Top Headlines by Jim Rosica

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 to Jason Unger, chair of the 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 Myers north through Jacksonville. A. Lee Bentley, III is…

Keep Reading

Gov. Scott to get first state Supreme Court pick

Published on September 13, 2016 in Statewide/Top Headlines by Brendan Farrington

Florida Supreme Court Justice James Perry announced Monday he is stepping down Dec. 30, which will give Gov. Rick Scott his first opportunity to begin reshaping a court that has frustrated Republicans on issues ranging from political maps to protecting doctors from lawsuits. Perry, 72, is forced to leave the court because he’s reached the mandatory retirement age. Scott will almost certainly appoint a more conservative justice to replace him, though he didn’t give details about what he will look…

Keep Reading