ELEVENTH CIRCUIT JUDICIAL NOMINATING COMMISSION
CIRCUIT COURT JUDGE VACANCY
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 17, 2019
CONTACT:
Walter J. Harvey, Chair
Eleventh Circuit Judicial Nominating Commission
TELEPHONE:
(305) 995-1304
INTERVIEW DATE:
Wednesday, November 6, 2019
LOCATION:
Law Enforcement Officers Memorial High School
300 NW 2nd Ave.,
Miami, FL 33128
MIAMI – The following individuals will be interviewed by the Eleventh Circuit Judicial Nominating Commission to fill the vacancies in the Miami-Dade Circuit and County Courts as indicated below. The vacancies to be filled result from the resignation of Circuit Court Judge John W. Thornton, Jr., the appointment of Circuit Court Judge Renatha S. Francis to the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit Court, the elevation of County Court Judges William Altfield, Gina Beovides, and Laura Shearon Cruz, and the resignation of Judge Samuel Joseph Slom.
8:15 am
Executive Session
9:55 am
Michael H. Galex County/ Circuit
8:30 am
Ramiro Christen Areces
Circuit
10:05 am
Carlos H. Gamez County
8:35 am
Jason Bloch
10:15 am
Rita Gonzalez Cuervo County
8:40 am
Karl Brown
County/ Circuit
10:20 am
Christopher Green County/ Circuit
8:45 am
Rachel Canfield
County
10:30 am
8:55 am
Raul Antonio Cuervo
11:00 am
Blanca Greenwood County
9:00 am
Jeffrey Cynamon County
11:05 am
Marcia Hansen County
9:10 am
Madelin D’Arce County/ Circuit
11:15 am
Ayana Harris
9:20 am
Miesha Shonta Darrough County/ Circuit
11:20 am
Julie Harris Nelson County/ Circuit
9:25 am
Renier Diaz de la Portilla
11:25 am
Peter Heller
9:30 am
Christina DiRaimondo Circuit
11:30 am
Kevin Hellman County/ Circuit
9:35 am
Elisabeth Espinosa
11:40 am
Scott M. Janowitz County/ Circuit
9:45 am
Elsa Fernandez County
11:45 am
Zachary N. James Circuit
11:50 am
Amy Josefsberg Ederi County
1:50 pm
Luis Perez-Medina Circuit
12:00 noon
Executive Session/ Lunch
1:55 pm
Christopher Pracitto County
1:00 pm
Jeffrey Kolokoff
2:00 pm
Cristina Rivera Correa County
1:10 pm
Gale Lewis
2:10 pm
Patricia Salman County
1:15 pm
Steven Lieberman County
2:20 pm
Robert T Watson Circuit
1:20 pm
Joseph J. Mansfield Circuit
2:25 pm
Craig Weissberg County
1:25 pm
Griska Mena County
2:30 pm
1:30 pm
Hilton Napoleon II County/ Circuit
1:40 pm
Steven Paulson County
Members of the public are invited to attend the interviews and submit any information they have regarding the candidates to the Eleventh Judicial Circuit Nominating Commission.
ELEVENTH CIRCUIT JUDICIAL NOMINATING COMMISSION MEMBERS
Walter James Harvey (Chairman)
School Board Attorney’s Office
1450 NE 2nd Avenue, Suite 400
Miami, FL 33132
Office Tel.: 305-995-1304 Fax: 305-995-1412
walter.harvey@dadeschools.net
Robert H. Fernandez (Vice Chairman)
8440 Grand Canal Drive
Miami, FL 33144
Office Tel.: 305-215-2264 rfernandez@rhflawfirm.com
Scott M. Dimond
Dimond Kaplan & Rothstein, P.A
Offices at Grand Bay Plaza
2665 South Bayshore Dr. PH 2B
Miami, FL 33133
Office Tel.: 305-374-1920 Fax: 305-374-1961 sdimond@dkrpa.com
Daniel S. Fridman
White & Case LLP
Southeast Financial Center
200 So. Biscayne Boulevard, Suite 4900
Miami, FL 33131
Office Tel.: 305-995-5264 Fax: 305-358-5744
daniel.fridman@whitecase.com
Jorge A. Mestre
Rivero Mestre, LLP
2525 Ponce de Leon Blvd. Suite 1000,
Miami, FL 33134
Office Tel: 305-445-2500
Fax: 305-445-2505
Jmestre@riveromestre.com
Hayden P. O’Byrne
K&L Gates
Southeast Financial Center, Suite 3900 200 South Biscayne Blvd. Miami, FL 33131
Office Tel.: 305-539-3381 Fax: 305-358-7095 hayden.obyrne@gmail.com
Robert R. Pardo Robert R. Pardo, P.A.
7700 N. Kendall Drive, Suite 512
Miami, FL 33156
Office: Tel.: 305-596-7794
Fax: 305-596-5854
RPardo@Pardolaw.com
Miranda Lundeen Soto
Shutts & Bowen LLP
200 South Biscayne Boulevard, Suite 4100
Miami, Florida 33131
Office Tel.: 305-347-7326
Fax: 305-347-7985
MLundeenSoto@shutts.com
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Please attend an interview. Thank you!
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