FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

June 8, 2021
CONTACT: Robert H. Fernandez, Chair; rfernandez@rhflawfirm.com
Eleventh Circuit Judicial Nominating Commission
TELEPHONE: (786) 315-4479

The Eleventh Circuit Judicial Nominating Commission has been asked to provide Gov. Ron DeSantis with nominees for the vacancies in the Miami-Dade Circuit & County Court created by the resignations of Circuit Court Judges Rosa Figarola & Martin Zilber and County Court Judge Miguel Mirabal.

The Commission requests that interested candidates submit an application for consideration. Applicants must meet the qualifications for circuit court and county judges described in Article V, Section 8 of the Florida Constitution.

Applicants must submit three copies (3) of their application by 5 p.m. on Friday, June 25, 2021, as follows:

(1): The original unredacted paper application shall be mailed or delivered to:

Robert H. Fernandez
RHF Law Firm, LLC
2600 South Douglas Road, Suite 305
Coral Gables, FL 33134

(2): The original unredacted application shall be emailed in .pdf format to: rfernandez@rhflawfirm.com.

(3): A redacted .pdf of the application shall be emailed to eleventhjnc@rhflawfirm.com. Personal information not subject to public disclosure—such as the social security number—shall be redacted as permitted by Section 119.071 of the Florida Statutes.

Untimely applications will not be considered. The filename for .pdf applications should be as follows “21.06.25 FIRSTNAME LASTNAME Circuit and/or County Application (redacted/unredacted).”

Applicants are invited to provide the Chair with a one-page sheet listing the date, location and time of hearings or trials that they would want the Commissioners to observe. The one-page disclosure sheet is not mandatory and can be provided to the Chair at any time before the interview day. No information other than the date, location and time should be provided on the one-page sheet.

Applications may be downloaded from the Office of the Governor at www.flgov.com. Applicants should include a recent photograph.

NOTE TO APPLICANTS: To assist the Judicial Nominating Commission in its review of applications, all questions must be fully and completely answered. Applications must include current contact information, including e-mail addresses, for judges, co-counsel, opposing counsel, and references to facilitate the background investigation that will be conducted by the members of the Commission. Please print to .pdf in lieu of scanning where possible.

The Commission will convene telephonically on Mon., June 28, 2021 to discuss scheduling interviews of the most qualified applicants. A conference room will be available at RHF Law Firm, LLC, 2600 South Douglas Road, Suite 305, Coral Gables, FL 33134 for those interested in attending.

ELEVENTH CIRCUIT JUDICIAL NOMINATING COMMISSION MEMBERS

Robert H. Fernandez (Chair) RHF Law Firm, LLC 2600 South Douglas Road, Suite 305 Coral Gables, FL 33134 Tel.: 786-315-4479 rfernandez@rhflawfirm.com	Miranda L. Soto (Vice Chair) Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, PC Two South Biscayne Blvd., Suite 1500 Miami, FL 33131 Tel.: 305-347-4086 Miranda.Soto@bipc.com
Walter James Harvey School Board Attorney’s Office 1450 NE 2nd Avenue, Suite 400 Miami, FL 33132 Tel.: 305-995-1304/Fax: 305-995-1412 walter.harvey@dadeschools.net	Scott M. Dimond Dimond Kaplan & Rothstein, P.A. Offices at Grand Bay Plaza 2665 South Bayshore Dr., PH 2B Miami, FL 33133 305-374-1920 sdimond@dkrpa.com
Hayden P. O’Byrne United States Attorney’s Office, SDFL 99 N.E. 4th Street Miami, FL 33132 Tel: 305-961-9447/Fax: 305-530-7679 haydenjnc@gmail.com	Robert R. Pardo Robert R. Pardo, P.A. 7700 N. Kendall Drive, Suite 512 Miami, FL 33156 Tel.: 305-596-7794/Fax: 305-596-5854 rpardo@pardolaw.com
Jesus M. Suarez Genovese, Joblove & Battista, P.A. 100 S.E. Second Street, Suite 4400 Miami, Florida 33131 Tel: 305-349-2300 jsuarez@gjb-law.com	Jorge A. Mestre Rivero Mestre, LLP 2525 Ponce de Leon Blvd. Suite 1000 Miami, FL 33134 Tel: 305-445-2500 jmestre@riveromestre.com
Pedro Allende Tel: 305-482-3529 jnc@pedroallende.com

 

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