FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 18, 2019
CONTACT: Hayden P. O’Byrne, Chair; hayden.obyrne@klgates.com
11th Circuit Judicial Nominating Commission
TELEPHONE: 305-539-3381
The 11th Circuit Judicial Nominating Commission hereby seeks applicants to fill the vacancy created by the elevation of Judge Rodney Smith. The Commission requests that interested candidates submit an application for consideration. Applicants must meet the qualifications for circuit court 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 281 , as follows:
(1): The original unredacted paper application shall be delivered to:
Hayden P. O’Byrne
K&L Gates, LLP
200 S. Biscayne Blvd. 39th Floor
Miami, FL 33131-2399
(2): The original unredacted application shall be emailed in .pdf format to: hayden.obyrne@klgates.com ; walter.harvey@dadeschools.net and etna.medina@klgates.com.
(3): A redacted .pdf of the application shall be emailed to eleventhcircuitjnc@klgates.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 “19.5.10 FIRSTNAME LASTNAME Circuit 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 Florida Bar’s website and the Office of the Governor. Applicants should include a recent photograph.
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1 All persons who applied to the Ruiz, Gordo and Sampedro-Iglesia vacancies will be considered for the Smith vacancy without having to re-apply. Persons interviewing on July 2, will not be re-interviewed separately for the Smith vacancy.
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 11th Circuit Judicial Nominating Commission will confer at 5 p.m. on July 2, to schedule interviews. A room will be made available to members of the public (K&L Gates, LLP, 200 S. Biscayne Blvd. 39th Floor, Miami, FL 33131) who wish to attend.
11TH CIRCUIT JUDICIAL NOMINATING COMMISSION MEMBERS
Hayden P. O’Byrne (Chair)
K&L Gates
Southeast Financial Center, Suite 3900 200 South Biscayne Blvd.
Miami, FL 33131
Tel.: 305-539-3381
hayden.obyrne@klgates.com
Walter James Harvey (Vice Chair)
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
Paul Huck, Jr.
Jones Day
600 Brickell Avenue
Brickell World Plaza, Suite 3300
Miami, FL 33131
Tel.: 305-714-9700/Fax: 305-714-9799
paulhuck@jonesday.com
Daniel S. Fridman
White & Case LLP
Southeast Financial Center
200 So. Biscayne Boulevard, Suite 4900
Miami, FL 33131
Tel.: 305-995-5264
daniel.fridman@whitecase.com
Robert H. Fernandez
Gunster Law Firm
Brickell World Plaza
600 Brickell Avenue, Suite 3500
Miami, FL 33131
Tel.: 305-376-6000/Fax: 786-425-4119
rfernandez@gunster.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
Christine Hernandez
United States Attorney’s Office
99 N.E. 4th Street
Miami, Fl. 33132
Tel.: 305-961-9001
cherna25@aol.com
Jorge A. Mestre Rivero Mestre, LLP
2525 Ponce de Leon Blvd. Suite 1000
Miami, FL 33134
Tel: 305-445-2500
jmestre@riveromestre.com
Scott M. Dimond, Esq.
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
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