Nominating Committee Seeking Applicants for County Judge Vacancy

Last updated Jul 15, 2021 9:12am0

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Qualified attorneys who would like to be considered for a county judge opening have until 5 p.m. Friday, July 23 to apply.

The Tenth Circuit Judicial Nominating Commission has been asked to provide Gov. Ron DeSantis with nominees for the vacancy on the Polk County Court created by the elevation of Judge Lori A. Winstead to the Tenth Judicial Circuit Court.

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

Applicants must submit two copies of their application by 5 p.m. Friday, July 23.

as follows:

(1) : The original unredacted application shall be emailed in .pdf format to: [email protected].

(2) : A redacted .pdf of the application shall be emailed to [email protected]. 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 "21.07.23 FIRSTNAME LASTNAME County Application (redacted /unredacted)."

Applications may be downloaded from The Florida Bar's website at https://www.floridabar.org/directories/jnc/applications/ and the Office of the Governor.

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.

TENTH CIRCUIT JUDICIAL NOMINATING COMMISSION MEMBERS

Krista Mahalak (Chair) Peterson & Myers, P.A. 242 West Central Avenue Winter Haven, FL 33880

Tel .: 863-294-3360

[email protected]

Frederick J. Murphy, Jr. (Vice-Chair)

Boswell & Dunlap, LLP 245 S. Central Avenue Bartow, FL 33830

Tel .: 863-533-7117

[email protected]

Patrice F. Behnstedt

Office of the Public Defender Polk County Courthouse Third Floor

P.O. Box 9000

Bartow, FL 33831-9000