The Fifteenth Circuit Judicial Nominating Commission (“JNC”) announces that the following persons will be interviewed on Thursday, August 27, 2026, to fill three (3) Circuit Court vacancies created by the retirement of Judge Cheryl Caracuzzo, Judge Jeffrey Dana Gillen and Judge Gregory Keyser, at the times indicated below:
9:00 a.m. Peter Bassaline
9:12 a.m. Courtney Behar
9:24 a.m. Karen Black
9:36 a.m. Andrew Carrabis
9:48 a.m. Break
10:00 a.m. Michele Clancy
10:12 a.m. Natasha Coyle
10:24 a.m. Gabriel Ermine
10:36 a.m. Sean Fahey
10:48 a.m. Break
11:00 a.m. Crystal Ganpath
11:12 a.m. Thomas Hendler
11:24 a.m. Lauren Johnson
11:36 a.m. Ilana Marcus
11:48 a.m. Jean Marie Middleton
12:00 p.m. William Minton
12:15 p.m. Lunch
1:15 p.m. Angela Prudenti
1:27 p.m. Sarah Sherman
1:39 p.m. Stephanie Tew
1:51 p.m. Storm Tropea
2:03 p.m. Emily Walter
2:15 p.m. James Williams
2:30 p.m. JNC Deliberations
The above interviews will be conducted in person at the Library Conference Room, Judge Daniel T.K. Hurley Courthouse, 205 North Dixie Highway, West Palm Beach, Florida, 33401.
Each interview will be ten minutes long, including a two-minute opening statement.
All JNC proceedings are open to the public, except for deliberations.
If you have any questions, please contact Gordon Dieterle at (561) 734-5552, or by email at [email protected]

