The Fifteenth Circuit Judicial Nominating Commission (“JNC”) announces that the following persons will be interviewed on Friday, October 3, 2025, to fill one new Circuit Court judgeship and one new County Court judgeship created by the signing of SB 2508 by Governor Ron DeSantis, at the times indicated below:

9:00 a.m.               Karen Kelly

9:12 a.m.               Jeremy Zubkoff

9:24 a.m.               Ron Herman

9:36 a.m.               Ilana Marcus

9:48 a.m.               Break

10:00 a.m.             Gabriel Ermine

10:12 a.m.             Michele Clancy

10:24 a.m.             Jonathan Bridges

10:36 a.m.             Michael Barnett

10:48 a.m.             Break

11:00 a.m.             Lawonda Warren

11:12 a.m.             Benjamin Eisenberg

11:24 a.m.             Lauren Johnson

11:36 a.m.             Schnelle Tonge

11:48 a.m.             Dane Leitner

12:00 p.m.             Jenica Lopez

12:15 p.m.             Lunch

1:15 p.m.               Jean Middleton

1:27 p.m.               Angela Prudenti

1:39 p.m.               Christopher Sajdera

1:51 p.m.               Sarah Sherman

2:03 p.m.               Danielle Sherriff

2:15 p.m.               Danielle Wagner

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]

The Fifteenth Circuit Judicial Nominating Commission (“JNC”) announces that the following persons have applied for either the vacancy for a Circuit Court Judge and/or vacancy for a County Court Judge created by the signing of SB 2508 by Governor Ron DeSantis:

• Michael Barnett
• Karen Black
• Jonathan Bridges
• Michele Clancy
• Benjamin Eisenberg
• Gaberiel Ermine
• Ron Herman
• Lauren Johnson
• Dane Leitner
• Jenica Lopez
• Ilana Marcus
• Jean Middleton
• Angela Prudenti
• Christopher Sajdera
• Sarah Sherman
• Danielle Sherriff
• Schnelle Tonge
• Danielle Wagner
• Lawonda Warren
• Jeremy Zubkoff  

Interviews will be conducted in person on October 3, 2025, at the Library Conference Room, Judge Daniel T.K. Hurley Courthouse, 205 North Dixie Highway, West Palm Beach, Florida, 33401.

The interview schedule will be announced by separate release. 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]

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The Fifteenth Circuit Judicial Nominating Commission held a Zoom meeting on Wednesday, August 20, 2025, to nominate a Chair and Vice-Chair for 2025.  Gordon Dieterle was named Chair and Eric Levine was named Vice-Chair through July 1, 2026.

Members of the Fifteenth Circuit Judicial Nominating Commission are:

Steve DeLorenz

Gordon Dieterle

John Farina

Kelly Hagar

Robert Harvey

Eric Levine

Barry Postman

Robert Rosenberg

William Shepherd

A list of members of the Fifteenth Circuit JNC is available at https://www.flgov.com/judicial-and-judicial-nominating-commission-information/.

If you have any questions, please call Mr. Dieterle at (561) 734-5552, or by email at [email protected].

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The Fifteenth Circuit Judicial Nominating Commission (“JNC”) announces one vacancy for a Circuit Court Judge and one vacancy for a County Court Judge for the judgeships created by the signing of SB 2508 by Governor Ron DeSantis. The JNC has been asked to provide Governor DeSantis with nominees for the vacancies by Sunday, October 12, 2025.

Qualifications of Applicants:

Applicants must be able to fulfill the Constitutional qualifications for circuit and county court judges described in Article V, Section 8 of the Florida Constitution.

Instructions for Submission:

1) The current Judicial Application form must be used and can be found at https://www.flgov.com/judicial-and-judicial-nominating-commission-information/. Applicants should ensure they are using the correct and current form.

2) Applications must be in .pdf form and submitted as follows: (i) one original copy of the application, including all attachments, (ii) one redacted copy of the application, including all attachments, excluding all exempt information under Chapter 119 of the Florida Statutes or other applicable public records law. The two .pdf files should be named in a “last name.first name” format. For example: Jane Smith should submit two files named: (1) Smith.Jane.pdf and (2) Smith.Jane-REDACTED.pdf. Each electronic application, including exhibits, must be a single pdf file. The Commission strongly prefers the submission of applications in a text-searchable (i.e., non-scanned) pdf format.

3) The deadline for submission of the completed application is 5:00 p.m., Friday, September 19, 2025. Both the original and redacted electronic applications must be submitted by email to all Commission members at their email addresses below:

Chair Gordon Dieterle [email protected]

Vice Chair Eric Levine [email protected]

Steven DeLorenz [email protected]

John Farina [email protected]

Kelly Hagar [email protected]

Robert Harvey [email protected]

Barry Postman [email protected]

Robert Rosenberg [email protected]

William Shepherd [email protected]

It is anticipated that the interviews will be held on Friday, October 3, 2025.

All JNC proceedings are open to the public, except for deliberations. Applications are not confidential. If an applicant is nominated, all materials attached to the original application will be submitted to the Governor.

If you have any questions, please call Mr. Dieterle at (561) 734-5552, or by email at [email protected]