15TH CIRCUIT JUDICIAL NOMINATING COMMISSION LIST OF APPLICANTS

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The Fifteenth Circuit Judicial Nominating Commission (“JNC”) announces that it has received applications from the following persons for nominations to fill one or more of the vacancies created by the elevations of Judge Renatha Francis and Judge Melanie Surber: 

  1. Alex Braunstein
  2. Andrew Carrabis
  3. Lourdes Casanova
  4. Santo DiGangi
  5. Gabriel Ermine
  6. Jean Marie Middleton
  7. Judge John Parnofiello
  8. Steven Phillips
  9. Robert Rubin
  10. Gregory Schiller
  11. Danielle Sherriff
  12. Stephanie Tew
  13. Schnelle Tonge
  14. Andriene Treasure
  15. Karen Velez
  16. Kevin Walsh
  17. Lawonda Warren

The JNC will publish on the Florida Bar’s website https://www.floridabar.org, the Palm Beach County Bar Association’s website www.palmbeachbar.org and Governor Ron DeSantis’ judicial webpage https://www.flgov.com/judicial-and-judicial-nominating-commission-information/, the time, date and location of any interviews that the JNC chooses to conduct. 

The JNC anticipates conducting interviews on Monday, October 3, 2022.   

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. Harvey at (917) 865-7961, or email at [email protected]

FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT LACTATION ROOM INFORMATION FOR NURSING MOTHERS

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The Fifteenth Judicial Circuit and Palm Beach County Florida Association of Women Lawyers (FAWL) have partnered to ensure that nursing mothers, who are in a Palm Beach County Courthouse for work, litigation, or other business, have access to a private lactation room. The Circuit has three comfortable, secure, and clean lactation rooms equipped by FAWL. The rooms, complete with seating, nursing supplies, and a small refrigerator are located in the Main Courthouse, South County Courthouse, and the West County Courthouse. Women who wish to utilize the space are directed to the following locations:

Main Courthouse, 5th floor, request assistance from the receptionist for access to the room on the 4th floor

South County Courthouse, 2nd floor, request assistance from the Law Librarian

West County Courthouse, 1st floor, request assistance from Mediation

15TH CIRCUIT JUDICIAL NOMINATING COMMISSION NOTICE OF VACANCIES AND ACCEPTANCE OF APPLICATIONS

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The Fifteenth Circuit Judicial Nominating Commission (“JNC”) announces two vacancies: one vacancy for a Circuit Court Judge position created by the elevation of Judge Renatha Francis and one vacancy for a County Court Judge position created by the elevation of Judge Melanie Surber.  The JNC has been asked to provide Governor Ron DeSantis with nominees for both vacancies by Friday, October 7, 2022.

Qualifications of Applicants:

Applicants must be able to fulfill the Constitutional qualifications for circuit court 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 16, 2022.  Both the original and redacted electronic applications must be submitted by email to all Commission members at their email addresses below. Please state in your email whether you are applying for the Circuit Court Judge vacancy, the County Court Judge vacancy, or both vacancies.

It is anticipated that any interviews will be held the week of October 3, 2022.

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. Harvey at (917) 865-7961, or email at [email protected]