I began my career at the State Attorney's Office prosecuting in county court. The Florida Bar offers judicial candidates the opportunity to provide information about themselves and their backgrounds to the public in preparation for an election. Lall, whose daughters are now both teenagers, has served on the board of the Polk Association for Women Lawyers the past two years. But he specifically mentioned Frank Porter, Christine Greider, Bruce Kyle, Alane Laboda, Maria Gonzalez, James Shenko, Margaret Steinbeck, and both Judge Thompsons, Ramiro Manalich, Joseph Foster, and Michael Provost. All judges may deal with cases that are either civil or criminal in nature.
In that role, Knight handled cases involving small claims, landlord-tenant disputes, housing issues and public benefits, according to her campaign site. After three years as a prosecutor, Flynn went into private practice and soon opened his own firm, The Flynn Law Group. County judges hear criminal misdemeanors (crimes that have possible sentences of up to one year in jail) and civil cases in which the amount in dispute is $30, 000 or less. The 10th Judicial Circuit includes Polk, Highlands and Hardee counties. How should you decide who to vote for? Pamela Barger completed the Bar's voluntary Self-Disclosure Statement ("SDS"); Chris Brown did not. Occupation: Assistant state attorney. The Florida Bar shows Flynn with no discipline in the past 10 years. Here are the contributions and expenditures reported by each candidate on their most recent campaign treasurer's reports: Barger received 59 monetary contributions: 50 from individuals, eight from businesses, and made a personal loan to the campaign of $60, 000. Video: Meet Pamela Barger at 1:20). Barger and Brown have very different legal experiences which each believes better qualify them for the job. I have spent my entire legal career in public service. In a circuit court decisions with wide implications about the rights of a fetus, a judge ruled a woman had the right to decline hospitalization against doctors' concerns over her pregnancy. Calco has yet to go to trial on an assault charge stemming from his alleged attack over a calzone at his former pizzeria.
Palm Coast is forcing Palm Coast Plantation property owners to sign annexation agreements in exchange for water and sewer services. The Florida Court System. He was a municipal judge in Oldsmar from 1967 to 1969 and a Hillsborough County judge from 1972 to 1981. Flynn said he operated the Lakeland office. As an assistant state attorney, Patton first directed the Lakeland division and later worked in a felony division. Judges are not there to rule based on personal feelings or preconceived notions about a case…. Pamela Barger, 45, has been a Collier County resident for over 35 years.
A 35-page State Attorney's report puts Bunnell City Commissioner Jimmy Flynt at the center of a pattern of favoritism involving the long-troubled Bunnell Police Department. She lived in Puerto Rico as a youth when her father served as a volunteer missionary in Haiti. All Volusia County voters are eligible to cast ballots in the nonpartisan race. County judges oversee cases in such areas as criminal, civil, evictions and small claims. According to Barger, "Trial attorneys only argue from one perspective, they do not approach matters from an impartial, unbiased point of view. " I have prosecuted and defended people accused of crimes, represented people as plaintiffs and respondents in civil matters, in administrative hearings, against insurance companies, commercial litigation, landlord tenant, family litigation, criminal and civil traffic matters. He said he prosecuted cases involving charges ranging from misdemeanors to murder. She notes that Judges Joseph Foster and Janeice Martin have "superb courtroom demeanors that are calm and respectful of the parties while continuing to command the respect of the people in their court. "
According to Brown, trial experience such as he has is needed for the job. Patton had reported contributions of $20, 398. The race: Fields recently began presiding over a docket of misdemeanor criminal cases at the Volusia County Courthouse Annex in Daytona Beach. "The most important qualities I have observed in the judges that I worked with, " she says, "are patience, wisdom, and courage. During six years with that office, she said, she has worked in the juvenile division. Voter Focus Candidate Statement. He is currently a member of the Thomas Biggs Chapter of the Inns in Collier County. He was Hillsborough County attorney from 1981 to 1984 and has been in private practice since then.
Born in Rockledge in 1963. That total includes $11, 500 given to his own campaign. Lall was admitted to The Bar in 2014 and has no record of disciplinary actions.