Thirty One Lawyers Apply For Judge
BY BUDDY NEVINS
Broward’s Judicial Nominating Commission has released the names of 31 lawyers who have applied for two openings on the Broward Circuit Court.
At least two of the applicants — Betsy Benson and Russell Thompson — are currently running for bench in the 2016 election.
The positions opened when Laura Watson was removed from the bench for misconduct before she became a judge. Then Lynn Rosenthal quit under the threat of removal by the Florida Supreme Court over incidences surrounding her DUI arrest in 2014.
JNC Chair Reggie Zachariah said the applicants were:
- Betsy Benson
- Monique Brochu
- Daniel Casey
- Mardi Cohen
- Thomas Coleman
- Haccord Curry
- Maria Estevez
- Phoebee Francois
- Keathen Frink
- John Fry
- Donald Gelin
- Pamela Gordon
- Julie Hough
- Ernest Kollra
- Samuel Lopez
- Chris Narducci
- Andrew Newman
- Grainne O’Sullivan
- Mason Pertnoy
- Alberto Ribas Jr.
- Michelle Ricca
- Abbe Rifkin
- Pauline Robinson
- April Rolle
- Andrew Salvage
- Russell Thompson
- Madeline Torres
- Claudette Vanni
- David Weintraub
- Beranton Whisenant Jr.
- Jeremy Zubkoff
The JNC will interview the finalists culled from this list on December 7. They will then recommend to Gov. Rick Scott several possible choices for each seat.
November 11th, 2015 at 2:32 pm
I am no lawyer n have no knowledge of Judges except those I meet at bars in fundraisers, but surely messrs ha ha ha chaz the genius sham must have views.
November 15th, 2015 at 6:28 pm
Which ones are/were the registered Republicans, particularly recently re-registered?
Then you will be able to narrow the list to know who the Governor will consider to appoint.
Just writing this and knowing it to be true demonstrates the corruption of the system.