Personnel note: Rick Scott fills bench vacancies in Miami-Dade, DeSoto

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Gov. Rick Scott announced appointments Thursday to the Miami-Dade and DeSoto county courts.

Alexander S. Bokor, 38, of Miami, fills a vacancy left by the resignation of Judge Jacqueline Schwartz in Miami-Dade County. She resigned effective July 31 while facing an ethics investigation after appearing intoxicated on the bench.

Bokor has served as assistant county attorney since 2008. He started his career in 2001 at Jones Day and more recently worked as an associate at Kozyak Tropin & Throckmorton.

He earned his J.D. at the University of Pennsylvania Law School and clerked for U.S. District Judge Steven Merryday.

Danielle L. Brewer, 29, of Arcadia, takes the bench in DeSoto County Court. She had been a civil litigation and commercial transactions associate at Swaine & Harris since 2012. Earlier, she worked with the Foreign Agricultural Service in the U.S. embassy in Hanoi, Vietnam.

She is a graduate of the Walter F. George School of Law at Mercer University and fills a vacancy created by the elevation of  Judge Don T. Hall to the circuit court.

Staff Reports


One comment

  • Mary Wilson

    October 26, 2016 at 9:51 pm

    Don’t judges need more experience? Seems awfully young to be appointed to the bench.

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