Jacob OglesSeptember 10, 2019
3min438
She wants current staffers submitting tips of mismanagement to her website
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Jacob OglesSeptember 10, 2019Jacob OglesFebruary 28, 2019
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Jay Rosman, arrested last year for solicitation, wants records expunged.
Jim RosicaSeptember 14, 2018
6min477
The Florida Bar now is seeking to disbar a former judge who accepted baseball tickets from a law firm representing a woman whose personal injury case he was presiding over. Circuit Judge John F. Lakin, elected in 2012, quit the bench in March 2016. He served on the 12th Judicial Circuit, which serves DeSoto, Manatee […]
Jacob OglesAugust 18, 2018
3min786
Gov. Rick Scott on Friday appointed attorney Dana Moss to an open judgeship in the Sarasota County Court today. Moss, a 47-year-old former police officer, has been the felony division chief for the Public Defender’s Office in the 12th Judicial Circuit, working for Public Defender Larry Eger. She earned her law degree from Florida Coastal […]
Jim RosicaAugust 17, 2016
1min271
Lon S. Arend will be the next judge on the 12th Judicial Circuit bench for DeSoto, Manatee and Sarasota counties. Gov. Rick Scott‘s office announced the pick Wednesday. Arend, 46, of Palmetto, is the circuit’s chief assistant state attorney, or top deputy prosecutor, having joined that office in 1995. “During his time with the State Attorney’s Office, […]
Jim RosicaMarch 11, 2016
4min272
The Bradenton trial judge who accepted baseball tickets from a law firm representing a woman whose personal injury case he was presiding over has resigned from the bench. Circuit Judge John F. Lakin resigned Monday from the 12th Judicial Circuit. It serves DeSoto, Manatee and Sarasota counties. Lakin, elected in 2012, was facing a judicial conduct inquiry by the state’s Judicial […]
Jim RosicaFebruary 1, 2016
4min229
A Bradenton trial judge was charged Monday with accepting baseball tickets from a law firm representing a woman whose personal injury case he was presiding over. Circuit Judge John F. Lakin was accused of violating the state’s Code of Judicial Conduct by the Judicial Qualifications Commission (JQC), which said he demonstrated “a present unfitness to serve.” […]