Gray RohrerMarch 20, 2023
'It has been my great honor to serve the people of Florida in the judiciary for over 22 years.'
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Gray RohrerMarch 20, 2023
Anne GeggisJanuary 24, 2023
8min0
Oral arguments are expected on whether the new law violates the state's right to privacy.
Anne GeggisJanuary 19, 2023
7min0
The 2018 lawsuit was filed in the wake of the massacre at a Parkland high school.
Jesse SchecknerDecember 17, 2022
7min0
The Florida Supreme Court threw out a complaint that two are ineligible because they live outside the district.
Christine Jordan SextonNovember 9, 2022
7min0
Appellate judges are appointed by Florida Governors, but they must be retained by state voters at least once every six years.
Scott PowersApril 18, 2019
13min553
The Supreme Court of Ron DeSantis reversed the court of Rick Scott.
Michael MolineNovember 15, 2018
8min336
A divided Florida Supreme Court has given judges permission to maintain Facebook friendships with trial attorneys, settling a divide between lower state appeals courts and siding with the majority of courts and ethics overseers in other states. The majority opinion, by Chief Justice Charles Canady, noted that the court hasn’t considered actual friendships between judges […]
Staff ReportsSeptember 12, 2018
5min318
The Florida Supreme Court Judicial Nominating Commission on Wednesday announced it would start accepting applications to fill three upcoming vacancies. Justices Barbara Pariente, R. Fred Lewis, and Peggy A. Quince face mandatory retirement on the same day that term-limited Republican Gov. Rick Scott will leave office. Under the state constitution, judges and justices face mandatory retirement at […]
Jim RosicaAugust 17, 2018
4min531
Rachel Nordby, who’s been a deputy solicitor general for Attorney General Pam Bondi, is heading to the Shutts & Bowen law firm as a partner in the Tallahassee office, the firm announced Friday. Nordby, who starts Sept. 10, will be vice chair of the firm’s Appellate Practice Group. Her hire follows another recent high-profile addition […]
Jim RosicaNovember 29, 2017
4min204
The “hot mic” has gone cold. In a one-sentence order, the Florida Supreme Court denied Gov. Rick Scott’s request to disqualify Justice Barbara Pariente from a pending case over his judicial appointment power. “The respondent’s motion to disqualify Justice Pariente is hereby denied,” it said, without elaboration. Scott “expects all judges to be fair and impartial,” […]