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Current News
Baker County - Progress at New Jail Ahead of Schedule newspaper article.
Peggy A. Quince Named Chief
Justice-Elect of Florida - Florida Supreme Court Justice Peggy
A. Quince was elected to become
Chief Justice. The Justices unanimously elected Justice Quince to serve as the first African American woman to lead the state's third branch
of government effective July 1, 2008.
2008 LEGISLATIVE WRAP-UP REPORT (DRAFT)
Florida Bar Board of Governors - member for the Eighth Judicial Circuit - Mr.
Carl B. Schwait (08-01), 203 N.E. 1st Street, P.O. Box 850, Gainesville,
FL 32602-0850, (352) 372-4381
CANDIDATES FOR ALACHUA COUNTY COURT JUDGE - GROUP 2
Denise R. Ferrero
James K. Fisher
Rob Groeb
Lorraine H. Sherman
Rhonda Stroman
Eighth Judicial Circuit Bar Association
Margaret Stack, President Rebecca O'Neill
State Attorney's Office President-Elect
120 W. University Ave. 720 SW 2nd Ave., Suite 360A
Gainesville, FL 32601 Gainesville, FL 32601
(352) 374-3670 (352) 733-0030
E-mail: stackm@sao8.org E-mail: oneilr@shands.ufl.edu
Judy Padgett
FORUM Executive Director
P.O. Box 127
Gainesville, FL 32602
(352) 380-0333
E-mail: execdir@8jcba.org
Dawn Vallejos-Nicholas
FORUM Editor
2814 SW 13th Street
Gainesville, FL 32608k
(352) 372-9999
E-mail: dvallejos-nichols@avera.com
The Spring edition of the Full Court Press is now online and can be
accessed at the following address:
http://www.flcourts.org/gen_public/pubs/bin/fcp_spring08.pdf
County Court Judge Victor L. Hulslander's article "Jury Duty for the Doctor and the Patient" as published in the winter edition of House Calls
Letter from Chief Justice R. Fred Lewis regarding report issued by the Supreme Court Standing Committee on Fairness and Diversity entitled Perceptions of Fairness in the Florida Court System.
The
http://www.floridasupremecourt.org/decisions/2008/sc07-2379.pdf.
Judge Feedback Program - Florida Bar
Chief Judge Frederick D. Smith talks to students in Prime Time after-school program
Previous News
History of the Florida Supreme Court
Gilchrist County Courthouse Expansion
Baker County New Jail Site Approved
Eighth Judicial Circuit Judges' Quarterly Meeting held in Lake Butler
Justice Teaching Program - submitted by Judge Victor L. Hulslander
Alachua County receives $ 999,000
Mental Health Grant
Alachua County Court Judge William E. Davis was unopposed as circuit judge and will take the circuit judge position held by Judge Peter K. Sieg. Judge Sieg announced his resignation from the bench at the end of 2008.