Fifth Judicial Circuit JNC accepting applications to fill three judgeships
The Fifth Judicial Circuit Judicial Nominating Commission is accepting applications to fill one county court vacancy in Hernando County, one circuit court vacancy in Lake County, and one circuit court vacancy in Marion County.
Applicants must have been a member of The Florida Bar for the preceding five years and must be a qualified elector. All appointees must meet residency requirements at the time of assuming office.
The Judicial Application may be downloaded from the Office of the Governor. For application inquiries, please contact JNC Chair Matthew A. Foreman at 5308 Spring Hill Drive, Spring Hill 34606, phone 352-686-6278, email [email protected]
Applicants must submit a complete application to the chair at [email protected]. The deadline for submitting the applications is November 3 at 12 p.m. No applications will be accepted after such date and time. Applications deemed incomplete may be rejected in their entirety in the commission’s discretion. Applicants who are in need of guidance may contact the chair. A current photo of each applicant must be submitted with the application.
Applications must be in .pdf form with a second .pdf version of the application with personal information not subject to public disclosure – such as the social security number – redacted as permitted by Section 119.071 of the Florida Statutes. The two .pdf files should be named in a “last name.first name” format. For example: Bob Smith should submit two files names: (1) Smith.Bob.pdf and (2) Smith.Bob-REDACTED.pdf. No paper applications will be accepted.
All interviews are scheduled for November 14 at the Marion County Courthouse on 110 NW 1st Avenue in Ocala. Information regarding applicant interview times will be established and advertised at a later date. All proceedings of the commission are open to the public except for deliberations.
Members of the bench, Bar and public are encouraged to contact members of the JNC concerning applicants for judicial positions. Members of the JNC are:
Matthew A. Foreman (Chair)
Nicole Blumenauer (Vice Chair)
Robert Batsel
Zachary McCormick
Shanta Matthews
David Jordan
Richard Mutarelli Jr.
Bill Gladson.
A complete listing and contact information for each member is available on Gov. Ron DeSantis’ website.