FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 6, 2003
TO: THE PRESS
FROM:
SYDNEY L. VIHLEN, III, CHAIRMAN
JUDICIAL NOMINATING COMMISSION, 18TH CIRCUIT
RE:
JUDICIAL NOMINATING COMMISSION SEEKS
APPLICANTS FOR A VACANCY ON THE BREVARD COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT AND THE SEMINOLE COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT
Applicants are being sought to fill a seat on the Brevard County Circuit Court being vacated by the Honorable Vincent G. Torpy as the result of Judge Torpy being appointed to the Fifth District Court of Appeal.
Applicants are also being sought to fill a seat on the Seminole County Circuit Court. This appointment is to fill a new judicial position in the Eighteenth Judicial Circuit created by the 2002 Legislature.
Applicants for both the Seminole and Brevard County seats must have been a member of the Florida Bar for the preceeding five (5) years, must be electors of the state of Florida and must reside in Brevard or Seminole Counties.
The deadline for submitting all applications for the Seminole County seat is February 12, 2003 at 5:00 p.m. An original and nine (9) copies of the completed application and attachments for the Seminole County seat must be delivered by the foregoing deadline to:
Sidney L. Vihlen, III, Chairman
Eighteenth Circuit Judicial Nominating Commission
1173 Spring Centre South Boulevard, Suite C
Altamonte Springs, FL 32714
(407) 786-2200
The deadline for submitting all applications for the Brevard County seat is February 12, 2003 at 5:00 p.m. An original and nine (9) copies of the completed application and attachments for the Brevard County seat must be delivered by the foregoing deadline to:
Tiffany Crews Loris, Vice-Chairwoman
Eighteenth Circuit Judicial Nominating Commission
932 South Wickham Road
West Melbourne, FL 32904
(321) 984-7224
Applications will be screened by the Eighteenth Judicial Circuit Judicial Nominating Commission and candidate interviews held on a date to be announced. From the pool of candidates interviewed, at least three (3), but no more than six (6) names will be submitted to the Governor. The Governor has sixty (60) days from the receipt of the names to make the appointments.
Applications may be obtained from the Judicial Nominating Commission's website at www.18jnc.com. Due to the possibility of future judicial vacancies within the Eighteenth Circuit, all applications submitted timely will be retained for six months.
Copies to:
Governor Jeb Bush - Attn: Frank R. Jimenez
Honorable Bruce W. Jacobus, Chief Judge, 18th Circuit
The Orlando Sentinel
The Sanford Herald
Florida Today
The Florida Bar
Seminole County Bar Association
Brevard County Bar Association
All 18th Circuit JNC members
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