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15 seek Florida Supreme Court seat
The seat for 32 North Florida counties will be left open by Leander Shaw's retirement.
©Associated Press
October 29, 2002
TALLAHASSEE -- Fifteen attorneys and judges from North Florida have applied for the next opening on the Florida Supreme Court.
Justice Leander Shaw will retire from the court early next year after 20 years as a justice. His successor must come from the area covered by the 1st District Court of Appeal: 32 counties from Pensacola to Jacksonville.
The applicants include four 1st DCA judges, three state trial judges and two administrative law judges. The remaining six applicants are attorneys.
The Judicial Nominating Commission will interview candidates in mid November and submit at least three and up to six names to the governor's office by Nov. 15.
The applicants:
1st DCA Judge Joseph Lewis, Jr., 49, Tallahassee.
1st DCA Judge Philip J. Padovano, 55, of Tallahassee.
1st DCA Judge Ricky L. Polston, 46, Tallahassee.
1st DCA Judge Peter Webster, 53, Tallahassee.
Circuit Judge Kenneth B. Bell, 46, Pensacola.
Circuit Judge T. Michael Jones, 52, Pensacola.
Circuit Judge Waddell A. Wallace, III, 49, Jacksonville.
U.S. Administrative Law Judge John Marshall Meisburg Jr., 56, Jacksonville.
Administrative Law Judge Errol H. Powell, 51, Tallahassee.
Attorney George N. Meros Jr., 49, Tallahassee.
Attorney Charles P. Pillans III, 62, Jacksonville.
Attorney Michael P. Reiter, 55, state lawyer for death row inmates, Tallahassee.
Attorney Kenneth Sukia, 49, Tallahassee.
Attorney Carolyn M. Snurkowski, 55, top state lawyer defending criminal sentences, Tallahassee.
Attorney John O. Williams, Jr., 54, Tallahassee.
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