The First DCA Judicial Nominating Commission received the following applications as of the Oct. 15 deadline, including those of Jacksonville’s Tracy Carlin and Scott Makar.
Daniel C. Brown, 53, Tallahassee, shareholder, Carlton Fields, P.A.; Carlin, 39, Jacksonville, partner, Foley & Lardner; Judge Nikki Ann Clark, 50, Tallahassee, circuit judge, 2nd Judicial Circuit; Charles T. Collette, 57, Tallahasse, senior assistant general counsel, DEP; Gregory G. Costas, 50, Tallahassee, assistant general counsel, DOT; Rebecca Southwell Daffin, 50, Panama City, solo practitioner; Judge Kathleen F. Dekker, 50, Tallahassee, circuit judge, 2nd Judicial Circuit; Richard E. Doran, 45, Tallahassee, deputy attorney general; Paul M. Hawkes, 45, Tallahassee, chief of policy, House Speaker’s Office; Jacalyn N. Kolk, 53, Panama City, shareholder Jacalyn N. Kolk, P.A.; Judge John P. Kuder, 58, Pensacola, chief judge, 1st Judicial Circuit.
Judge John Joseph Lazzara, 59, Tallahassee, judge of compensation claims; Makar, 43, Jacksonville, assistant general counsel, City of Jacksonville; Michael A. Palecki, 51, Daytona Beach, Florida Public Service Commission; Judge Thomas G. Portuallo, 41, Daytona Beach, judge of compensation claims; Michael Paul Reiter, 55, Tallahassee, CCRC, Northern Region; Judge Elijah Smiley, 43, Panama City, county judge, Bay County; Charles A. Stampelos, 52, Tallahassee, administrative law judge, DOAH; Marianne A. Trussell, 55, Tallahassee, deputy general counsel, DOT; John G. Van Landingham, 39, Tallahassee, administrative law judge, DOAH.
Stephen R. White, 54, Tallahassee, assistant statewide prosecutor; Enoch Jonathan Whitney, 57, Tallahassee, general counsel, DHSMV.
The Commission will be interviewing all applicants in Tallahassee on Nov. 6, 7 and 8 if necessary at The Florida Bar Annex, Room 114. An organizational conference call is scheduled Oct. 30 at 2 p.m. to finalize the interview process and determine the voting methodology. For further information, please contact the chair.
Members currently serving on the Commission are: Chair Maggie A. Moody, Tallahassee; Vice Chair Lawrence E. Sellers Jr., Tallahassee; Barbara H. Wright and Melissa F. Allaman, also of Tallahassee; Edward P. Fleming, Pensacola; James B. Fensom, Panama City; and Steven K. Yablonski, Jeanne M. Miller and Elizabeth L. White, all of Jacksonville.