Seven more have applied for the upcoming Florida Supreme Court vacancy. This brings to total to 21, including the 14 who previously were announced.
The seven:
Judge Kenneth B. Bell,
46, Pensacola, Circuit Judge, 1st Judicial Circuit
Edward Royce Curtis,
61, Ft. Lauderdale - Attorney
Judge Terry Michael Jones,
51, Pensacola - Circuit Judge, 1st Judicial Circuit
Judge Debra Steinberg Nelson,
48, Sanford, Circuit Judge, 18th Judicial Circuit
Kenneth W. Sukhia,
49, Tallahassee - Shareholder in the Fowler White Boggs Banker firm.
Alert F. Tellechea,
51, Orlando - Shareholder in the Akerman Senterfit firm.
John O. Williams, Jr.,
53, Tallahassee - Shareholder in the Williams & Holz firm.
None of the 21 are from Jacksonville.
The application deadline was Friday and the Judicial Nominating Commission has scheduled a meeting Wednesday at the Tampa Airport Marriott to begin consideration of its recommendations for the replacement for the retiring Justice Major Harding.
The meeting will begin by a short address by Justice Charles Wells on the requirements of the position of Justice of the Supreme Court followed by a brief organizational/planning meeting. The rest of the meeting will consist of closed deliberations to select those judicial applicants to be interviewed.
Interviews will be conducted on June 5 (and June 6 and 7 if necessary) at the same Tampa location.