Governor to consider nominees for new seat on the 4th Judicial Circuit Court

Candidates comprise two county judges, an administrative law judge, a general magistrate, an assistant state attorney and a lawyer in private practice.


  • By Max Marbut
  • | 12:00 a.m. September 12, 2025
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Top row: Marquita Green, Jenny Higginbotham and Matthew Lufrano.
Bottom row: Kristina Mobley, Joel Powell and Nicole Saunders.
Top row: Marquita Green, Jenny Higginbotham and Matthew Lufrano. Bottom row: Kristina Mobley, Joel Powell and Nicole Saunders.
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After interviewing 10 applicants for a vacancy on the circuit court in Clay, Duval and Nassau counties Sept. 2, the 4th Circuit Judicial Nominating Commission selected six candidates to be considered for appointment by Gov. Ron DeSantis.

They will be interviewed in Tallahassee by the governor’s staff. DeSantis will appoint one of the candidates or ask the commission to provide alternative nominees.

The six candidates are:

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