A judicial nominating panel has sent six names to Gov. Ron DeSantis to consider as the replacement for a local judge who died ...

With that in mind, FLORIDA TODAY's Editorial Board, our opinion arm, has decided to recommend candidates in the four 18th Judicial Circuit Court Judge races happening in Brevard County in 2020.

Circuit Judge Melanie Chase has been elected unopposed by her peers to serve as the new chief judge of the Eighteenth Judicial Circuit.

DeSantis will pick as 13 vie for circuit judge spot in Florida’s 2nd Judicial Circuit The applicants include government lawyers, private practice-attorneys and two sitting county judges.

As of early July 2025, there are 35 female judges in the 13th Judicial Circuit and 32 male judges with three vacancies.

Most elected state attorneys oppose redrawing Florida’s judicial circuits, as a proposal by House Speaker Paul Renner is under review.

Thirteen people have applied to become the next circuit judge for north Florida's 2nd Judicial Circuit, replacing retired Judge Robert Wheeler. A judicial nominating commission (JNC) for the ...

Photo: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg. When Melbourne attorney Alan Landman resigned as chair of Florida's 18th Circuit Judicial Nominating Commission — at the governor's request — he didn't go quietly.

The Florida Judicial Qualifications Commission recommended that the Supreme Court reprimand Broward Circuit Judge Stefanie Moon. (Courtesy, Stefanie Moon) ...

Judge John Murphy III, at the Broward County Courthouse. Photo: Joe Cavaretta/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP, Pool The Seventeenth Circuit Judicial Nominating Commission has been asked to ...

Several candidates for circuit court judge faced primary elections on Tuesday, Aug. 20. There are 20 judicial circuits in Florida, each representing a group of counties in the state.

Governor Ron DeSantis appointed four new judges in the Orange and Osceola counties circuit, but the Chief Judge says the circuit needs more judges.