Patrice J. Pilate (no photo available) Age: 48 Residence: Mims Occupation: Lawyer Personal: Single Education: Florida A&M; University; Howard University School of Law Community involvement: Former ...

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.

Why I am the best candidate: I am an experienced trial attorney and have spent nearly every working day of my legal career in circuit court. I have personally handled over 10,000 cases ...

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

19th Judicial Circuit Judge Brett Waronicki was arrested on DUI and drug charges in Jensen Beach. Waronicki has resigned. A special panel in Tallahassee investigates judicial complaints.

Gov. Ron DeSantis is filling an open seat on the 18th Judicial Circuit Court with Brevard Assistant State Attorney Jigisa Patel-Dookhoo.

That faith came into question when former 19th Judicial Circuit Judge Brett M. Waronicki was arrested on DUI and drug possession charges on April 23.

The 18th Circuit Court, which is comprised of Seminole and Brevard counties, takes the No. 1 spot when it comes judges found guilty of official misconduct, according to records by the Judicial ...

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.

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 ...

Voters in Seminole and Brevard counties will decide Tuesday whether to keep an incumbent 18th Circuit judge or replace her with a longtime trial lawyer. Judge Meryl L. Allawas, 50, has held the sea… ...