JNC releases names of Regional Counsel applicants

This is up as a press release at the Fla Bar site.

I recognize a few of these names. I would like to know which of these has substantial dependency law experience. Feel free to leave comments below.

Thirty-four applicants doesn't seem like it will be enough of a pool to find three qualified applicants in each of the five districts to send on to the governor. I've wondered from the beginning what will happen if the qualified applicants don't happen to live wherever the office will be, since each will have responsibility over several counties. Such speculation aside, here is the press release:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 10, 2007
CONTACT: Tina McCain Matte, Chair, Supreme Court Judicial Nominating Commission,
The Florida Bar
TELEPHONE: 239/275-5758

The Florida Supreme Court Judicial Nominating Commission received a total of 34 applications for consideration for five newly created Offices of Criminal Conflict and Civil Regional Counsel, established during the 2007 legislative session by Senate Bill 1088 and signed into law by Gov. Charlie Crist, under F.S.27.511. The offices will be created within the geographic boundaries of each of the five District Courts of Appeal.

By Statute, the Supreme Court Judicial Nominating Commission will recommend three qualified applicants for each Regional Counsel position to Gov. Crist, who will appoint the Regional Counsels subject to confirmation by the Florida Senate.

Interviews are scheduled for July 19 and 20, at the Florida Bar Offices in the Tampa Airport Marriott. Alphabetically, the applicants include:

Ngozi C. Acholonu, Maitland
Jane C. Almy, Daytona Beach
Angela M. Ball, Perry
Mariza de Guzman Cobb, Hollywood
Shirley L. Cummings, Groveland
Joseph N. D'Achille, Jr., Orlando
Jeffrey D. Deen, Oviedo
Jeffries H. Duvall, Tallahassee
Richard L. Fetterer, Naples
Jackson S. Flyte, Winter Haven
Joseph P. George, Miami
Debra Gotlib, Jupiter
Jennifer Hixson, Vero Beach
James R. Jessell, Fort Myers
Edward J. Kelly, Naples
Clyde G. Killer, Fort Pierce
Judith L. Kinney, Cocoa
Jeffrey E. Lewis, Pensacola
Howard Lindsky, Gainesville
AuBroncee Martin, Gainesville
Philip J. Massa, West Palm
Michelle Migdal, Delray Beach
Judith Migdal-Mack, Boynton Beach
Heather Morcroft, Orlando
Dr. Belinda Noah, Tampa
Daniel W. Perry, Orlando
Eric C. Pinkard, St. Petersburg
Edmund D. Quintana, Panama City
Michael P. Reiter, Tallahassee
Charles H. Scruggs, Tampa
Melody Stickel-Martinez, Pembroke Pines
George Harry Stopp, Pensacola
David J. Tarbert, Tallahassee
John A. Tomasino, Tallahassee