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Judge Juan Ramirez, Jr. is the former Chief Judge of the Third District Court of Appeal. His term commenced July 1, 2009, and expired June 30, 2011. He has served as a district court judge since January 2, 2000. He previo...

Judge Shepherd was born and raised in Palm Beach County, Florida. He received his B.A. cum laude from the University of Florida in 1968. In 1970, he received a Master of Arts Degree in Government from the University of Ma...

Mario P. Goderich was born in Santiago de Cuba, Oriente, Cuba.  While still living in Cuba, his parents enrolled him in high school in Virginia. After graduating from high school, he returned to Cuba, where he attended t...

Judge Wells, a native of Louisiana, has lived in Florida virtually all her life. She and her husband, attorney Robert W. Wells, Jr. have two adult daughters.

Judge Wells graduated with high honors with a degree in medical...

After release from active military duty in March, 1963, Judge John G. Fletcher, who had been admitted to the Florida Bar in 1962, joined the Pinellas County Attorney's office where he practiced as an assistant county atto...

Judge Suarez received his Bachelor of Music degree, cum laude, from the University of Miami. During his senior year, he was awarded a Presidential Scholastic Scholarship. He is a member of Phi Kappa Phi National Scholasti...

Judge Rodolfo Sorondo, Jr. was appointed in January 1997 by Governor Lawton Chiles to the Third District Court of Appeal. In 1975, Judge Sorondo received his undergraduate degree from the University of Miami. In 1978, he...

BORN: 1962

BIRTHPLACE: La Habana, Cuba

SPOUSE: Maria Elena Almeyda

CHILDREN: Three Daughters

LANGUAGES: Fluent in Spanish and Portuguese. Studied at University of Cordoba in Spain and Pontificia Universidade Catolic...

Judge Rothenberg who joined the Third District Court of Appeal in January of 2005, has an extensive history as a litigator, trial attorney, and trial judge, and has handled a large variety of criminal, civil, and appellat...

Barbara Lagoa was born in Miami, Florida in 1967. She received her B.A. cum laude in 1989 from Florida International University where she majored in English and was a member of the Phi Kappa Phi honor society. Judge Lagoa...