FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 18, 2025
CONTACT: Gordon Dieterle, Chair
Fifteenth Circuit Judicial Nominating Commission
TELEPHONE: (561) 734-5552
The Fifteenth Circuit Judicial Nominating Commission (“JNC”) announces one vacancy for a Circuit Court Judge and one vacancy for a County Court Judge for the judgeships created by the signing of SB 2508 by Governor Ron DeSantis. The JNC has been asked to provide Governor DeSantis with nominees for the vacancies by Sunday, October 12, 2025.
Qualifications of Applicants:
Applicants must be able to fulfill the Constitutional qualifications for circuit and county court judges described in Article V, Section 8 of the Florida Constitution.
Instructions for Submission:
- The current Judicial Application form must be used and can be found at https://www.flgov.com/judicial-and-judicial-nominating-commission-information/. Applicants should ensure they are using the correct and current form.
- Applications must be in .pdf form and submitted as follows: (i) one original copy of the application, including all attachments, (ii) one redacted copy of the application, including all attachments, excluding all exempt information under Chapter 119 of the Florida Statutes or other applicable public records law. The two .pdf files should be named in a “last name.first name” format. For example: Jane Smith should submit two files named: (1) Smith.Jane.pdf and (2) Smith.Jane-REDACTED.pdf. Each electronic application, including exhibits, must be a single pdf file. The Commission strongly prefers the submission of applications in a text-searchable (i.e., non-scanned) pdf format.
- The deadline for submission of the completed application is 5:00 p.m., Friday, September 19, 2025. Both the original and redacted electronic applications must be submitted by email to all Commission members at their email addresses below:
Chair Gordon Dieterle gdieterle@guffeykostunlaw.com
Vice Chair Eric Levine elevine@atlas-solomon.com
Steven DeLorenz sdelorenz@icloud.com
John Farina jfarina@bfmlaw.com
Kelly Hagar kellyvhagar@gmail.com
Robert Harvey robert@flbiznow.com
Barry Postman barry.postman@csklegal.com
Robert Rosenberg grebnesor1942@gmail.com
William Shepherd william.shepherd@hklaw.com
It is anticipated that the interviews will be held on Friday, October 3, 2025.
All JNC proceedings are open to the public, except for deliberations. Applications are not confidential. If an applicant is nominated, all materials attached to the original application will be submitted to the Governor.
If you have any questions, please call Mr. Dieterle at (561) 734-5552, or by email at gdieterle@guffeykostunlaw.com