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Finalists are selected for two judge openings in 10th Judicial Circuit
The Judicial Nominating Committee for the 10th Judicial Circuit has named finalists for two judge openings. The nominees applied for openings created by the retirement of County Judge Mary Catherine Green and the resignation of Circuit Judge Torea Spohr.
The nominees to replace Spohr are Norda Nathalie Swaby Boggs, assistant state attorney with the 10th Judicial Circuit; Andrea DeMichael, a Lakeland lawyer; Julia 'JC' Caldwell Hill, assistant state attorney; Ruth Moracen Knight, assistant public defender; Renee Margaret Reid, assistant public defender; Monica Smith, assistant state attorney; Jennifer Lynn Steimle, magistrate with the 10th Judicial Circuit; Tara Sweet, assistant public defender; and Rachelle Williamson, a Polk County judge.
The nominees to replace Green are Lee Adam Cohen, a Lakeland lawyer; Alison Fox, assistant state attorney; James Headley, a Lakeland lawyer; Christina Pawlus, senior attorney for the Florida Department of Transportation; Joseph Ravello, assistant United States attorney; and Valerie Wright, assistant state attorney.
Interviews will be conducted by the 10th Judicial Circuit Judicial Nominating Committee on June 20 at the offices of Hardin, Ball and Tondreault, P.A. The 10th Judicial Circuit, based in Bartow, covers Polk, Highlands and Hardee counties.
This article originally appeared on The Ledger: Finalists named for replacements for two judges in Polk County
