Lody Jean

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Lody Jean
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Judge Lody Jean, December 16, 2019
Judge of the Florida's 11th Circuit Court
Incumbent
Assumed office
April 17, 2020
Personal details
Born Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Education University of Miami (BA)
St. Thomas University School of Law (JD)

Lody Jean is a judge in Florida's 11th Judicial Circuit Court, Criminal Division. She was appointed to the court on April 17, 2020 by Governor Ron DeSantis. [1] to replace John Schlesinger. Jean served on the Miami-Dade County Court, Civil Division, [2] from April 2019, until her appointment to the circuit court. She was the first Haitian-American woman to be appointed on the Miami-Dade County Court and is the first Haitian-American to be appointed to the Eleventh Circuit Court. [3]

Career

While in law school, Jean interned with Legal Services of Greater Miami where she worked with staff on the Haitian Citizenship Project, [4] a program for individuals of primarily Haitian descent who needed assistance applying for naturalization. Jean also interned at the Third District Court of Appeal, the Miami-Dade Public Defender's Office, and the Broward State Attorney's Office.

From 2012-2018, Jean served on the Florida Bar's Unlicensed Practice Law Committee, [5] a voluntary committee of non-attorneys and attorneys who investigate the unlicensed practice of law in Miami-Dade County. Between 2004 and 2012, Jean served with the State Attorney of Miami-Dade County as an Assistant State Attorney and then as a Felony Division Chief. [6] On November 16, 2018, Governor Rick Scott appointed Jean as Judge to the Miami-Dade County Court. [7] Two years later, on April 17, 2020, Governor Ron DeSantis elevated Jean to serve on Florida's 11th Judicial Circuit Court in Miami-Dade County, becoming the first Haitian-American to serve in Florida's 11th Judicial Circuit Court. She is currently assigned to the Circuit's criminal division [8]

On December 13, 2024, Jean approved a bond based on the state attorney's recommendations, for alleged rapist and sex traffickers, Oren and Alon Alexander who were immediately taken into custody by the FBI on more federal charges. [9]

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References

  1. ↑ "Gov. DeSantis appoints Lody Jean to Eleventh Circuit Court". Florida Politics . 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2021-10-19.
  2. ↑ "FL Gov. appoints Haitian-American woman to Eleventh Judicial Circuit". The Haitian Times. 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2021-10-19.
  3. ↑ Torres, Andrea (2020-04-17). "DeSantis appoints Haitian-American woman to Eleventh Judicial Circuit". WPLG. Retrieved 2021-10-19.
  4. ↑ "9295: Low-income Haitians to get citizenship help (fwd)". faculty.webster.edu. Retrieved 2021-10-19.
  5. ↑ admin (2016-06-14). "HACCOF welcomes new board members". Caribbean News. Retrieved 2021-10-19.
  6. ↑ "Lody Jean, First Haitian-American Judge in Miami-Dade Circuit Court – Le Floridien.com" . Retrieved 2021-10-19.
  7. ↑ "Governor appoints 10 to circuit, county courts". Florida Politics . 2018-11-17. Retrieved 2021-10-19.
  8. ↑ "Judicial Section Details". www.jud11.flcourts.org. Retrieved 2021-10-19.
  9. ↑ https://www.local10.com/news/local/2024/12/13/cousin-of-real-estate-tycoon-brothers-will-surrender-amid-sexual-battery-allegations/
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