The Supreme Court of Maryland is the highest court of the U.S. state of Maryland. The court,which is composed of one chief justice and six associate justices,meets in the Robert C. Murphy Courts of Appeal Building in the state capital,Annapolis. The term of the Court begins the second Monday of September. The Court is unique among American courts in that the justices wear red robes.
Teresita Leonardo-De Castro is a Filipina who served as the 24th chief justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines;she was appointed by President Rodrigo Duterte on August 28,2018. She assumed the vacated position once her predecessor,Maria Lourdes Sereno,was removed via a quo warranto petition;making De Castro the de jure 24th chief justice,and the first female chief justice of the Supreme Court.
Geraldine Fortenberry Thompson is an American politician and member of the Democratic Party,who currently serves as a member of the Florida State Senate from the 15th district. She served as a member of the Florida House of Representatives,representing the 44th District from 2018 to 2022. The district included Windermere,Winter Garden,Gotha,Lake Buena Vista,Oakland,parts of Ocoee,and the Dr. Phillips,Horizon West,and Williamsburg communities in Southwest Orange County,FL. The district contains Walt Disney World,Universal Studios Florida,SeaWorld,International Drive,and the Orange County Convention Center.
Susan Pia Graber is an American attorney and jurist. She is a senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. A native of Oklahoma,she was the 90th justice of the Oregon Supreme Court from 1990 to 1998. She served on the Oregon Court of Appeals from 1988 to 1990.
Adalberto Jose Jordan is an American lawyer who serves as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. He is also an adjunct professor at the University of Miami School of Law,his alma mater,and at Florida International University's College of Law. In February 2016,The New York Times identified Jordan as a potential Supreme Court nominee to replace Justice Antonin Scalia. In early March,Jordan removed himself from consideration.
Barbara Lagoa is an American attorney and jurist serving as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. Prior to becoming a federal judge,she was the first Latina and Cuban American woman appointed to serve as a justice of the Supreme Court of Florida.
Jill Anne Pryor is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. Pryor was born in Harrisburg,Pennsylvania.
Carlos Genaro Muñiz is the chief justice on the Florida Supreme Court. He was appointed by Governor Ron DeSantis on January 22,2019. Previously,he was General Counsel of the United States Department of Education.
Wendy Leigh Williams Berger is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida. She previously served as a Florida state District Judge of the Fifth District Court of Appeal.
Robert Joshua Luck is an American lawyer and jurist who serves as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit and was formerly a justice of the Florida Supreme Court. A Miami native,he has previously served as an Assistant United States Attorney and as a judge on the Eleventh Judicial Circuit Court of Florida and then the Florida Third District Court of Appeal.
Laurel Frances Lee is an American lawyer and politician serving as the U.S. representatives for Florida's 15th congressional district since 2023. A member of the Republican Party,she was a judge on Florida's Thirteenth Judicial Circuit from 2013 to 2019 and was the 30th Secretary of State of Florida from 2019 to 2022.
Tamika Renee Montgomery-Reeves is an American lawyer who serves as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. She previously served as an Associate Justice of the Delaware Supreme Court.
John Daniel Couriel is a justice of the Supreme Court of Florida.
Kathryn Kimball Mizelle is an American lawyer and jurist serving as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida. At age 33,she was the youngest person chosen by President Donald Trump for a lifetime judicial appointment.
Jamie Rutland Grosshans is a justice of the Supreme Court of Florida.
Monique Haughton Worrell is a former prosecutor and Democratic politician who was the state attorney for the Ninth Judicial Circuit Court of Florida since January 2021. In August 2023,Florida governor Ron DeSantis suspended her and appointed an acting state attorney operating the office.
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. to replace John Schlesinger. Jean served on the Miami-Dade County Court,Civil Division,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.
Andrew Howard Warren is an American prosecutor and politician who has been the state attorney for Florida's 13th Judicial Circuit,Hillsborough County since 2017. In August 2022,Florida Governor Ron DeSantis suspended Warren. On June 22,2023 the Florida State Supreme Court dismissed a suit filed by Warren challenging his dismissal. Warren was previously a federal prosecutor in the fraud division at the United States Department of Justice.
Ron DeSantis has served as the 46th governor of Florida since January 8,2019. A member of the Republican Party,he narrowly defeated Democratic challenger Andrew Gillum in the 2018 Florida gubernatorial election. As governor,DeSantis resisted taking many of the measures to slow the spread of COVID-19 that various other state governments implemented,such as face-mask mandates,stay-at-home orders,and vaccination requirements. During the pandemic,Florida experienced above-average economic growth. DeSantis cut state-government spending,which,combined with federal stimulus payments and high sales-tax revenue,led to the largest budget surplus in Florida history. He engaged in recovery efforts after Hurricane Ian and Hurricane Nicole,and oversaw the passage of the controversial Parental Rights in Education Act. He was reelected in a landslide in the 2022 Florida gubernatorial election;his 19.4% margin of victory over Charlie Crist was the state's largest in 40 years. He has generally governed as a conservative.
