Terry P. Lewis is a retired state circuit judge who presided over cases in the Second Judicial Circuit Court of Florida. He was appointed to that court in 1998 by Governor Lawton Chiles, after serving as a Leon County Court judge from 1989. [1] Lewis is best known for overseeing the Florida recount during the 2000 US presidential election. He is also a writer of legal thriller novels. [2]
The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit is one of the thirteen United States Courts of Appeals. Its territory comprises the states of Connecticut, New York and Vermont. The court has appellate jurisdiction over the district courts in the following districts:
James Andrew Wynn Jr. is an American jurist. He serves as a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and formerly served on both the North Carolina Court of Appeals and the North Carolina Supreme Court.
Kenneth Lee Ryskamp was a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida.
Charles R. Wilson is a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.
Florida is divided into 27 congressional districts, each represented by a member of the United States House of Representatives. After the 2010 Census, the number of Florida's seats was increased from 25 to 27 due to the state's increase in population, and subsequent reapportionment in 2012.
Same-sex marriage has been legally recognized in the U.S. state of Florida since January 6, 2015, as a result of Brenner v. Scott, the lead case on the issue. In this case, a U.S. district court ruled the state's same-sex marriage ban unconstitutional on August 21, 2014. The order was stayed temporarily; state attempts at extending the stay failed, with the U.S. Supreme Court denying further extension on December 19, 2014.
Federico A. Moreno is a Senior United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida.
John C. Antoon II is a Senior United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida.
Gerald Bard Tjoflat is an American lawyer and Senior United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.
Joel Fredrick Dubina is an American attorney and jurist serving as a Senior United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit and a former United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama.
Robert Lewis Hinkle is a Senior United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District 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.
Mark Eaton Walker is the Chief United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida.
Darrin Phillip Gayles is a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida and former Florida Circuit Court Judge.
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.
Joseph Lewis, Jr. is a judge on the Florida First District Court of Appeal.