“Gov. Yet among the state’s judiciary, fewer than nine percent of judges are Hispanic, and fewer than seven percent are African-American. “The Florida Justice Reform Institute, on behalf of the business community, has long called for judges who are textualists — who will say what the law is, and not what they think it should be — and who show deference to the legislature as the rightful policymaking branch of government.”“Governor Ron DeSantis has made a simply outstanding choice in Barbara Lagoa for the Florida Supreme Court,” Stemberger said. A report by the Florida Access to Justice Project found that political influences have become a greater threat to the independence of the courts and its ability to act as a check and balance. When the Judicial Nominating Commissions were established in the 1970s they were supposed to act independently as a check on executive power but that has changed in recent years.
In 2003, Barbara joined the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida in Miami as an Assistant United States Attorney, where she worked until her appointment to the bench in 2006. “Justice Lagoa graduated from Florida International University with honors in 1989 and from Columbia University School of Law in 1992, where she served as an editor to the prestigious Columbia Law Review. as he assumes the post as President of the American Association for Justice (AAJ) today.Legal Compass delivers you the full scope of information, from the rankings of the Am Law 200 and NLJ 500 to intricate details and comparisons of firms’ financials, staffing, clients, news and events.Consulting magazine is proud to recognize this unique group of movers & shakers at our annual Rising Stars of Profession awards.ALM's content plays a significant role in your work and research, and now through this alliance LexisNexis® will bring you access to an even more comprehensive collection of legal content.Atlanta, Georgia, United StatesWebcast Date: July 29, 2020 | Join this webcast for best practices and lessons learned for investigations.LexisNexis® is now the exclusive third party online distributor of the broad collection of current and archived versions of ALM's legal news publications.
Barbara Lagoa is one of three conservative judges Gov. Ron DeSantis named Florida Third District Court of Appeals Judge Barbara Lagoa, a conservative, to the Florida Supreme Court. Barbara Lagoa (born November 2, 1967) is an American lawyer and 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 Hispanic woman to be appointed as a Justice on the Supreme Court of Florida.
Gov. in political science from the University of Florida and is the litigation reporter for Daily Business Review. Ron DeSantis named Florida Third District Court of Appeals Judge Barbara Lagoa, a conservative, to the Florida Supreme Court. Lagoa is … Gov. Barbara Lagoa is one of three conservative judges Gov. Rick Scott on the matter.Florida Family Policy Council President John Stemberger, one of the top religious conservatives in the state and an attorney, also praised the new Supreme Court justice.Liberal group Progress Florida launched a preemptive attack earlier in the week, bashing DeSantis for not looking more at African Americans to serve on the state Supreme Court.“First appointed to the Third District Court of Appeals by Governor Jeb Bush in 2006, Justice Lagoa was the first Cuban American woman to serve on the Third District Court of Appeals. As an appellate court judge, she has more experience than any of the other nominees put forward by the Supreme Court Judicial Nominating Commission.” DeSantis’ office noted. DeSantis turned to … “Gov. Originally from Montville, New Jersey, he holds a B.A. L-R: Judge Jonathan D. Gerber, Judge Jeffrey T. Kuntz, Judge Anuraag Singhal, Judge Barbara Lagoa, Judge Robert J. When the Judicial Nominating Commissions were established in the 1970s they were supposed to act independently as a check on executive power but that has changed in recent years. Less than 24 hours after he was sworn in, Gov. "Despite unrelenting Democrat smears and obstruction, President Trump, Leader McConnell, and Chairmen Graham and Grassley continue to make good on their promises to nominate and confirm judges who fairly apply the law and adhere to the Constitution." Issues Trump Flips Another Federal Court to Conservative Control Gov. Barbara Lagoa, a Justice on the Florida Supreme Court, would be Trump’s first nonwhite nominee to the Eleventh Circuit, and would flip the court to being evenly divided between the genders, a rare case of gender progress on the Gov. “Governor DeSantis’ appointment of Justice Lagoa as the 87th Justice to the Florida Supreme Court is the first step towards fulfilling his promise to appoint judges who will interpret the law and not legislate from the bench,” Large said.
What he is unlikely to mention is that due to the outsized political influence on the nominating process he will be remaking the Florida Supreme Court with no African American representation for the first time in decades. Conservatives Back Ron DeSantis Naming Barbara Lagoa to Florida Supreme Court By KEVIN DERBY - 01.09.19 Less than 24 hours after he was sworn in, Gov.