11TH CIRCUIT JNC ANNOUNCES CIRCUIT AND COUNTY COURT JUDICIAL VACANCIES
11TH CIRCUIT JNC ANNOUNCES CIRCUIT AND COUNTY COURT JUDICIAL VACANCIES
The Eleventh Circuit Judicial Nominating Commission has received 29 applications for a vacancy on the Eleventh Judicial Circuit Court and three vacancies on the Miami-Dade County Court created by the elevations of Judges Thomas Rebull, Christina Correa, Elizabeth Espinosa Marin, and Jorge Perez Santiago. The applicants, in the order received, are:
Patricia Salman (County)
Hon. Michelle Urbistondo (Circuit)
Annette Strauch (County)
Alexander Shear (County & Circuit)
Jeffrey Pierce (County)
Kimberly Hillery (County)
Hon. Jennifer Trautman Levin (Circuit)
Hon. Rita Cuervo (Circuit)
Alexander Annunziato (County)
Christian Dunham (County and Circuit)
Hon. Miesha Darraugh (Circuit)
Natalia Costea (County & Circuit)
Hon. Luis Perez-Medina (County & Circuit)
Aaron Feuer (County and Circuit)
Hon. Eleane Sosa-Bruzon (Circuit)
Hon. Stephanie Silver (Circuit)
Shawn Abuhoff (County)
Hon. Chiaka Ihekwaba (Circuit)
Malcolm Wiseheart (County)
Hon. Natalie Moore (Circuit)
Scott Janowitz (County and Circuit)
Madeline D'Arce (County)
Cristobal Padron (County & Circuit)
Anthony Maneiro (County)
Juan Perez (County)
Eddie Holiday (County)
Yvette Lavelle (County)
Yenly Dominguez (County & Circuit)
Melissa Jordan (County)
All applicants are being considered and vetted by the Commission for the current vacancies, and the Commission may schedule interviews of candidates. Candidates previously interviewed within the past 12 months may be re-interviewed or considered without an additional interview. Notice of interviews, if any, will be sent on Wednesday, August 25, 2026.
All candidates are asked to hold open their availability for possible interviews on Fri., Aug. 28, 2026 and Wed., Sept. 2, 2026 at 10 a.m., respectively, at Jones Day, 600 Brickell Avenue, Miami, Florida 33131. Members of the public are invited to submit any information they have regarding the candidates to the Eleventh Judicial Circuit Nominating Commission. Interviews, if any, will be open to the public.
ELEVENTH CIRCUIT JUDICIAL NOMINATING COMMISSION MEMBERS
Eliot Pedrosa (Chair)
Jones Day
600 Brickell Avenue
Miami, FL 33131-3072
Tel: 305-714-9717
R. Jordan Richardson (Vice Chair)
Tel: 304-380-3354
Robert H. Fernandez
RHF Law Firm, LLC
8440 Grand Canal Drive
Miami, Florida 33144
Telehone: 305-215-2264
Scott M. Dimond
Homer, Bonner, Jacobs, Ortiz, & Dimond
1200 Four Seasons Tower
1441 Brickell Avenue
Miami, Florida 33131
Tel,: (305) 350-5100
Hayden P. O’Byrne
United States Attorney’s Office, SDFL
99 N.E. 4th Street
Miami, FL 33132
Tel: 305-961-9447/Fax: 305-530-7679
Miguel Gonzalez
Miami-Dade County Attorney's Office
111 NW 1st St Ste 2810
Miami, FL 33128-1930
Tel: 305-375-3332
Jesus M. Suarez Continental PLLC
255 Alhambra Cir., Suite 640
Coral Gables, FL 33134
Tel: 305-677-2707
Alexander M. Peraza
Kaplan Rothstein Prüss Peraza, P.A.
Offices at Grand Bay Plaza
2665 South Bayshore Dr., PH 2B
Miami, FL 33133
Tel: 305-374-1920
Michael Pineiro
Marcus Rashbaum Pineiro & Meyers LLP
2 S Biscayne Blvd Ste 2530
Miami, FL 33131-1806
Tel: 305-400-4268
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