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Judgeship Finalists Announced

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Published: November 6, 2008

TAMPA Three Hillsborough County circuit judges and a local attorney are among the six finalists for the vacant seat on the Florida Second District Court of Appeals.

Judges Anthony K. Black, Marva L. Crenshaw and Richard A. Nielsen, along with attorney Valeria Hendricks of the firm Davis & Harmon were among the six names sent to Gov. Charlie Crist by the Judicial Nominating Commission for the appeals district

The other nominees are Arthur S. Hardy of Sarasota and Circuit Judge Jay B. Rosman of Fort Myers.

The vacancy was created when Crist appointed Second District Judge Charles Canady to the Florida Supreme Court.

The commission sought applications from lawyers throughout the district that hears appeals from Charlotte, Collier, DeSoto, Glades, Hardee, Hendry, Highlands, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk and Sarasota counties.

Applicants had to have been members of The Florida Bar for the preceding 10 years; registered voters; and resided with in the district at the time of assuming office.

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