Thirty-five people have applied for a Hillsborough County judge vacancy. Those wanting the post are: ...more

July 14, 2009

Four county judges and two lawyers have been nominated for a vacancy on the Hillsborough County Circuit Court bench, the Florida Bar said today. ...more

March 30, 2009

Tampa lawyer John Fitzgibbons has been named to head a statewide panel that picks finalists for presidential appointments to district judgeships, U.S. attorneys and U.S. marshals. ...more

February 27, 2009

Gov. Charlie Crist today appointed Hillsborough County Circuit Judge Marva L. Crenshaw to the 2nd District Court of Appeal. ...more

January 7, 2009

Gov. Charlie Crist announced his third appointment to the Florida Supreme Court this morning. Judge Jorge Labarga will replace Justice Harry Lee Anstead when he retires. ...more

January 2, 2009

Three Hillsborough County circuit judges and a local lawyer are among the six finalists for the vacant seat on the Florida 2nd District Court of Appeals. ...more

November 7, 2008

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. ...more

November 6, 2008

TAMPA - Two weeks ago, Gov. Charlie Crist appointed a county judge to fill a circuit judge seat left vacant when Monica Sierra resigned to continue as a volunteer for an evangelical mission in Israel's West Bank. ...more

May 23, 2008

She is a daughter of Tampa society, blessed with a close-knit, affluent family that took cross-country vacations in Edwardian vintage cars. Her dad was crowned El Rey XXVII of the Knights of Sant' Yago. She graduated from one of the Bay area's most respected Catholic high schools, the Academy of Holy Names. ...more

February 3, 2008

TAMPA - She is a daughter of Tampa society, blessed with a close-knit, affluent family that took cross-country vacations in Edwardian vintage cars. Her dad was crowned El Rey XXVII of the Knights of Sant' Yago. She graduated from one of the Bay area's most respected Catholic high schools, the Academy of Holy Names. When the Florida Legislature created a new judicial seat in Hillsborough County, friends and family fanned out across the county, knocking on doors and raising more than $100,000 for her campaign. They helped the 35-year-old lawyer become the youngest judge ever elected to Hillsborough County's circuit court. So when Monica Sierra announced last week that she was giving it all up — the $145,000-a-year job, the comfortable safety net of family, the Mercedes-Benz — many were aghast. It wasn't just what she was throwing away, it was what she was throwing it away for: evangelical and humanitarian work in the Middle East. ...more

February 1, 2008