46 apply for open Miami-Dade circuit judge position

The Miami-Dade Judicial Nominating Commission has received 46 applications to fill the circuit court slot opened by the resignation of Circuit Judge Thomas Wilson Jr., who is leaving Oct. 1.

Five applicants also are election candidates hoping to pre-empt what already promises to be a contentious election season: Miami criminal defense attorneys Miguel de la O and Milton Hirsch, family lawyer Patricia Kopco, Devine Goodman Rasco & Wells partner Robert Kuntz Jr. and Samantha Ruiz Cohen, who is of counsel with Bennett Aiello Cohen & Fried. Kuntz also applied to fill the seat vacated by former Miami-Dade County Judge Ada Beatriz Pozo but was not among the finalists announced last month.

Markowitz Davis Ringel & Trusty partner Joseph I. Davis, Fowler White Burnett shareholder A. Margot Moss, Assistant Public Defender Lourdes Simon and Assistant State Attorney Marie Jo Toussaint are finalists for Pozo’s position who applied for Wilson’s slot.

The other applicants are:

Olanike Annette Adebayo

William Altfield

Maria T. Armas

Antonio Arzola

Victoria R. Brennan

Tanya J. Brinkley

Joseph I. Davis Jr.

Beverly D. Eisenstadt

Robin Faber

Alan S. Fine

Robert B. Galt III

Darrin Phillip Gayles

Ivy R. Ginsberg

Michaelle Gonzalez Paulson

Monica Gordo

Steven Grossbard

Andrew Stuart Hague

Bonita Jones-Peabody

Kristi Flynn Kassebaum

Andreas M. Kelly

Norma Shepard Lindsey

Fleur J. Lobree

Stephen Mechanic

Bronwyn C. Miller

Anita Margot Moss

Gordon Murray

Edward Newman

Maria D. Ortiz

Alicia M. Otazo-Reyes

Jeffrey Joseph Pardo

Margaret A. Rosenbaum

Alan D. Sackrin

Mercedes Saladrigas

Lourdes Simon

Alan Adrian Taylor

Lisa Sharon Walsh

Deborah White-Labora