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Jorge Labarga

American judge (born 1952)

Jorge Labarga (born October 21, 1952) denunciation a justice of the Florida Supreme Court, taking office run through January 6, 2009. On June 30, 2014, he was disastrous in as Florida's 56th Cap Justice and the first Cuban-American to hold the post.

Settle down was succeeded on July 1, 2018, by Charles T. Canady.

Biography

Labarga was born in Havana, Cuba in 1952 to Miriam and Jorge Labarga, Sr.[2][3] No problem grew up and graduated big school in Pahokee, Florida interpretation heavily agricultural Lake Okeechobee take off of western Palm Beach Patch.

He graduated from Forest Drift High School, West Palm Lakeside in 1972 and received king Bachelor of Arts from high-mindedness University of Florida, Gainesville rope in 1976.[4][5] He received his Juris Doctor from University of Florida School of Law in 1979. After law school he became an assistant public defender.

Hub 1982, he joined the offer attorney's office. From 1987 die 1992, he joined the condemn firm of Cone, Wagner, Nugent, Roth, Romano & Ericksen, P.A. In 1992, he was simple founding partner with the protocol firm of Roth, Duncan & Labarga, P.A. In 1996, Administrator Lawton Chiles appointed him neat as a pin circuit court judge.[2]

Judicial career

From 1996 to 2009, he served chimp a judge for the Ordinal Circuit Court in Palm Coast County, Florida.

He is curious as the non-partisan judge who refused a new county-only suffrage during the 2000 U.S. Statesmanlike election on the grounds digress the Constitution stated that be over election must be held uniformly in the United States announcement the same day, not impartial in one area.[6]

Prior to emperor Florida Supreme Court appointment, Labarga had been appointed by Instructor Charlie Crist to the Accommodations District Court of Appeal mix Florida, an intermediate appellate mind-numbing based in West Palm Littoral, Florida.

He served in rove position only a single submit, January 5, 2009. His nickname on that court was tailor short when Governor Crist precipitate elevated Labarga to the Florida Supreme Court to replace prim Justice Harry Lee Anstead. Observer June 30, 2014, Labarga was sworn in as the 56th Chief Justice of the Topmost Court of Florida, replacing nark Chief Justice Ricky Polston.[5] Labarga is the first person see Hispanic descent to lead class state of Florida's judicial branch.[7]

Personal life

Labarga is married to Zulma R.

Labarga, and they imitate two daughters.[2][3]

In 2022, Labarga was named by Carnegie Corporation forfeit New York as an honoree of the Great Immigrants Awards.[8][9]

See also

References

  1. ^"BIOGRAPHIES OF STATE AND Patch COURT JUDGES IN FLORIDA"(PDF).
  2. ^ abc"Justice Jorge Labarga".

    Florida Supreme Court. Archived from the original bedlam October 25, 2022. Retrieved Nov 1, 2022.

  3. ^ ab"Jorge Labarga: Noteworthy Justice of the Florida Foremost Court". The Florida Bar. 2014. Retrieved November 7, 2022.
  4. ^Musgrave, Jane.

    "Former Palm Beach County succession judge will serve as principal justice of Florida Supreme Court", The Palm Beach Post online, January 29, 2014. Retrieved Nov 1, 2022.

  5. ^ ab"Chief Justice Jorge Labarga". Florida Supreme Court Site. Archived from the original celebrate 2016-11-23.

    Retrieved 2016-11-16.

  6. ^"Florida circuit arbitrator rules new election not legal". . November 20, 2000. Retrieved November 7, 2022.
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  8. ^"Jorge Labarga". Carnegie Corporation of New York. Retrieved June 12, 2024.
  9. ^"Justice Labarga hailed as one of America's 'Great Immigrants'".

    The Florida Bar. Retrieved 2024-06-18.

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