TALLAHASSEE- Judge David C. Miller of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit was reprimanded for improper conduct while trying to quiet a crowded and noisy hallway outside his courtroom, during which he inappropriately threatened one court employee with contempt for shaking her head at him. Two other judges standing with the court employee stated that the…
TALLAHASSEE- Five judges from the Eleventh Judicial Circuit in Miami-Dade County have been reprimanded by the Florida Supreme Court for improperly interfering in a contract procurement process being run by the Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF). Eleventh Circuit Judges Rosa Figarola, Marcia Caballero, Teresa Pooler, and Mavel Ruiz signed a letter originally drafted…
TALLAHASSEE- Judge Ernest Kollra of the 17th Judicial Circuit was publicly reprimanded by the Florida Supreme Court after the Court accepted the Findings and Recommendation of the Investigative Panel of the Commission, filed as part of a Stipulation between the Commission and Judge Kollra. Judge Kollra admitted to violating Canon 7 by using the endorsement…
TALLAHASSEE- Accepting the Findings and Recommendation of the Investigative Panel of the Commission filed as part of a Stipulation with 17th Circuit Judge Dennis Bailey, the Florida Supreme Court ordered that the judge be publicly reprimanded. The allegations of misconduct relate to Judge Bailey’s intemperate treatment of attorneys appearing before him during a criminal trial.…