Justice jay cohen political party

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Candidate Background

Judicial experience

2028

Retired or Appointed Elsewhere

2023 - present

Judge, 6th District Court of Appeal. Transferred from the 5th District Court of Appeal.

2008 - 2022

Judge, 5th District Court of Appeal.

Appointed by Governor Charlie Crist. He won the retention vote in 2010 (63.36%), 2016 (67.95%), and 2022 (64.7%).

1993 - 2008

Circuit Judge, 9th Judicial Circuit Court.

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Appointed by Governor Lawton Chiles.* He was involved in setting up the website for the 9th Circuit.

1990 - 1993

County Judge, Orange County. Appointed by Governor Bob Martinez.* He helped start a successful volunteer-based mediation program in the county, which reduced the court's caseload.

* Appointed instead of running for election because of a vacancy between election cycles.

legal experience

Before he became a judge, Cohen had about 11 years of experience as an attorney.

In that time, he argued 100 jury trials, 200 non-jury trials, and 2 cases Florida Fifth District Court of Appeal - Ballotpedia XIN