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