11TH CIRCUIT JNC ANNOUNCES CIRCUIT AND COUNTY COURT JUDICIAL VACANCIES
11TH CIRCUIT JNC ANNOUNCES CIRCUIT AND COUNTY COURT JUDICIAL VACANCIES
The Eleventh Circuit Judicial Nominating Commission held an organizational meeting on August 26, 2026, to consider the applicants for a vacancy on the Eleventh Judicial Circuit Court and three vacancies on the Miami-Dade County Court created by the elevations of Judges Rebull, Correa, Espinosa Marin, and Perez Santiago. The Commission determined that it will consider all applicants, listed below in the order applications were received:
Patricia Salman (County)
Hon. Michelle Urbistondo (Circuit)
Annette Strauch (County)
Alexander Shear (County & Circuit)
Jeffrey Pierce (County)
Kimberly Hillery (County)
Hon. Jennifer Trautman Levin (Circuit)
Hon. Rita Cuervo (Circuit)
Alexander Annunziato (County)
Christian Dunham (County & Circuit)
Hon. Miesha Darraugh (Circuit)
Natalia Costea (County & Circuit)
Hon. Luis Perez-Medina (County & Circuit)
Aaron Feuer (County and Circuit)
Hon. Eleane Sosa-Bruzon (Circuit)
Hon. Stephanie Silver (Circuit)
Shawn Abuhoff (County)
Hon. Chiaka Ihekwaba (Circuit)
Malcolm Wiseheart (County)
Hon. Natalie Moore (Circuit)
Scott Janowitz (County & Circuit)
Madeline D'Arce (County)
Cristobal Padron (County & Circuit)
Anthony Maneiro (County)
Juan Perez (County)
Eddie Holiday (County)
Yvette Lavelle (County)
Yenly Dominguez (County & Circuit)
Melissa Jordan (County)
The Commission will interview the following applicants only on Fri., August 28, 2026, at Jones Day, 600 Brickell Avenue, Miami, FL 33131 according to the following schedule:
1:00 p.m. – Hon. Luis Perez-Medina
1:15 p.m. – Malcolm Wiseheart
1:30 p.m. – Cristobal Padron
1:45 p.m. – Anthony Maneiro
2:00 p.m. – Juan Perez
2:15 p.m. – Eddie Holiday
2:30 p.m. – Yenly Dominguez
2:45 p.m. – Melissa Jordan
No further interviews will be held. Following these interviews, the Commission will hold an executive session to select nominees and elect a new chairperson. Members of the public are invited to attend the interviews and submit any information they have regarding the candidates to the Eleventh Judicial Circuit Nominating Commission.
ELEVENTH CIRCUIT JUDICIAL NOMINATING COMMISSION MEMBERS
Eliot Pedrosa (Chair)
Jones Day
600 Brickell Avenue
Miami, FL 33131-3072
Tel: 305-714-9717
R. Jordan Richardson (Vice Chair)
Tel: 304-380-3354
Robert H. Fernandez
RHF Law Firm, LLC
8440 Grand Canal Drive
Miami, Florida 33144
Telehone: 305-215-2264
Scott M. Dimond
Homer, Bonner, Jacobs, Ortiz, & Dimond
1200 Four Seasons Tower
1441 Brickell Avenue
Miami, Florida 33131
Tel,: (305) 350-5100
Hayden P. O’Byrne
United States Attorney’s Office, SDFL
99 N.E. 4th Street
Miami, FL 33132
Tel: 305-961-9447/Fax: 305-530-7679
Miguel Gonzalez
Miami-Dade County Attorney's Office
111 NW 1st St Ste 2810
Miami, FL 33128-1930
Tel: 305-375-3332
Jesus M. Suarez Continental PLLC
255 Alhambra Cir., Suite 640
Coral Gables, FL 33134
Tel: 305-677-2707
Alexander M. Peraza
Kaplan Rothstein Prüss Peraza, P.A.
Offices at Grand Bay Plaza
2665 South Bayshore Dr., PH 2B
Miami, FL 33133
Tel: 305-374-1920
Michael Pineiro
Marcus Rashbaum Pineiro & Meyers LLP
2 S Biscayne Blvd Ste 2530
Miami, FL 33131-1806
Tel: 305-400-4268
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