The Daily Business Review has an article today: New Federal JNC formed for Florida. "U.S. Sen. Mel Martinez, R-Fla., has announced the formation of a new statewide federal judicial nominating commission to provide the White House with recommendations for nominees to the federal courts and top law enforcement posts in Florida. According to Martinez’s office, the 56-member commission was named in cooperation with Bill Nelson, his Democrat counterpart, and other members of the Florida congressional delegation. That could signal a return to the bipartisan federal judicial nominating process that was in place throughout most of the 1990s when Republican Sen. Connie Mack and Democratic Sen. Bob Graham collaborated on federal appointments. In the last few years, the federal JNC was appointed by Gov. Jeb Bush and other leading Republican elected officials, including U.S. Rep. E. Clay Shaw Jr."
"The members from the Southern District include chair Justin Sayfie, Roberto Martinez, Barry Silverman, Tom Tew, Mark Schnapp, Luis Perez, Manny Kadre, Gonzalo R. Dorta, Robert Dunlap, Peter S. Sachs, Scott A. Srebnick, Charles Garcia, Dexter Lehtinen, Beverly A. Brame, Jillian Inmon, state Rep. Ellyn Bogdanoff, Thomas Panza, Steven E. Chaykin, Joseph Reiter, and Michael Hanzman. Their first task will be to help select a successor to former Miami U.S. Attorney Marcos D. Jimenez."
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So where can one see a full list of the members of the new JNC, their affiliations, etc.?
ReplyDeleteI don't know their affiliations, but:
ReplyDeleteThe members from the Southern District include chair Justin Sayfie, Roberto Martinez, Barry Silverman, Tom Tew, Mark Schnapp, Luis Perez, Manny Kadre, Gonzalo R. Dorta, Robert Dunlap, Peter S. Sachs, Scott A. Srebnick, Charles Garcia, Dexter Lehtinen, Beverly A. Brame, Jillian Inmon, state Rep. Ellyn Bogdanoff, Thomas Panza, Steven E. Chaykin, Joseph Reiter, and Michael Hanzman.
The members from the Northern District are chair Jim Smith, William G. Harrison Jr., William K. Jennings, Harold Knowles, Brian Jogerst, C. Ledon Anchors Jr., Susan Story, Tom Condon, Richard F. Smith, Hayden Dempsey, Clay Roberts, Christopher W. Hart, Doug Mannheimer, Linda Shelley and M.J. Menge.
The members from the Middle District are chair Marcos Marchena, Brian T. Wilson, W.C. Gentry, Tom Cardwell, Gary Lester, Becky Martinez, Genean McKinnon, Glorious Johnson, Javier Garcia Bengochea, Kathleen Passidomo, Michael Noch, Martin Garcia, Richard Hadlow, Harlan R. Paul, Will Stainton, Tom Dukes, William B. Wilson, Wayne Hogan, John M. Fitzgibbons and Bruce Smathers.