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C. McFerrin Smith III
C. McFerrin Smith, III is a former judge of the Seventh Judicial Circuit Court in Florida. He was appointed to this position in 1981.[1] He retired on November 3, 2015.[2]
Education
Smith was born in DeLand, Fla., on November 4, 1945. He received his undergraduate degree from Sewanee: The University of the South in 1967 and his J.D. from the University of Florida School of Law in 1970. He later taught at the Stetson University College of Law.[1][3]
Career
Smith worked as a judicial aide for the Florida Supreme Court, an executive director of the Florida Law Revision Council, an assistant state attorney and a private practice lawyer prior to becoming a judge. He was appointed to the Volusia County Court in 1978 and to the Circuit court in 1981.[1][3]
2012 election
- See also: Florida judicial elections, 2012
McFerrin was unopposed and automatically re-elected following the primary election on August 14, 2012.[4]
See also
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Florida Seventh Judicial Circuit, "Judge C. McFerrin Smith, III"
- ↑ The Daytona Beach News-Journal, "Longest tenured judge McFerrin Smith retiring," October 30, 2015
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Lawdiary.com, "Biographies of State and County Court Judges in Florida," accessed May 7, 2014. Scroll to p.101
- ↑ Florida Division of Elections, "2012 Candidate Listing"
Federal courts:
Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Middle District of Florida, Northern District of Florida, Southern District of Florida • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Middle District of Florida, Northern District of Florida, Southern District of Florida
State courts:
Florida Supreme Court • Florida District Courts of Appeal • Florida Circuit Court • Florida County Court
State resources:
Courts in Florida • Florida judicial elections • Judicial selection in Florida
