David Audlin
David J. Audlin, Jr. was the chief judge of the 16th Judicial Circuit Court in Monroe County, Florida. He was elected to the bench in 2006 and was re-elected in 2012. Audlin served as the chief judge of the court beginning July 1, 2011, and served a two-year term.[1][2][3][4][5] He retired from the bench on May 9, 2014.[6]
Education
Audlin received his undergraduate degree from Eisenhower College and his J.D. degree from the University of Southern California Law School in 1981.[1]
Career
Audlin began his legal career in 1981, practicing commercial litigation in Los Angeles. In 1984, he moved to Florida and then worked as an assistant public defender in Key West, as an assistant attorney general, and as a chief assistant statewide prosecutor (working in Tallahassee). In 1996, Audlin opened his own law firm in Key West, where he practiced as a civil trial attorney until his election to the 16th Judicial Circuit Court in 2006. During that time, he also served as a circuit court mediator and special magistrate.[1]
2012 election
Audlin was unopposed and automatically re-elected to the 16th Judicial Circuit Court following the primary election on August 14, 2012.[7]
- See also: Florida judicial elections, 2012
Noteworthy events
Audlin retires over media attention to his involvement with hookup site
Audlin announced, on his last day as a judge, that his retirement was prompted by the publication of his involvement on Manhunt, a self-described gay hookup website. His profile on the website was discovered by JAABlog and the story was also picked up by Above the Law. Though Audlin did nothing illegal or in opposition to the judicial code of conduct, he said that as he retires, he is "looking forward to my constitutional rights being restored — my right to privacy and to be left alone in my private life." He had four years remaining in his term when he retired.[8]
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 16th Judicial Circuit Court, "Judge David Audlin," accessed May 30, 2014
- ↑ Florida Division of Elections, "David J. Audlin Jr., 2006," accessed May 30, 2014
- ↑ Florida Division of Elections, "David J. Audlin Jr., 2012," accessed May 30, 2014
- ↑ Judicial selection in Florida
- ↑ Keys News, "Audlin elected chief judge," March 14, 2011
- ↑ Keys News, "Judge David Audlin to retire," April 30, 2014
- ↑ Florida Division of Elections, "2012 Candidate Listing"
- ↑ Miami Herald, "Monroe County judge David Audlin steps down, laments ‘invasion of my privacy’ after hookup site reveal," May 9, 2014
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
