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Donald W. Hafele

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Donald W. Hafele

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Florida 15th Circuit Court
Tenure
Present officeholder
Term ends

2023

Education

Bachelor's

University of Miami, 1979

Law

University of Miami, 1982

Donald W. Hafele is a judge of the 15th Judicial Circuit Court in Florida. He was appointed to this position by Gov. Charlie Crist on October 22, 2008. He replaced the late Judge Jeffrey Winikoff. He was re-elected to a new six-year term in 2016.[1][2][3]

Education

Hafele received his B.A. and J.D. degrees from the University of Miami in 1979 and 1982, respectively.[4]

Career

Hafele worked as a civil litigator from 1982 until 1999, when he was appointed to the Palm Beach County Court. There he served as the administrative judge of the civil division from 2000 to 2005. He was elevated to the circuit court in 2008.[4]

Elections

2016

See also: Florida local trial court judicial elections, 2016

Florida's 20 circuit courts all had seats up for election in 2016. Of the 151 seats up for election, 125 saw only one candidate file for the election. The unopposed races were canceled and the sole candidates were automatically elected. Of the 26 opposed races, only 10 saw more than two candidates file. [5]

Florida 15th Circuit Court, Group 31 Primary Election, 2016
Candidate
Green check mark transparent.png Donald W. Hafele Incumbent
Source: Florida Department of State Division of Elections, "August 30, 2016 Primary Election," accessed December 19, 2016

2010

Hafele ran unopposed and was automatically retained to a new term.[2]

Main article: Florida judicial elections, 2010

Footnotes