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Emmett Battles
Emmett Battles was a judge of the Florida 13th Circuit Court. He assumed office in 2002. He left office on December 31, 2022.
Battles ran for re-election for judge of the Florida 13th Circuit Court. He did not appear on the ballot for the primary on August 23, 2022.
He was appointed to a newly-created position on the circuit court by Gov. Jeb Bush on November 16, 2001, effective the following January.[1][2][3]
Biography
Education
Battles received his B.A. degree from Florida Southern College in 1973 and his J.D. degree from the University of Florida in 1980.[2]
Military service
Battles attended The Army Judge Advocate General’s School Graduate Course in 1985, the equivalent of a Master of Laws (LL.M.) degree. He served on active duty in the U.S. Army from 1973 to 1995 and was in the Judge Advocate General’s Corps for the last 15 of those years. He retired with the rank of Colonel.[2]
Career
Battles served as a Judge Advocate in the U.S. Army from 1980 to 1995. He then worked as Assistant General Counsel for the Florida Department of Transportation, District 7 until his appointment to the circuit court in 2001.[1][4]
Elections
2022
See also: Municipal elections in Hillsborough County, Florida (2022)
This election was canceled.
Nonpartisan primary election
The primary was canceled.
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Emmett Battles (Nonpartisan)
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 13th Circuit Court, Group 36 Primary Election, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | ||
 Emmett Battles Incumbent | ||
| Source: Florida Department of State Division of Elections, "August 30, 2016 Primary Election," accessed December 19, 2016 | ||
2010
- Main article: Florida judicial elections, 2010
Battles ran unopposed and was automatically retained to a new term.[3]
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Emmett Battles did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Legal Pad, "New Judges Appointed to the Bench," Winter 2001
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 13th Judicial Circuit Court, "Emmett Lamar Battles profile"
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Florida Department of State, "Candidate Listing for 2010 General Election" Select top "View List" button and scroll to "Circuit Judge" section
- ↑ Lawdiary, "Biographies of State and County Court Judges in Florida," accessed May 24, 2014 Scroll to p.28
- ↑ Florida Department of State, "Candidate Listing for 2016 General Election," accessed July 5, 2016
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