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Elijah Smiley
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Elijah Smiley is a judge of the 14th Judicial Circuit Court in Florida. He was elected on September 5, 2006, and took office the following January. He was re-elected in 2012 and 2018. He served as chief judge from 2015 to 2019.[1][2][3][4]
Education
Smiley received bachelor's degrees in both Government and Accounting from Florida State University. He later became a C.P.A. and earned his MBA from the University of West Florida. He received his J.D. degree from the Florida State University School of Law.[2][5]
Career
Smiley worked as a managing attorney for Legal Service of North Florida, a staff attorney for Northwest Florida Legal Services, an Assistant Public Defender and a private practice lawyer prior to becoming a judge. He served on the Bay County Court from 1995 through 2006 and then joined the circuit court in 2007.[2]
2012 election
Smiley was unopposed and automatically re-elected following the primary election on August 14, 2012.[6]
- See also: Florida judicial elections, 2012
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Footnotes
- ↑ Florida Department of State, Division of Elections, "September 5, 2006 Primary Election Results"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 14th Judicial Circuit: Elijah Smiley
- ↑ Judicial selection in Florida
- ↑ Florida Fourteenth Judicial Circuit, "Elijah Smiley, M.B.A., C.P.A., Circuit Judge," accessed August 31, 2021
- ↑ 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
