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Hope Tieman-Bristol
Hope Bristol Tieman was a Juvenile Dependency Division judge of the 17th Judicial Circuit Court in Florida. She was elected on August 31, 2004. She ran unopposed and was retained in 2010 to a six-year term that ended on January 2, 2017.[1][2][3]
Education
Tieman-Bristol received her undergraduate degree from Emory University and her J.D. degree from Nova Southeastern School of Law. She was admitted to the Bar in 1989.[4]
Career
Tieman-Bristol spent a 15 years as a lawyer prior to joining the court. For ten of those years, she was an assistant state attorney in Broward County. During her last six years there, she prosecuted sex crimes and child abuse cases. She then started her own family law practice, which she maintained until she was elected to the circuit court in 2004.[5]
2010 election
Tieman ran unopposed and was automatically retained to a new term.[2]
- Main article: Florida judicial elections, 2010
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Florida Department of State, Division of Elections, "August 31, 2004 Primary Election Results"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Florida Division of Elections, "Hope Tieman-Bristol, 2010"
- ↑ Judicial selection in Florida
- ↑ Lawdiary.com, "Biographies of State and County Court Judges in Florida," accessed May 7, 2014. Scroll to p.34
- ↑ Sun Sentinel, "Circuit Court," August 29, 2004
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
