Janet C. Thorpe
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Janet C. Thorpe was a judge of the Ninth Judicial Circuit Court in Florida. She was appointed to this position by former Governor Jeb Bush and took office on January 1, 2000. She was re-elected in the 2014 primary for a term that expired on January 4, 2021.[1][2][3][4][5]
Elections
2014
See also: Florida judicial elections, 2014
Thorpe ran for re-election to the Ninth Circuit Court.
Primary: She was elected in the primary on August 26, 2014, receiving 69.7 percent of the vote. She competed against Bradford D. Fisher.
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Education
Thorpe received her B.A. degree in political science & American history from Union College in 1975 and her J.D. degree from the Emory University School of Law in 1978.[6]
Career
Thorpe began her career in 1978 as a regional attorney in the federal Comptroller of the Currency office in Atlanta, GA. She worked there until 1980. She then became in-house counsel for the Trust Company of Georgia. Due to a merger, the trust became Sun Trust Bank in 1986, but Thorpe continued her work there until she joined the circuit court on January 1, 2000.[1]
Since joining the circuit court, she has served in the Orange County Juvenile Dependency, Civil, Domestic and Criminal divisions. She was also an administrative appellate judge from 2008 to 2011.[6]
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Post-Gazette, "Janet Thorpe / Judge who lifted veil of Fla. driver," June 9, 2003
- ↑ Orange County Supervisor of Elections, ""Elected Officials," accessed June 2, 2014"
- ↑ Judicial selection in Florida
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Florida Secretary of State, “Candidate Listing for 2014 General Election,” accessed May 5, 2014
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Florida Election Watch, "Circuit Court Judge," accessed August 27, 2014
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Ninth Judicial Circuit Court of Florida, ""Judge Janet C. Thorpe," accessed June 3, 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
