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Leslie Rothenberg
Leslie B. Rothenberg was a judge of the Florida Third District Court of Appeal from 2005 to 2019. She was appointed by Governor Jeb Bush (R) and joined the court in January 2005.[1] She was retained by voters in 2006 and 2012.[2][3] Rothenberg retired at the end of her term on January 7, 2019.[4]
Rothernberg served as chief judge from July 1, 2017, to January 2019.[5]
Education
Rothenberg earned her bachelor's degree from Florida Atlantic University in 1982 and received her J.D. from Nova Southeastern School of Law in 1986.[6]
Career
Rothenberg began her legal career in 1986, working in the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office. She began prosecuting drunk drivers and was later promoted to the felony division and then the career criminal unit. For the last two years, she was a felony division supervisor. In 1992, she became a circuit court judge, a position she held for 11 years. In 2003, she joined the international law firm Steel Hector & Davis, LLP. In 2004, she was appointed to the Court of Appeal.[1]
Elections
2018
Leslie Rothenburg did not file to run for re-election.
2012
Rothenberg was retained on Nov. 6, 2012 with 75.8 percent of the vote.[7][3][8]
- See also: Florida judicial elections, 2012
Bar poll results
Seventy-eight percent of Florida lawyers polled by the state Bar were in favor of Rothenberg's retention.[9]
Recent news
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See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Judge Rothenberg Bio
- ↑ 2006 General Election Results
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Florida Election Watch: Unofficial 2012 General Election Results - Judicial
- ↑ Daily Business Review, "These Miami Candidates are One Step Closer to Becoming Third DCA Judges," October 25, 2018
- ↑ Daily Business Review, "Rothenberg to Become 3rd DCA Chief Judge in 2017," October 5, 2015
- ↑ LawDiary.com, "Biographies of Federal Court Judges Sitting in Florida," 2014
- ↑ Florida Division of Elections: Official November 6, 2012 General Election Results
- ↑ Florida Division of Elections, "Leslie B. Rothenberg"
- ↑ The Florida Bar, "Florida Bar Poll Shows Overwhelming Support for Supreme Court Justices, Appellate Judges in Merit Retention Elections," September 7, 2012
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