Marcia Beach
Marcia Beach was a criminal division judge of the 17th Judicial Circuit Court in Florida. She was elected on November 7, 2000, and took office the following January. She presided over the drug court of the 17th Judicial Circuit Court from 2002 until 2006, when she was re-elected to a term that ended on January 7, 2013.[1][2][3][4]
Biography
Beach was born on October 23, 1944, and passed away on June 4, 2016. She received her B.A. from Barry University in 1985 and her J.D. from Nova Southeastern University in 1988. Beach began her legal career in 1988 with the law firm of Holland & Knight, where her practice focused on land use, zoning, environmental, real property and governmental law. From 1992 to 1998, she worked as attorney/executive director for the Advocacy Center for Persons with Disabilities, Inc. She then spent approximately one year with the firm of Josias, Goren, Cherof, Doody and Ezrol before becoming a sole practitioner in 1999. From 1999 to 2000, she also served as a special counsel to the Attorney General's Dept. of Legal Affairs. She was then elected to the circuit court in the fall of 2000.[3]
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Footnotes
- ↑ 17th Judicial Circuit Court, "Circuit Criminal Judges"
- ↑ Florida Department of State, Division of Elections, "November 7, 2000 General Election Results"
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Lawdiary.com, "Biographies of State and County Court Judges in Florida," accessed May 7, 2014. Scroll to p.28
- ↑ Florida Division of Elections, "Marcia Beach, 2006"
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
