Mark A. Speiser
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Mark A. Speiser was a Probate Division judge of the 17th Judicial Circuit Court in Florida. He was elected on September 7, 1982, and took office the following January. His term expired in January of 2019.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
Education
Speiser received his B.S. from the American University (in Washington, D.C.) in 1969, his J.D. from the University of North Carolina School of Law in 1972, and his LL.M. (in Tax Law) from Georgetown University in 1976.[3][7]
Career
Speiser began his career in 1972 as a staff attorney for the Securities and Exchange Commission in Washington, D.C. In 1974, he moved to New York City to serve as a federal prosecutor for the U.S. Dept. of Justice, Organized Crime and Racketeering Strike Force. After receiving his LL.M. degree in 1976, he moved to Florida to work for a Miami law firm. A year later, he returned to D.C. to serve as a staff attorney for the U.S. House of Representatives Select Committee on Assassinations until 1978. He then moved to Florida for the last time. There he served as an Assistant Broward County State Attorney and a Chief Narcotics Prosecutor until he was elected to the circuit court in 1982. Throughout his career in the public sector, he also maintained a private law practice.[3][7]
2012 election
- See also: Florida judicial elections, 2012
Speiser was unopposed and automatically re-elected following the primary election on August 14, 2012.[8]
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Footnotes
- ↑ 17th Judicial Circuit Court, "Probate Judges"
- ↑ Florida Department of State, Division of Elections, "September 7, 1982 Primary Election Results"
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Broward Defender, "Meet The Hon. Mark Speiser Circuit Judge Felony Mental Health Court," May 2011 Scroll to pp.2-3
- ↑ Florida Division of Elections, "Mark A. Speiser, 2006"
- ↑ Florida Division of Elections, "Mark A. Speiser, 2012"
- ↑ Judicial selection in Florida
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Lawdiary.com, "Biographies of State and County Court Judges in Florida," accessed May 7, 2014. Scroll to p.102
- ↑ 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
