Mary Day Coker
Mary Day Coker was a judge of the Eighth Judicial Circuit Court in Florida. She was appointed to this position by Governor Charlie Crist on January 11, 2010, effective the following month. She replaced retired Judge Stan R. Morris. She was elected in 2012 to a full term that would have expired in January 2019.[1][2][3][4] Coker retired from the court on November 25, 2014.[5]
Education
Coker received her B.S. degree from Florida State University in 1980 and her J.D. degree from the Georgetown University Law Center in 1983.[1]
Career
Coker spent a year as staff counsel for the U.S. Department of Agriculture and six years as an assistant state attorney in the 8th Judicial Circuit. She then practiced law with Scruggs and Carmichael for nine years and as a sole practitioner for four years before becoming a judge. In 2004, she joined the Alachua County Court, where she served until she was appointed to the circuit court in 2010. She retired from the court in 2014.[1][5]
2012 election
Coker was unopposed and automatically re-elected to the circuit court following the primary election on August 14, 2012.[6]
- See also: Florida judicial elections, 2012
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Gainesville Sun "Crist appoints judges to 8th Circuit," January 12, 2010
- ↑ Chiefland Citizen "No vote on Levy County Judge; ditto on one circuit judgeship," February 12, 2010 (dead link)
- ↑ Alachua County Supervisor of Elections, "Elected Officials, Circuit Judges," accessed December 1, 2014
- ↑ Judicial selection in Florida
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Eighth Judicial Circuit of Florida, "The Honorable Mary Day Coker Retiring," November 25, 2014
- ↑ Florida Division of Elections, "2012 Candidate Listing," accessed December 1, 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
