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Merrilee Ehrlich
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Merrilee Ehrlich was a judge of the 17th Judicial Circuit Court in Florida. She was elected on November 4, 2008, and took office the following January.[1][2][3] She was re-elected without opposition in 2014.[4][5] She resigned on April 23, 2018.[6]
On April 20, 2018, the Miami Herald reported that Ehrlich was resigning, following the death of a defendant that had appeared in front of Ehrlich on April 15, 2018. Sandra Faye Twiggs died three days after appearing in Broward County court on misdemeanor charges. The Herald obtained video from the courtroom showing Ehrlich scolding the defendent and her attorneys. Twiggs was found dead by family on the morning of April 18, 2018, a day after being released from jail. Howard Finkelstein, the elected public defender of Broward County, called for Ehrlich to be banned from the courthouse because of the incident.[7]
Elections
2014
See also: Florida judicial elections, 2014
Ehrlich ran for re-election to the Seventeenth Circuit Court.
As an unopposed candidate, she was automatically re-elected without appearing on the ballot.
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Education
Ehrlich received a B.A. degree in sociology from Boston University in 1972 and a J.D. degree from Nova University in 1979.[2]
Career
Ehrlich began her career as an assistant state attorney. She then opened her own private law practice. After working in that capacity for over 25 years, she was elected to the circuit court in 2008. She has also served as a mediator, arbitrator and guardian ad litem.[2][8]
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Footnotes
- ↑ 17th Judicial Circuit Court, "Juvenile Judges," accessed November 27, 2014
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Merrilee Ehrlich website, "About Judge Ehrlich" (Timed out)
- ↑ Florida Department of State, Division of Elections, "November 4, 2008 General Election Results," accessed November 27, 2014
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Florida Secretary of State, “Candidate Listing for 2014 General Election,” accessed May 5, 2014
- ↑ Judicial selection in Florida
- ↑ Sun Sentinel, "A dozen Broward judges leaving the bench in 2018," July 6, 2018
- ↑ Miami Herald, "Watch this judge brutally berate a woman in a wheelchair. The woman died. The judge has quit." April 20, 2018
- ↑ The Gazette via Merrilee Ehrlich website, "How to keep your children out of trouble," July 2009
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
