Moses Baker, Jr.

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Moses Baker Jr.

Prior offices:

Florida 15th Circuit Court

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Education

Bachelor's

Florida A&M University, 1973

Law

University of Florida College of Law, 1975

Moses Baker, Jr. is a former judge of the 15th Judicial Circuit Court in Florida. He was appointed by former Governor Lawton Chiles on June 10, 1994, to replace Judge Daniel Hurley. Baker retired on January 31, 2017.

Education

Hurley received his B.S. in political science from Florida A&M University in 1973 and his J.D. from the University of Florida College of Law in 1975.

Career

Hurley joined the Office of the State Attorney for the 15th Judicial Circuit in 1976. He worked there as a senior homicide prosecutor until 1984. He worked as a partner of Searcy, Denney, Scarola, Barnhart & Shipley, P.A. until he was appointed to the circuit court in 1994.

Elections

2012

See also: Florida judicial elections, 2012

Baker was unopposed and automatically re-elected following the primary election on August 14, 2012.

See also

• Courts in Florida
• Florida Circuit Courts

External links

• 15th Judicial Circuit of Florida: Judges
• Palm Beach County Government: Hon. Moses Baker
• Lawdiary, "Biographies of State and County Court Judges in Florida," accessed May 24, 2014 Scroll to p.27