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Patricia Grinsted
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Patricia Grinsted was a county judge of the Okaloosa County Court of Florida. She was appointed to this position by Gov. Jeb Bush on April 27, 2004 and was sworn in the following May 4. Her current term expired on January 8, 2019.[1]
Education
Grinsted received her undergraduate degree (Music Therapy) from Florida State University in 1973 and her law degree from the Florida State University College of Law. She was admitted to the Bar in 1979.[2][3]
Career
Grinsted worked as an elder law attorney in private practice prior to her appointment to the County Court in 2004.[4][5]
2012 election
Grinsted was unopposed and automatically re-elected following the Nov. 6, 2012 general election.[6][7]
- See also: Florida judicial elections, 2012
See also
External links
- Florida First Judicial Circuit Court Judicial Directory (dead link)
- The Florida Bar News, "18 jurists to face retention elections, 72 races set for the trial court ballot" May 15, 2012
Footnotes
- ↑ Okaloosa-Walton Bar Association, "May 2004 Law Week Schedule"
- ↑ Law Diary, "Biographies of State and County Court Judges in Florida Scroll to p.56
- ↑ Martindale: Judge Profile:Patricia S. Grinsted, (P.A.)"
- ↑ My Green Pages, "Florida Local Elder Law Attorneys Directory"
- ↑ Okaloosa County Commission on the Status of Women, "2006 Women's Wall of Honor Honorees"
- ↑ Okaloosa County Supervisor of Elections: 2012 candidates (dead link)
- ↑ Florida judicial elections, 2012 - County Court
