Sally D. M. Kest
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Sally D.M. Kest is a judge of the Ninth Judicial Circuit Court in Florida. She was elected to this position in 2006 and took office the following January. She was re-elected in 2012.[1][2][3]
She is married to fellow judge John Marshall Kest.[4]
Education
Kest was born in Jacksonville, FL on October 29, 1947. She received her B.A. and J.D. degrees from Florida State University in 1970 and 1972, respectively. She later taught at Rollins College, Valencia Community College and taught an adoption class at Barry University College of Law.[5][6]
Career
Kest began her career in 1972 as a judicial aide to Judge Gerald Mager on the 4th District Court of Appeal. The following year, she became an assistant state attorney for the 9th Judicial Circuit. She worked in that capacity until 1976, when she joined the law firm of Marlowe & Appleton to practice juvenile defense and family law. In 1979, she became a sole practitioner, with an emphasis on marital and family law. She was then elected to the circuit court in 2006.[6]
2012 election
Kest was unopposed and automatically re-elected following the primary election on August 14, 2012.[7]
- See also: Florida judicial elections, 2012
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Footnotes
- ↑ Orlando Sentinel, "Judges to take oaths of office," February 23, 2007
- ↑ Orange County Supervisor of Elections, ""Elected Officials," accessed June 2, 2014"
- ↑ Judicial selection in Florida
- ↑ Orlando Sentinel, "Judges share passion for law, each other," February 14, 2009
- ↑ Ninth Judicial Circuit Court of Florida, Circuit Judge Sally D. M. Kest profile
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Lawdiary.com, "Biographies of State and County Court Judges in Florida," accessed May 7, 2014. Scroll to p.65
- ↑ Florida Division of Elections, "2012 Candidate Listing"
