Amanda Sampaio Bova

Amanda Sampaio Bova

Nonpartisan

Orange County Court

Tenure

2023 - Present

Term ends

2029

Years in position

3

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Elections and appointments

Last election

August 23, 2022

Education

High school

Lyman High School

Bachelor's

Eckerd College, 2002

Law

Florida State College of Law, 2006

Contact

Campaign website

Amanda Sampaio Bova is a judge of the Orange County Court in Florida. Sampaio Bova assumed office on January 3, 2023. Sampaio Bova's current term ends on January 2, 2029.

Sampaio Bova won election for judge of the Orange County Court in Florida outright in the primary on August 23, 2022, after the general election was canceled.

Sampaio Bova completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

Amanda Sampaio Bova earned a high school diploma from Lyman High School, a bachelor's degree from Eckerd College in 2002, and a law degree from the Florida State College of Law in 2006.

Elections

2022

See also: Municipal elections in Orange County, Florida (2022)

Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Orange County Court

Amanda Sampaio Bova won election outright against Steven Miller in the primary for Orange County Court on August 23, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Amanda Sampaio Bova (Nonpartisan)	68.9	115,129
	Submit photo	Steven Miller (Nonpartisan)	31.1	51,868

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Endorsements

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Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Amanda Sampaio Bova completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Sampaio Bova's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

My name is Amanda Sampaio Bova and I am running for Orange County Judge. I am passionate about service and I want to serve as Judge to give back to the community where I was born, raised, and where I have practiced law for the past 15 years. I started as a Public Defender in Orange County where I gained invaluable courtroom experience. I later founded and ran my own firm practicing criminal defense and family law. I have personally taken over 40 cases to trial and I have extensive courtroom experience. The breadth of my experience combined with my compassionate demeanor make me the best option in my race. Throughout my entire career I have been dedicated to serving our community in one way or another. Not only am I Board Certified, a credential which only a 7% of eligible Florida attorneys hold, I’ve held leadership positions and have been recognized for my contributions and service to the community. I am also a mom of a beautiful daughter and the wife of a hard working small business owner.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

• I am someone who cares deeply about our community. My goal is to do everything I can to ensure that the courtroom is a place of fairness, and to uphold the notion that the courts belong to the people. I believe that when we treat people with respect and fairness, we build trust and confidence in our justice system, and that small acts of patience and understanding can provide assurance to both intimidated first-time litigants and also repeat users of the legal system.
• I am the candidate with the highest credentials and the most qualifications. I attended top rated schools for both undergrad and law school, I am Board Certified in Criminal Trial Law, and I am also AV rated by Martindale Hubbell. I have served on many local voluntary bar association boards, I was appointed to serve on the Florida Bar Grievance Committee, and I was appointed by the Mayor of Orange County to serve on a local advisory board.
• My work ethic is unmatched and I owe that quality to my parents who started a small auto air conditioning business here in the 1970s called Car Cool. I witnessed them work hard every single day, but more importantly, I witnessed how they treated their customers fairly and built a reputation of kindness and fairness to customers which was often rare in that industry.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

I am passionate about mentoring new lawyers and law students. Mentorship is so important in so many ways. Having a mentor helps to mold new attorneys into great lawyers that in turn can help the public. I am also passionate about reducing recidivism and I would seek to ensure that criminal sentences are structured in such a way to give people the guidance they need to reform their lives and become productive members of society.

Who do you look up to? Whose example would you like to follow, and why?

I look up to my parents for their empathy, kindness, and compassion. I look up to my husband for his patience, his temperment, and his intellect. I look up to my daughter for her joyful spirit and desire to learn.

What is the first historical event that happened in your lifetime that you remember? How old were you at the time?

I remember one of the space shuttle launches when I was in elementary school.

What was your very first job? How long did you have it?

My first job was as a babysitter. I babysat for children in my neighborhood for several years as a teen.

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Footnotes

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