Miami-Dade Endorsements - Judicial Offices

RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CANDIDATES TO JUDICIAL OFFICES


CIRCUIT JUDGE, 11TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
GROUP 8
Mauricio Padilla


CIRCUIT JUDGE, 11TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
GROUP 15
Robert Coppel


CIRCUIT JUDGE, 11TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
GROUP 47
Maria de Jesus Santovenia


CIRCUIT JUDGE, 11TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
GROUP 49
Teresa Mary Pooler


COUNTY JUDGE, GROUP 1
Patricia Marino-Pedraza


COUNTY JUDGE, GROUP 10
Diana Gonzalez


COUNTY JUDGE, GROUP 20
Fleur Jeannine Lobree


COUNTY JUDGE, GROUP 24
Greer Elaine Wallace


COUNTY JUDGE, GROUP 27
Ivonne Cuesta


COUNTY JUDGE, GROUP 28
Enrique “Rick” Yabor


COUNTY JUDGE, GROUP 33
Teretha Lundy Thomas


COUNTY JUDGE, GROUP 40
Don S. Cohn


Comments:

Before you think of a judicial candidate's political philosophy you should first find out if the candidate is even qualified to be a judge.

The people who know best about a candidate's qualifications are the people who will be spending most of their time working hand in hand with them, Miami-Dade's attorneys.

To that end, the Dade Conty Bar anonymously polled thousands of their members about both sitting Judges and Lawyers seeking election this August.

The results of the poll are a good and clear indication of the merits of these candidates. In fact, the choices were made so clear that most of the candidates were clearly favored (and thus endorsed).

A guide to understand the poll -

If anyone with less then 10 percent "unqualified" rating is acceptable. If anyone is over 20 percent "unqualified" you should consider the candidate carefully. Above 33% "unqualified," you should be looking at the others in the race.

You can see that there are some judges who need to be retired. Attorneys are good are identifying bad judges.