Catherine M. Brunson
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Catherine M. Brunson is a judge of the 15th Judicial Circuit Court in Florida. She was appointed by former Governor Lawton Chiles on August 3, 1994 and was elected to a full term the following November. She replaced the late Michael Gersten. Her current term expires in January of 2019.[1][2][3][4]
Education
Brunson was born in Tallahassee, Fla. on September 6, 1950. She received her undergraduate and J.D. degrees from Florida State University in 1972 and 1974, respectively.[5][6]
Career
Brunson, early in her career, worked as an Assistant Public Defender, as Counsel to the State Retirement Commission, and as a private practice lawyer with Tom Montgomery. She then spent seven years as an Assistant Palm Beach County Attorney. After that, she ran her own law practice, first in Delray Beach, then in West Palm Beach. She was appointed to the circuit court in 1994.[2][6]
2012 election
Brunson was unopposed and automatically re-elected following the primary election on August 14, 2012.[7]
- See also: Florida judicial elections, 2012
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 15th Judicial Circuit, "Hon. Catherine M. Brunson"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Sun Sentinel.com, "Keep Brunson In Circuit Judgeship," October 19, 1994
- ↑ Florida Division of Elections, "Catherine M. Brunson, 2006"
- ↑ Judicial selection in Florida
- ↑ Lawdiary, "Biographies of State and County Court Judges in Florida," accessed May 24, 2014 Scroll to p.35
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Palm Beach Bar Association, "Judicial Profile-Catherine Brunson," January 1995
- ↑ Florida Division of Elections, "2012 Candidate Listing"
Federal courts:
Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Middle District of Florida, Northern District of Florida, Southern District of Florida • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Middle District of Florida, Northern District of Florida, Southern District of Florida
State courts:
Florida Supreme Court • Florida District Courts of Appeal • Florida Circuit Court • Florida County Court
State resources:
Courts in Florida • Florida judicial elections • Judicial selection in Florida