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National
Judicial College: University of Nevada at Reno
1992 - Special Problems in Criminal Evidence
1984 - General Jurisdiction Course
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Florida
Judicial Specialty Courses:
1996 - Adjudication
of Sex Offenders, Managing Trials Effectively.
Internet
1995 - Computers
for Judges
1993 - Problems
for Experienced Felony Court Judges
1993 - Domestic
Violence Seminar, Miami
1991 - Humanities
and the Judicial Process, Diverse People, Equal
Justice
1990 - Handling
Capital Cases
1988 - Medicine
and the Law
1986 - Judicial
Writing
1986 - Status
Offender
1985 - Traffic
Adjudication
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Admissions:
U.S. Supreme
Court 1989
U.S. Circuit
Court of Appeals
5th &
11th Circuits - 1981
Federal District Courts are Northern District of Georgia and Middle District of Fla
Georgia Court
of Appeals, 1975
Supreme Court
of Georgia, 1975
The Florida
Bar 1976
The State
Bar of Georgia 1975
Georgia Court
of Appeals, Supreme Court of Georgia
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Prior
Employment:
Judge, Circuit
Court of Florida, Seventh Judicial Circuit (1987
- 1997) Chief Judge, Seventh Judicial Circuit,
for 7/93 -6/95
term
and for 7/95 - 6/97 term
County Judge,
Volusia County, Florida 1983-1986
Stephen L.
Boyles, State Attorney, Seventh Judicial Circuit,
Daytona Beach, Title: Assistant State Attorney
1977 - 1982; Division
Chief, Southeast Volusia Division 1980 - 1982
Volusia County
Legal Services, Inc., presently Central Florida
Legal Services, Inc., 308 Campbell St., Daytona
Beach, Florida, Title:
Staff/Managing Attorney 1976 - 1977
Graziano and
Kearns, 4 Executive Park East, Atlanta, GA 30329
Title:
Partner 1975 - 1976
Georgia Indigent
Legal Services, Inc., 15 Peachtree St., Suite
909, Atlanta, GA 30303
Title:
Law Clerk 1974 - 1975
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Professional
Associations:
American Bar Association
Section memberships:
• Family Law Section
• Criminal Law Section
• General and Solo Practice Section
• State and Local Government Section
• Corporation, Banking and Business Law
• Section Committee on Domestic Relations and Family Law
• Special Committee for Family Law Section of Taxation
• Annual Convention 1987 San Francisco, 2000, London, New York, 2004 Atlanta, 2006 Honolulu
• Law Practice Section
National Association of Criminal Defense Defense Attorneys
Florida Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys
Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys
Georgia Association for Women Lawyers
Florida Bar
State Bar of Georgia
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Former
Member:
Conference
of Circuit Court Judges
National Association
of Women Judges
Federal Child
Support Legislation Committee
5th, 7th,
& 9th Annual Conferences
Host Committee,
7th Annual Conference
American Judges
Association
Volusia County
Criminal Justice Advisory Committee, Chair
Volusia County
Mental Health Association
Volusia County
Advisory Committee for Girl Scouts
American Judicature
Society
ADM Planning
Council for Region IV
Committee
on Mental Health Issues - Seventh Judicial Circuit,C
hair
National Association
of Female Executives
Volusia County
Criminal Justice Committee, Chair (1992 - 1994)
National Organization
for Women
Association
of Trial Lawyers of America
National Council
of Juvenile and Family Judges
Child Abuse
Committee 1979-1981
6th &
15th Conferences on Juvenile Justice
Florida Peace
Officers Association
National District
Attorneys Association
Georgia Association
for Women Lawyers
Florida Association
for Women Lawyers
Georgia Association
of Criminal Defense Lawyers
Conference
of County Court Judges, Director (1983 - 1985)
Leadership
Award - 1984
Vice-Chairman,
Sentencing Committee
Criminal Rules
Committee
Atlanta Bar
Association 1975-1977
Atlanta Bar
Association Committee on Child Abuse 1976
Volusia County
Council's Youth Advocacy Commission 1978-1982
Chairman,
1982
Vice-Chairman
1980-1981
Education
Task Force, Chairman 1980
Day Care Task
Force, Chairman 1981
VACUS Public
Policy Task Force
Volusia County
PTA, Juvenile Protection Committee, Chairman,
1977
Advisory Board,
Project Diversion
Advisory Board,
Youth Alternatives
Community
Arbitration Program (initiated and directed program)
YWCA Legal
Clinics (Atlanta and Daytona Beach)
Board of Directors,
Serenity House
Advisory Board,
Salvation Army
Volusia/Flagler
Women's Political Caucus Soroptimists
Volusia County
Council's Task Force Against Drunk Drivers, (Chairman,
Justice System Subcommittee)
Board of Directors,
YWCA
Florida Council
on Crime and Delinquency
I-CARE Board
of Directors (1986)
Advisory Board
(1986-1989)
Chemical People
Advisory Board
Florida Prosecuting
Attorneys Association
Central Florida
Legal Services, Inc., Board of Directors 1977-1978
Atlantic Shores
Hospital, Daytona, Community Resource Board
Governor's
Task Force on Drug and Alcohol Concerns
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Recognitions:
1980 - Outstanding
Young Women of America
1980 - 1989
Recipient Certification of Appreciation from School
Board of Volusia County
1984 - Woman
of Achievement Award from Business and Professional
Women
1984 - United
Child Care Appreciation
1983 - Outstanding
Young Woman of the Year of American Association
of University Women
1983 - Outstanding
Young Women of America
1983 - Recipient
Certificate of Appreciation from Volusia County
Health Department for Contributions to Motorcycle
Safety Advisory
Council
1985 - Jaycees
Award for Outstanding Young Leader
1986 - Certificate
of Appreciation from Citizens Alert Council, Volusia
County
1986 - Recognition
Award, Sons of Italy, Vince Lombardi Chapter
1987 - Halifax
Woman of the Year by Palmetto Juniors
1987 - FCCD
- State and Chapter, Distinguished Service Award,
1995 Chapter
1988 - Community
Service Award
1988 - Certificate
of Achievement from National Council of Juvenile
and Family Court Judges and the National
District Attorneys
Association
1988 - Certificate
of Appreciation from YWCA
1988 - Recipient
of Appreciation from Governor for Participation
on the Community Action Team
1989 - Recipient
Outstanding Citizen Award for outstanding contribution
to health and human services in Volusia
County, Florida
Health and Social Services Honorary Membership,
Italian/American Club, Deltona, Fl.
1994 - Guardian
ad Litem Award, 1990 Meritorious Service 7th Judicial
Circuit
1995 - Inductee,
Volusia County Commission on the Status of Women
Women's Hall of Fame
Listed in:
1982
- 1983 Who's Who in Florida
1984
- Who's Who and Why of Successful Women in Florida
1988
- Who's Who in Florida
1988
- Who's Who in the South
1989
- Who's Who in America
1989
- 1993 Who's Who in American Law
1989
- 1993 American Bench-Judges of the Nation
1990
- 1993 Who's Who of Emerging Leaders in America
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International
Recognitions:
1986 - Participant
of the People to People Criminal and Civil Justice
Delegation to China
1986 - Who's
Who and Why of Successful Women in the World
1990 - Listed
in International Who's Who of Professional and
Business Women
1990 - The
World's Who's Who of Women
1992 - Who's
Who Among Rising Young Americans
1992 - Personalities
of America
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Appointments:
1981 - Appointed
by Governor Bob Graham to State Conference on
Children and Youth
1986 - Appointed
by Governor Bob Graham to Free Way Task Force
(Community Council on Drug and Alcohol Abuse)
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Panelist:
1st National
NADCP Training Conference, Drug Courts: A New
Partnership, Las Vegas, Nevada, January 1995
Judicial Training
Faculty -October 1994, Review of Opinions of the
Committee on Standards of Conduct Governing Judges
June 1995,
Case Management
Speaker, Governor's
Battered Women Clemency Project, June 1995 Tallahassee,
Fl.
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Sponsor:
Seminar on
Juvenile Delinquency and Dependency: The Process
Seminar on
Handling the Mentally Ill Defendant, 1989
Seminar on
Jury Selection, 1995
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Publications:
A Parents'
Guide to Dependency (1979)
"Victim
Rights" W.O.A.R Newsletter (1984)
Training Manual
for Juvenile Arbitrators (1979)
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