Carlos Harrison

December 24, 2012 | Daily Business Review

Broward Circuit Judge Michele Towbin Singer started at the Miami-Dade public defender's office after a friend noted that Towbin Singer loved underdogs.

By Carlos Harrison

5 minute read

April 01, 2013 | Daily Business Review

Palm Beach County Court Judge August Bonavita went to civil court to litigate an accident when he was 8. His family settled, but answering the attorneys' questions and going into the courthouse in New Brunswick, New Jersey, stuck with him.

By Carlos Harrison

5 minute read

February 04, 2013 | Daily Business Review

Being able to talk her way out of a physics quiz led Broward Circuit Judge Lisa Porter to change her career choice from medicine to law.

By Carlos Harrison

4 minute read

June 03, 2013 | Daily Business Review

With women being pushed into "the pink-collar professions," Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Celeste Muir instead opted for law school — where she was one of only eight women in her 1L class.

By Carlos Harrison

5 minute read

June 25, 2012 | Daily Business Review

A career prosecutor reached the bench with a goal of ensuring everyone in the courtroom understands the proceedings.

By Carlos Harrison

4 minute read

April 15, 2013 | Daily Business Review

Miami-Dade Senior Judge Robert Deehl came home from World War II and went into law. Now, just shy of five decades on the bench, he steps down for good.

By Carlos Harrison

5 minute read

August 06, 2012 | Daily Business Review

Broward Circuit Judge Thomas M. Lynch IV, a former professional surfer, cut his hair and shaved to run for judge — then allowed his hair to grow back.

By Carlos Harrison

4 minute read

June 19, 2012 | Law.com

Looking back, Miami-Dade Circuit Judge David C. Miller seemed destined to go into law. He is the son of a successful workers' compensation defense attorney and he had filed suit twice by the time he was 20. As he tells juries, "My father would come home almost every night, and when he walked through the door he would ask my brother and I, 'What have you done for society today?'"

By Carlos Harrison

5 minute read

September 06, 2013 | Daily Business Review

Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Ariana Fajardo was almost fated to become either a lawyer or a doctor.

By Carlos Harrison

5 minute read

November 19, 2012 | Daily Business Review

Broward Circuit Judge Merrilee Ehrlich has "always been a bit of a square peg for a round hole."

By Carlos Harrison

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