Miami-Dade Circuit Chief Judge Bertila Soto. Photo: A.M. HoltBertila Soto Re-Elected for 4th Term as Chief Judge of Miami-Dade Circuit Court
Soto is the first woman and first Cuban-American to hold the position.
February 21, 2019 at 04:03 PM
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Bertila Soto has been re-elected to serve her fourth term as the chief judge of the Miami-Dade Circuit Court.
The chief judge's next two-year term will mark the continuation of a historic run for Soto, whose election to the position in 2013 made her the first woman — as well as the first Cuban-American and Florida International University graduate — on the job.
“I am humbled and honored by the trust my colleagues have placed in me,” Soto said in a statement. “Everyday I feel blessed to be able to work in a field where we uphold the law and protect the rights of our citizens. I look forward to continuing to serve our community.”
After earning her J.D. from the University of Miami in 1989, Soto joined the Dade County State Attorney's Office as a legal intern before becoming an assistant state attorney in the office's Misdemeanor Division. She then joined her father, Osvaldo N. Soto, as an associate at his law firm in 1992.
Soto rose to the bench in 1997 when she was elected county court judge. After serving in the Domestic Violence Division and Misdemeanor Jail Divisions, then-Gov. Jeb Bush appointed her to the Miami-Dade Circuit Court in 2002. There, she served as associate administrative judge and administrative judge in the criminal division, before being her peers first elected her chief judge in 2013.
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