Cuban American Bar Association vice president Javier Ley-Soto posed a question at the Judicial Candidate Town Hall about an alleged decades-old campaign tactic—aspiring state judges and incumbents altering their last names prior to an election to appear more attractive to a dominant segment of the South Florida electorate.

Miami-Dade Circuit courthouse. (Credit: Raychel Lean/ALM) Miami-Dade Circuit courthouse. (Credit: Raychel Lean/ALM)

In response, Miami-Dade County Court Judge Jeffrey M. Kolokoff and his County Court Group 19 challenger, Lissette De La Rosa, a solo practitioner based in Sunrise, criticized candidate Teressa Maria Cervera, a solo practitioner based in Miami.

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