An overflow crowd watched as new Miami-Dade Chief Circuit Judge Bertila Soto accepted an oversize ceremonial gavel Friday from her predecessor, Joel Brown.

"This election personifies Miami-Dade County’s commitment to diversity," she said to a standing-room-only audience in historic Courtroom 6-1 and to others watching video in Courtrooms 6-2 and 6-3.

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