PRESS RELEASE – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 15, 2010
FIRST CIRCUIT JUDICIAL NOMINATING COMMISSION ANNOUNCES
APPLICANTS FOR COUNTY COURT JUDGE IN ESCAMBIA COUNTY
The First Circuit Judicial Nominating Commission received applications from the attorneys
listed below to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Escambia County Judge David
Ackerman:
Clinton Alan Couch
Thomas V. Dannheisser
Michelle A. Inere
Jeffrey E. Lewis
Keith A. McIver
John L. Miller
William L. Nelson, III
Coleman Lee Robinson
Clara E. Smith
Arthur Richard Troell, III
William P. White, Jr.
Patricia Buchanan Wright
In its effort to select the most qualified applicants for nomination to Governor Crist, the Judicial Nominating Commission asks members of the legal community and the public to provide pertinent information (based on personal knowledge), regarding any applicant.
Information about applicants may include, but is not limited to, the following:
1. Personal attributes, such as integrity, moral conduct, and ethics.
2. Competency and experience, which would include professional reputation,
knowledge of the law, and knowledge of and experience in court.
3. Judicial qualities, such as patience, decisiveness, courtesy, civility, temperament,
and respect.
Information and comments may be addressed to Roy M. Kinsey, Jr., Chair, First Circuit Judicial Nominating Commission, 438 East Government Street, Pensacola, Florida 32502, (850) 434-5267, or you may contact any member of the commission with your comments. A list of commissioners is available on The Florida Bar website (www.floridabar.org). Comments must be received before 5:00 p.m., on June 28, 2010, in order to be considered by the commission.