Press release:
Tallahassee, Fla. – Today, Governor Rick Scott announced the appointments of Pamela E. Langham, Thomas F. Gonzalez, and Lennard B. Register III to the First Circuit Judicial Nominating Commission.
Pamela E. Langham, 47, of Gulf Breeze, has been a sole practitioner since 2005. Previously, she was an assistant attorney at the University of West Florida from 2002 to 2003 and an assistant public defender with the Jacksonville Office of the Public Defender from 1992 to 1996. In addition, she has been an adjunct professor at the University of West Florida and Pensacola Junior College. She received a bachelor’s degree from the University of New Orleans and a law degree from the Mississippi College School of Law. She succeeds Susan N. Marks and is appointed for a term beginning July 31, 2012, and ending July 1, 2016.
Thomas F. Gonzalez, 45, of Pensacola, has been a partner with Beggs and Lane since 1999. He served in the United States Navy from 1984 to 1996. Gonzalez received a bachelor’s degree from the University of North Carolina and a law degree from the Catholic University of America. He is appointed for a term beginning July 31, 2012, and ending July 1, 2015. He is appointed from the list of nominees submitted by the Florida Bar.
Lennard B. Register III, 58, of Pace, has been an Assistant United States Attorney for the United States Attorney’s Office in Pensacola since 2002. Previously, he served as an assistant state attorney for the Eighth Judicial Circuit from 1989 to 1993. Register received bachelor’s and law degrees from the University of Florida. He succeeds Sally B. Fox and is appointed for a term beginning July 31, 2012, and ending July 1, 2016. He is appointed from the list of nominees submitted by the Florida Bar.
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