UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
IN RE: APPOINTMENT OF FEDERAL MAGISTRATE JUDGE MERIT SELECTION PANEL I MAR-92mS I STEVEN M. LARIMORE CLERK U. S. DIST. CT. uS. D. of FLA. - MIAMI Pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Magistrates Act, 28 U.S.C. 5 63 l(b)(5), and the regulations of the Judicial Conference of the United States establishing standards and procedures for the appointment and reappointment of United States Magistrate Judges, and by action of the Judges of this Court, the residents of this district listed below are appointed as members of the Federal Magistrate Judge Merit Selection Panel.
The duty of this Panel is to consider and recommend to the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida reappointment or non-reappointment of Magistrate Judge William C. Turnoff, whose Miami term expires on February 23,2010.
The members of Federal Magistrate Judge Merit Selection Panel are as follows:
Chair: David Rothman, Esq. Rothrnan & Associates, P.A. 200 S. Biscayne Blvd. Ste 2770 Miami, Florida 33 13 1 (305)3 58-9000 [email protected]
Members: Robert Brochin, Esq. Morgan Lewis & Bockius 200 S. Biscayne Blvd. Ste 5300 Miami, Florida 33 13 1 (305)415-3456 rbrochin@,mor~anlewis.com
Maria Christina Enriquez (non-attorney) 1234 Andora Avenue Coral Gables, Florida 33 146 (305)798-5833 enriquezOS@aol .com
Cynthia Everett, Esq. 7700 N. Kendall Drive, Ste 703 Miami, Florida 33 156 (305)598-4454 cae@,caeverett.com- Celeste Higgins, Esq. Federal Public Defender's Office 150 West Flagler Street, Suite 1700 Miami, Florida 33 130 (305)530-7000
Ricardo Martinez-Cid, Esq. Podhurst Orseck PA 25 West Flagler Street, Ste 800 Miami, Florida 33 130 (305)358-2800 rmcid@,,podhurst.com
Sonia Escobio O'Donnell, Esq. Jorden Burt LLP 777 Brickell Ave. Ste 500 Miami, Florida 33 13 1 (305)37 1-2600 seo~,i),iordenburtusa.com
Vivian Perez-Siam (non-attorney) 8450 SW 70 Street Miami, FL 33 143 (786) 286-9787 vivpsiarn~,aol.com
Silvia PiAera-Vazquez, Esq. 1900 S.W. 3rd Avenue Miami, Florida 33 129 (305)443-0629 spinera@,aol.com
Abigail Price-Williams, Esq. Miami-Dade County Attorney's Office 11 1 N. W. 1st Street, Ste 28 10 Miami, Florida 33 128 (305)375-515 1 apw 1 @,miamidade.gov
Joseph Raia, Esq. Gunster Yoakley & Stewart, PA 2 S. Biscayne Blvd. Ste 3400 Miami, Florida 33 13 1 (305)376-6052 jraia@,gunster.com Alejandro Soto (non-attorney) President & CEO, Insource, Inc. 9500 S. Dadeland Blvd. Ste 200 Miami, Florida 33 156 (305)670-5339 asoto@,insource-inc.com
Alicia Valle, AUSA U.S. Attorney's Office 99 N.E. 4th Street Miami, Florida 33 128 alicia.valle@,usdoi.gov
It shall be the duty and responsibility of the Federal Magistrate Judge Merit Selection Panel to review the current service of Magistrate Judge William C. Turnoff. The panel will receive comments from members of the bar and public and other evidence of the judge's good character, ability, and commitment to equal justice under the law. The Panel shall render its recommendations to the Court no later than September 11,2009.
This Federal Magistrate Judge Merit Selection Panel and the term of each member shall expire 180 days from the date of this order.
AN ORDERED in Chambers at Miami, Miami-Dade County Florida, this -L+ day of zd,2009.
,GH& LTNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE c: The Honorable J. L. Edmondson, Chief Judge, Eleventh Circuit All Southern District Judges and Magistrate Judges Members of the Magistrate Judge Merit Selection Panel Thomas C. Hnatowski, Chief, Magistrate Judge Division, Administrative Office of the United States Courts Steven M. Larimore, Court Administrator Clerk of Court Library