Only three applicants to replace Florida Supreme Court Justice Ricky Polston, JNC says
Aspiring Florida Supreme Court justices have two more weeks to apply for the open position on the state’s high court. The Judicial Nominating Commission extended the deadline after only three people applied for the vacancy created when former Justice Ricky Polston resigned last month.
The new deadline to submit an application is April 17 at 5 p.m.
When former Justice Alan Lawson retired last year, 17 people applied.
Tampa lawyer Belinda Noah, Judge Thomas Palermo of the 13th Judicial Circuit Court in Hillsborough County, and Sixth District Court of Appeal Chief Judge Meredith Sasso submitted their applications ahead of the JNC’s original deadline.
Once the applicant pool is set, the JNC, a n...
