Supreme Court of Florida.

Statewide Jurisdiction

HARRY LEE ANSTEAD

BIRTIIDATE: November 4, 1937

BIRTHPLACE: Jacksonville

SPOUSE: Susann

CHILDREN: Five - Chris, Jim, Laura, Amy and Michael

DEGREES: LL.M. in the judicial process, University of Virginia School of Law, 1982; J.D., University of Florida College of Law, 1963; B.A., University of Florida, 1960.

LEGAL OFFICES & POSITIONS: Chief Justice, Florida Supreme Court, July 1, 2002; justice, Florida Supreme Court, 1994- 02; chief judge, Fourth District Court of Appeal, 1983-85; judge, Fourth District Court of Appeal, 1977-94; acting circuit and county court judge during tenure on district court; trial and appellate lawyer, 1964-77.

BAR OFFICES & ACTIVITIES: Chair, Florida Bar's Standing Committee on Professionalism, 1995-97; vice chair, Supreme Court Committee on Civil Jury Instructions; member, Supreme Court Commission on Structure of Trial and Appellate Courts; member, Florida Bar Commission on Merit Retention Elections; lecturer, The Florida Bar CLE courses on multiple topics; lecturer on various topics at all Florida law schools; graduate, National College of State Trial Judges and New York University Program for Appellate Judges; active in leadership roles in local and state bar associations; founder and president of American Inns of Court in South Florida.

OTHER CIVIC ACTIVITIES: Active in leadership roles in numerous South Florida civic and charitable activities and fund raising prior to service on bench; while fund raising ceased upon becoming judge, civic and charitable activities continued. Past service as member of Board of Advisors of law schools at Nova Southeastern University and St. Thomas.

HONORS & AWARDS: Founding chair of Florida Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism; four times nominated by Florida Supreme Court Nominating Commission for appointment to Florida Supreme Court; member and officer, charter class of Master of Laws in the judicial process program at University of Virginia; ex officio member, American Bar Association Judicial Conference Committee on the Master's Degree Program; ABA Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics.

PUBLICATIONS: 25 Nova L. Rev. XIII (Spring 2001) "Introduction on Children In Justice System"; 10 St. Thomas L. Rev. 25 (Fall 1997) "Indigenous Renascence: Law, Culture & Society in the 21st Century," "Humanity And Humaneless: Communities Coming Together on Issues of Human Relations to Achieve Social Justice for Indigenous Peoples," 9 St. Thomas L. Rev. 493 (Spring 1997) Criminal Law Symposium "Limitations of the Adversary Approach in our Criminal Justice System;" 9 St. Thomas L. Rev. 5 (Fall 1996), "Legal Ethics and the Struggle of Native Americans"; "Florida Constitutional Law A View from the Middle," 18 Nova L. Rev. 1277(1993); "Mediation on Appeal," 64 Fla. :B.J. 31 (Jan. 1990); "I Do Solemnly Swear," 63 Fla. B.J. 9 (Nov. 1989); "A Second Chance: Learning What Law School Never Taught Me," 10 Nova L. Rev. 289 (Winter, 1986); "The Shape and Size of Florida's Judiciary," 60 Fla B.J. 21 (July/Aug. 1986); "Selective Publication: Better Than Nothing At All," 58 Fla. B.J. 651 (Dec. 1984); "Selective Publication: An Alternative to the PCA?," 34 U. Fla. L. Rev. 189(1982); "The Local Bar Grassroots Public Relations," Fla. B.J.; drafted manual of internal operating procedures for the Fourth District Court of Appeal; Board of Editors for The Florida Bar's Continuing Legal Education publications on appellate practice and comparative negligence; author and contributor, numerous articles for newspapers and other publications on U.S. legal system and constitutional law.

CHARLES T. WELLS

BIRTHDATE: March 4, 1939

BIRTHPLACE: Orlando

SPOUSE: Linda Fischer Wells

CHILDREN: Three

DEGREES: J.D., University of Florida, 1964; BA, University of Florida, 1961.

LEGAL OFFICES & POSITIONS: Justice, Supreme Court of Florida, appointed 1994, ChiefJustice, July 1,2000-July 1,2002; private practice: Maguire, Voorhis & Wells, PA, 1965-68 and 1970-75, and Wells, Gattis, Hallowes, & Carpenter, PA, 1976-94; trial attorney, United States Department of Justice, 1969; certified mediator, Florida Circuit Court (Civil) and United States District Court, 1990.

BAR OFFICES & ACTIVITIES: The Florida Bar, member: Board of Governors, Disciplinary Review Committee, Disciplinary Procedure Committee, Rules and Bylaws Committee; chair, Grievance Committee, Ninth Judicial Circuit, Committee "B," 1983-85; Grievance Committee, Ninth Judicial Circuit, Committee "B," 1982; Civil Procedure Committee, 1984-86; Rules of Evidence Committee, 1984-86; chair, Trial Court Nominating Committee, Ninth Judicial Circuit, 1971-74; Board of Governors, Young Lawyers Section, 1966-68. Orange County Bar Association: president, 1989-90, executive council, 1986-88 and 1978-81; chair, Circuit Mediation Committee, 1978-81. Orange County Legal Aid Society: active from 1968-94, board of trustees, 1988-89; guardian ad litem cases involving representation of dependent and abused children in juvenile and domestic court proceedings, 1985-94.

HONORS & AWARDS: Distinguished Alumnus Award, University of Florida, December 2001; Phi Beta Kappa (scholastic), University of Florida; Orange County Legal Aid Society Award of Excellence, recognition of pro bono service, 1989; Florida Blue Key, Leadership Honorary, president; University of Florida Hall of Fame; Boone High School Sports Hall of Fame.

RECOGNITIONS & ASSOCIATIONS:

Board of directors, Conference of Chief Justices; Certification, Civil Trial Attorney, The Florida Bar Certification Program; Martindale-Hubbell AV rating and Bar Register Pre-Eminent Attorneys; fellow, American Bar Foundation; American Bar Association; Florida Academy of Trial lawyers, board of directors, Commercial Law Section; Florida Council of Bar Association Presidents.

LECTURES & ARTICLES: Lectures: "2000 Election Cases at Florida Supreme Court," Economic Loss Rule - Florida Judicial Conference, State of Florida Courts, 2001, 2002; Commercial Fraud in Florida; Medical Malpractice Reform Act 1988; various CLE lectures on Florida Civil Procedure.

RELIGIOUS & CIVIC ASSOCIATIONS: Trinity United Methodist Church, Tallahassee; St. Luke's United Methodist Church at Windermere, chair, Pastor Parish Committee, Administrative Board, Stewardship Committee; First United Methodist Church of Orlando, chair, Council on Ministries; board of directors, Orlando Area Chamber of Commerce; board of directors, Orange County YMCA; member, Civil Service Board, City of Orlando.

MILLITARY SERVICE: U.S. Army Reserves, Ret., 5 years.

FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL

Counties: Alachua, Baker, Bay, Bradford, Calhoun, Clay, Columbia, Dixie, Duval, Escambia, Franklin, Gadsden, Gilchrist, Gulf, Hamilton, Holmes, Jackson, Jefferson, Lafayette, Leon, Levy, Liberty, Madison, Nassau, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Suwannee, Taylor, Union, Wakulla, Walton, Washington

ROBERT T. BENTON

BIRTHDATE: January 16, 1946

BIRTHPLACE: Indianapolis, IN

SPOUSE: Wings Slocum Benton

CHILDREN: Catherine Luden Benton and Ann Tyrie Benton

DEGREES: LL.M., Harvard Law School, 1971; J.D., with honors, University of Florida, 1970; B.A., The Johns Hopkins University, 1967.

LEGAL OFFICES & POSITIONS: Judge, First District Court of Appeal, 1994-present; Hearing Officer (administrative law judge), Florida Division of Administrative Hearings, 1977-94; research aide (law clerk) to Justice Joseph W. Hatchett, Supreme Court of Florida, 1975-77; assistant public defender, Twelfth Judicial Circuit of Florida, 1974-75; interim assistant professor, University of Florida College of Law, 1972-73; law clerk to Chief Judge William A. McRae, Jr., United States District Court, Middle District of Florida, 1972; staff attorney, Florida Rural Legal Services, 1971; instructor, Boston University School of Law, 1970-71.

BAR OFFICES & ACTIVITIES: Code and Rules of Evidence Committee, 1995-present; Committee on Appellate Rules, 1987-88, 1996-present; Rules Committee, Florida Bar Administrative Law Section, chair, 1984-86; Florida Bar Journal Administrative Law Column, editor, 1987-89; Executive Committee, 1995-96; Committee on Designation, Administrative Law Section; National Judicial College, faculty advisor; Tallahassee Bar Association, 1976-present; member: The Florida Bar, 1970-present.

OTHER CIVIC ACTIVITIES: At-large member for the Appellate Bench; Florida Court Education Council; 2001-present, Habitat for Humanity, Tallahassee Construction, Design and Site Selection Committee, 1984-85, 1992; St. John's Episcopal Church, vestry, 1996-present; Rotary Club of Tallahassee; Florida Committee of the Hurricane Island Outward Bound School; Holy Comforter Episcopal Day School, member of board, 1984-86.

HONORS & AWARDS: Order of the Coif; Birch Award; Phi Kappa Phi; Honorary University of Florida Law Center Scholarship; American Jurisprudence or other "book" awards: Jurisprudence, Law and Medicine, Commercial Paper, Evidence, Constitutional Law, State and Local Taxation; Paul Harris Fellow.

PUBLICATIONS: "Administrative Adjudication," Florida Administrative Practice, Rev. 1981, 1990, 1993; co-author, "Attorneys' Fees and Costs Awards," Florida Administrative Practice, 1993; "The Rule Challenge," Florida Bar Administrative Law Section Newsletter, January 1993; "Fees, Costs and the APA," Practicing Before the Division of Administrative Hearings, 1992; "Administrative Proceedings," Getting Paid for Doing Good: Recovering and Defending Statutory Attorneys' Fees, 1992; "Evidence in Formal Administrative Hearings," Practice Before the Division of Administrative Hearings, 1990; "Formal Hearings Under Florida's Human Rights Act," The Florida Bar Journal, October 1989; "Exhaustion of Administrative Remedies in Florida," The Florida Bar Journal, June 1989, co-author; "Update on DOAB Rules," Practice Before the Florida Division of Administrative Hearings, 1986; "Highlights of the New DOAH Rules," The Florida Bar Journal, March 1986, co-author; "Retroactivity in Licensing Cases," The Florida...