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MONDAY, JUNE 4, 2018
VOL. 105, NO. 140 • ONE SECTION
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THE HOPEFULS A list and biographical information on the 18 judicial applicants. Page 4.
Interviews to pare applicants for judge Field will be cut from 18 to 6, sent to governor. By Max Marbut Associate Editor The 4th Judicial Circuit Judicial Nominating Commission will interview beginning at 8 a.m. June 11 the 18 applicants for the vacancy created by the resignation of Circuit Judge Robert Foster that is effective Dec. 31. The interviews will be conducted in the chief judge’s conference room at the Duval County Courthouse and are open to the public. The commission is directed by Gov. Rick Scott to submit a list of six nominees, from which he will appoint the next circuit judge in Nassau County. Ten of the applicants currently work for the state, including a judge on the 17th Circuit bench in
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Sally Kent Peebles, a partner with the Denver-based Vicente Sederberg law firm, has opened a Jacksonville office to practice medical marijuana business law.
Partner in “the country’s first powerhouse marijuana law firm,” opens office in Jacksonville.
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here could be many reasons for a couple to decide to move from Colorado to Jacksonville. For attorney Sally Kent Peebles and her husband, Ashley, it was the medical marijuana business. She’s a partner in the Denver-based law firm
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Vicente Sederberg, described by Rolling Stone magazine as “the country’s first powerhouse marijuana law firm,” that recently opened an office in Jacksonville. He’s a cancer survivor who was treated with cannabis and former owner of a medical marijuana dispensary in California. Now, he’s head of cultivation for VidaCann, MARIJUANA
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By Max Marbut Associate Editor Don’t expect to see much participation by judicial candidates in the campaigning flurry that will lead up to the primary election in late August. In the 4th Judicial Circuit, Judges Don Lester, Steven Whittington, Thomas Beverly, Karen Cole, Katie Dearing, Kevin Blazs,
Robert Dees, Gary Wilkinson, Eric Roberson, Mark Jeffrey Borello, John Guy, Collins Cooper and Suzanne Bass are the sole candidates for their seats on the bench. All but Dearing and Cooper are incumbents. In the only circuit court election that will be on the ballot in Duval County, Maureen Horkan and Charles McBurney are the candidates for Seat 18 in the 4th Judicial Circuit. In the Duval County Court, two contested races will be on the ballot: Seat 3, Michael Bateh and Ger-
ald Wilkerson; and Seat 8, LaRae Hendrix and Kimberly Sadler. Duval County jurists who will be re-elected without opposition are Judges Roberto Arias, Pauline Drake, Emmet Ferguson III, James Ruth, Kelly Elizabeth Eckley, Michelle Kalil and Dawn Hudson. In the 1st District Court of Appeal, which includes Northeast Florida, Judges Harvey Jay, Stephanie Ray, Brad Thomas, Kemmerly Thomas and Allen Winsor all qualified for retention. With two candidates for each
of the three seats that will be on the local ballot, the judicial offices will be decided in the Aug. 28 primary election. The six candidates were invited to the Jacksonville Bar Association’s Judicial Forum that begins at 5:30 p.m. June 12 at the Wells Fargo Center auditorium. All plan to attend except Gerald Wilkerson, who declined the invitation, citing a conflict with a family matter. mmarbut@jaxdailyrecord.com (904) 356-2466
The Marbut Report: Breaking the cycle Program helps traffic offenders obtain a valid driver’s license. PUBLIC
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Moongate Kitchen renovating factory. The former Jerome Brown barbecue sauce plant in Northwest Jacksonville has been under new ownership for almost a year and has a new purpose and a new product. Jacksonville investor David Hicks Jr. bought the property in July and is converting it for his Moongate Kitchen venture to manufacture and sell hummus to natural-foods grocers. He had expected to start manufacturing by now, but said permitting took four months. He expects construction to start soon and take five months for completion. There’s hummus being made in the former barbecue sauce room, MATHIS
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Sauce plant being set up for hummus
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Only 3 judicial offices will be on the ballot 20 candidates for judge had no opposition.
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