Justice Barbara J. Pariente joined Robert to discuss her remarkable career, the importance of judicial fairness and impartiality, and problems with the current judicial selection process in Florida.
Justice Pariente’s legal career began 50 years ago with a 2-year clerkship for U.S. District Judge Norman Roettger. She then settled in West Palm Beach, where she practiced for nearly 20 years before being appointed to the Fourth District Court of Appeal in 1993. She was appointed to the Florida Supreme Court in 1997, becoming the first Jewish woman justice. Justice Pariente was the second woman to serve on the state’s high court and the second to serve as Chief Justice (2004 to 2006). She is a champion for children’s rights, a cancer survivor, and a nationally recognized advocate for women and women lawyers. She was inducted into the Florida Women’s Hall of Fame in 2008. She retired from the Court in 2019.
Resources:
NAWJ Informed Voters Project
Take Stock in Children
Justice Pariente on judicial independence at the National Constitution Center (June 2014)
Book recommendation:
A Most Disorderly Court: Scandal and Reform in the Florida Judiciary (Martin Dyckman)
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