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Jorge Labarga

b. 1952

American judge

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About Jorge Labarga

Born 1952. Jorge Labarga is an American judge.

Jorge Labarga (born October 21, 1952) is a justice of the Florida Supreme Court, taking office on January 6, 2009. On June 30, 2014, he was sworn in as Florida's 56th Chief Justice and the first Cuban-American to hold the post. He was succeeded on July 1, 2018, by Charles T. Canady.

Biography

Labarga was born in Havana, Cuba in 1952 to Miriam and Jorge Labarga Sr. He grew up and graduated high school in Pahokee, Florida the heavily agricultural Lake Okeechobee region of western Palm Beach County. He graduated from Forest Hill High School, West Palm Beach in 1972 and received his Bachelor of Arts in political science from the University of Florida, Gainesville in 1976. He received his Juris Doctor from University of Florida School of Law in 1979. After law school he became an assistant public defender. In 1982, he joined the state attorney's office. From 1987 to 1992, he joined the law firm of Cone, Wagner, Nugent, Roth, Romano & Ericksen, P.A. In 1992, he was a founding partner with the law firm of Roth, Duncan & Labarga, P.A. In 1996, Governor Lawton Chiles appointed him a circuit court judge.

Prior to his Florida Supreme Court appointment, Labarga had been appointed by Governor Charlie Crist to the Fourth District Court of Appeal for Florida, an intermediate appellate court based in West Palm Beach, Florida. He served in that position only a single day, January 5, 2009. His term on that court was cut short when Governor Crist quickly elevated Labarga to the Florida Supreme Court to replace retiring Justice Harry Lee Anstead. On June 30, 2014, Labarga was sworn in as the 56th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Florida, replacing former Chief Justice Ricky Polston.

Personal life

Labarga is married to Zulma R. Labarga, and they have two daughters.

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University of Florida, Forest Hill Community High School, Juris Doctor

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Who is Jorge Labarga?

American judge

When was Jorge Labarga born?

Jorge Labarga was born on 21 October 1952 in Havana.

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Jorge Labarga is a judge.

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Jorge Labarga is American.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Jorge Labarga

· Wikidata: Q6278188

· DBpedia: Jorge Labarga

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