WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (September 19, 2014) – Gunster, one of Florida’s oldest and largest full-service business law firms, is pleased to announce that one of its West Palm Beach attorneys previously appointed to a judicial nominating commission has just been elected the commission’s vice chair.
In the fall of 2012, Gunster attorney Keith Sonderling was appointed by Florida Governor Rick Scott to the Judicial Nominating Commission for the Fourth District Court of Appeal.
In August 2014, Keith Sonderling was elected by his co-commissioners to serve as vice chair of the Fourth District Court of Appeal Judicial Nominating Commission. His role as vice chair will run through July 2015, and he will remain on the commission through July 2016.
Judicial Nominating Commissions are nine-member groups appointed by the governor who locate, recruit, investigate and evaluate applicants for judicial office vacancies. Commission members submit three to six names of the most highly qualified applicants to the governor, who makes the final selection from the list.
Why is it important?
Appeals of trial court verdicts are reviewed by three-judge panels in one of five district courts of appeal, depending on the court’s geographical location. The Fourth District Court of Appeal is based in West Palm Beach and covers the following circuit courts: 15th (Palm Beach County), 17th (Broward County) and 19th (Martin, Indian River, St. Lucie and Okeechobee counties). More about Gov. Scott’s judicial appointments: Judicial and Judicial Nominating Commission Information
More about Sonderling
Keith Sonderling is an associate attorney in Gunster’s West Palm Beach office. He focuses his practice on business litigation and labor and employment law. He was named to Florida Trend’s Florida Legal Elite list in 2014, has been listed as a Florida Super Lawyers Rising Star from 2012 to 2014, and received an AV Preeminent rating by Martindale-Hubbell.
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About Gunster
Gunster, Florida’s law firm for business, provides full-service legal counsel to leading organizations and individuals from its 11 offices statewide. Established in 1925, the firm has expanded, diversified and evolved, but always with a singular focus: Florida and its clients’ stake in it. A magnet for business-savvy attorneys who embrace collaboration for the greatest advantage of clients, Gunster’s growth has not been at the expense of personalized service but because of it. The firm serves clients from its offices in Fort Lauderdale, Jacksonville, Miami, Orlando, Palm Beach, Stuart, Tallahassee, Tampa, The Florida Keys, Vero Beach and its headquarters in West Palm Beach. With more than 160 attorneys and 200 committed support staff, Gunster is ranked among the National Law Journal’s list of the 350 largest law firms. More information about its practice areas, offices and insider’s view newsletters is available at www.gunster.com.
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