Janet C. Thorpe
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| Janet C. Thorpe | |
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| Current Court Information: | |
| Florida Ninth Circuit Court | |
| Title: | Judge |
| Service: | |
| Appointed by: | Jeb Bush |
| Active: | 1/1/2000 - 1/5/2015 |
| Past post: | In-House Counsel, Trust Company of Georgia/Sun Trust Bank |
| Personal History | |
| Undergraduate: | Union College, 1975 |
| Law School: | Emory University School of Law, 1978 |
Education
Thorpe received her B.A. degree (in Political Science & American History) from Union College in 1975 and her J.D. degree from the Emory University School of Law in 1978.[4]
Legal career
Thorpe began her career in 1978 as a regional attorney in the federal Comptroller of the Currency office in Atlanta, GA. She worked there until 1980. She then became in-house counsel for the Trust Company of Georgia. Due to a merger, the trust became Sun Trust Bank in 1986, but Thorpe continued to work there until she joined the Circuit Court on Jan. 1, 2000.[1]
Since joining the Circuit Court, she has served in the Orange County Juvenile Dependency, Civil, Domestic and Criminal divisions. She was also an Administrative Appellate Judge from 2008 to 2011.[4]
External links
- Ninth Judicial Circuit Court of Florida: Circuit Judges
- Biographies of State and County Court Judges in Florida Scroll to p.107
- USA Today, "Muslim woman cannot wear veil in driver's license photo," June 6, 2003
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