Jorge Labarga

	Jorge Labarga
	Current Court Information:
	Florida Supreme Court
Title:	Justice
	Service:
Appointed by:	Gov. Charlie Crist
Active:	2009-2017
Preceded by:	Harry Lee Anstead
Past post:	Judge, Florida Fifteenth Circuit Court
Past term:	1996-2009
Past post 2:	Attorney, Cone, Wagner, Nugent, Roth, Romano & Ericksen, P.A.
Past term 2:	1982-1996
	Personal History
Born:	1952
Undergraduate:	University of Florida, 1976
Law School:	University of Florida School of Law, 1979

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Jorge Labarga is an associate justice of the seven member Florida Supreme Court. He was appointed to the court in the state's Commission-selection, political appointment method of judicial selection on January 6, 2009 by Governor Charlie Crist. Justice Labarga was retained for another six year term on November 2, 2010. His current term expires in 2017.^[1]

Education

Larbarga earned both his undergraduate and Juris Doctor from the University of Florida in 1976 and 1979 respectively.^[1]

2009-2017: Associate Justice, Florida Supreme Court
1996-2009: Judge, Florida Fifteenth Circuit Court
1982-1996: Attorney, Cone, Wagner, Nugent, Roth, Romano & Ericksen, P.A.
1979-1982: Assistant Public Defender and Assistant State Attorney, Florida Fifteenth Circuit Court^[1]

Judicial Independence Award, Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, 2011 ^[2]

Florida Supreme Court, Associate Justice 2010 General election results
Candidates	Votes	Percent
Jorge Labarga	2,623,144	59.0%
Against retention	1,825,270	41.0%

Click here for 2010 General Election Results from the Florida Secretary of State.

Main Article: Florida judicial elections, 2010

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