Pasco residents on the brink of losing homes have gained an ally in trying to avoid foreclosures and scam artists. ...more

July 12, 2008

Former Port Richey lawyer Jessica Miller was sentenced to 90 days in the county jail Tuesday for failing to appear at a court hearing in December. ...more

July 9, 2008

Former lawyer Jessica Miller was sent to jail Monday after a judge found her in contempt of court for failing to appear at a hearing last year. ...more

June 24, 2008

TAMPA - Two weeks ago, Gov. Charlie Crist appointed a county judge to fill a circuit judge seat left vacant when Monica Sierra resigned to continue as a volunteer for an evangelical mission in Israel's West Bank. ...more

May 23, 2008

Already chastened and now contrite, disgraced former circuit judge John Kenneth Renke III will have to stop practicing law for 30 days as further punishment for misleading voters and accepting illegal campaign money. ...more

February 15, 2008

Wanna be a judge? This could be your year. In addition to three judge seats left open by retiring judges, a fourth will open Friday with the resignation of Circuit Judge Monica Sierra. ...more

January 29, 2008

Gov. Charlie Crist's general counsel faxed a letter to Hillsborough County today asking the Judicial Nominating Commission to start searching for candidates to replace Sierra. The governor wants the names of six vetted candidates by March 28 ...more

January 28, 2008

A disbarred lawyer with a gambling addiction is taking his chances with a judge after pleading no contest to 17 counts of grand theft. ...more

January 21, 2008

A lawyer twice jailed after raising the ire of local judges has had her license to practice suspended by the Florida Supreme Court. ...more

January 17, 2008

CLEARWATER - A Pinellas County circuit judge is receiving a prestigious state award for his work trying to dissuade at-risk youth from a life of crime. ...more

January 7, 2008