T. Kent Wetherell II

T. Kent Wetherell II
Judge of the Florida First District Court of Appeal
Assumed office
October 1, 2009
Appointed by Charlie Crist
Personal details
Born Thomas Kent Wetherell II
(1970-08-26) August 26, 1970
Daytona Beach, Florida, U.S.
Education Florida State University (BS, JD)

Thomas Kent Wetherell II (born August 26, 1970) is a Judge of the Florida First District Court of Appeal and is a nominee to be a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida.

Early life and education

Wetherell was born August 26, 1970, in Daytona Beach, Florida.[1] He earned his Bachelor of Science, magna cum laude, from Florida State University and his Juris Doctor, with high honors, from the Florida State University College of Law, where he was inducted into the Order of the Coif and served as an articles editor of the Florida State University Law Review.[2]

Wetherell spent four years in private practice at the Tallahassee firm of Hopping Green Sams & Smith, where his practice focused on representing landowners and developers on land use matters before local governments and state agencies and representing corporate clients in administrative rule challenge and bid protest hearings. Before becoming a judge, he served for two years in the Office of the Florida Attorney General as Deputy Solicitor General.[2]

State judicial service

Wetherell served for seven years as an Administrative Law Judge of the Florida Division of Administrative Hearings, where he heard a wide variety of cases, involving rule challenges, bid protests, hospital certificates of need, environmental permit challenges, employment discrimination claims, and professional license disputes.[2]

He was appointed to be a Judge on the Florida First District Court of Appeal by Governor Charlie Crist and took the bench on October 1, 2009.[1]

Nomination to district court

On April 26, 2018, President Trump announced his intent to nominate Wetherell to serve as a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida. On May 7, 2018, his nomination was sent to the Senate. He was nominated to the seat vacated by Judge John Richard Smoak Jr., who assumed senior status on December 31, 2015. His nomination is currently pending before the Senate Judiciary Committee.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Judge T. Kent Wetherell, II". Florida First District Court of Appeal. Retrieved April 26, 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 "President Donald J. Trump Announces Thirteenth Wave of Judicial Nominees and Seventh Wave of United States Marshal Nominees, White House, April 26, 2018 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  3. ↑ "Fifteen Nominations Sent to the Senate Today" White House, May 7, 2018
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