KERRY I. EVANDER
District Judge

DATE OF BIRTH:  December 19, 1955

SPOUSE:  Elizabeth Kirkland Evander

CHILDREN: Four

DEGREES:  

B.A., Political Science, University of Florida, 1976, with Honors;

J.D., University of Florida, 1980, with Honors.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Judge, Fifth District Court of Appeal, July, 2006 -- Present;

Circuit Judge, Eighteenth Judicial Circuit, January, 1993 -- June, 2006;

County Judge, Brevard County, May, 1989 -- January 2003;

Gleason, Barlow, & Evander, P.A., Indialantic, FL,

           February, 1988 – May 1989;

Associate Professor, Mississippi College of Law, Jackson, Mississippi,            August, 1986 – May, 1987;

Reinman, Harrell, et al., March, 1980 – August, 1986,

           May 1987 – January 1988.

JUDICIAL LEADERSHIP POSITIONS:

Chief Judge, Eighteenth Circuit, July, 2005 – June, 2006;

Administrative Judge for Brevard County, July 2003 – June, 2005;

Family Administrative Judge, June, 1995 – December, 1998;

County Court Administrative Judge, July, 1991 – January, 1993.

OTHER LEGAL ACTIVITIES:

Florida Supreme Court Steering Committee on Families and Children in the Court, July, 2002 – June 2005;

Florida Supreme Court Children's Improvement Committee,

           July, 2000 – June, 2001;

Florida Supreme Court Dependency Court Improvement Committee,

           July, 1999 – June, 2000;

Florida Supreme Court Family Court Steering Committee,

           July, 1998 – June, 2000;

Vassar B. Carlton American Inn of Court,

           September, 1992 – May, 2005 (President, May, 1995 – May, 1997);

Brevard County Bar Association.

AWARDS AND HONORS:

Governor/Florida Supreme Court Award for Outstanding Child Advocacy            (2000);

Williams/Johnson Outstanding Jurist Award (1998);

Florida Council on Crime and Delinquency Outstanding Jurist Award            (1993);

Managing Editor of Law Review; Order of the Coif.

CIVIC ACTIVITIES:

First United Methodist Church of Melbourne

           (Past Chairman of Staff – Parish Committee;

Past Member of Leadership Council, Youth Leader);

Indialantic Youth Soccer League, Board of Directors,

           January, 1991 – May 2004;

Youth Basketball and Soccer Coach (numerous seasons).