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). |