The Honorable James H. Earp

The Honorable:
James H. Earp
EDUCATION:
- University of Florida, College of Law, Juris Doctor, December 1976
- University of South Florida, B.A. College of Language and Literature, June 1974
- Melbourne High School, 1972
PROFESSIONAL HISTORY:
- Office of the State Attorney, Eighteenth Circuit, 2001 to 2006 (served as Felony Division Chief prior to being elected Circuit Judge)
- Cianfrogna, Telfer, Reda, Faherty, and Anderson, P.A., March 1991 to February 2001
- Guardian ad Litem Program, Program Attorney, June 1998 to October 2000
- Law Office of James H. Earp, Melbourne, Florida, October 1990 to March 1991
- Office of the State Attorney, Fifth Circuit, 1983 to 1987
- Office of the State Attorney, Eighteenth Circuit, 1987 to 1990
- Law Office of Jackson, Earp, and Jackson, Jacksonville, Florida, 1978 to 1983
- Office of the Public Defender, Jacksonville, Florida, 1977 to 1978
JUDICIAL HISTORY:
- Juvenile Delinquency Division: July 2017 to present
- Juvenile Drug Court: July 2017 to present
- Administrative Judge Juvenile Division currently
- Circuit judge since January 2007
- Civil/Family Division Jan. 2, 2007 to May 15, 2008
- Felony Division, May 15, 2008 to July 1, 2011
- Family Division, July 5, 2011 to July 2013
- Felony Division, July 2013 to July 2017
- Previously: Criminal Administrative Judge, Appellate Administrative Judge
- Served as Associate Judge on the Fifth District Court of Appeal, July 22, 2008
- Chair, Jail Oversight Committee, Dec. 1, 2008- July 1, 2011
- Chair, Conflict Counsel Committee, July 2009 to July 2011
- Court Statistics and Workload Committee, 2011
- Security Committee 2007 – 2008
- Judicial Liaison Committee 2007 – 2008
- Adult Drug Court, May 15, 2008 to July 2013
ORGANIZATIONS, COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS:
- Florida Bar, admitted May 31, 1977
- Brevard County Bar Association, Member since 1987
- Brevard County Bar Association Board of Directors, 1994 to 1996, 1999 to 2002
- Seminole County Bar Association, Member since 2006
- Brevard County Legal Aid, Inc., Past President, Past Vice President, Board of Directors, 1995 to 2006
- Brevard County Bar Association, Professionalism Luncheon Committee Chair, 2001. Co-chair, 1999, 2000
- Brevard County Bar Association Uniform Sanctions Committee, 2001
- Florida Bar Board Certified, Criminal Trial: 1988 to 1998
- Florida Bar Standing Committee on Professionalism, 2002 to 2006
- Florida Bar Member Outreach Committee, 2004 to 2006
- Vassar B. Carlton Inn of Court, 1994 to 1996, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
- Supreme Court Symposium on Professionalism, 1998
- Mentor, Take Stock in Children Program, 2001-2002
- E-Mentor, Florida Bar E-Mentoring Program, 2004-2006
- Faculty Member, Ernest F. Hollings National Advocacy Center, Columbia, South Carolina Course: Cross Examination, March 29, 2005 to April 1, 2005