Judge Mary Catherine Green

Judge Mary Catherine Green

University of Florida - Fightin Gators!

    EDUCATIONN     

B. A.   University of Florida 1982
J. D.    Louisiana State University 1986
M. A.  Florida State University 1996

JUDICIAL EXPERIENCE 

County Court Judge, Elected 1998
General Criminal - 1998 – 2001, and 2007
Domestic Violence Division- 2001 - 2003
Administrative Judge – 2003 - 2005
Pro Se Family Division-2003-2006
Small Claims Division – 2005 - 2006
Lakeland County Court – 2008 - 2009
General Criminal – 2010 to present

LEGAL EXPERIENCE

Assistant State Attorney, Tenth Judicial Circuit (1997 - 1998)
Legislative Analyst Homeowners Insurance Crisis (1996 - 1997)
Joint Administrative Procedures Committee, Staff Attorney (1990 - 1996)
House Commerce Committee, Staff Attorney (1989 - 1990)
Department of Banking & Finance, Staff Attorney (1987 - 1989)

JUDICIAL ACTIVITIES

Initiatives:
Chair Community Service Task Force (1998-1999)
Quarterly professionalism presentations for CLE credits (2001-present)
Cooordinated Circuit Centennial celebrations (2009 to 2011)
Conducted recorded historical interviews regarding the Tenth Circuit Coordinated lunches in tribute to Women of Bench/Bar (2006-present)
Contributed to drafting local First Appearance Hearing order requiring no contact between defendants and victims of violence (2001)
Contributed to drafting of local administrative order establishing procedures in sentencing for domestic violence cases (2001)

Memberships:
Subchair, 10th Circuit History Committee (2009 - present)
Member Wilson Inn of Court (1998 – 2003)
Conference of County Judges President’s Select Committee on Community Service (2001 - present)
Member Florida Supreme Court Steering Committee on Families and Children (2004 - 2006)
Member of OSCA working group for family court best practices in the area of domestic violence (2007-2008)
Lakeland Bar Association (present) Conference of County Judges Education and Criminal Rules Committees (2001 - present)
Winter Haven Women’s Lawyers (2000 to present)

Presentations:
Steered numerous presentations on professional conduct to plenary sessions of the Conference of County Judges Professionalism presentations to the DUI Adjudication Lab for the last three years
Three presentations on community service sentencing to the Conference of County Judges

 

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