Jorge Labarga
Justice · Florida
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Biography
Jorge Labarga is a judge of the Florida Supreme Court. He assumed office on January 6, 2009. His current term ends on January 2, 2029. Labarga was appointed to the court by Gov. Charlie Crist (R) on January 2, 2009, to replace retiring Justice Harry Lee Anstead. He was retained by voters in 2010 and 2016. Labarga served two two-year terms as chief justice of the court from 2014 to 2018, the first time a justice had served consecutive terms as chief justice since the Civil War. He was also the first Cuban American to hold the chief justice post. Labarga served on the Circuit Court of Florida's 15th Judicial Circuit and spent one day on the state's Fourth District Court of Appeal before joining the state supreme court.
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- Education
- University of Florida, 1976; University of Florida, 1979
- Birthplace
- Havana, Cuba
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