Connie! is uniquely qualified to be your next Circuit Judge in Group 1, 12th Judicial Circuit.

• Trial attorney for over 19 years
• Former Prosecutor
• Experience in over 35 counties in Florida and out of state
• Experience in Federal courts
• Attorney for victims of crime
• Attorney for the accused
• Attorney for law enforcement officers
• Former victim advocate
• Attorney for mothers and fathers in divorces, paternity cases, child custody, child support and other family law matters
• Attorney for mothers and fathers in dependency court
• Attorney for children in juvenile and dependency court
• Attorney in personal injury and
  wrongful death cases
• Attorney in probate matters

Connie! is a second generation Cuban-American, born in Ybor City, Tampa, Florida. She was the first in a family of seven siblings to graduate high school and college. Connie believes that her appreciation of cultural diversity is important in administering justice.

Connie! is relentless in the pursuit
of justice. She has experienced the injustice of unfair legislation. Connie performed CPR and saved an accident victim. The law prohibited her from learning if she had been exposed to HIV. She hired a lawyer and filed a lawsuit. A judge ordered the hospital to disclose this information. Believing in the system, Connie vowed that no good Samaritan should have to repeat her experience. She lobbied the legislature and changed the law. Good Samaritans are now entitled to this information.
(§ 395.1025, Fla. Statutes)

Connie! is committed to the legal
community as well as the community at large. She is active in the reduction of gang violence in our community. She has also dedicated time and energy to Habitat for Humanity building homes for the needy. Connie is past president of the Pinellas County Victims’ Rights Coalition; past president of the Florida Association of Women Lawyers (Manatee Chapter); past president of American Inns of Court (Grimes-Gallen Chapter); former member of the Judicial Nominating Committee, 12th Judicial Circuit; and has participated in teen court and local high school mock trial competitions.

Connie! has earned a reputation as a tireless advocate with an abiding faith in the judicial system.

ENDORSED AND SUPPORTED BY:
FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE, DISTRICT 3
Representing over 5,000 law enforcement officers including those in the 12th Judicial Circuit
FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE, STATE OF FLORIDA LODGE
Representing 22,000 law enforcement officers throughout the State of Florida
FLORIDA ASSOCIATION OF STATE TROOPERS
Representing 1,400 State Troopers throughout the State of Florida