Hon. Lisa D. Herndon

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<div class="infobox person"><div class="widget-row value-only ">Lisa D. Herndon</div>
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<p> Mercer University, Walter F. George School of Law
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</p><p><b>Lisa D. Herndon</b> is a judge on the <a href="/Florida_5th_Circuit_Court" title="Florida 5th Circuit Court">Fifth Circuit Court</a> in <a href="/Florida" title="Florida">Florida</a>. She was appointed by Governor <a href="/Judges_appointed_by_Rick_Scott" title="Judges appointed by Rick Scott">Rick Scott</a> in <a href="/C2011#November" class="mw-redirect" title="C2011">November of 2011</a> to succeed <a href="/T._Michael_Johnson" title="T. Michael Johnson">T. Michael Johnson</a> (effective <a href="/C2012#January" class="mw-redirect" title="C2012">January 2012</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-pr_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pr-1">[1]</a></sup> She was later re-elected without opposition in 2014, winning a six-year term that expires on January 4, 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-candidate2014_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-candidate2014-2">[2]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-selectionpage_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-selectionpage-3">[3]</a></sup>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Elections">Elections</span></h2>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="2014">2014</span></h3>
<p><span class="see-also"><i>See also: <a href="/Florida_judicial_elections,_2014" title="Florida judicial elections, 2014">Florida judicial elections, 2014</a></i></span><br>
Herndon ran for re-election to the <a href="/Florida_5th_Circuit_Court" title="Florida 5th Circuit Court">Fifth Circuit Court</a>.<br>As an unopposed candidate, she was automatically re-elected without appearing on the ballot.
<sup id="cite_ref-candidate2014_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-candidate2014-2">[2]</a></sup>&nbsp;
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Education">Education</span></h2>
<p>Herndon received her undergraduate degree from the University of South Florida and her <a href="/J.D." class="mw-redirect" title="J.D.">J.D.</a> from the Mercer University Walter F. George School of Law.<sup id="cite_ref-pr_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pr-1">[1]</a></sup>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Career">Career</span></h2>
<p>Prior to her appointment to the bench, Herndon served as assistant state attorney for the Fifth Judicial Circuit from 1997 to 2011. Before that, she was an assistant state attorney for the Tenth Judicial Circuit for seven years. She also practiced with the firms <i>Daniel Hightower P.A.</i> and <i>Teresa Nightingale P.A.</i> in 2003 and 1996, respectively.<sup id="cite_ref-pr_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pr-1">[1]</a></sup>
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<ul><li><a href="/Florida_Circuit_Court" title="Florida Circuit Court">Florida Circuit Court</a></li>
<li><a href="/Judicial_selection_in_Florida" title="Judicial selection in Florida">Judicial selection in Florida</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.circuit5.org/"><i>5th Circuit</i>, "Florida Fifth Judicial Circuit," accessed May 24, 2014.</a></li></ul>
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</p><p><a href="/United_States_Court_of_Appeals_for_the_Eleventh_Circuit" title="United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit">Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals</a> • U.S. District Court: <a href="/United_States_District_Court_for_the_Middle_District_of_Florida" title="United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida">Middle District of Florida</a>, <a href="/United_States_District_Court_for_the_Northern_District_of_Florida" title="United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida">Northern District of Florida</a>, <a href="/United_States_District_Court_for_the_Southern_District_of_Florida" title="United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida">Southern District of Florida</a> • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: <a href="/United_States_bankruptcy_court,_Middle_District_of_Florida" title="United States bankruptcy court, Middle District of Florida">Middle District of Florida</a>, <a href="/United_States_bankruptcy_court,_Northern_District_of_Florida" title="United States bankruptcy court, Northern District of Florida">Northern District of Florida</a>, <a href="/United_States_bankruptcy_court,_Southern_District_of_Florida" class="mw-redirect" title="United States bankruptcy court, Southern District of Florida">Southern District of Florida</a>
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