Hon. Carol Lisa Phillips

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<div class="infobox person"><div class="widget-row value-only ">Carol-Lisa Phillips</div>
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<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="#2012_election"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">2012 election</span></a></li>
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<p><b>Carol-Lisa Phillips</b> is a Civil Division judge of the <a href="/Florida_17th_Circuit_Court" title="Florida 17th Circuit Court">17th Judicial Circuit Court</a> in <a href="/Florida" title="Florida">Florida</a>. She was appointed by former Governor <a href="/Jeb_Bush" title="Jeb Bush">Jeb Bush</a> in <a href="/C2003" class="mw-redirect" title="C2003">2003</a>. She was re-elected in 2006 and 2012. Her current term expires in January of 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2">[2]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3">[3]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4">[4]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5">[5]</a></sup>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Education">Education</span></h2>
<p>Phillips received her B.A. degree from the University of Florida and her <a href="/J.D." class="mw-redirect" title="J.D.">J.D.</a> degree from Nova Southeastern University. She was admitted to the bar in 1989.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6">[6]</a></sup>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="2012_election">2012 election</span></h2>
<p>Phillips was unopposed and automatically re-elected following the primary election on <a href="/C2012#August" class="mw-redirect" title="C2012">August 14, 2012</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7">[7]</a></sup>
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<dl><dd><i>See also: <a href="/Florida_judicial_elections,_2012" title="Florida judicial elections, 2012">Florida judicial elections, 2012</a></i></dd></dl>
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<ul><li><a href="/Florida_Circuit_Court" title="Florida Circuit Court">Florida Circuit Court</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.17th.flcourts.org/index.php/judges/judges-and-judicial-staff"><i>17th Judicial Circuit Court of Florida</i>, "Judges," accessed June 27, 2014</a></li></ul>
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