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Barbara Pariente's Biography

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Full Name:

Barbara Joan Pariente

Gender:

Female

Family:

Husband: Frederick; 3 Children

Birth Date:

12/24/1948

Birth Place:

New York City, NY

Religion:

Jewish

JD, George Washington University School of Law, 1973

BA, Communications, Boston University, 1970

No political experience information on file.

Member, Child Protection Transformation Advisory Board, Department of Children and Families, 2011-present

Designee, Florida Children and Youth Cabinet, 2010-present

Member, Treatment-Based Drug Courts Task Force, Florida Supreme Court, 1998-present

Chair, Florida Supreme Court Steering Committee on Families and Children in the Courts, present

Former Member, Fifteenth Judicial Circuit Nominating Commission, Florida State Bar Association

Member, Governor's Advisory Committee on Character Education, 1999

Justice, Florida State Supreme Court, 1998-2019

Chief Justice, Florida State Supreme Court, 2004-2006

Judge, Fourth District Court of Appeals, 1993-1997

Appointed, Judge, Fourth District Court of Appeals, 1993

Partner, Pariente & Silber, Professional Association, 1983-1993

Partner/Attorney, Cone, Wagner and Nugent, 1975-1983

Clerk, United States District Court Judge Norman C. Roettger, Jr., Southern District of Florida, 1973-1975

Founding Member, American Inns of Court, Palm Beach County Chapter, present

Co-Chair, National Association of Women Judges initiative, Informed Voters Project, present

Member, Order of the Coif, present

Mentor, Take Stock in Children, present

Former Master, American Inns of Court, Palm Beach County Chapter

Former Member, Civil Rules Committee, Florida State Bar Association

Former Member, Fifteenth Judicial Circuit Grievance Committee, Florida State Bar Association

Former Member, Legal Aid Society, Palm Beach County

Member, Commission on the Legal Needs of Children, Florida State Bar Association, 2000-2002

Awards:

Florida Women's Hall of Fame, 2008;
George Washington University's Distinguished Alumni Award;
American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers' Jurist of the Year Award;
Florida Association of School Social Workers' Lifetime Achievement Award;
Beach County League of Women Voters Good Government Award;
William M. Hoeveler Judicial Professionalism Award;
Visionary Award of the Family Law Section of the Florida Bar;
Jewish Museum of Florida's Breaking the Glass Ceiling Award;
Florida Council on Crime and Delinquency Distinguished Judicial Service Award;
Florida Association of Women Lawyers' Award;
American Bar Association's Law Day Speech Award;
Lifetime Achievement Award, Palm Beach County Jewish Federation;
Palm Beach County Legal Aid Society Civil Litigation Pro Bono Award;
Gracias Award, Broward County Hispanic Bar Association, 2012

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