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