Judge T. Kent Wetherell, II

PERSONAL:

•         Born August 26, 1970 in Daytona Beach, Florida

•         Married, two children

EDUCATION:  

•         J.D. (with High Honors), Florida State University, 1995

•         B.S. in Accounting (Magna Cum Laude), Florida State University, 1992

APPOINTED:

•         October 1, 2009 by Governor Charlie Crist

OFFICES AND POSITIONS:  

•         Judge, First District Court of Appeal, 2009-present

•         Administrative Law Judge, 2002-09

•         Deputy Solicitor General, 1999-2002

•         Private practice with Hopping, Green, Sams & Smith, in Tallahassee, 1995-99

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES: 

•         First District Court of Appeal Appellate Inn of Court, 2011-present

•         Appellate Court Technology Committee, 2010-present

•         Appellate Rules Committee, 2010-present

•         Administrative Law Section Executive Council, 2006-10

•         Administrative Practice Manual Steering Committee, 2008-09

•         Environmental and Land Use Law Section, Legislative Committee Chairman, 1998-  99

•         Student Education and Admissions to the Bar Committee, 1996-99

•         Tallahassee Bar Association

PUBLICATIONS: 

•       Florida Law Because of and According to Mickey: The “Top 5" Florida

Cases and Statutes Involving Walt Disney World, Florida Coastal Law Journal, 2002

•       Small Scale Plan Amendments:  Legislative or Quasi-judicial in Nature?, Florida Bar Journal, April 1999

•       The New Burdens of Proof in Ad Valorem Tax Valuation Cases, FSU Law Review, 1998

•       Rulemaking Reforms and Restrictions on Agencies’ Use of Non-Rule Policy in the New APA:  A “Catch 22” for State Agencies?, Florida Bar Journal, March 1997 (co-author)

•       The Practitioner’s “Road Maps” to the Revised APA, Florida Bar Journal, March 1997  (co-author)

•       The Legislature Tweaks McDonald Again:  The New Restrictions in Florida’s Administrative Procedure Act on the Use of “Unadopted Rules” and “Incipient Policies” by State Agencies, University of Florida Law Review, 1996 (co-author)

•       Private Property Rights Legislation:  The “Midnight Version” and Beyond, FSU Law Review, 1994

•       Periodic articles in the Administrative Law Section Newsletter and the Environmental and Land Use Law Section Reporter, 1997-2007

STAFF: 

•         Dawn Mackland, Career Attorney

•         Courtney Lee, Law Clerk