Judge Wolf has been a judge on the
Florida First District Court of Appeal since 1990, serving as chief judge from
July 2003 to June 2005. He has served on the Florida Judicial Qualifications
Commission since 1999, served as chair from 2002 – 2004 and 2005-2006. Prior to
becoming a judge, he was general counsel for the Florida League of Cities, a
member of the firm Caldwell, Pacetti, Barrow & Salisbury, the code enforcement
board attorney for the City of West Palm Beach and City of Boynton Beach, city
attorney for Jupiter Inlet Colony, assistant city attorney for the City of West
Palm Beach, and assistant state attorney for the 15th Judicial Circuit. Judge
Wolf is a founding member and first president of the First District Appellate
American Inn of Court. He is also an alumni member and past president of the
William Stafford Tallahassee American Inn of Court. He has served in the past
on the civil procedures rules committee, local government law certification
committee, and committee on rules of evidence of the Florida Bar. Judge Wolf
was chair of the local government section of the Florida Bar in 1990, executive
counsel for the local government section from 1985 to 1991, and executive
secretary of the Florida Municipal Attorneys’ Association from 1983 to 1991.
Judge Wolf is an adjunct professor in Florida constitutional law and local
government at Florida State University Law School. He has participated in a
literacy reading program for elementary school children and is currently
involved in the Justice Teaching Program. Judge Wolf published an article
entitled “Discipline in Florida: The Cost of Misconduct” in the spring 2006
issue of Nova Law Review and published an article entitled “Inherent
Rulemaking of an Independent Judiciary” in the winter 1999 issue of
University of Miami Law Review. His latest article is entitled
“Municipalities and the Florida Constitution” which appears in the winter 2008
issue of Stetson Law Review. He received his J.D. in 1975 from the
University of Miami, his LLM in 2001 from the University of Virginia, and his
A.B. from Rutgers University in 1972.
