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
OFFICES AND POSITIONS:
•
Judge, First District Court of Appeal, October 1,
2009-present
•
Administrative Law Judge, 2002-09
•
Deputy Solicitor General, 1999-2002
•
Associate, Hopping, Green, Sams & Smith, P.A.,
1995-99
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:
•
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
•
Jefferson County 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
•
Kel Putnal, Judicial
Assistant
