DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST DISTRICT

Tallahassee, FL 32399

Telephone (904) 488-6151

Date: May 20, 1997

Administrative Order 97-1

In re: Court Divisions and Assignment of Judges to Divisions

BY ORDER OF THE COURT:

The Criminal Division of this court created by Administrative Order 95-2 dated January 31, 1996, is merged into the General Division effective January 1, 1998.

The following judges are assigned to the Administrative Division for the calendar year 1998:

Judge Richard W. Ervin, III

Judge Anne C. Booth

Judge Robert T. Benton, II

Judge William A. Van Nortwick, Jr.

Judge Philip J. Padovano

The following judges are assigned to the Administrative Division for the calendar year 1999:

Judge Michael E. Allen

Judge Peter D. Webster

Judge L. Arthur Lawrence, Jr.

Judge Robert T. Benton, II

Judge Philip J. Padovano

All judges not assigned to the Administrative Division are assigned to the General Division.

Witness the Honorable Edward T. Barfield, Chief Judge of the District Court of Appeal, First District, and the Seal of said Court, at Tallahassee, Florida, this 20th day of May, 1997.

I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing is (a true copy of ) the original court order.

Jon S. Wheeler, Clerk

Copies: Chief Justice Gerald Kogan, Florida Supreme Court

First District Court of Appeal Judges

Kenneth R. Palmer, State Courts Administrator

John F. Harkness, Jr., Executive Director of The Florida Bar

West Publishing Company (for publication in the Southern Reporter)

Judicial and Administrative Research Associates, Inc. (for publication in The Florida Law Weekly)