Guest Speaker 

Thursday February 9th, 2012

Judge John M. Alexander

Circuit Judge John M. Alexander was elected to the bench in 1996. He earned an undergraduate degree from the University of Florida and a juris doctor from Ohio Northern University. His past judicial assignments include criminal, civil, probate, juvenile and domestic relations. The administrative judge for St. Johns County, Judge Alexander currently presides in the unified family court at the Richard O. Watson Judicial Center in  St. Augustine.

Florida Bar Association; St. Augustine Sunrise Rotary Club (Centennial year President 2004-2005); 

4th Degree Knights of Columbus (Bishop Verot Assembly); Knights of Columbus 3^rd Degree, Counsel 611, St. Augustine, Florida, St. Augustine Elks Lodge #829;  

President (2008-2010) Order of AHEPA, Speedway Chapter 410 Daytona Beach, Florida;

Past Board Chairman, St. Gerard House Maternity Home and School  (1993-1995) and St. Joseph’s Academy High School (1994), St. Augustine;  

Past Founding Board Member Volunteer Support Network for Victims of Physical or Sexual Assault (VISION), Palatka, FL (1987);  

Member National and Florida Association of Juvenile and Family Court Judges; 

Member Florida Council on Crime and Delinquency (Chapter 26);  

Catholic Lawyers Guild; Named in Who’s Who of American Lawyers 1992-93;  

Florida Bar Juvenile Rules of Court Committee, (1994-2003) (State Chairman 2000-2001), (2002-2003); 

Member Family Law Rules of Court (2003-2009) (State Chairman 2005-2006);  

St. Johns County Adult Education Steering Committee (2001-Present); 

Minorcan Cultural Society (2009-Present). 

AWARDS:

Recently named Family Court Administrative Judge for the Seventh Judicial Circuit (October 2011) 

Recipient “Excellent in Child Welfare Services Award”, Department of Children and Families, September 2011. 

Recipient William Gladstone Award (2009) as the top Family Court Judge in the State of Florida for outstanding contributions to the children of St. Johns County and the State of Florida in Dependency Court. 

Three-time recipient Distinguished Service Award, Florida Council on Crime and Delinquency, Chapter 26, June 1998, 2000, 2005, 2009.  (First three-time recipient of this award by a Judge by Chapter 26 Council.) 

Recipient of Community Service Award by Character Counts of St. Johns County, October 23, 2008;  

Recipient of LL Wainwright Award (2003) by The Florida Council on Crime and Delinquency (Chapter 26) for outstanding contribution to the citizens of St. Johns County. 

Established St. Johns County Teen Court in conjunction with the St. Johns County Clerk of Court (2001).  

Recipient Florida Coalition Against Domestic Violence Distinguished Service Award - one of only twenty-four judges within the state of Florida recognized for their commitment to eliminating domestic violence, March, 1999. 

Established Unified Family Court for St. Johns County in 1999.  This created a one-judge/one-family system coordinating Family, Dependency, Domestic Violence, and Juvenile Delinquency Orders to prevent inconsistent rulings and orders.